Project Detail

Beyond the Pole

Synopsis

As the first Carbon Neutral, Vegetarian, Organic expedition ever to attempt the North Pole, Mark and Brian have high hopes of not only doing their bit for global warming, but also, if all goes well, of getting into the Guinness Book of Records.

Unfortunately, not only is this a world first: it's a first for them too. Brian and Mark have never done anything like this before.

Luckily they are followed by Steve, their hardened arctic cameraman, to follow their journey for the digital channel, Adventure Plus. That is until they shoot him.

All alone on the ice the boys are left to fend for themselves and hadn't reckoned on the polar bears, the competitive Norwegians or on Mark's rapidly loosening grip on reality.

Noone said saving the planet would be easy. But does it have to be this hard?

Beyond The Pole is Touching the Void with laughs, Withnail and I on ice. Funny and subversive, it’s the story of two men trying to find their place in the world before the end of the world. And it asks one question of us all: how far would you go to save the planet?

Details

Year: 2009
Type of project: Features
Running time: 87 mins
Format: HDCAM, HDV, DVCAM
Director: David L Williams 1st Feature
Producer: Dean O' Toole
Editor: Rob Miller
Screenwriter: Neil Warhurst, Co-writer David L Williams
Director of Photography: Stuart Biddlecombe
Production Designer: Lisa Marie Hall
Sound: Pete Gaudino
Principal cast: Stephen Mangan, Rhys Thomas, Helen Baxendale, Rosie Cavailiero, Alexander Skarsgard, Mark Benton, Rosie Cavaliero, Patrick Baladi, Zoe Telford

Genre

Comedy Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Shooting Pictures

Studio 18, Blue Lion Place
London SE1 4PU
UK

T +44 (0)20 7378 7988

info@shootingpictures.co.uk

Visit Website

www.shootingpictures.co.uk

Polite Storm (in association with)

2nd Floor
64 Hereford Road
London W2 5AJ
UK

T +44 (0)20 7221 0009

info@politestorm.com

Sales Company

Hanway Films

24 Hanway St
London
W1T 1UH
UK

T +44 (0)207 290 0750

info@hanwayfilms.com

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