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Eight Below [2006]
from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
starring Jason Biggs, Bruce Greenwood, Paul Walker, Gerard Plunkett, Wendy Crewson
directed by Frank Marshall, Bruce Hendricks

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• PAL

Editorial Review:

Despite a likable cast of humans, it's the canine stars who steal the show in Eight Below, a terrific live-action adventure in the time-honored Disney tradition. Based on a true story that was previously filmed (much differently) as the 1983 Japanese hit Antarctica, this above-average family film takes place in 1993 and focuses on a dog-sled guide at an Antarctic research station (Paul Walker) who is forced by a severe storm to abandon eight beloved sled dogs for the duration of a harsh Antarctic winter. Left to fend for themselves, the rugged and resourceful dogs encounter danger at every turn, surviving for nearly six months while Walker and his closest colleagues (engagingly played by Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood, and American Pie's Jason Biggs) join forces to mount a daring rescue mission. Having endured similarly extreme conditions on his 1993 film Alive, director Frank Marshall brings an abundance of natural splendor (and minimum use of digital wizardry) to spectacularly arctic locations in Norway, Greenland and Canada, and Walker (star of The Fast and the Furious) lends an amiable sincerity to his compassionate role. For most viewers, however, it's the remarkable dogs (six Siberian huskies and two malamutes) who make Eight Below so thoroughly entertaining. It's not quite an instant family classic, but it comes pretty doggone close. --Jeff Shannon

Inspired by a true story and the hit Japanese film NANKYOKU MONOGATARI, Frank Marshall's (ALIVE, CONGO) EIGHT BELOW captures a rugged world of ice, snow, and threatening weather that few will ever experience in person. As a guide for a National Science Foundation Research Base in Antarctica, Jerry Shepard (Paul Walker) is perfectly content to spend his time exploring the wilderness with his sled dogs and goofing around with his best buddy, cartographer Charlie Cooper (Jason Biggs). Then UCLA geologist Davis McLaren (Bruce Greenwood) arrives at the camp with plans for a risky expedition: treacherous ice fields make his target destination accessible only by dog sled so late in the season. Soon Shepard, McLaren and the sled dogs Maya, Max, Old Jack, Buck, Shorty, Dewey, Shadow, and Truman are on their way in search of McLaren's prize: a meteorite from Mercury. Unfortunately, an approaching storm forces Shepard and McLaren to return to base early. The return trip proves life-threatening, but the dogs pull through, saving both Shepard and McLaren from certain death. The storm also forces the scientists to leave the research centre earlier than planned, and there's no room on board bush pilot Katie's (Moon Bloodgood) plane for the dogs. With the promise that someone will return for them immediately, Shepard leaves his beloved dogs behind. Soon, however, it becomes apparent that the weather has made a return trip impossible. Can the dogs survive in the Antarctic wilderness on their own, or will Shepard get back in time to save them? The dogs emerge as the most intriguing characters in the story, each exhibiting a distinct personality and fierce loyalty. The other major player is the wilderness itself, a beautiful, mysterious world that is rarely depicted on film.

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• ahhhh have a hankie ready when you watch it!!!
  I was watching a different film on the long flight back from New Zealand but could see EIGHT BELOW on the screen of the man sitting in the row infront of me. I kept being distracted from my film and found myself squinting between the seats and watching the beautiful Huskies and the fantasic scenery on the screen infront, even without sound it looked a fantastic film so when the man finished watching it, I asked him what it was. I then searched for it on my screen, found it and sat spellbound watching it.... more info

• Eight Below
  Walt Disney have mad this 4 star film which sees a group of sled dogs and their owner taking a member of a scientific expedition to evacuate the Antarctica. But their was an accident and the member of the scientific expedition was hurt. Then on the way back home the snow storm gets worst and when they get home they have to chain the dogs down and get on a plane to go some where safe. Jerry the owner of the dogs things that has frost bit things that someone is coming back for the dogs, but they do not. So a... more info

• loved this film
  I absoulety loved this film. i rented it form my local video shop last year and watched it twice in the one day and i cried both times. The huskies take over the show with their story. But with such a great cast i.e. Paul Walker- Fast and Furious, Into the blue: Jason biggs-American Pie 1,2 & 3) you just have to love this film. totally recommended for family viewing, although i'm 24 and watched it on my own!!) A ++++

• Cracker
  This is one of those under rated movies.
  Based on a true story, a guide has to leave his huskies behind when an unexepected injury takes their place on the last plane out before the Antartic winter sets in. The movie is about their struggle to survive the harsh winter.
  The movie is excellently filmed and acted, exciting and moving.
  Disney at its best.
  The extra features on how the movie was made reveals fascinating insights into the life of the working husky.
  One for all the... more info

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