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Encounters at the End of the World

Film-maker Werner Herzog travels to the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, looking to capture the continent's beauty and investigate the characters living there.

Director

Werner Herzog

Year

Genre

Box Office

$944,933

Production

Discovery Films,Creative Differences Productions,Discovery Communications

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 16 nominations total

Homepage

http://www.encountersfilm.co.uk/

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Narrator

Self - Transportation Dept.

Self - Philosopher, Forklift Driver

Self - Glaciologist

Self - Filmmaker, Cook

Ryan Andrew Evans

Self - Survival School Instructor

Self - Nutritional Ecologist

Olav T. Oftedal

Self - Physiologist

Self - Journeyman Plumber

David R. Pacheco Jr.

Self - Cell Biologist

Samuel S. Bowser

Self - Zoologist

Self - Linguist, Computer Expert

Self - Traveler, Computer Expert

Self - Utility Mechanic

Self - Multiple World Record Holder

Self - Marine Ecologist

Self - Volcanologist, Geochronologist

William McIntosh

Self - Volcanologist

Clive Oppenheimer

Self - Physicist

Self

Ernest Shackleton

General Assistant

Shaun Phillip Cantwell

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The NationaI Science Foundation had invited me to Antarctica - Encounters at the End of the World

The NationaI Science Foundation had invited me to Antarctica

LAUGHING It's a long story I've explored many different - Encounters at the End of the World

LAUGHING It's a long story I've explored many...

And I think there is a fair amount of the population here - Encounters at the End of the World

And I think there is a fair amount of the population here

Might as well be on a piece of the South Pole - Encounters at the End of the World

Might as well be on a piece of the South Pole

Unlike Scott and Shackleton who viewed the ice as this sort of static monster - Encounters at the End of the World

Unlike Scott and Shackleton who viewed the ice as this sort...

McMurdo has climate controlled housing facilities its own radio station - Encounters at the End of the World

McMurdo has climate controlled housing facilities its own...

The creatures that are down there that are like science fiction creatures - Encounters at the End of the World

The creatures that are down there that are like science...

It's a pretty beautiful scarlet worm - Encounters at the End of the World

It's a pretty beautiful scarlet worm

Under the ice the divers find themselves in a separate reality - Encounters at the End of the World

Under the ice the divers find themselves in a separate...

If you take everybody who's not tied down they all sort of - Encounters at the End of the World

If you take everybody who's not tied down they all sort...

Hence in this stupid trend of academia - Encounters at the End of the World

Hence in this stupid trend of academia

So just imagine you know 90 - Encounters at the End of the World

So just imagine you know 90

It occurred to me that in the time we spent with him in the greenhouse - Encounters at the End of the World

It occurred to me that in the time we spent with him in the...

For me the best description of hunger is a description of bread - Encounters at the End of the World

For me the best description of hunger is a description of...

Dr Ainley is there such thing as insanity among penguins - Encounters at the End of the World

Dr Ainley is there such thing as insanity among penguins

He would neither go towards the feeding grounds at the edge of the ice - Encounters at the End of the World

He would neither go towards the feeding grounds at the edge...

The rules for the humans are do not disturb or hold up the penguin - Encounters at the End of the World

The rules for the humans are do not disturb or hold up the...

HERZOG For this and many other reasons our presence on this planet - Encounters at the End of the World

HERZOG For this and many other reasons our presence on this...

As if we had wanted to leave one remnant of our presence on this planet - Encounters at the End of the World

As if we had wanted to leave one remnant of our presence on...

The neutrino is It's the most ridiculous particle you could imagine - Encounters at the End of the World

The neutrino is It's the most ridiculous particle you...

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Film-maker Werner Herzog travels to the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, looking to capture the continent's beauty and investigate the characters living there.

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Director: Werner Herzog

Writer: Werner Herzog

Production: Discovery Films,Creative Differences Productions,Discovery Communications

Genre: documentary

Year: 2007

MetaScore: 80/100

ImdbRating: 7.7

BoxOffice: $944,933

Released: 18 Jul 2008

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 16 nominations total

Homepage: http://www.encountersfilm.co.uk/

Also watch: Antarctica: A Year on Ice, Into the Abyss, Helvetica, I Am, Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer, Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World, Grizzly Man, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Cove, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans