Werner Herzog confirms his standing as poet laureate of men in extreme situations with "Encounters at the End of the World." In this visually stunning exploration, Herzog travels to the Antarctic community of McMurdo Station, headquarters of the National Science Foundation and home to 1,100 people during the austral summer (Oct-Feb). Over the course of his journey, Herzog examines human nature and Mother nature, juxtaposing breathtaking locations with the profound, surreal, and sometimes absurd experiences of the marine biologists, physicists, plumbers, and truck drivers who choose to form a society as far away from society as one can get.
Production Discovery Films;
Cast Names David Ainley; Samuel S. Bowser; Kevin Emery; Ryan Andrew Evans; Ashrita Furman; Peter Gorham; Werner Herzog; William Jirsa; Doug MacAyeal; William McIntosh; Olav T. Oftedal; Clive Oppenheimer; David R. Pacheco Jr.; Stefan Pashov; Jan Pawlowski; Scott Rowland; Libor Zicha; Regina Eisert; Karen Joyce;
Box Office USD 943,934
Release Date 2007-09-01 (Telluride Film Festival) 2008-06-11 (limited)