![]() The crew constructed sets in Anchorage to resemble places in Utqiagvik during the whale rescue. It had a production budget of $30 or 40 million. In September 2010, with Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski cast in the starring roles, filming began in Seward. bought the screenplay by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler in April 2009, and in the following June, Kwapis was attached to direct. Sarah Palin as herself (archive footage, as Sarah Heath, in her brief sportscasting career).Dermot Mulroney as Colonel Scott Boyer, based on General Tom Carroll.Vinessa Shaw as Kelly Meyers, based on Bonnie Carroll.Kristen Bell as Jill Gerard, a news reporter.Ahmaogak Sweeney as Inupiat grandson Nathan to Malik.Drew Barrymore as Rachel Kramer, based on Greenpeace activist Cindy Lowry.The epilogue, narrated by Nathan, reveals that McGraw used his new reputation to uphold a contract to clean up the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Karl and Dean's de-icers made them local celebrities, Scott and Kelly were married, Jill worked her way up to a national news network, Greenpeace membership became more prominent, Adam confesses his love for Rachel and she returns his affections and they share a kiss, Adam got to stay being a news anchor, and both Nathan and Malik became closer to one another, and Nathan recalls about the hole in which the whales were first found and quotes, "It kept getting bigger and bigger, until it let the whole world in." ![]() The ice is finally broken and the adult whales escape the ice. ![]() The ship's first attempt leaves only a dent. ![]() Also joining in the effort are two entrepreneurs from Minnesota, who provide de-icing machines to help keep the hole open.įinally an enormous Soviet ice-breaker ship arrives to remove the last barrier before the whales die. Adam names the adult whales Fred and Wilma, and the infant Bamm-Bamm.ĭrawn into the collaborative rescue work are several normally hostile factions: Inupiat whale hunters, a Greenpeace environmental activist, an oil executive, ambitious news reporters, the National Guard, the American president and politicians on the state, national and international levels. In small town Alaska, Adam Carlson, a news reporter, recruits his ex-girlfriend Rachel – a Greenpeace volunteer – on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle. ![]()
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