All great movies are usually inspired by true events and I selected this one in particular due to the “extraordinary” talent and “creative” acting on the part of the main cast.  Now, don’t expect the usual run-of-the-mill listing of the names of the male and female leads or you’ll be sorely disappointed.  That’s right.  I won’t be mentioning who the “human” actors/actresses are in this Walt Disney distribution.

Instead I will only mention 8 names and they are, in no random order:

DJ, Koda, Apache, Sitka, Floyd, Jasper, Noble and Flapjack

Don’t recognise the names?  Well, let’s try it another way.  What about:

Max, Maya, Old Jack, Truman, Dewey, Shorty, Shadow and Buck
(all are Siberian Huskies except for the last 2 being Alaskan Malamutes)

That better?  If you still don’t recognise anyone up there, then you’ve truly missed a great, absolutely must-see DOG Movie.  Yup, that’s what I said – it’s a DOG (sob-sob) Movie that all you dog-lovers must see!!

The fact that it’s compounded with being the “fictional adaptation of the events” pertaining to an actual real-life ill-fated Japanese expedition to Antarctica in 1958 which first inspired a Japanese hit movie called “Nankyoku Monogatari” in 1983, has made it even more “heart-wrenching” to watch.  But for this version, fast-forward to 1993 (the final year that sled dogs were used in the Antarctica) and we have the 2006 movie “Eight
Below”.

The Japanese version (which I have yet to locate) was apparently more tragic as far as survival count was concerned (remember, we’re still talking “dogs”, not “humans”).  I won’t publish any “spoilers” here for those who have yet to catch this “flick”.  I almost did when I selected one particular YouTube videoclip.  But the scenes therein were pretty obvious as to who survived and who didn’t.  So instead, I’m giving you the “trailer” to the movie to allow you to catch a glimpse of what I’m “raving” about.

Believe me, I’ve seen plenty “dog” movies and this one “takes the cake” by a mile.  It was reported that these 8 “Super Stars” (best dog actors in my book) were assisted by over 30 dogs in performing the stunts and sled-pulling (they are after all “sled dogs”).  And a little tit-bit here for you to "chow" on (woof-woof!!):  Some of the canine stars had also acted in another Disney production, “Snow Dogs”.  Now, that one you must have seen.

Enough said, let’s watch the trailer…