Bear Island [1979]

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Boom in Canadian Film Making Hits Snag: Explosion in Canadian Movies Stuck With the Movie 'A Necessary Shakeup' Begging for Distribution Shortage of Producers' ". Richard Widmark ("Otto") heads up a group of scientists on the eponymous island that was formerly used as a Nazi submarine base. American scientist Frank Lansing (Donald Sutherland) has come because his father was a U-boat commander who died there, and as accidents start to decimate the expedition he begins to realise that some of his colleagues are after a shipment of gold aboard the U-boat that his father commanded. The SS logbook recovered by Lansing reveals that his father had refused to hand over the gold to the SS in 1945, and had been executed along with his crew. The 'Morning Rose' is carrying a multinational expedition of United Nations scientists to the remote Bear Island to study " climate change".

Lansing and Rubin disobey instructions and venture into the area near the U-boat base but someone triggers an avalanche using explosive charges, killing Rubin. The classic tale of adventure and death on a mysterious Arctic island, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.We're delighted to be working on an international picture", said second unit director Alan Simmonds. It was directed by Don Sharp and starred Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee and Lloyd Bridges.

The brothers find their ice-cold waves and precipitous slopes, while we get the chance two join in on the excitement of shredding arctic snow and cruising the ice cold waves. On the remote Norwegian Bear Island, used as a submarine base by the Germans during World War II, U.

My sister got into this film years ago as its one she would always sit down with our grandparents to watch and about the only "oldie" she would actually sit still during. It stars Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Lloyd Bridges, Bruce Greenwood, Candace O'Connor and was distributed by United Artists.

By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. They may not reprint the later novels, which were written with collaborators working from outlines and notes from MacLean, but the great years of the beginning and middle of his career are well-represented. Not that you had much of a chance to hear it, as his character wound up vanishing early on, before even establishing himself as a possible suspect for the evildoers behind the apparent sabotage of the scientists’ investigation. I did think at that point that there was a chance that could end up being the best scene in the film because I don't know how any film could follow a moment like that, it was fabulous.That’s because his arrival by abseiling from a helicopter is very nearly a swift exit, but Lloyd Bridges as adventurer Smithy rescues him before real disaster can strike. Joining the expedition via a helicopter is marine biologist Donald Sutherland who, it will transpire, has a link to the island. Donald Sutherland attempts a flawed hero, but he doesn’t have much to work with, which includes a particularly vapid Redgrave. It isn't: the Arctic landscapes are breathtaking, and some of the action sequences are not only active, but also exciting" but that "when compared to The Guns of Navarone. Vote up content that is on-topic, within the rules/guidelines, and will likely stay relevant long-term.