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The Big Fix

Play trailer Poster for The Big Fix 2011,  1h 48m,  Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
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Josh Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell examine the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Stephen Holden New York Times Dec 1, 2011
3/5
If the film's conspiratorial viewpoint makes sense and is probably accurate, its final judgment is so gloomy that your impulse is to throw up your hands and despair. Go to Full Review
Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News Dec 1, 2011
3/5
Though the Tickells' unabashedly partial, first-person approach is a liability, they present so much damning evidence that their case is - one hopes - impossible to ignore. Go to Full Review
Andrew Schenker Time Out Nov 29, 2011
3/5
More a summarizing project than an act of investigative journalism or a revelatory indictment. Go to Full Review
Louis Proyect rec.arts.movies.reviews Dec 5, 2011
A convincing case is made that the government and the corporations it serves are worse than the mafia. A deeply radical film that makes you understand why young people risked pepper-spraying to build the Occupy Wall Street movement. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Joshua Tickell

Director

Rebecca Harrell Tickell

Director

Johnny O'Hara

Writer

Tim Robbins

Executive Producer

Maggie Wachsberger

Executive Producer

Peter Fonda

Executive Producer

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The Big Fix

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Movie Info

Synopsis Josh Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell examine the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Director
Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell
Screenwriter
Johnny O'Hara
Distributor
Green Planet
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 11, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 1, 2020
Runtime
1h 48m
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