The Prize - An Epic Quest for Oil; Money & Power (DVD)

   I remember seeing this documentary on PBS. I in fact taped in on a VCR. The VHS tape went out of print and a complete set on VHS became difficult to find at a reasonable price. I have to say that this is one of my favorite documentaries. The criticism of the visual aspect is fair. This documentary appears to simply have been put onto a DVD without any effort to clean it up.As far as i am concerned, I am glad to have it. I previously have made attempts to contact the producers of the documentary. I have contacted PBS. I got no where. PBS said that their license to broadcast it or produce it for sale had expired. They had no plan to renew the license. The producers said nothing. A friend of mine was able to download the series as separate parts from the internet as a bit torrent. The reproduction was often much worse than the current DVD release and would have actual problems with tracking the VHS tape. In essence, at least we do not have this problem with the...Read more