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The 1958 Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (Showa Station) inspired the 1983 hit film Antarctica, of which Eight Below is a remake. [3] [4] Eight Below adapts the events of the 1958 incident, moved forward to 1993. [5] In the 1958 event, 15 Sakhalin Husky sled dogs were abandoned when the expedition team was unable to return to the base.
Seven dogs had died while still chained, and eight had broken free. Six bodies were never recovered, but Taro and Jiro were found alive. These were the two youngest dogs on the team (at three years old) were brothers, and were the pups of Kuma, a dog that had also been on the chain at Showa, but had broken free and disappeared. [1]
The dogs D.J., Koda, Floyd and Buck also starred in the later Disney live-action adventure film, Eight Below. Many of the dogs and mushers used in the film were locals. Two of the hero team doubles and all of Olivier's team were supplied by Nakitsilik Siberians of Bridge Lake, British Columbia. Mountain Mushers' from Golden BC supplied the ...
D. J., a Siberian Husky, played the roles of Demon in Snow Dogs and Max in Eight Below. Darla, a Bichon Frise best known for her role as Precious in the 1991 thriller The Silence of the Lambs. Higgins, a small Poodle-Schnauzer mix, played the leading role of Benji in the movie of the same name and had a recurring role on the TV series Petticoat ...
Eight Below: One of Jerry Shepherd's dogs Max Belgian Sheepdog: Max: Kyle's dog; about a dog whose handler, a U.S. Marine in Afghanistan, is killed, and who then is adopted by the soldier's family. Max Belgian Shepherd: Max: About a military service dog returning from service in Afghanistan. Max Mixed-Breed [2] How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
A second film from 2006, Eight Below, provided a fictionalized version of the occurrence but did not reference the breed. [32] Instead, the film featured only eight dogs: two Alaskan Malamutes named Buck and Shadow and six Siberian Huskies named Max, Old Jack, Maya, Dewey, Truman, and Shorty. [5]
Eight Below: co-production with Spyglass Entertainment, Mandeville Films and The Kennedy/Marshall Company: March 10, 2006: The Shaggy Dog: co-production with Mandeville Films, Tollin/Robbins Productions, Boxing Cat Films, Robert Simonds Productions and Shaggy Dog Productions April 14, 2006: The Wild
In fact is Eight Below (less) a continuation of Snow Dogs. But some of the Dogs used for Snow Dogs are still used for Eight Below, such as DJ, playing Demon in Snow Dogs and Max in Eight Below. But there are no further relations between these 2 films expect the mushing and the relation to huskies. -- ReneRomann 18:33, 25 February 2007 (UTC)