Eight Below (2006)

Director:

Frank Marshall

Writers (WGA):

David DiGilio (screenplay)
Toshirô Ishido (film Nankyoku Monogatari) ...

Release Date:

17 February 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Family | Romance

Tagline:

Eight Below. Inspired by a true story.

Plot:

Brutal cold forces two Antarctic explorers to leave their team of sled dogs behind as they fend for their survival.

Plot Keywords:

Washington D.C. | Friendship | Carcass | Banquet | Bar

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Paul Walker	...	Jerry Shepard
Bruce Greenwood	...	Davis McClaren
Moon Bloodgood	...	Katie
Jason Biggs	...	Charlie Cooper
Gerard Plunkett	...	Dr. Andy Harrison
August Schellenberg	...	Mindo
Wendy Crewson	...	Eve McClaren
Belinda Metz	...	Rosemary
Connor Christopher Levins	...	Eric McClaren
Duncan Fraser	...	Captain Lovett
Dan Ziskie	...	Navy Commander
Michael David Simms	...	Armin Butler
Daniel Bacon	...	Bureaucrat #2
Laara Sadiq	...	Bureaucrat #3
Malcolm Stewart	...	Charles Buffett

Also Known As:

8 Below (USA) (promotional title)
Antarctica (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some peril and brief mild language.

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Germany:o.Al. | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-7 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #42280) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Iceland:L | New Zealand:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | USA:PG | South Korea:All | Netherlands:6 | Malaysia:18SG | Portugal:M/6 | Brazil:Livre

Filming Locations:

Canada

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

The Dogs "Dewey" & "Truman" are named for the 1948 U.S. Presidential candidates Thomas E. Dewey and Harry S. Truman.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The movie is set in 1993, but when the characters are drinking Fresca, the bottles have white labels. Fresca did not adopt a white label until 2005.

Quotes:

Maya: Arf arf arf arf!
Max: Arf Arf!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 2007 Camie Awards (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Erin's Song

It's about the dogs.

The acting in this movie is weak. Now that I got that out of the way, let me tell you why this film is worth watching: the outdoor photography and the dogs. This movie contains some of the most impressive outdoor cinematography that one can hope or expect to see in a Hollywood movie. This movie shows the awesome and forbidding beauty of icebergs, ice flows and glacier-covered mountains. Compared to these magnificent edifices of nature, man is rendered almost utterly insignificant, a mere dot in a wilderness of ice that is almost endless. Indeed, the scenery is spectacular. That's one interesting part of the movie. But the main part of the movie are the dogs - eight of them. This movie offers a wonderful story about eight brave and stalwart creatures which are determined to survive in the polar wilderness. Having been abandoned by their owner, the dogs must fend for themselves, and they do so, by staying together, working as a team, looking out for each other and caring for each other. They set an example for us humans to follow. That's why this is a movie that's not about us, but about those wonderful dogs.