Arctic Blast (film)
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Arctic Blast is a 2010 disaster film
. Its world premiere took place at the 2010 Canadian Film Festival in Sydney
, at the Dendy Opera Quays cinema, on August 4.
air, spreading over the Earth after a solar eclipse
combined with the effects of environmental pollution caused a hole in the ozone layer
. The catastrophic event threatens to engulf the entire world in ice. As Hobart, Tasmania is hit by the cold front
with temperatures of below 80-90 degrees Fahrenheit, causing people to die almost instantaneously, physicist Jack Tate (Michael Shanks
) tries to find a solution while protecting his family.
. The executive producer is Antony I. Ginnane, whose venture IFM/Filmways was responsible for the film release in Australia and New Zealand
. The other executive producers are Tom Berry and Pierre David.
Disaster film
A disaster film is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject...
. Its world premiere took place at the 2010 Canadian Film Festival in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, at the Dendy Opera Quays cinema, on August 4.
Plot
The plot is centered around a colossal blast of heavily chilled mesosphereMesosphere
The mesosphere is the layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere and directly below the thermosphere. In the mesosphere temperature decreases with increasing height. The upper boundary of the mesosphere is the mesopause, which can be the coldest naturally occurring...
air, spreading over the Earth after a solar eclipse
Solar eclipse
As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun as viewed from a location on Earth. This can happen only during a new moon, when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth. At least...
combined with the effects of environmental pollution caused a hole in the ozone layer
Ozone layer
The ozone layer is a layer in Earth's atmosphere which contains relatively high concentrations of ozone . This layer absorbs 97–99% of the Sun's high frequency ultraviolet light, which is potentially damaging to the life forms on Earth...
. The catastrophic event threatens to engulf the entire world in ice. As Hobart, Tasmania is hit by the cold front
Cold front
A cold front is defined as the leading edge of a cooler mass of air, replacing a warmer mass of air.-Development of cold front:The cooler and denser air wedges under the less-dense warmer air, lifting it...
with temperatures of below 80-90 degrees Fahrenheit, causing people to die almost instantaneously, physicist Jack Tate (Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Michael Garrett Shanks is a Canadian actor who achieved fame for his role as Dr. Daniel Jackson in the long-running Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.-Early life:...
) tries to find a solution while protecting his family.
Cast
- Michael ShanksMichael ShanksMichael Garrett Shanks is a Canadian actor who achieved fame for his role as Dr. Daniel Jackson in the long-running Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.-Early life:...
as Jack Tate - Alexandra DaviesAlexandra DaviesAlexandra Davies is a British-born Australian actress.Davies graduated from the University of Western Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts in Performance...
as Emma Tate - Alan Andrews as Harold
- Saskia Hampele as Dr Zoe Quinn
- Indiana EvansIndiana EvansIndiana Rose Evans is an Australian actress and singer best known for her role as Matilda Hunter in the soap opera Home and Away and as Isabella "Bella" Hartley in the children's show H2O: Just Add Water.-Early life:...
as Naomi Tate - Judith Baribeau as Tammy
- Bruce DavisonBruce DavisonBruce Davison is an American actor and director.-Early life:Davison was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Marian E. , a secretary, and Clair W. Davison, a musician, architect, and draftsman for the Army Engineers. His parents divorced when he was three years old. He was raised by his...
as Winslaw - Bodane Hatton as Jarrod
- Anne McCaffery as Samantha
- Stan Gottschalk as General
- Isabel Hoysted as Marlene
- Nick Falk as Brent
Production
The film was shot in TasmaniaTasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
. The executive producer is Antony I. Ginnane, whose venture IFM/Filmways was responsible for the film release in Australia and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. The other executive producers are Tom Berry and Pierre David.