Eight Below is a Walt Disney Pictures film directed by Frank Marshall and written by David DiGilio. The fierce Antarctic winter is just setting in when an intrepid team of explorers and scientists on a research mission-survival guide Jerry Shepard, his best friend and cartographer Cooper, and the rugged geologist Davis ? just narrowly escape a fatal accident, thanks to their steadfast team of eight skilled sled dogs. Forced to evacuate, the men must leave the beloved dogs behind in the frozen wilds ? with a promise that they will return. But when the storm of the century approaches, cutting off all means of travel, the dogs are stranded. Now, as the intelligent, courageous dogs ? including noble pack leader Maya, rambunctious rebel Shorty and rising young alpha-in-training Max ? fight to make it through the most unforgiving winter on the planet, the heartbroken Jerry is driven to mount a seemingly impossible rescue mission, aided by a beautiful and adventurous bush pilot, Katie. Held together only by unwavering bonds of friendship, the humans and the dogs alike make a remarkable journey of grit, endurance and belief to find one another again in this spectacular but perilous land.

release year: 2006

star(s): Bruce Greenwood    Jason Biggs    Moon Bloodgood    Paul Walker