Zebra has an excelllent cast that includes Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan, Ernest Borgnine, and Jim Brown. [24], The escalating production costs of this film, along with the poorly-received The Shoes of the Fisherman at the same time, led to the transfer of MGM President Robert O'Brien to Chairman of the Board, though he resigned that position in early 1969, after both films were released and failed to recoup their costs.[19]. Tigerfish completes the rescue of the civilians. [28] (MGM pulled the hugely successful 2001: A Space Odyssey from Cinerama venues in order to make way for Ice Station Zebra. Use the HTML below. After an investigation, Ferraday discovers sabotage. frequency, and is received by scientific vessel Morning Rose. Allied agents attempt to infiltrate the Nazis' rocket research site. The screenplay is by Alistair MacLean, Douglas Heyes, Harry Julian Fink, and W. R. Burnett, loosely based on MacLean's 1963 novel. Check out our editors' picks for the movies and shows we're excited about this month, like Mortal Kombat, "Them," and Stowaway. Ice Station Zebra is a 1968 Metrocolor Cold War era suspense and espionage film directed by John Sturges and starring Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan, Ernest Borgnine, and Jim Brown. The film was photographed in Super Panavision 70 by Daniel L. Fapp and presented in 70 mm Cineramain premiere engagements. The origin… Ice Station Zebra is a band from Birmingham, AL that focuses on creative improvisation, practiced orchestration, and honest lyricism. The Soviet colonel concedes that crucial parts of both he and Ferraday's missions are effectively accomplished, with no more of either yet attainable, and leaves. "[30] Thompson is referring to the fact that "In the era before VCRs, Howard Hughes would call the Las Vegas TV station he owned and order them to run a particular movie. The song title is inspired by Ice Station Zebra, a 1963, Cold War era, thriller novel written by Scottish author, Alistair MacLean. On arrival, they find the base heavily destroyed. John Sturges was borrowed from The Mirisch Company to direct.[9]. For submerging and surfacing scenes, the Diesel-electric Guppy IA USS Blackfin (SS-322) was used, near Pearl Harbor. Ice Station Zebra It marked a return to MacLean's classic Arctic setting. In 2006, the United States National Reconnaissance Office declassified information stating that "an individual formerly possessing Corona access was the technical adviser to the movie" and admitted "the resemblance of the loss of the Discoverer II capsule, and its probable recovery by the Soviets" on Spitsbergen Island. A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the British, which starts sending out distress signals before falling silent. Ice Station Zebra is a flawed movie, but I would jump at the chance to see this in its original format to feel the scope of those arctic sets and John Sturges' high caliber directing. All Ferraday knows is what he is told, solely about the ice station holocaust. [16] Other key roles were played by Jim Brown and Tony Bill, who signed a five-picture contract with Ransohoff,. But on the path to vengeance he discovers both love and responsibility. Norwegian resistance tries to stop German efforts to produce an atomic bomb component during World War II. Both have parallels to real-life events that took place in 1959. Ferraday instead orders a torpedo launched, to be detonated remotely, to fracture the ice. Ferraday enters the hut and is alarmed at discovering Jones bloodied and unconscious, Anders riddled with half a dozen gunshots, and Vaslov unharmed, but appears to accept the Russian's story that Anders had attacked Jones, who in turn shot him. Due to a malfunction it ejected its film delivery capsule near Ice Station Zebra in the Arctic. The special effects, of deep water, submarine and ice, are convincing enough—a special Super Panavision, Metrocolor, Cinerama claustrophobia... (The cast) are all stock types, but the absolute end of the movie—when the press version of what happened at a Russian-American polar confrontation goes out to the world—has a solid, non-stock irony that makes this another good, man's action movie, (there are no women in it) to eat popcorn by."