How to Blow Up a Pipeline

"This is an act of self defense."

2023 1h 44m EN

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6.4

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95%

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6.9

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★6.4TMDB · 206🍅95%Rotten Tomatoes●76Metacritic★6.9IMDB · 11,960

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Synopsis

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A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline.

“This is an act of self defense.”

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Cast

Ariela Barer
Xochitl
Kristine Froseth
Rowan
Lukas Gage
Logan
Forrest Goodluck
Michael
Sasha Lane
Theo
Jayme Lawson
Alisha
Marcus Scribner
Shawn
Jake Weary
Dwayne

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Daniel Goldhaber
Writers: Ariela Barer, Jordan Sjol, Daniel Goldhaber
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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Released 3 years ago.

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ERA

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Directed by Daniel Goldhaber, shot by Tehillah De Castro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Gavin Brivik. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Daniel Garber shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Ariela Barer and Kristine Froseth and Lukas Gage carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "This is an act of self defense.".

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IMDB entry: tt21440780 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Daniel Goldhaber directs. Tehillah De Castro behind the camera. Gavin Brivik scores. Daniel Garber cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 3 years ago.
2Directed by Daniel Goldhaber, shot by Tehillah De Castro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Gavin Brivik. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Daniel Garber shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Ariela Barer and Kristine Froseth and Lukas Gage carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "This is an act of self defense.".
7IMDB entry: tt21440780 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 20 themes, including "based on novel or book", "bomb", "winter", "texas".

The technical file

Cinematography: Tehillah De Castro
Original score: Gavin Brivik
Editing: Daniel Garber
Production design: Adri Siriwatt
Makeup / hair: Lauren Citera
VFX supervisor: Patton Tunstall
Sound: Ric Schnupp
Stunt coordinator: Heath Hensley
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $1,046,811
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023)
Rotten Tomatoes: 95% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 76/100
IMDB rating: 6.9/10 · 11,960 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

5 wins & 16 nominations total

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CinemaSerf2023-04-22
★ 6/10
I think this might have worked better for me had there been any of these conspiratorial characters with whom I could vaguely relate. As it is, they are collection of disparate folks with health problems, chips on their shoulders and axes to grind. Indeed, the rather episodic manner in which they are introduced to us reminded me of a rather dismal series of X-Factor auditions. Anyway, they quickly decide to take it upon themselves to destroy some remote pipeline infrastructure and with the help of the internet and some stump remover, they manage to construct some pretty lethal IEDs and set their plan in motion. Depending on your politics, I suspect you will either love the efforts of these courageous eco-warriors or you will see them as little more than self-appointed judge and jury for the rest of us. Whilst my jury was intrigued at the start, the increasingly underwhelming nature of the personas collected here gradually made me consider whether or not I would ever want any aspect of my future (or anyone else's) in the hands of these people. The last twenty minutes is quite well put together but I did struggle with the roles attributed to the FBI agent and the local police officer. Is it daring or is it reckless? You decide but, though effectively illustrative of just how simple it is to make a bomb, I think had this been presented as something rather more that a student protest video consisting of people with plenty short-term answers but no actual solutions, then I might have appreciated it more.

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