Encounters at the End of the World
2009 Oscar Nominee for Best Documentary
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- Synopsis
- Werner Herzog, director of such acclaimed documentaries as Grizzly Man and Little Dieter Needs to Fly, offers his unique perspective on the South Pole in this film profiling the Antarctic community of McMurdo Station....
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- Starring
- Werner Herzog
- Director(s)
- Werner Herzog
- Distributor(s)
- ThinkFilm
- MPAA Rating
- G
- Runtime
- 99 min.
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Critic Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
It is a poem of oddness and beauty.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites
The stunning images aren't enough for Herzog, though. He wants us to see how these quirky researchers, in their lust to explore, are acting out a drive as primitive as nature: the need to break away from the world in order to find it.Read the full review
The New York Times | Manohla DargisAdd Critic to Favorites
Like many of Mr. Herzog's movies, fiction and nonfiction, Encounters at the End of the World itself has the quality of a dream: it's at once vivid and vague, easy to grasp and somehow beyond reach.Read the full review
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