Movie: Energy and How to Get It

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William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs

Dr. John
Dr. John

Allan Moyle
Allan Moyle

Robert Downey Sr.
Robert Downey Sr.

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    Filmed in Wendover, Nevada, in early 1981, Energy and How to Get It combines documentary and fictional ideas. What began as a documentary film about Robert Golka, an engineer who was experimenting with ball lightning and the development of fusion as an energy force, was turned into a spoof on the documentary form, inserting fictional characters into the story such as the Energy Czar (William Burroughs), and a Hollywood agent (filmmaker Robert Downey). (mfah.org)

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    1981-08-10

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