Whiteout

WHITEOUT
 
 
Whiteout  is a 2009 thriller film based on the 1998 comic book of the same name by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber.  Directed by Dominic Sena, with uncredited reshoots by Stuart Baird and Len Wiseman, it stars Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Columbus Short, Tom Skerritt, and Alex O'Loughlin.  The film was distributed by Warner Bros. and released on September 11, 2009.  It was produced under the banner of Dark Castle Entertainment by Joel Silver, Susan Downey and David Gambino.  The movie is set in Antarctica, where Deputy U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale) is planning to leave in a few days.  After finding a dead body, Stetko is attacked by a masked killer who is trying to get hold of the cargo in an old Soviet plane that crash landed in the ice during the Cold War.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 

Wikipedia reports:  "The song ["Wipe Out"] – both the Surfaris' version as well as cover versions – has been featured in over 20 films and television series since 1964, appearing at least once a decade.  First heard in Kenneth Anger's short Scorpio Rising [1963], its most recent appearance was in Dominic Sena's 2009 thriller, Whiteout."  

 

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Last edited: March 22, 2021