Encounters at the End of the World
Not just another penguin movie—humans share equal time with nature as maverick director Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man) explores Antarctica, his newest frontier. There, he captures the absurd, the surreal, and the sublime in this icy wilderness at the bottom of the world.
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Cast & Crew
Director: Werner Herzog
Producer: Erik Nelson, Dave Harding, Phil Fairclough, Julian Hobbs, Henry Kaiser
Editor: Joe Bini
Screenwriter: Werner Herzog
Cinematographer: Peter Zeitlinger
Music: Henry Kaiser, David Lindley
Filmography: Rescue Dawn (2006); The Wild Blue Yonder (2005); Grizzly Man (2005); My Best Friend (1999); Little Deiter Needs to Fly (1997); Fitzcarraldo (1982)
US Distributor: THINKFilm
World Sales: THINKFilm
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Encounters At The End Of The World, May 10, 2008
By Jeff Cavanaugh
“Werner gets personal with inhabitants of the McMurdo Antarctic base, people and animals. Once he brings the cameras out of the dirty mining town that is the main base, the vistas are amazing. The various people ("PhDs doing dishes", etc.) and their reasons for winding up in the most desolate place”
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