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Writer/director/narrator Werner Herzog ("Grizzly Man," "Rescue Dawn") confirms his standing as poet laureate of men in extreme situations. With 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 (OctoberFebruary). 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 the rest of us as one can get.
One of those legendary train trips that people used to dream about taking, the Trans-Siberian Express has probably seen better days. Roy (Woody Harrelson) and Jessie (Emily Mortimer) are the perfect American couple traveling from Beijing to Moscow on this legendary express train. The two strike up a relationship with another couple, Carlos (Eduardo Noriega) and Abby (Kate Mara), with whom they quickly form that tenuous bond that often unites fellow travelers. When Roy gets separated from the train at a stopover, Jessie begins to realize that their compatriots are not exactly as they appear. Unwittingly, Roy and Jessie are caught in a web of drug trafficking and murderous deceit when all four become targets of ex-KGB detective Grinko's (Ben Kingsley) investigation. Directed and co-written by Brad Anderson ("The Machinist").Ebert calls "Encounters at the End of the World" a "poem Qf oddness and beauty."See the full content of this document
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Poetic 'Encounters at the End of the World' at the Tropic
Poetic 'Encounters at the End of the World' at the Tropic
Opens Today:"Elegy"See Shirrel Rhoades' review on page 14.Rated R. Runtime 1 hour 46 minutes.Showtimes (in Carper): Daily at (2:15), 4:45, 7:15 p.m., except no 7:15 p.m. show on Wednesd...See the full content of this document
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