Movies and TvShows featuring "icebreaker" theme.
In 1928, renowned Italian explorer Umberto Nobile attempts to fly over the Arctic in a dirigible. However, the freezing temperatures and a crash leave him and his crew stranded in the icy wilderness. Their epic struggle for survival and rescue operation becomes a testament to courage and leadership in the face of extreme conditions.
When a research station in the Arctic gets attacked by mutated ice sharks, a team of scientists must find a way to escape before they become the next meal. With limited resources and a deadly predator lurking in the icy waters, they must use their wits to survive and make it back to civilization.
In the midst of icy waters, a courageous coast guard ship and its crew face danger and disaster as they battle treacherous icebergs and a powerful storm.
The Great White Silence is a documentary film that depicts a British expedition to the South Pole in 1924. It showcases the extreme cold weather, icy waters, and the brave endurance of the British seamen. The cinematographer captures stunning footage of the icy landscape, seals, icebergs, and the unique wildlife found in Antarctica. The film also highlights the challenges faced by the expedition team, including blizzards, storms, and the struggle to survive in the harsh conditions.
Sheridan O'Connor and Riccardo Rossi were destined to meet on the set of their first big movie together when barely out of their teens. What they didn't know was that their on-screen chemistry would translate into a hot and heavy off-screen romance destined only for disaster. Now, living continents apart and a lifetime later, expecting their paths never to cross again, they are thrown back together to star in an updated version of their original film. The studio has high hopes that they will be able to attract the same audience who loved them the first time around. But working together again could demand greater acting skills than either ever imagined: long hours filming awkward romantic scenes, reliving the past and coming face to face with what fate has in store for them. Only slightly shaken and gently stirred by family and friends, Sheridan and Riccardo must find a way to make the perfect martini out of life so as not to waste a single drop of happiness.
Things turn sour when an amateur improv class meet for the first time after one of the group misjudges the situation. https://shortoftheweek.com/2021/11/22/doughnut
New Zealand is a place of great natural beauty and resources, of pioneering immigrants from the Maori to the more recent settlers. They’re fierce, hardy, and strong, able to withstand challenges like the massive economic challenge they faced in the mid 1980’s. With their economy unraveling, they made huge, controversial changes, including doing away with farm subsidies and protectionist import controls. At first, it hurt. A lot. But now, the farmers and the fishers, the people and the economy, are prospering. And they wouldn’t go back to subsidies, special interests, or support for manufacturers. Travel to New Zealand with scholar Johan Norberg to meet some amazing Kiwis and see how they blazed a trail to economic prosperity.
This documentary, filmed entirely by military photographers, recounts the U.S. Navy's 1946-47 expedition to Antarctica, known as Operation High Jump. The expedition was under the overall command of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, no stranger to the Antarctic. This was a large undertaking involving 13 ships and over 4000 thousand men. The fleet departed from Norfolk, Virginia traveling through the Panama canal and then southward to their final destination. The trip through the ice pack was fraught with danger and forced the submarine that was part of the fleet to withdraw. The trip was a success meeting all of its scientific goals.
A scientist wants to recover some mammoth DNA to clone a live mammoth. So he finds a buried mammoth in the vast, rock hard permafrost of Siberia, digs it out in the middle of a blizzard and flies it home. Of course he needed a little help. So he befriended an arctic nomad who knows ever rill, rock, pond and stream in the entire region. As background to the quest, National Geographic relates the migratory history of the mammoth family.
Collaborative experimental project on which three director made different films about the Swedish icebreaker "Frej".
A documentary film about the Finnish screaming male choir.
In the Antarctic Ocean, the icebreaker USS Icepick is busy clearing the sea lanes.
A Sixth Part of the World (1926) is a documentary that explores the industrialization and cultural diversity of the Soviet Union in the 1920s. It showcases different regions and customs, highlighting the progress made in agriculture and industry. The film emphasizes the communist ideals of equality and the development of a communist society.
Four strangers struggle to figure out why they matched on Icebreaker, a friend-finding app.
The last Chilly Willy release has him and the polar bear in an environmentalist fight between a man on an icebreaker who wants to drill an oil well in the arctic.
First part of the collaborative project "Brise-Glace" showing the diverse travels on the icebreaker "Frej". Directed by Jean Rouch.
A travelogue showcasing the Great Lakes region of the Midwestern United States, featuring the many industries, cities and states that depend upon the Great Lakes for the manufacturing, shipping and distribution of vital goods and services that power the US economy.
Missing teenagers, thrilling parties, and a twisted game, is the life for Winnie and Birdie. Until, one night the adrenaline stops when Birdie’s boyfriend goes missing after one of Winnie’s frequent house parties and Birdie decides to investigate if the lies were really the truth.