Eight Below (Widescreen Edition)
by Frank Marshall
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Actor: Bruce Greenwood, Gerard Plunkett, Jason Biggs, Moon Bloodgood, Paul WalkerDirector: Frank Marshall
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-20
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Eight Below (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: You will hate this movie / not safe for kids or people w/ a conscience
Summary: 1 Stars
This movie made me very, very angry. I hated it. What kind of monster would leave his "beloved" dogs? I'm sorry but you couldn't pry my four mutts from my cold dead fingers. If you're evacuating New Orleans or a frozen wasteland those dogs are coming with me or I'll stay but I might shank you and leave you bleeding while I flee with my canines.
If this is a true story then the dog "owner" is worse than an animal is is selfish and self centered to portray him as a hero is a disservice and a shame.
If you are into self-loathing, love being depressed or have a death wish then rent this movie maybe you will have some solace. When they find you with your veins opened up they will know why. You rented this depressing, hateful, sad movie.
Not a family movie.
Summary of Eight Below (Widescreen Edition)
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 center 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.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: PG UPC: 786936709902 Manufacturer No: 05042500Despite 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
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