Encounters at the End of the World

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Werner Herzog
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Rating: G
Running Time: 99 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
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Filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to the Antarctic community of McMurdo Station, on Ross Island, the headquarters for the National Science Foundation and home to eleven hundred people during the austral summer. McMurdo is a gathering place for people who want to step off the map and where everyone seem to be full-time travelers and part-time workers. Beyond the settlement, Herzog ventures from the under-ice depths of the Ross Sea to the brink of the Mount Erebus volcano. Over the course of his journey, nature in the wild shares equal time with human nature and he encounters many a colorful character along the way.
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rating  PETER TRAVERS - June 26, 2008
That great eccentric poet of cinema Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, The White Diamond) trains his cameras on Antarctica and finds visual splendor and seductive danger on the frozen continent, from those who dive below the sea to penguins who consider prostitution. Herzog gets inside the minds and hearts of the people who live there and study its mysteries. Herzog is one of a kind. His new doc is an event you watch in awe as you marvel at its wonders.