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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   3,456 votes
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Director:
Werner Herzog
Writer:
Werner Herzog (written by)
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Release Date:
17 October 2008 (Spain) more
Genre:
Documentary more
Plot:
Filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica to capture its landscape's rarely seen beauty on film. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 nominations more
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Werner Herzog: The Hollywood Interview
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 17 November 2009, 10:22 PM, PST)
User Comments:
Best Film of 2008 more (38 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
David Ainley ... Marine Ecologist
Samuel S. Bowser ... Cell Biologist
Regina Eisert ... Physiologist
Kevin Emery ... McMurdo Station Survival School Instructor
Ryan Andrew Evans ... McMurdo Station Cook
Ashrita Furman ... Multiple World Record Holder
Peter Gorham ... Physicist - University of Hawaii

Werner Herzog ... Narrator
William Jirsa ... McMurdo Station Linguist - Computer Expert
Karen Joyce ... Computer Expert
Doug MacAyeal ... McMurdo Station Glaciologist (as Douglas MacAyeal)
William McIntosh ... Volcanologist - Geochronologist
Olav T. Oftedal ... Nutritional Ecologist
Clive Oppenheimer ... Volcanologist
David R. Pacheco Jr. ... McMurdo Journeyman Plumber
Stefan Pashov ... McMurdo Station Forklift Driver
Jan Pawlowski ... Zoologist
Scott Rowland ... McMurdo Station Transportation Dept
Libor Zicha ... McMurdo Station Utility Mechanic
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Runtime:
99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:G | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario/Québec) | Netherlands:6 | Singapore:G | Australia:G
Filming Locations:
Antarctica
Company:
Discovery Films more

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Narrator: The National Science Foundation invited me even though I made it clear I would not be making another movie about penguins. more
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References La marche de l'empereur (2005) more
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Tsmindao Gmerto Orovela more

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29 out of 38 people found the following comment useful.
Best Film of 2008, 30 August 2008
10/10
Author: Chris Barry from Canada

'Encounters at the End of the World' is an engrossing, fascinating exploration of what it takes to exist in one of the world's most unforgiving landscapes.

Almost a companion piece to Herzog's earlier poem-like Fata Morgana, the film brings us into a world hidden to almost all but a very chosen few.

There are incredible exchanges between Herzog and his human subjects, who are all researchers studying various aspects of the Antarctic eco-sphere. One such exchange with a cell biologist involves the idea that humans evolved from the ocean to escape what the scientist terms the 'absolute horror' of existence among the extremely vicious, often microscopic 'monsters' that savagely fight for their existence in the frozen waters. Some of these creatures are shown in remarkable underwater photography and it's not hard to see what he means.

Another interview that I found both terrifying and fascinating was one with a journeyman plumber (who also is allegedly related to the Ancient Aztec royalty) about the effects of global warming. I didn't like 'An Inconvenient Truth' and have always been somewhat on the fence about global warming. But the way this man describes global warming set the hairs on my arms on end. The subject is returned to later in the film with several scientists advocating an even bleaker outlook on the topic. Their consensus is that we have already tipped the point of no return and that our existence as humans is already marked for extinction.

As one glacierologist, pointing at a radar screen showing formations of large glaciers puts it: "I don't want to know what happens when that melts." By the way, did you know that seal calls are like the sound of Moog synths and earlier Pink Floyd? I haven't even scratched the surface of this film. There are so many breathtaking moments of sheer rugged beauty that it will bring tears to your eyes.

Do not see this movie on video or DVD. Unlike 'Grizzly Man' which was more of a television format film, "Encounters At the End of The World" is deeply, deeply cinematic.

How many Bat-films do you need to see anyway? Do your brain a favor and lose yourself in 'Encounters at the End of The World'.

Best film of '08 hands down.

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