Beyond the Pole
Synopsis
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
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Shooting Pictures
Studio 18, Blue Lion PlaceLondon SE1 4PU
UK
T +44 (0)20 7378 7988
Polite Storm (in association with)
2nd Floor64 Hereford Road
London W2 5AJ
UK
T +44 (0)20 7221 0009
info@politestorm.com
Sales Company
Hanway Films
24 Hanway StLondon
W1T 1UH
UK
T +44 (0)207 290 0750
info@hanwayfilms.com
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