The Last Winter

2006
15
1h 41m

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5.5/10

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Horror Mystery Thriller

Sent to evaluate the environmental impact of oil drilling in the Arctic, James Hoffman clashes with the drilling crew's chief, who wants to get the job done.Sent to evaluate the environmental impact of oil drilling in the Arctic, James Hoffman clashes with the drilling crew's chief, who wants to get the job done.Sent to evaluate the environmental impact of oil drilling in the Arctic, James Hoffman clashes with the drilling crew's chief, who wants to get the job done.

Director
- Larry Fessenden
Writers
- Larry Fessenden
- Robert Leaver
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.5/10

10K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Larry Fessenden
Writers
- Larry Fessenden
- Robert Leaver
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

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The Last Winter

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

Goofs
When they try and leave the scene where they discover the grader 'n tanker truck, they discover that their snowmobile won't start because it has 'lost all its oil'. That particular sled had a two stroke engine which uses mixed fuel (no crank case oil as in all four stroke engines) so this would've been impossible.

Quotes
James Hoffman: [from his journal] Empathy with the land. This we learn in childhood. The land has changed. The biosphere turned; has become unfamiliar and erratic. I would say eventual, but nature is indifferent to us. We fight for our survival, not nature's. There's a fierceness in the world that we never felt before. Something is being unleashed in the softening permafrost. Why do we despise the world that gave us life? Why wouldn't the world survive us, like any organism survives a virus. The world that we grew up in is changed forever. There is no way home. Is there something beyond science that is happening out here? What if the very thing we were here to pull out of the ground were to rise willingly - confront us. What would that look like? What if this is the last winter, before the collapse? And hope dies.

Connections
Featured in The Making of 'The Last Winter' (2007)

Soundtracks
My Baby Just Cares For Me
Written by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn
Performed by Nina Simone
Published by Donaldson Publishing Co. / Gilbert Keyes Music Co. /
WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Bethlehem Music Company, Inc. & Steven Ames Brown

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4/10

Engaging and creepy... and also plot less and pointless.

I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to say about this one. It's loaded with so much promise - a cast of engaging characters; a bleak, isolated setting; slow-burn direction that builds a creepy atmosphere.

But that's where the good stuff ends.

The plot (or lack thereof) seems to involve the deaths of the aforementioned characters in random, arbitrary ways with no explanations offered. A few "ecological revenge" lines are thrown but they do little to clue the viewer in to what's actually supposed to be going on. To be completely honest - I don't think even the writer and director knew what was going on. I get the feeling they said:

"Hey let's make this creepy film set in an arctic drilling station, kinda like 'The Thing'..."

"Cool, so what's the plot?"

"Ummm, I don't know, I don't think it matters. Characters can die!"

"Cool, so what's killing them?"

"Ummm, I don't know, I don't think it matters."

"I guess not. Let's get started then!"