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Titolo originale: Eight Below
Regia: Frank Marshall |
Anno: 2006
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Avventura Dramma Famiglia
Tag: expedition | pilot | survival | antarctica | sled dogs | seal (animal) | pets |
Cast: Paul Walker | Moon Bloodgood | Jason Biggs | Bruce Greenwood | Wendy Crewson | Duncan Fraser | August Schellenberg | Gerard Plunkett | Belinda Metz | Connor Christopher Levins | Dan Ziskie | Michael David Simms | Dexter Bell | Daniel Bacon | Laara Sadiq | Malcolm Stewart | Garry Chalk | Brenda Campbell | Michael Adamthwaite | Buddy Cain | Damon Johnson | Richard Sali | Panou | Troika | D.J. | Apache | Buck | Koda | Timba |

Jerry Shepard, guida in una base sperimentale americana in Antartide, accompagna con la sua muta di cani un geologo, Davis McClaren, in una missione per il recupero di un meteorite. Mentre sono in viaggio, alla base arriva la comunicazione dell'arrivo di una violenta tempesta. Gli esploratori vengono invitati a rientrare immediatamente. Complici la fretta di tornare, il maltempo e un momento di distrazione, Davis finisce in una zona di ghiaccio sottile e cade nell'acqua gelata. A salvarlo sono gli otto husky della spedizione sotto la guida di Shepard. Tornati finalmente alla base, congelati ma vivi, Shepard e Davis apprendono che a causa dell'arrivo della bufera più violenta degli ultimi 25 anni devono evacuare la base, ma sul velivolo che li porta in salvo non c'è posto per gli otto husky. Shepard accetta di separarsi dalla muta a patto che questa venga recuperata in un secondo viaggio, ma il tempo peggiora ulteriormente e i cani restano abbandonati tra i ghiacci...

Approfondimenti

Stan Winston Digital also computer-generated seagulls for a scene where the starving dogs attack a f [...] D
Second unit filming in Greenland was referred to by crew members as the "Amundsen Expedition". This [...] D
Somewhat sanitized retelling of a true event that was first brought to cinema in the movie Antarctic [...] D
Stan Winston Studio also built a dummy Husky for a shot where the seal takes a bite out of a dog. Th [...] D
The name of the "Lamborghini" of Snow Cats that they borrowed from the Italian camp was named "Mare [...] D
Based on a Japanese expedition to the South Pole in 1958, in which the party was faced with extreme [...] D
Ultimately, an artful combination of live animatronics and digital effects implemented by Stan Winst [...] D
It is incorrectly noted above that it would be dark. The characters mentioned it was the end of Janu [...] D
Each dog had at least one stunt double. In all, over 30 dogs were used in this film, at least 5 of w [...] D
The names of the Siberian Huskies and Alaskan Malamutes in this film are Maya, Old Jack, Shorty, Max [...] D
The last Disney film with the orange variant of the 1985 castle logo which would generally be used f [...] D
The scene in which the dogs, attempting to feed on a whale carcass, are confronted by an aggressive [...] D
When issued for domestic use in June 2006, it was the world's first MPEG-4-AVC encoded Blu-ray relea [...] D
The Dogs "Dewey" & "Truman" are named for the 1948 U.S. Presidential candidates Thomas E. Dewey and [...] D
In the real Japanese story, 15 sled dogs were abandoned, and only 2 survived. D
There are two Alaskan Malamutes (Buck and Shadow) and six Siberian Huskies (Max, Maya, Truman, Dewey [...] D
American Humane Association monitored the animal action. No animals were harmed in the making of thi [...] D
Dogs have been banned from Antarctica by treaty since 1993 because of evidence that disease was spre [...] D