Product Details

• Actors: Donald Sutherland
• Producers: Bernadette McDaid, Jonathan T. Taplin
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 4
• Studio: Homevision
• VHS Release Date: June 13, 2000
• Run Time: 480 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302606640
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,242 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This exciting and entertaining eight-part series, based on Daniel Yergin's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, captures the panoramic history of the biggest industry in the world. Shot on location in Azerbaijan, Egypt, England, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Russia, Scotland, Turkey, and the United States, the series features fascinating characters, archival footage, and interviews with the people who shaped the oil industry. Yergin appears on camera throughout the series to discuss oil's impact on politics, economics, and the environment.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth it's weight in oil, August 1, 2001

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C. D. Murphy (Natick, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Prize - The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power [4 VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is an absolutely wonderful series from PBS. I was amazed at how much I learned about the industry. Or maybe I should be more amazed at how much I was never taught nor tried to learn on my own. It covers how oil started as just an illumination industry and was transformed by chance into the all encompassing giant that now moves nations. Really interesting shows are the ones about WWII and the rise and fall of OPEC. However the final show about the future and the environment is weak.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars herbnut, September 12, 2007

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Joan R. Folsom (Laguna Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Prize - The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power [4 VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw this series on PBS years ago. Does anyone wonder why it has never been put on DVD? At this point there are 6 VHS copies I can find ranging from $179 -900plus. This is information that should be available. What has happened to it?

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An extremely gripping video, April 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Prize - The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power [4 VHS] (VHS Tape)

Once you start viewing this title, you will not stop till you have finished all the volumes. An excellent depiction of the politics and economics involved with the evolution and growth of the oil industry.