Ice Station Zebra (1968)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1968
Running Times: 148 mins
Format: Metrocolor     35mm    65mm     Super Panavision 70mm
Ratio: 2.20:1
Sound: 70mm 6-Track

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer presents a Filmways Picture
Copyright: Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer Inc
Producer: Martin Ransohoff
Associate Producer: James C. Pratt
Unit Production Manager: Ralph W. Nelson

SCRIPT
Script: Douglas Heyes
Screen Story: Harry Julian Fink
Novel: Alistair MacLean

DIRECTION
Director: John Sturges
Assistant Director: Thomas J. Schmidt

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Daniel L. Fapp
Additional Arctic Photography: John M. Stephens, Nelson Tyler
Lab: Metrocolor

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Ferris Webster

MUSIC
Music / Conductor: Michel Legrand

SOUND
Recording Supervisor: Franklin Milton

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: William Tuttle

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: H.E. Millar Sr, Ralph Swartz, Earl McCoy

VISUAL EFFECTS
Special Visual Effects: J. McMillan Johnson, Carroll L. Shepphird, Clarence Slifer
Optical Effects: Robert R. Hoag

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Directors: George W. Davis, Addison Hehr
Set Decorators: Henry Grace, Jack Mills

MISCELLANEOUS
Dialogue Coach: Norman Stuart
Technical Advisor: Captain John M. Connolly U.S.N. Ret.

LOCATIONS
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Culver City, California, USA
Locations: San Diego, California, USA

CAST
Rock Hudson (Commander James Ferraday)
Ernest Borgnine (Boris Vaslov)
Patrick McGoohan (David Jones)
Jim Brown (Captain Leslie Anders)
Tony Bill (1st Lieutenant Russell Walker)
Lloyd Nolan (Admiral Garvey)
Ron Masak (CPO Paul Zabrinczski)
Sherwood Price (Lieutenant Edgar Hackett)
Lee Stanley (Lieutenant Martin Mitgang)
Joseph Bernard (Dr Jack Benning)
John Orchard, William O'Connell (survivors)
Michael T. Mikler (Lieutenant Courtney Cartwright)
Jonathan Lippe (Russian aide)
Ted Kristian (Wassmeyer)
Jim Dixon (Earl MacAuliffe)
Boyd Berlind (Bruce Kentner)
David Wendel (CPO Cedric Patterson)
Ronnie Rondell Jr (Lyle Nichols)
Craig Shreeve (Gafferty)
Michael Grossman (Kohler)
Wade Graham (Parker)
Michael Rougas (Fannovich)
Jed Allan (Peter Costigan)
Lloyd Haynes (Webson)
Buddy Garion (Edward Rawlins)
T.J. Escott (Lieutenant Carl Mingus)
Buddy Hart (Hill)
Gary Downey (Lorrison)
Robert Carlson (Kelvaney)
Don Newsome (Timothy Hirsch)
Jim Goodwin (survivor)
Bill Hillman (Philip Munsey)
Dennis Alpert (Gambetta)

PLOT SUMMARY

The crew of the nuclear submarine USS Tigerfish are sent on a mission to transport a British civilian, a platoon of Marines and a Russian liaison to the North Pole to rescue the crew of a weather station, Drift Ice Station Zebra. But An experimental spy satellite has crashed in the area and the rescue mission is not all it seems...

AVAILABILITY

USA
Video Distributors: MGM / UA Home Entertainment Inc
DVD Distributors: Warner Home Video (65248)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Canada
Ratings: G (Manitoba); PG (Manitoba - video rating; G (Nova Scotia / Quebec); PG (Ontario)

Finland
Rating: K-12

Norway
Rating: 12 (1970); 11

Singapore
Rating: PG

Sweden
Rating: 11

UK
Rating: U

USA
Rating: G

West Germany
Rating: 12

AWARDS

1969
Academy Awards, USA
Best Cinematography (Daniel L. Fapp) - nominated
Best Effects, Special Visual Effects (Hal Millar, J. McMillan Johnson) - nominated

TIMELINE

1968
October
23: USA - theatrical release

1969
February
28: Sweden - theatrical release

April
4: Finland - theatrical release

September
5: West Germany - theatrical release

1970
January
23: Denmark - theatrical release

July
17: Norway - theatrical release

2005
January
11: USA - DVD release (Warner Home Video (65248))

2006
August
5: UK - television broadcast (on TCM)

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Base artica Zebra - Italian title
Destination zebra: Station polaire - French Canadian title
Destination: Zebra, station polaire - French title
Eisstation Zebra - West German title
Estación polar Cebra - Spanish title
Jääasema Zebra - Finnish title
Missão no Árctico - Portuguese title
Polarstation Zebra svarar ej - Swedish title
S.O.S. nordpolen - Danish title
Zebra station polaire - French Canadian title

POSTER TAGS

"Ice Station Zebra"... Remember The Name - Your Life May Depend On It!

An American nuclear sub.. a sky full of Russian paratroopers - and a race for the secret of Ice Station Zebra!

LINKS

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Fer-de-Lance (1974)
Jim Brown All American (2002)
Lionpower from MGM (1967)
Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers (1986)
Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992)
The Man Who Makes the Difference (1968)

SEE ALSO
Get Smart: Ice Station Siegfried (1969)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Men Only May 1969 pp.62-63 (UK)
illustrated review (Running around in arctic circles by Peter Noble)

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

the arctic, films based on books, the cold war, double agents, ice, marines, the north pole, nuclear submarines, paratroopers, satellites, spies, submarines, underwater

Last Updated: 25 August, 2009