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Gas (1981 film)

Field	Value
name	Gas
image	Gas FilmPoster.jpeg
director	Les Rose
producer	Claude Héroux
writer	Susan Scranton
Dick Wolf
starring	Susan Anspach
Howie Mandel
Sterling Hayden
Helen Shaver
Peter Aykroyd
Sandee Currie
Keith Knight
Donald Sutherland
music	Paul Zaza
cinematography	René Verzier
editing	Patrick Dodd
studio	Filmplan International
Davis-Panzer Productions
Canadian Film Development Corporation
distributor	Paramount Pictures
released
runtime	94 minutes
country	Canada
language	English
budget	C$6,500,000
gross	$2,869,425 (US)

Dick Wolf Howie Mandel Sterling Hayden Helen Shaver Peter Aykroyd Sandee Currie Keith Knight Donald Sutherland Davis-Panzer Productions Canadian Film Development Corporation

Gas is a 1981 Canadian comedy film released by Paramount Pictures, the plot of which was inspired by the 1979 energy crisis. The film was directed by Les Rose and produced by Claude Héroux.

Plot summary

A small Midwestern town is thrown into chaos when the local oil tycoon Duke Stuyvesant orchestrates a phony oil shortage in order to increase profits. News reporter Jane Beardsley tries to uncover the plot. Radio DJ Nick the Noz, observing from his station's news helicopter, reports on the craziness caused by the gasoline shortage.

Cast

Susan Anspach as Jane Beardsley
Howie Mandel as Matt Lloyd
Sterling Hayden as Duke Stuyvesant
Helen Shaver as Rhonda
Sandee Currie as Sarah Marshal
Peter Aykroyd as Ed Marshal
Keith Knight as Ira
Alf Humphreys as Lou Picard
Philip Akin as Lincoln Jones
Michael Hogan as Guido Vespucci
Paul Kelman as Nino Vespucci
Donald Sutherland as Nick "The Noz"
Dustin Waln as Earl Stuyvesant
Vlasta Vrána as Baron Stuyvesant
Harvey Chao as Lee Kwan
Walker Boone as "Dutch", Gangster #1

Home media

The film was released on VHS and ßeta in January 1982 by Paramount Home Video. To date, it has not been released on DVD, Blu-ray or 4k/UHD.

References

{{Mojo title. gas
Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/gas-les-rose/ "Gas – Film de Les Rose"]. ''Films du Québec'', February 15, 2009.
(January 27, 1982). "Paramount Plans To Shift '82 Priority To Moving Vidisk Units". Variety.

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