ANTARCTICA, 1912 AFTER 11 WEEKS, THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION REACHES THE SOUTH POLE. FIVE MONTHS INTO THEIR JOURNEY, THE TEAM BEGINS TO RUN SHORT ON FOOD AND FUEL, 36 MILES FROM THE SUPPLY DEPOT.
SYNOPSIS CAPTAIN SCOTT AND HIS MEN, BOWERS, WILSON AND OATES ARE RETURNING FROM THE SOUTH POLE. THEY’RE DAYS AWAY FROM HELP BUT THEY’RE STRUGGLING. SWITCHING THE FAMOUS STORY’S PERSPECTIVE TO ONE OF SCOTT’S MEN, TITUS OATES IS INJURED, FROSTBITTEN AND WORSENING BY THE DAY. THE TEAM ARE RUNNING OUT OF FOOD AND FUEL AND THEY’RE SLOWING DOWN TO KEEP HIM WITH THEM. AS THE TEMPERATURE CONTINUES TO DROP AND THE MEN START LOSING GROUND, OATES HAS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO CARRY ON OR FIND ANOTHER WAY TO HELP HIS TEAM AND END HIS MISERY.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT O U T S I D E E X P LO R E S T H E I S O L AT I O N A N D COMPANIONSHIP THAT DEVELOPS BETWEEN MEN IN EXTRAORDINARY CONDITIONS. I WANTED TO TELL A STORY OF CONTRASTS: OUTSIDE ARE THE ANTARCTIC FLATS, A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS, LONELY DESERT, BUT ITS INSIDE THE TENT WHERE OATES’ ISOLATION BECOMES UNBEARABLE. AS ONE OF THE MEN BECOMES MORE AND MORE ALIENATED FROM THE GROUP; I WAS INTRIGUED TO EXPLORE THE CHANGE IN DYNAMICS AND HIS INTERNAL STATE WITHIN THE GRADUAL DIVISION OF THE GROUP.
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TITUS OATES TIM BETTSWORTH CAPTAIN SCOTT ROD GLENN DR. WILSON PETER PRENTICE BIRDIE BOWERS ANDREW CANDISH
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