[25]. A new script was commissioned. [35] The story has parallels with the CIA's Project COLDFEET, which took place in May–June 1962. A germ that could destroy life on Earth is stolen from a biological warfare lab and the thief threatens to release it into the open, prompting a security officer to act. Paddy Chayefsky, who had just written The Americanization of Emily for Ransohoff, was hired to write the script. Written by Hudson reportedly never went to another premiere. Certificate: M A Canadian POW major is rescued by a special British military unit made up of Germans to help lead an attack on a major Nazi fuel depot in Tobruk, Libya. After an area of thin ice is detected, the Tigerfish breaks through to the surface. A German plot to kidnap Sir Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II. Little can be wrung from them beyond that there was a fire and casualties in some sort of disaster. Description. Rock Hudson is convincing as the submarine captain. A superb cast of seasoned professionals including Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Jim Brown and especially a very suave and droll Patrick MacGoohan create fully realized characters that act and react in very real human emotions to some extremely tense and suspenseful situations. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? There are beautiful abstract patterns made by the sub as it cuts its way through the North Sea, all the gleaming, meticulous, finely wrought, intricate machinery inside the sub, and huge chunks of mountainous ice hanging down from the roof of the ice cap like molars. The snow drifts at Ice Station Zebra were 6 to 10 inches but the snow wasn't the problem, it was the melting snow and the mud. A teletype machine reveals media headlines claiming that a joint US-Soviet rescue has been successful, and that the "humanitarian mission" stands as a sterling example of peaceful cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union. Steve Fenwick . In 1968 it was loosely adapted into a film of the same name. In spring 1964, producer Martin Ransohoff optioned film rights to Alistair MacLean’s 1963 novel, Ice Station Zebra, an item in the 10 Apr 1964 DV reported. Ice Station Zebra Associates is the name of a holding company used by Saul Goodman for tax evasion. Stars Jim Brown. The screenplay is by Alistair MacLean, Douglas Heyes, Harry Julian Fink, and W. R. Burnett, loosely based on MacLean's 1963 novel. Borgnine's characterization is a nicely restrained one. The underwater scenes used a model of a Skate-class nuclear submarine. A dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II. [3], Second unit cameraman John M. Stephens developed an innovative underwater camera system that successfully filmed the first continuous dive of a submarine, which became the subject of a documentary featurette, The Man Who Makes a Difference. "[31], In the September/October 1996 issue of Film Comment, Director John Carpenter contributed to the magazine's long-running Guilty Pleasures feature. He sets his crew to search for the capsule. It is not to be confused with, "TV STUDIOS TURN TO THEATER FILMS‐Reply to Movie Competition With Bid for New Market", "The Screen: 'Ice Station Zebra' at the Cinerama", "Harper's magazine : Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming", "Ice Station Zebra (1968) - Trivia - TCM.com", "The guilty pleasures of great directors", "National Reconnaissance Office Review and Redaction Guide, Appendix F", "Moments that shocked North Wales: The sinking of HMS Thetis in 1939", The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ice_Station_Zebra&oldid=1016796850, Films about the United States Marine Corps, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 9 April 2021, at 03:40. 1 talking about this. We saw the ads, looked at the fancy Original Soundtrack album in the record bins, and were primed for something big. (1968). If the submarine party was sure that the film was there but could not locate it, why didn't they jut blow up that ice around the station so that everything would just sink to the bottom of the ocean never to be found? The engrossing story moves along at a good pace aided by some very intelligent and witty dialogue. A satellite re-enters the atmosphere and ejects a capsule, which parachutes to the Arctic, near a British scientific weather station moving with the ice pack named Drift Ice Station Zebra, approximately 500 kilometres (320 mi) northwest of Station Nord, Greenland in the Arctic Ocean ice pack. Ice Station Zebra (1,242) IMDb 6.6 2 h 29 min 1968 X-Ray G Rock Hudson stars as an American nuclear submarine captain in a deadly race against the Soviets to find … 1968 Ice Station Zebra. [17], There were no women in the cast. Action. The mission takes on new and dangerous twists as the crew