The Last Winter (2006)

Director:

Larry Fessenden

Writers:

Larry Fessenden
Robert Leaver

Release Date:

24 September 2008 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

What if mankind only had one season left on Earth?

Plot:

The American oil company KIC Corporation is building an ice road to explore the remote Northern Arctic...

Plot Keywords:

Oil Company | Ice Road | Alaska | Hallucination | Arctic Region

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ron Perlman	...	Ed Pollack
James Le Gros	...	James Hoffman (as James LeGros)
Connie Britton	...	Abby Sellers
Zach Gilford	...	Maxwell McKinder
Kevin Corrigan	...	Motor
Jamie Harrold	...	Elliot Jenkins
Pato Hoffmann	...	Lee Means
Joanne Shenandoah	...	Dawn Russell
Larry Fessenden	...	Charles Foster
Oscar Miller	...	Simon Marshowitz
Hálfdán Theodórsson	...	Gary
Eggert Ketilsson	...	Frozen Trucker
Jack Fessenden	...	Young Hoffman
John Speredakos	...	Weatherman
Halfdan Pedersen	...	Doctor Pedersen (as Hálfdan Lárus Pedersen)

Directed by
Larry Fessenden

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Larry Fessenden
Robert Leaver

Produced by
Larry Fessenden	....	producer
Kristen Kusama	....	co-producer
Jeanne Levy-Hinte	....	executive producer
Jeffrey Levy-Hinte	....	producer
Skuli Fr. Malmquist	....	co-executive producer
Sigurjon Sighvatsson	....	executive producer
Thor Sigurjonsson	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Jeff Grace

Cinematography by
Magni Ágústsson		(as G. Magni Agustsson)

Film Editing by
Larry Fessenden

Casting by
Laura Rosenthal

Production Design by
Halfdan Pedersen

Art Direction by
Gunnar Pálsson

Set Decoration by
Saethor Helgasson

Costume Design by
Helga I. Stefánsdóttir

Makeup Department
Ásta Hafthórsdóttir	....	hair stylist
Ásta Hafthórsdóttir	....	makeup artist
Stefan Jorgen	....	burn makeup effects
Esteban Mendoza	....	additional special effects makeup

Production Management
Kristen Kusama	....	post-production supervisor
Skuli Fr. Malmquist	....	production manager
Thor Sigurjonsson	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gagga Jonsdottir	....	first assistant director
Sindri Páll Kjartansson	....	third assistant director
Glenn McQuaid	....	second unit director
Kristie Sills	....	second assistant director
Hálfdán Theodórsson	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Sveinn Viðar Hjartarson	....	property master (as Sveinn Vidar Hjartarson)
Thorfinnur Karlsson	....	carpenter
Daniel Newton	....	set dresser
Fridjon Olafsson	....	head carpenter
Emil Petursson	....	head carpenter
Brahm Revel	....	creature designer
Brahm Revel	....	storyboards

Sound Department
Leslie Bloom	....	foley artist
Tom Efinger	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Efinger	....	sound supervisor
Pétur Einarsson	....	sound mixer
David Ellinwood	....	dialog editor
Eric Gitelson	....	assistant sound editor
Arni Gustafsson	....	boom operator
Paul Hsu	....	additional sound designer
John Moros	....	adr engineer
James Nichols	....	consultant: Dolby
Graham Reznick	....	foley editor
Abigail Savage	....	sound designer
Nicholas Schenck	....	assistant sound editor (as Nicholas J. Schenck)
Brian Scibinico	....	foley engineer

Special Effects by
Stefan Jorgen	....	special effects makeup
Haukur Karlsson	....	special effects technician
Eggert Ketilsson	....	special effects supervisor
Bardur Oli Kristjansson	....	special effects engineer
Johannes Sverrisson	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Peter Amante	....	on-set visual effects supervisor
Peter Amante	....	visual effects artist
Glenn McQuaid	....	visual effects supervisor
Zane Waldman	....	visual effects artist
Everette Webber	....	digital intermediate editor

Stunts
Valdimar Jóhannsson	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Jacob Barrie	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Mark Brinster	....	director of photography: Alaska
Arnar Einarsson	....	best boy grip
Árni Filippusson	....	clapper loader
Cameron Forbes	....	grip: Alaska
Goði Már Guðbjörnsson	....	focus puller
Omar Jabali	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Valdimar Jonsson	....	grip
Valdimar Jonsson	....	lighting technician
Jón Kjartansson	....	best boy electric
Carl Mullin	....	grip
Fridrik Orn	....	still photographer
Tom Pillifant	....	assistant camera: Alaska
Jay Silver	....	director of photography: New York City
Ingvar Stefánsson	....	gaffer
Ben Stephens	....	second assistant camera: Alaska
Sigurgeir Thordarsson	....	key grip
Tómas Örn Tómasson	....	camera operator

