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Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
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Ratings: 7.8/10 from 6,963 users
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Reviews: 52 user | 141 critic | 25 from Metacritic.com Filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica to capture its landscape's rarely seen beauty on film. Director:Werner HerzogWriter:Werner Herzog |
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David Ainley | ... |
Marine Ecologist
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Samuel S. Bowser | ... |
Cell Biologist
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Regina Eisert | ... |
Physiologist
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Kevin Emery | ... |
McMurdo Station Survival School Instructor
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Ryan Andrew Evans | ... |
McMurdo Station Cook
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Ashrita Furman | ... |
Multiple World Record Holder
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Peter Gorham | ... |
Physicist - University of Hawaii
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Narrator
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William Jirsa | ... |
McMurdo Station Linguist - Computer Expert
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Karen Joyce | ... |
Computer Expert
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Doug MacAyeal | ... |
McMurdo Station Glaciologist
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William McIntosh | ... |
Volcanologist - Geochronologist
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Olav T. Oftedal | ... |
Nutritional Ecologist
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Clive Oppenheimer | ... |
Volcanologist
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David R. Pacheco Jr. | ... |
McMurdo Journeyman Plumber
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Werner Herzog takes his camera to Antarctica where we meet the odd men and women who have dedicated their lives to furthering the cause of science in treacherous conditions. A scientist studies neutrinos, which are everywhere, yet elusive; he likens them to spirits. A researcher's nighttime performance art includes contorting her body into a luggage bag. A survival guide teaches his students to survive white-out conditions by wearing cartoon-face buckets over their heads. Animal researchers milk mother seals as part of their study. Volcanologists offer advice on what to do when a volcano erupts. A pipefitter shows us the anomaly in his hands that he says are a sign he descended from Atzec royalty. A former Colorado banker drives what he has christened Ivan the Terra Bus. An underwater diver shows his colleagues DVDs of apocalyptic sci-fi films like Them!. And -- though Herzog declares he's not "making another film about penguins"... Written by J. Spurlin
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Begegnungen am Ende der Welt See more »Filming Locations:
AntarcticaBox Office
Opening Weekend:
$17,730 (USA) (15 June 2008) (1 Screen)Gross:
$943,934 (USA) (2 November 2008)Company Credits
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Written by Stefan Dragostinov
Performed by The Philip Koutev National Folk Ensemble See more »
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McMurdo Station Linguist - Computer Expert: So just imagine 90% of languages will be extinct probably in my lifetime. It's a catastrophic impact to an ecosystem to talk about that kind of extinction. Culturally we're talking about the same thing, I mean, you know, what if you lost all of Russian literature. No more Tolstoy.See more »
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"Planino Stara Planino Mari"Written by Stefan Dragostinov
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