Wrath of Gods

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name = Wrath Of Gods


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imdb_id = 0830699
director = Jon Gustafsson
producer = Jon Gustafsson
Karolina Lewicka
Gerard Butler
Jon Armann Steinsson
writer = Jon Gustafsson
Karolina Lewicka
starring = Gerard Butler
Stellan Skarsgård
Sarah Polley
Ingvar E. Sigurdsson
Sturla Gunnarsson
Stellan Skarsgård
music = Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
cinematography = Jon Gustafsson
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distributor = Artio Distribution
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runtime = 72 min.
country = Canada
Iceland
language = English
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Wrath Of Gods is a documentary directed by Jon Gustafsson. It that tells the story of the dramatic circumstances Canadian director Sturla Gunnarsson and his crew had to go through during the making of the movie Beowulf & Grendel. The main focus of the documentary is on director Sturla Gunnarsson, but other participants are Gerard Butler, Paul Stephens, Eric Jordan, Stellan Skarsgård, Peder Pedrero, Wendy Ord and Sarah Polley. The director of Wrath Of Gods, Jon Gustafsson, was hired to play one of Beowulf's warriors and he is credited in Beowulf & Grendel as Geat Warrior #2, and Gerard Butler co-produced the film. The music was composed by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson.

ynopsis

At the beginning of July 2004, Canadian filmmakers Sturla Gunnarsson, Paul Stephens, Andrew Rai Berzins and Eric Jordan went to Iceland to make a movie, a co-production between Canada, the U.K. and Iceland. It was the beginning of the most difficult project any of them had ever been a part of. A series of events continued to put the project in jeopardy. Halfway through production, the financing had not closed, the film was seriously over budget, and the bonder was alarmed enough to send a representative to Iceland. The entire production was put under intense scrutiny while the cast and crew were fighting the onset of a ruthless Icelandic winter and diminishing daylight. The storms tore roofs off buildings and swept away equipment, and Gunnarsson slowly seemed to take on the characteristics and physical appearance of a troll as he struggled to fight gigantic obstacles. The strong determination of the filmmakers (Sarah Polley called it a “sheer demented ambition”) was the one thing that seemed to be able to steer this troubled ship through the storms and guide it to harbour. Two days before the end of principal photography Producer Paul Stephens admitted that is was a “miracle” that they were about to complete the shoot without having closed the ‘bank’. To most other people on the crew it was a miracle that no one had died in a series of accidents and other unfortunate events that haunted the production.

Cast

Gerard Butler
Sturla Gunnarsson
Wendy Ord
Paul Stephens
Eric Jordan
Michael Cowan
Stellan Skarsgård
Sarah Polley
Ingvar Sigurdsson
Tony Curran

References

Awards

Audience Award - Best Documentary Feature - Oxford International Film Festival 2007
Jury Award - Achievement in Filmmaking - Stony Brook Film Festival 2007
Best Documentary Feature shot in digital - Napa Sonoma WineCountry Film Festival 2007
Bronze Remi Award - film & video production - Entertainment WorldFest 2007
Premio Especial do Juri - MOFF - Santarém, Portugal 2007
Grand Jury Prize - Red Rock Film Festival, Utah 2007

Festivals

Oxford International Film Festival
RiverRun International Film Festival
Reykjavik International Film Festival
Waterfront Film Festival
Stony Brook Film Festival
Napa Sonoma WineCountry Film Festival
Revelation - Perth International Film Festival
NSI FilmExchange Canadian Film Festival
MOFF - Santarém, Portugal
Docudays, Beirut, Lebanon
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
Red Rock Film Festival

External links

*imdb title|id=0830699 |name=Wrath Of Gods
* [http://www.wrathofgods.com/ "Wrath Of Gods - Official Websitel" (2007)]
* [http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/ "Beowulf and Grendel" Official Site]