Casting Department
Rori Bergman	....	casting assistant
Ali Farrell	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bergthóra Magnúsdóttir	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Steve Calalang	....	dailies colorist
Don Ciana	....	lab timer
Chris Gennarelli	....	dailies colorist
John Moros	....	post-production consultant
Jesse Morrow	....	on-line editor
Jennifer Ruff	....	assistant editor
Tim Stipan	....	digital intermediate colorist
Shelly Westerman	....	additional editor
Michael P. Whipple	....	digital intermediate engineer
Christian Zak	....	digital intermediate producer

Music Department
Mikael Carlsson	....	executive soundtrack producer
Matt Havron	....	music coordinator
Tracy McKnight	....	music consultant
Anton Sanko	....	composer: ambient music
Joel Thompson	....	assistant to composer

Transportation Department
Jón Úri	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Anthony Bloom	....	bird trainer
Rob Coleman	....	post production accountant
Carol A. Compton	....	script clearance
Dan Elkins	....	coordinator: Alaska
Aditya Ezhuthachan	....	assistant to executive producer
Eldon Fischer	....	arctic camp: Alaska
Paul Fischer	....	snow machine wrangler: Alaska
Ármann Gudmundsson	....	production accountant
Gunnar Heimisson	....	production assistant
Hlín Jóhannesdóttir	....	production coordinator
Roger Kass	....	legal services
Thorsteinn Magnusson	....	production assistant
Peter Matsoukas	....	electronic press kit
James Felix McKenney	....	producer: Glass Eye Pix
Glenn McQuaid	....	title designer
Yngvi Ragnar	....	local assistant: Myvatn
Irwin M. Rappaport	....	production attorney
Robert L. Seigel	....	legal services
Daniel Silverman	....	film recorder
David Sousa	....	bird trainer
Helena Stefansdottir	....	production coordinator: Myvatn
Systa Steingrimsdottir	....	on-set caterer
Sverrir Thoroddsson	....	pilot
Davíd Óskar Ólafsson	....	assistant production coordinator
Melkorka Óskarsdóttir	....	office production assistant
Harpa Elísa Þórsdóttir	....	script supervisor

Thanks
Guillermo del Toro	....	thanks
Ti West	....	thanks
Neil Young	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Antidote Films (I)
• Glass Eye Pix
• Zik Zak Kvikmyndir

Distributors

• Antidote Films (I) (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Albatros Film (2009) (Japan) (DVD)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2007) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• IFC First Take (2007) (USA) (all media)
• Nexeed (2009) (Japan) (DVD)
• Paco Pictures (2009) (Italy) (all media)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Axium Payroll Services  payroll
• Birds & Animals UK  birds
• D.R. Reiff & Associates  insurance
• Dig-It Audio  audio post facility
• IndieClear  script clearance
• MovieScore Media  soundtrack
• f-Stop  end titles

Also Known As:

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA | Iceland

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:18A | USA:Not Rated | UK:15 | Germany:16 | Denmark:15 | Australia:M | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Alaska, USA

Company:

Antidote Films (I)

Trivia:

Artist Brahm Revel illustrated a comic book adaptation of this film.

Goofs:

Continuity: In scene where Maxwell visits KIK Test well, his gloves are on and off during the scenes.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Marketing Video:Alaska. Vast wilderness of the north. Land of great natural beauty and diversity. This is rugged county, land of black gold. Alaska's North Slope has been producing oil out of Prudhoe Bay since 1968, delivering to refineries and ports 800 miles to the south through the great Trans-Alaskan pipeline...

Movie Connections:

Features "60 Minutes" (1968)

Soundtrack:

Running Out of Road

The (Weak) Answer of the Nature

The American oil company KIC Corporation is building an ice road to explore the remote Northern Artic National Wildlife Refuge seeking energy independence. Independent environmentalists work together in a drilling base headed by the tough Ed Pollack (Ron Perlman) in a sort of agreement with the government, approving procedures and sending reports of the operation. When one insane team member is found dead naked on the snow, the environmentalist James Hoffman (James Le Gros) suspects that sour gases may have been accidentally released in the spot provoking hallucinations and insanity in the group. After a second fatal incident, he convinces Ed to travel with the team to a hospital for examination. However, weird events happen trapping the group in the base.

"The Last Winter" is intriguing, beginning like "The Thing" blended with "An Inconvenient Truth" in wonderful locations in Iceland. Then the story shifts to a rip-off of "The Shining", ending in a complete and disappointing ambiguous mess. Ron Perlman plays an unpleasant character, and it is impossible to feel any empathy for Ed Pollack. It seems that the unknown director and writer Larry Fessenden was also affected by the hallucinogen gas of the story and end the movie completely mad, showing a weak answer of the nature in spite of having a plot with great potential. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "Colapso no Ártico" ("Collapse in the Artic")