Eight Below is a 2006 American adventure film directed by Frank Marshall and written by David DiGilio. It stars Paul Walker, Jason Biggs, Bruce Greenwood and Moon Bloodgood. It was released theatrically on February 17, 2006 and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States. In 1993, Jerry Shepard is a guide at an Antarctica research base under contract with the National Science Foundation. UCLA professor, Dr. Davis McClaren arrives at the base and presses Shepard to take him to Mount Melbourne to attempt to find a rare meteorite from the planet Mercury. Shepard does so against... his own intuition, which tells him that it is too late in the season to complete such a treacherous route. Worried about the snowmobiles breaking through the thinning ice or falling in a crevasse, Shepard tells his boss and McClaren that the only way to get to Mount Melbourne is by dog sled. Shepard and McClaren make it to Mount Melbourne but are immediately called back to base camp due to an approaching storm. McClaren begs for some time, and Shepard gives him half a day. McClaren finds what he was looking for and the two head back to the sled.
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| Release date: | February 17, 2006 |
| Directed by: | Frank Marshall |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 120 Minutes |
| Producer: | David Hoberman, Patrick Crowley |
| Editor: | Christopher Rouse |
| Music by: | Mark Isham |
| Cinematography: | Don Burgess |
| Screenplay by: | David DiGilio, Susumu Saji, Toshiro Ishido, Koreyoshi Kurahara, Tatsuo Nogami |
| Estimated budget: | $40,000,000 |
| Genre: | Adventure |