It is happening all across America-rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to tap into a reservoir dubbed the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas." Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground-a hydraulic drilling process called "fracking"-and suddenly America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower.

Josh Fox
as Self

Dick Cheney
as Self (archive footage)

Pete Seeger
as Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon
as Self (archive footage)

Aubrey K. McClendon
as Self

Pat Fernelli
as Self - Resident

Ron Carter
as Self - Resident

Jean Carter
as Self - Resident

Norma Fiorentino
as Self - Resident

Debbie May
as Self - Resident