finds out that all is not as it seems at Zebra, and that someone will stop at nothing to prevent the mission from being completed. A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the British, which starts sending out distress signals before falling silent. Filming was set to begin in April 1965, but scheduling conflicts and United States Department of Defense objections over Paddy Chayefsky's screenplay, because they felt it showed "an unfair distortion of military life" that would "damage the reputation of the Navy and its personnel"[10] delayed the start. Warner Bros. is remaking the Cold War thriller Ice Station Zebra and has tapped Christopher McQuarrie to write and direct it. The sabotage aboard the submarine that nearly resulted in its sinking is based on the loss of the Royal Navy's HMS Thetis in Liverpool Bay in 1939. Russian, and the crew of the nuclear sub USS Tigerfish to the North Pole to rescue the crew of Drift Ice Station Zebra, a weather station at the top of the world. Jones asserts it was no accident. HOME. Factual error: "Ice Station Zebra" is one of dozens of films which make the mistake of showing people carrying rifles such as M-16s with the magazines inserted. Ice Station Zebra received mixed reviews from critics. An American travels to India to avenge the murder of his business partner. A person approaches, guided by a homing beacon, while a second person secretly watches from nearby. Publication date 1968 Topics 1968, Ice Station Zebra, War Films, Espionage, Feature Films Language English. From Wings to Parasite, here's a look back at all of the Best Picture Oscar winners in the history of the ceremony. "It was the way Maclean wrote it," said Hudson. In the March 1969 issue of Harper's Magazine, Robert Kotlowitz wrote: "... a huge production, one of those massive jobs that swallow us alive... For action it has crash dives, paratroopers, Russian spies, off-course satellites, and a troop of Marines, the average age of whom seems to be fourteen. Jones concludes the Soviet agent slew the British, with some scientists dying by gunfire before the fire was set to cover the agent's tracks. Search for "Ice Station Zebra" on Amazon.com, Title: Review: "Tobruk" (1966) Starring Rock Hudson And George Peppard; Kino Lorber Blu-ray Edition, Rock Hudson movies: 12 greatest films ranked worst to best, What's the Worst Possible Experience You Could Have in the Snow, The Venture Bros.: Ice Station Impossible. Commander James Ferraday, USN, has new orders: get David Jones, a British civilian, Captain Anders, a tough Marine with a platoon of troops, Boris Vasilov, a friendly Russian, and the crew of the nuclear sub USS Tigerfish to the North Pole to rescue the crew of Drift Ice Station Zebra, a weather station at the top of the world. [3] Principal photography lasted 19 weeks, ending in October 1967. The next time you see this film in the TV listings, be sure to check it out and I think you will find it superior to many films of the same genre that have been made since. A large force of Soviet paratroopers arrive and demand the film. In this operation, two American officers parachuted from a CIA-operated Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress to an abandoned Soviet ice station. Jones and Vaslov start questioning a few hypothermic survivors about what happened. The fictional nuclear-powered submarine Tigerfish (SSN-509) was portrayed in the movie by the Diesel-electric Guppy IIA class sub USS Ronquil (SS-396) when seen on the surface. I think the first thing that draws you into this film is the rousing score by Michel Legrand and the marvelous cinematography. David Jones: The Russians put our camera made by *our* German scientists and … I first saw this film when it was released in 1968 at the Summit Cinerama theater in Detroit, and it was a fantastic movie going experience. Ferraday suspects Vaslov, while Jones fingers Anders. 