Rent Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016)
3.7 of 5 from 103 ratings
1h 56min
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- Synopsis:
- Named as one of the best films of 2017 by more than 100 critics worldwide, 'Dawson City: Frozen Time' tells the bizarre and true story of a long-lost collection of over 500 nitrate film prints dating from the early 1900's found buried in the permafrost at a remote Yukon mining town. Morrison's haunting documentary links that gold rush town to the dawn of cinema. Using the amazing unearthed newsreels, silent movies and documentary images of the town, Morrison conjures the birth of the modern age and creates a unique kaleidoscope of cinema and history.
- Actors:
- Kathy Jones-Gates, Michael Gates, Sam Kula, Bill O'Farrell, Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo, Bill Morrison
- Directors:
- Bill Morrison
- Producers:
- Madeleine Molyneaux, Bill Morrison
- Writers:
- Bill Morrison
- Studio:
- Second Run
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
- Collections:
- Top 10 Winter and Snow Films, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 18/02/2019
- Run Time:
- 121 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
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- Bonus:
- An Exclusive, Newly Filmed Interview with Bill Morrison
- Dawson City: Postscript - a filmed update to the story
- 8 Selected, Original Film Reels from the Dawson Film Find
- 'The Letter' (2018) - Bill Morrison's Short Film
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Reviews (2) of Dawson City: Frozen Time
Interesting, but meandering - Dawson City: Frozen Time review by LC
The story is an interesting one, and the recovered footage of the lost film is good to see, but the documentary is really about the whole history of the town, from it's inception during the gold rush, up to the 70's when the films were rediscovered. Not a problem, but the story does tend to meander quite a lot. Also, the music is pretty terrible, long and droning. A good film, but should have been much shorter (and with a different soundtrack).
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Fascinating stories - Dawson City: Frozen Time review by CM
This would have been an excellent watch, with its wide ranging tales from early 20th century history & old film clips, but was ruined by too-brief subtitles.
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