Kickstarter

Creator Doug Burns on February 11

If I order the DVD online will it arrive sooner than the one promised at pledge?

Creator Bryan Bean on January 30

You know, you guys are part of something important here (and by extension, I am to a small degree). This is history, and we're on the right side of it. It feels good.

Creator james v reed on January 24

We are ready to support FrackNation II.

Jim & Leslie Reed

Creator Jared Rhoads on January 16

I look forward to seeing it, if I can catch it either in Boston, Hanover, or perhaps someday via Netflix. Best of luck!

Creator Barry O'Meara on January 4

Guys I thought with the money I donated I get a copy?

Creator Stan Kerr on December 31

Good news on the opening; I'm eager to see the film. You need to get FrackNation listed in the movie databases like IMDB. Set up a twitter campaign. Go on Fox News's Redeye and do a goofy interview. Do a concerted attack on 'Promised Land' now that it's out.

Creator Todd and Amanda Smith on December 17

I am very excited for the premier :) I am glad that it took y'all a little longer than planned, giving you plenty of time to get as much as you can into this film. When can we get us some fracking brilliant shirts?? :)

Creator Mark Fitzpatrick on December 14

How can I get you my new/updated address to ship the DVD once ready? The contact us form at annandphelim.com isnt working!

Creator Zeddock Miller on November 26

I think you are short-sighted to NOT update Kickstarter with a little information as to why you have not updated or produced anything. This approach gives credibility to those who suggest that anyone with the OG industry is just out for the buck.

Please address this! I am a backer and would like to see you successful.

Creator Mark Gorman on November 16, 2012

I'm also among those that contributed, but haven't heard of any developments or received a copy of the film (assuming there is one).

Creator PhilM on November 16, 2012

Hmmm, this is starting to smell like the work of another opportunist taking advantage of the fracking controversy. I guess the next movie will be an in depth on the Immigration issue...no wait...an expose on fraud during the Superstorm Sandy recovery. Maybe get Geraldo to do the voice overs...

I suppose the moral to the story is to not let one disappointment ruin our faith in the possibilities of mini/micro funding.

Creator Jeannine on November 15, 2012

Not sure if you even read these comments. The contact form on your website is broken. I am like everyone else on this page and would like to know the status of the DVD that never arrived. Please respond to the comments and give us an update.

Creator Allie Connelly on November 15, 2012

Any word on release date for the film? I also request an update on an esimated release date, make our donations worth it!

Creator Paul Murphy on November 12, 2012

Please update us on your progress. Your page said the movie would be done in June.

Creator Chris on November 2, 2012

Very disappointed in this project. That is a lot of money to collect and then not deliver the rewards.

Creator Robert Herron on November 1, 2012

November and no updates on when the movie will be released. What is going on? We need to know what is happening and what stage the project is at.

Creator Bob Arnold on October 21, 2012

Greetings. When can we get an expected date on the film we donated to? When did production start? How much is in the "can"? At what point are you in production: 50%, 10%, 95%? Any update would be at a minimum good faith to all your supporters. This should be a two way street.

Creator Zeddock Miller on October 8, 2012

Please give us some feedback on the estimated completion? I have been in production myself and understand a date slipping especially given the challenges and push-back on this. But I would like some better communication on the situation please?

zeddock

Creator John Webster on October 2, 2012

Did something happen to my shipment? Did I fill out the survey wrong?

Creator Mark Aiken on September 14, 2012

Where's the film? Months late and no communication!

Creator PhilM on September 6, 2012

Hmmm, that wasn't the film I was expecting.

Creator Cheryl Thompson-Draper on July 13, 2012

God bless you and yours,and Congratulations! Can't wait!

Creator F Fitzpatrick on July 13, 2012

Can't wait to watch it here in Ireland. Thanks Ann and Phelim for swimming upstream all these years.

I'll have an extra scoop tonight for each of yas, cheers Magda!

Creator Kenny Brown on April 30, 2012

Looking forward to seeing & showing this film. I'm very happy to have helped! = )
-Kenny B.

Creator Samuel van der Bijl on April 9, 2012

Wow, super! Can't wait to see the film!

Creator Jerry Mackey on April 6, 2012

Congrats!! I'm proud to be a supporter. God bless!

Creator Tom Oliva on April 6, 2012

Hi
just like to say congratulations on sailing past the funding target.

One thing I'd quite like is a web page to link my friends to beyond the http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1009530098/fracknation .

Is there any plan for say a FrackNation blog ?

A little official graphic (I'm a FrackNation Film Producer) for putting on my blog / web sites with my Funder ID on it would be good :-)

Creator Joe Smith on April 5, 2012

Can't wait to see this!

Creator liam jeory on April 5, 2012

If this movie helps some politicians grow a spine and actually stand up to the 'environmental movement' it will have done a great thing. just when the world seems to have found an answer to peak oil, along comes the movement seeking to impose never ending moratoriums (under the precautionary principle) in order to halt development. i hope a combination of real science and real people might help real politicians make real decisions. And where genuine concerns are found, use science to find solutions. Delighted to help on such a vital project.