21 of 28 people found this review helpful. In January 1967 MGM announced the film would be one of 13 movies it would make during the next year. [21] As he was making his television series The Prisoner during principal photography in Ice Station Zebra, McGoohan had the episode "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling" re-written to have the mind of his character transferred into the body of another character. Commander James Ferraday, USN, has new orders: get David Jones, a British civilian, Captain Anders, a tough Marine with a platoon of troops, Boris Vasilov, a friendly Russian, and the crew of the nuclear sub USS Tigerfish to the North Pole to rescue the crew of Drift Ice Station Zebra, a weather station at the top of the world. The film was budgeted at $8 million. McGoohan is very good as 'David Jones' an arrogant British spy. Ice Station Zebra is a 1968 Metrocolor Cold War era suspense and espionage film directed by John Sturges and starring Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan, Ernest Borgnine, and Jim Brown. Was this review helpful to you? [36] In its case, however, the drip cock was accidentally blocked on the newly built craft by fresh paint, which led to the rear cap being opened while the bow cap was already open to the sea. [29]), Writing for TCM, Lang Thompson calls the film "a nifty thriller of spies, submarines and saboteurs that captivated no less a personage than Howard Hughes, who reportedly watched it hundreds of times. Water entered at the rate of one ton per second and Thetis sank with the loss of 98 lives. Ice Station Zebra was nominated in two categories at the 41st Academy Awards, for Best Special Visual Effects (won by 2001: A Space Odyssey) and Best Cinematography (won by Romeo and Juliet). View production, box office, & company info. In the movie, the drip cock was intentionally blocked with epoxy glue. Just Released Everywhere! [18], Filming began in June 1967. No distribution deal was set at that time, although Ransohoff’s Filmways, Inc. was said to have existing deals with both Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and Columbia Pictures. [15] In July, Ernest Borgnine replaced Harvey. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. He expressed disappointment that the special effects did not, in his opinion, live up to advance claims, comparing them unfavorably to the effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The atomic submarine Tigerfish, commanded by Cmdr. The New York Daily News shared that when “Ice Station Zebra” opened in 1968, some people chanted “f——- “ as he walked the red carpet. 'Ice Station Zebra' is a 1968 action film directed by John Sturges, starring Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan, Ernest Borgnine, and Jim Brown. [32] He included Ice Station Zebra on his list, asking "Why do I love this movie so much? [12] Rock Hudson had replaced Gregory Peck by February. An imperious British intelligence agent, "Mr. Jones", and a U.S. Marine platoon join the Tigerfish while in dock. At one point, Hughes had it running on continuous loop at his home. [19], Ice Station Zebra was photographed in Super Panavision 70 by Daniel L. Fapp. Critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Timesdescribed the film as "so flat and conventional that its three moments of interest are an embarrassment" and called it "a dull, … And best of all there is also some nice suspense and pacing for at least two-thirds of the movie's three-hour length. After completing this novel, whose plot line parallels real-life events during the Cold War, MacLean retired from writing for three years. It currently holds a 36% "Rotten" rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Now there are mud tracks all over the area. Anders confronts Vaslov and the two men fight before the dazed Jones shoots and kills the American Captain. The plot has parallels to events from April 1959 concerning Discoverer 2, a missing experimental U.S. Corona satellite capsule that inadvertently landed near Spitsbergen, Norway, in the Arctic Ocean on April 13. [14] In June 1967, Laurence Harvey and Patrick McGoohan joined the cast as the Russian agent and British agent, respectively. He is a most accomplished actor with a three-dimensional presence all his own. Navarone stars Gregory Peck and David Niven were initially attached to this film, with Peck as the sub commander and Niven as the British spy, plus Edmond O'Brien and George Segal in the other key roles. "[7] Ransohoff's company, Filmways, had a deal with MGM who to provide financing.[8]. Both Soviet and British agents were deployed to recover the capsule. The submarine sails beneath the thick Arctic pack ice but is unable to break through with its conning tower. SHOP. Ice Station Zebra. Ice Station Zebra received mixed reviews from critics. CONTACT. "[27], In April 1969, Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times described it as "so flat and conventional that its three moments of interest are an embarrassment" and called it "a dull, stupid movie". "[33], As of August 2020, Ice Station Zebra holds a 47% "Rotten" rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.