Critically Acclaimed Werner Herzog "Encounters at the End of the World" Advances in Voting Process for 81st Academy Awards[R].Image Distributed Documentary Selected among Record Number of Entries CHATSWORTH, Calif. -- Image Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :DISK), a leading independent licensee, producer and distributor of entertainment programming in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , announced today that Werner Herzog's "Encounters at the End of the World" was one of 15 documentaries selected by the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts & Sciences to advance in the voting process for consideration as a nominee for "Best Documentary Feature" for the upcoming 81st Academy Awards([R]) presentation. "Encounters at the End of the World" was released theatrically by Image on June 11, 2008 and on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. November 18. The film was one of 94 documentaries qualified in the category that were reviewed by the Academy's Documentary Branch Screening Committee. The final nominees will be announced on January 22, along with the rest of the 2009 Academy Award([R]) nominations. The Oscar telecast will be held on February 22, 2009. "All of us at Image are thrilled that this film made the Academy's short list," said David Borshell, president of Image Entertainment. "This is one of the finest documentaries from a legendary director and we congratulate Werner on this well-deserved honor." The film is a one-of-a-kind documentary about a group of remarkable people who live, work, play and struggle to survive by the South Pole South Pole, southern end of the earth's axis, lat. 90° S. It is distinguished from the south magnetic pole. The South Pole was reached by Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer, in 1911. See Antarctica. . The award-winning director takes audiences on a stunning journey through Antarctica and its harsh landscape of mesmerizing mes·mer·ize tr.v. mes·mer·ized, mes·mer·iz·ing, mes·mer·iz·es 1. To spellbind; enthrall: "He could mesmerize an audience by the sheer force of his presence" , otherworldly beauty of what is regarded as the last frontier on earth. Encounters at the End of the World is a Creative Differences Production in association with Discovery Films and Discovery Channel. The film was written, directed & narrated by Werner Herzog. Joe Bini served as editor; Peter Zeitlinger is director of photography with original music by Henry Kaiser Henry Kaiser may refer to:
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