Creator Robin Fehrenbach Scala on April 5, 2012

Just think what the total would be if all the people who have no computer and don't know about the film yet were able to contribute... Out here in the sticks of PA and NY, there are many older folks who are not online, so they miss these communications. However, they are the backbone of the pro-gas community and would jump in if they knew. This just tells me how important a project the film is, and how many people feel the need to get the truth out.
Can't wait to see the final total. Best of luck!

Creator Brian Lee Gnad on April 5, 2012

You broke $200K!
Congratulations guys!

Creator Ceri Dingle on April 5, 2012

I run a UK charity and have been consistently impressed and learnt much from the films this inimitable team have produced. They have a proven history of making films which, with no ifs or buts, put people's needs first. This film promises to engage and educate and I look forward to seeing it. If I had more money you could have more and I hope for the final count down, many more people will back your vital endeavour.

Creator Bryan Bean on April 5, 2012

Just bumped up my pledge to the next level, $35! And that's really saying something, considering what a cheapskate, er, thrifty fellow I am.

Creator inge grafe-kieklak on April 5, 2012

ann.phelim and magda thanks for making this movie.i am very pleased that we made this money and the film comes out.and if you need a german translation.i can help i am german.i agree with roland ziegler 100%,we always want do be 1000% right

Creator Roland Ziegler on April 5, 2012

Ann and Phelim, you'd think about a german subtitled version of your film or even a german translated edition for the german market. Always have in mind that the green propaganda movement originally came from my country! And we sponsore that nonsense with public founding forther and forther on.

Creator philvisreturns on April 4, 2012

This is an important film, I can't wait to see it.

Creator Danielle on April 4, 2012

I presume after the 6th, I will be able to go to the actual FrackNation.com webpage? Currently, it redirects me to the KickStarter page...

Creator Jerry Mackey on April 4, 2012

Thanks for this project. First time I've heard of Kickstarter, but it won't be the last. I'm so glad you guys have been successful!

Creator Matt on April 3, 2012

I've always wished I could be more involved to combat all the lies being spread by the new green religion. Thank you so much for taking the fight to them and protecting our freedoms.

Creator Brandon N. on March 25, 2012

I'm no "senior executive," but I'd like to address update #5.

So you're going to be able to proudly say that your film was funded without major backing from the oil and gas industry. Hooray. Do you really think you won't still receive ad hominem attacks that have nothing at all to do with answering the technical questions at hand? Remember your previous film? You'll be accused of bias by some folks straight away no matter who backs you. You're already running scared from them before you're even out of the gate.

If the truth really matters, and it does to many - just not the loud ones, then it shouldn't matter who backs you.

I get that politics are politics, but it just perpetuates the fact that this isn't about truth or facts, it's just politics. And that moves the whole debate another notch lower.

Still and all, best of luck with this project.

Creator Terry McMurry on March 25, 2012

Phelim, I saw your post on fb about being up to do Fox and Friends otherwise I wouldn't have known about Kickstarter. I wish you and Ann the best on this film. You guys are great!

Creator Brandon N. on March 25, 2012

I am a petroleum engineer working for a small independent producer. I want to call attention to a peer-reviewed paper that has been published by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE 145949, "Hydraulic Fracture-Height Growth: Real Data") that deals head-on with the technical issue of "height growth" of hydraulic fractures in shale reservoirs: Do the fractures actually "grow" from their point of entry in the shale layer high enough to connect with shallow fresh-water layers?

Believe it or not, my industry actually pays various companies, including the company whose employees authored the subject paper - Pinnacle, to monitor the actual pumping of hydraulic fractures. They use numerous sensitive microphones that are arrayed vertically in nearby wells while a hydraulic fracture is pumped into another well. In this way, the downhole microphones, or geophones, pick up the micropops and microcracks that occur during pumping. From the data collected they can actually tell their customers how much height and length and complexity they achieved with their frac treatment. The customers then use that data to improve the efficiency of their frac designs. Fracs are expensive and operators want to make sure they are improving flow in the hydrocarbon-bearing layers as much as possible. Billions of dollars are spent just on this kind of monitoring because excessive height growth can cause a hydraulic fracture to connect up a saltwater-bearing layer that is adjacent to the target layer. The need to dispose of such saltwater can cause a well to become uneconomic to produce.

Well... Pinnacle compiled their data from thousands of such monitoring jobs over many years (before and after fracturing was in the news) in numerous high profile shale areas including the Marcellus shale (notable exception: New York, which has enacted a moratorium). Their compilation of actual measured frac height data showed conclusively that hydraulic fractures do not grow nearly high enough to reach even the deepest fresh water layers.

But look, I'm not kidding myself that those who are so fond of that movie (whose title I won't dignify with a mention) care a lick about such actual measured data. For them it's just politics and, hey, if a few bedrock scientific principles get broken in the process then so be it - "that's politics". But there are millions of others out there who may be concerned but have yet to drink the proverbial Kool-Aid offered by that movie. For them, I hope the facts that are promised in this film and those presented in the subject paper and other places will be enough. My industry takes groundwater protection seriously as evidenced by no less than billions of dollars spent to that effect each year. It is designed into every well we drill and every bit of work we do to the well after it's drilled.

Best of luck with this project!