[34]. A U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew. For the novel, see, "USS Tigerfish" redirects here. Ice Station Zebra is a band from Birmingham, AL that focuses on creative improvisation, practiced orchestration, and honest lyricism. The canister is sent aloft by weather balloon for recovery by aircraft. 1 talking about this. Stay up to date on Ice Station Zebra's latest announcements! The mission takes on new and dangerous twists as the crew finds out that all is not as it seems at Zebra, and that someone will stop at nothing to prevent the mission from being completed. Addeddate 2020-07-12 20:02:20 Identifier ice.station.zebra.1968 Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4. plus-circle Add Review. A submarine commander is forced to blow up a Japanese ship with prisoners. “ICE STATION ZEBRA” By Alistair MacLean. If this had been a routine Saturday-afternoon thriller, it might have been fun. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Ice Station Zebra is also a 1968, suspense and Ferraday orders him to give the film to the Soviets. I had to lay out planks over the mud just to get It comes apart a bit only when the mystery starts to unravel; but that is the nature of mysteries..." Kotlowitz's review suggests that seeing the film in theaters equipped for Super Panavision 70 played a significant role in a viewer's experience: "What really got me was the kind of details that the immense, curving Cinerama screen was able to offer... Every single glistening drop of bow spray can be seen as it comes pouring over the submarine's surface, caught by a camera strapped to the conning tower. [13] After making four flop comedies in a row, Hudson had been keen to change his image; he had just made Seconds and Tobruk and Ice Station Zebra was an attempt to continue this. This article is about the film. Submarine Support Facility Ballast Point, San Diego, California, USA. After being summoned by Ferraday through a hole in the ice the Tigerfish erupts immediately adjacent to the camp. The film rights to the 1963 Alistair McLean novel were acquired the following year by producer Martin Ransohoff, who hoped to capitalize on the success of 1961's blockbuster adaptation a 1957 McLean novel into The Guns of Navarone,[5] Hollywood's #2 grossing picture that year. [6], "Our aim is to produce films that are both interesting and commercial," said Ransohoff. After Ferraday hands over an empty container, the deception is discovered and a brief firefight occurs. It also has Rock Hudson...Patrick McGoohan...Ernest Borgnine, Jim Brown, and enough others to field maybe three football teams. Ferraday, Vaslov, Jones, and the Marine platoon set out for the weather station in a blizzard. USN nuclear sub USS Tigerfish must rush to the North Pole to rescue the staff of Drift Ice Station Zebra weather station. Storyline Commander James Ferraday, USN, has new orders: get David Jones, a British civilian, Captain Anders, a tough Marine with a platoon of troops, Boris Vasilov, a friendly Russian, and the crew of the nuclear sub USS Tigerfish to the North Pole to rescue the crew of Drift Ice Station Zebra, a weather station at the top of the world. Commander James Ferraday, captain of the American nuclear attack submarine USS Tigerfish stationed at Holy Loch, Scotland, is ordered by an Admiral Garvey in Naval Intelligence, not an upline in the submarine service, to rescue the survivors, with confirming orders through regular channels to follow. [1] The film earned theatrical rentals of $4.6 million domestically. More. Also, submarine suspense is the most inherently suspenseful of all the suspenses. John Sturges' Ice Station Zebra (1968) was an extremely long movie -- but not the longest he ever did; it just seemed that way. Audience Reviews for Ice Station Zebra Jan 06, 2011 Classic adventure based on a novel by Alistair Maclean. Nothing could distract me from that screen, not even several minutes of confused story-telling at the end of the film... Buy some popcorn and see the movie. A cold war race to the North pole for spy satellite film. He expected the film to cost around $5 million. Ice Station Zebra (1968) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It was shot by an advanced experimental camera designed by the British, which uses special film developed by the Americans, both of which technologies were stolen by the Soviets and sent it into orbit to photograph locations of American missile silos. 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