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Wheeler Dealers, Wildcatters, and the Texas Oilman Stereotype

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Marianne

THE WHEELER DEALERS
1963, Filmways Pictures

I recently watched The Wheeler Dealers (1963 and one of my dad’s favorites), starring James Garner and Lee Remick. The 1963 comedy follows Henry Tyroon (rhymes with “tycoon”), a Texas Wildcatter millionaire, who hits a streak of dry wells and … Read More

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Dr. Michael E. Webber
Deputy Director, Energy Institute
Co-Director, Clean Energy Incubator
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Josey Centennial Fellow in Energy Resources
The University of Texas at Austin
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Energy at the Movies: From Campus to Primetime
Dr. Michael Webber and Juan Garcia present at SXSW Edu in March 2014.

UT Professor’s Energy a TV Hit
The Austin American-Statesman, Laylan Copelin

“When Energy Goes Hollywood: A Conversation with Michael Webber”
StateImpact Texas, Terrence Henry, KUT Austin

“‘The Power of Cinema: UT Professor Uses Film as Teaching Tool for the Masses about Energy in Society”
Austin Business Journal, James Jeffrey

Hydropower Saves The FugitiveI had the chance to re-watch an early 1990s blockbuster, The Fugitive (1993), starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. Ford plays a doctor wrongfully accused of murdering his wife. He is unexpectedly freed from the transport bus taking him … Read More

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Wheeler Dealers, Wildcatters, and the Texas Oilman Stereotype

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