A true story about the friendship between two men and a sled dog on an expedition to Antarctica

[Reporter Yang Hyeong-seok]

<The Fast and the Furious> The late actor Paul Walker, who gained international fame playing the main character Brian O’Connor in the series,

Paul Walker left behind a popular series called <Fast & Furious>, but in fact, there are 7 <Fast & Furious> films in Paul Walker’s filmography. Aside from the series, his career is somewhat far from glamorous. Of course, Paul Walker also appeared in many small-scale films that did not cost a lot of money to produce, and some of them were well-received by movie enthusiasts. However, he also had films that had disappointing results, such as 2005’s “Blue Storm,”in which he co-starred with Jessica Alba.

Paul Walker also appeared in three films in 2006, including Clint Eastwood’s “Flags of Our Fathers”and Wayne Kramer’s “Running Scared.”Among them, this film, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Frank Marshall, released in February 2006, recorded box office sales that were three times the production cost, giving Paul Walker the joy of box office success for the first time in a long time. It was

▲ ​<Eight Below>, a remake of the Japanese film <Antarctic Story>, recorded a box office performance that was more than three times the production cost.

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Winter movies that remind you of white snow and cold

People who like winter actually engage in more active outdoor activities in winter, but most people tend to shrink in the cold winter and minimize going out. In fact, even if you don’t feel the cold by going outside during the cold winter, you can still feel the winter atmosphere in a warm room or at the theater with delicious winter snacks such as tangerines or roasted sweet potatoes. This is because movies set in the cold winter have been consistently made in each country.

Director Bong Joon-ho participated in the script work, and Director Lim Pil-seong’s

On the other hand,

, a survival drama produced by brothers Ridley Scott and the late Tony Scott and starring Liam Neeson, is also a film set in Alaska where you can indirectly experience the extreme cold. Influenced by Liam Neeson’s box office hit, <The Gray> At the time of its release, it was also misunderstood as an action film in which Liam Neeson fights against a wolf. However, was a movie that depicted the strong will of humans who fight to the end even when placed in a hopeless situation by Mother Nature.

Movies that feature winter and snow often include ‘disaster’ and ‘survival’ It is easy to think of extreme situations, but there are also melodrama films that remind us of pure first love, such as director Iwai Shunji’s

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▲ There are many actors, but the real protagonists of <Eight Below> are the sled dogs who endured the cold of Antarctica.

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<Eight Below> is based on the Japanese film <Antarctic Story>, released in 1983. The movie

Antarctic expedition member Jerry (Paul Walker) and geologist Davis (Bruce Greenwood) go on an expedition to Antarctica with eight sled dogs to find meteorites. Jerry and Davis, who succeeded in collecting meteorites, are saved thanks to the dedication of the sled dogs, but due to treatment for injuries and bad weather, they have to leave Antarctica behind the sled dogs. However, Jerry’s promise to come pick them up was not kept, and the sled dogs spent a long time of nearly six months in the extreme cold of Antarctica.

<Eight Below> is a film about eight sled dogs abandoned in Antarctica surviving in Antarctica despite the extreme cold, and Jerry, who had forgotten the existence of sled dogs, returns to Antarctica, remembering his promise to the sled dogs. all. Although the content and theme are simple, viewers who have affection for animals, especially dogs, cannot help but be moved by the scene of eight sled dogs working together to survive in Antarctica and the final reunion scene with Jerry and his group.

, which was made with a production cost of $40 million, earned $120 million and performed well at the box office. However, even though <Eight Below> was released in Korea under the ‘Walt Disney’ label, it was a box office failure, attracting only 19,000 people nationwide. Although the box office performance alone was disappointing, is recording a high netizen rating of 9.26 on the N portal site as of the 18th, as the touching story is rediscovered among audiences.

Director Frank Marshall, who directed <Eight Below>, is actually known to be more capable as a producer than as a director. Since the 1980s, he has collaborated with director Steven Spielberg on <Indiana Jones>,< E.T. Director Marshall, who participated in the production of masterpieces such as >, debuted as a director in 1993 by directing <Alive>, a film adaptation of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash. In 1995, he adapted Michael Crichton’s novel Congo into a film, but it did not receive good reviews.

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▲ In the movie, Jerry (right) and Davis were able to save their lives thanks to the dedication of the sled dogs.

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In <Eight Below>, all the misfortunes originated from the stubbornness of Dr. Davis McLaren, who insisted on an Antarctic expedition despite Jerry’s opposition. At Davis’s insistence, the two set out to explore Antarctica, and although Dr. Davis injured his leg in the process, he succeeded in collecting the meteorite he wanted and became a world-renowned scholar. Up to this point, Davis seems like a greedy villain, but at the end of the movie, Davis returns to Antarctica with Jerry to bring back the sled dogs that saved him.

Bruce Greenwood, who played the stubborn but humane geologist Davis, is a Canadian actor and voice actor who began his acting career in the 1970s and has appeared in

In <Eight Below>, expedition rescuer Jerry and weather manager Katie appear to be close friends, but there is a strange atmosphere between the two. In fact, the two were lovers in the past and broke up, but Katie, who could not keep her promise to bring sled dogs due to bad weather, joins Jerry’s team when he returns to Antarctica. Moon Bloodgood, who played Katie, is an actress who played Blay Williams, a female warrior of the human resistance army, in the 2009