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Eight Below

DVD Widescreen More Info Close Caption: Yes Region Code: 1 UPC: 786936709902 Catalog #: DL2282442 Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary), French Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, French subtitles, Spanish subtitles	Usually ships in 5-10 days	$13.99 (6% off) List Price: ~~$14.99~~
Blu-ray More Info Region Code: 1 UPC: 786936718829 Catalog #: DB2282444 Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary), French Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, French subtitles, Spanish subtitles	Usually ships in 5-10 days	$31.49 (10% off) List Price: ~~$34.99~~

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From the liner notes

Based on the Japanese film Antarctica (Nankyoku Monogatari), this Disney family adventure follows the struggles of eight sled dogs stranded in the Antarctic landscape, and of the guide (Walker) who attempts to rescue them.

Review

Frank Marshall (producer of Bourne Identity, Bourne Supremacy and Seabiscuit) steers a course to Antarctica in his latest family film, Eight Below. A gripping and beautiful look inside the heart of man and man’s best friend, in this case, Huskies and Malamuts, was filmed north of Nova Scotia, in an area that resembled the South Pole. Jerry Shephard (Paul Walker) is a guide and sled runner who takes a Dr. McFarlane (Bruce Greenwood, from Atom Egoyan’s actors’ stable) to a remote area in search of meteor rock from Mercury. The only way to travel is on dogsled and Jerry’s dogs are the most loyal and hardest working team ever to grace the big screen. When the doctor breaks his leg on the ice, one of the dogs rescues him; it is a tense, unnerving rescue, filmed realistically. This realism is something that permeates Marshall’s treatment of a terse, yet well written script. Jason Biggs shows up as Charlie Cooper, a wise-cracking, comedic role that he handles well. Based on a true story and an earlier Japanese film, Antarctica, the real stars are, of course, the wonderful dogs. Twenty-four dogs were used to capture a story about eight dogs abandoned at a scientific outpost for almost eight months. Jerry, forced to fly back to the States in the face of one of Antarctica’s harshest winters, he never forgets his dogs and is constantly trying to find financial and physical support to go back to the Pole and rescue his beloved creatures. The dogs, when alone are riveting to watch as they look out for each other and hunt for meager food such as seagulls or a whale carcass. Truly inspirational, Eight Below will jerk a few tears from all but the most callous heart.

-- Max Brinck

Product Format Information

DVD Widescreen: $13.99

Availability: Usually ships in
5-10 days
Close Caption: Yes
Region Code: 1
UPC: 786936709902
Catalog #: DL2282442

Studio : Buena Vista

Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary) , French Dolby Digital 5.1 , Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 , French Subtitles , Spanish Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 2.35
Features:
Documentaries: "Running with the Dogs" making-of
Audio commentary: Two audio commentaries

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Blu-ray : $31.49

Availability: Usually ships in
5-10 days
Region Code: 1
UPC: 786936718829
Catalog #: DB2282444

Studio : Buena Vista

Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary) , English Subtitles , French Subtitles , Spanish Subtitles
Features:
Bonus footage: Blu-scape - "Ice"
Audio commentary: with Director Frank Marshall, Actor Paul Walker and Director Of Photography Don Burgess