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Encounters at the End of the World

(2008)

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Film Information*

Synopsis:
Country:	United States	Genre:	Documentary, Nature
Rating:	G	Running time:	99 mins.
Distributor:	ThinkFilm, Image Entertainment, Image Entertainment, Discovery Channel Productions
Release Date:	06/11/2008	Cumulative Box Office:	$943,934.00

Filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to the Antarctic community of McMurdo Station, on Ross Island, the headquarters for the National Science Foundation an .....

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Credits*

Director:	Werner Herzog
Producer:	Henry Kaiser

Actor	Role
Werner Herzog	Narrator
David Ainley	Marine Ecologist
Samuel S Bowser	Cell Biologist
Regina Eisert	Physiologist
Kevin Emery	Survival School Instructor
Ashrita Furman	Multiple World Record Holder
William Jirsa	Linguist/Computer Expert
Karen Joyce	Traveller/Computer Expert
Douglas MacAyeal	Glaciologist
William Mcintosh	Volcanologist/Geochronologist

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Companies*

Company	Role
Creative Differences Productions	Production Company
Discovery Channel	Film Financier
Discovery Channel Productions	Domestic Distribution Rights
Image Entertainment	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Image Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
ThinkFilm	Domestic Theatrical Distributor

Awards*

Nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Film by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

Nominated for the 2008 Spirit Award for Best Documentary by Film Independent (FIND).

Winner of the Best Documentary Award at the 2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Festivals*

Shown at Dubai International Film Festival (Destination Documentary) December 9-16, 2007.

Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Document) June 18-29, 2008.

Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (True Stories) January 3-14, 2008.

Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Documentary Films) May 22-June 15, 2008.

Shown at SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival June 16-23, 2008.

Shown at Telluride Film Festival August 31-September 3, 2007.

Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Real to Reel) September 6-15, 2007.

Release Information*

Release Notes:
Released in New York City June 11, 2008.
Released in Los Angeles June 27, 2008.

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