Gas (1981 film)
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| Directed by | Les Rose |
| Produced by | Claude Héroux |
| Written by | Susan Scranton Dick Wolf |
| Starring |
Philip Akin Susan Anspach Peter Aykroyd Sandee Currie Michael Hogan Alf Humphreys Keith Knight Howie Mandel Sterling Hayden Helen Shaver Donald Sutherland Dustin Waln |
| Music by | Paul Zaza |
| Cinematography | René Verzier |
| Edited by | Patrick Dodd |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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94 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | C$6,500,000 |
(not to be confused with a similar-sounding 1970 film Gas-s-s-s)
Gas is a 1981 Canadian comedy film released by Paramount Pictures, the plot of which was inspired by the 1979 energy crisis.
A small Midwestern town is thrown into chaos when the local oil tycoon (Sterling Hayden) orchestrates a phony oil shortage in order to increase profits. A news reporter (Susan Anspach) tries to uncover the plot, and a radio DJ in a helicopter (Donald Sutherland) reports on the craziness caused by the gasoline shortage.
The film was released November 11, 1998 by Paramount Home Video on VHS. It has never been released on DVD or Blu-ray.
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