BIG MIRACLE

Year: 2012
USA: Universal Pictures
UK: Universal Pictures International UK
Cast: Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Kristen Bell, Dermot Mulroney, Tim Blake Nelson, Ted Danson, Andrew Daly
Director: Ken Kwapis
Countries: USA / UK
USA & UK: 107 mins
USA Rated: PG for language
UK Certificate: PG contains infrequent mild language
USA Release Date: 3 February 2012
UK Release Date: 10 February 2012


Synopsis

Rescue adventure, BIG MIRACLE, stars Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Kristen Bell, Dermot Mulroney, Tim Blake Nelson and Ted Danson.

Inspired by a true story, BIG MIRACLE tells the tale of a small town news reporter (John Krasinski), a Greenpeace volunteer (Drew Barrymore) and the unlikely coalition of Russian and American military who unite to rescue a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle.

Inspired by the true story that captured the hearts of people across the world, the rescue adventure Big Miracle tells the amazing tale of a small town news reporter (John Krasinski) and a Greenpeace volunteer (Drew Barrymore) who are joined by rival world superpowers to save a family of majestic gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle.

Local newsman Adam Carlson (Krasinski) can’t wait to escape the northern tip of Alaska for a bigger market. But just when the story of his career breaks, the world comes chasing it, too. With an oil tycoon, heads of state and hungry journalists descending upon the frigid outpost, the one who worries Adam the most is Rachel Kramer (Barrymore). Not only is she an outspoken environmentalist, she’s also his ex-girlfriend.

With time running out, Rachel and Adam must rally an unlikely coalition of Inuit natives, oil companies and Russian and American military to set aside their differences and free the whales. As the world’s attention turns to the top of the globe, saving these endangered animals becomes a shared cause for nations entrenched against one another and leads to a momentary thaw in the Cold War.