187 Made by the Creole Oil Company, this film features an incredibly dorky American engineer who gets transferred to the company oil fields in Venezuela and writes detailed letters about the country to his wife and kids back home. Of course, he only gets to see the most "modern", Americanized parts of the country. His wife's clothing and make-up are a screamdid women ever really look like that? Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ***. Weirdness: ***. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ****. Also available on Assignment Venezuela and Other Shorts. Assignment Venezuela Christine Hennig 2002-10-10 00:00:00 2002-10-10 00:00:00 4 802 An overview of a man who moves to Venezuela to work for the Creole Petroleum company, a Venezualan corperation back in the 1950's. I guess a LOT of people were working for them who were moving from the US. After all, Isn't this why the film was made? The narrator just glows to what can be found working for such a company, where it looks like he's moving into indutrial suburbia where the 'house' he moves into is this aluminum bunker which is one hideous house. Couldnt the nice folks at Creole spend a little more on employee housing then the Athletic Club? The narrator is writing back to his family in the mainland, and my god, does the woman who plays the 'wife' look anemic. Gee, Venezuela! Wow. Spuzz 2003-01-01 17:34:36 2003-01-01 17:34:36 4 17372 A really good, historically valuable overview of what a family moving to Venezuela to work for CREOLE (part of Standard Oil) might expect. There were literally hundreds & hundreds of Americans (& other nationalities) who helped set up the Venezuelan oil industry, and ex-pat sites for these families are alive & well on the Internet. Some of the dialogue is indeed a bit "corny", and the fashions dated, but certainly no more so than other "training films" of this time period & genre of the '50's are concerned. But its real value lies in the scenery & views of Venezuela that so many who lived there remember. As such, it's historical value in portraying this point of time in Venezuela is incalculable. For those of us who lived and/or worked there, it's a priceless piece of work that brings back many fond memories of a place that was a truly wonderful place to live in the '50's, '60's, & '70's. If you're one of them, you DON'T want to miss this film. Assignment Venezuela Canaima 2004-07-24 06:55:08 2004-07-24 06:55:08 5 3 4.33