Pioneer (film)

Pioneer

Film poster
Directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg
Written by Erik Skjoldbjærg
Starring Aksel Hennie
Wes Bentley
Stephen Lang
Music by Air
Cinematography Jallo Faber
Edited by Frida Eggum Michaelsen
Jonas Aaro
Production
company
Film i Väst
Garagefilm International
Les Films d'Antoine
Pandora Filmproduktion
Distributed by Nordisk Film
Release dates
  • 30 August 2013 (2013-08-30)
Running time
111 minutes[1]
Country Norway
France
Germany
Sweden
Iceland
Language Norwegian
English

Pioneer (Norwegian: Pionér) is a 2013 Norwegian thriller film directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg. It was released on 30 August, followed by a screening in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]

Plot

Petter[3] is a commercial offshore diver in the North Sea during the 1980s. Norway is at the beginning of its program for oil harvesting. Petter and his brother Knut have key roles in laying the first petroleum pipe in the North Sea.[4] Norwegians and Americans are cooperating about diving deeper than anyone previously has done, to prepare for installation of a gas pipe. Petter experiences a tragic accident during a test dive. When he later tries to find out what really happened, he experiences that authorities and his colleagues try to put a smokescreen on the matter.[5]

Cast

Aksel Hennie during the production of Pioneer.

English-language remake

As of April 2014, Smokehouse Pictures, run by producing partners George Clooney and Grant Heslov, are working on an English-language remake of the film.[6]

See also

References

  1. "Pioneer (12A)". Arrow Film Distributors. British Board of Film Classification. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  2. "Pioneer". TIFF. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  3. Maugesten, Hanne Marie (2013-08-09). "Pionéren - Vi kan takke Magn Muledal og hans kolleger for velferden vår, mener Aksel Hennie. Han spiller nordsjødykker i ny, norsk film.". Aftenposten A-magasinet (in Norwegian). p. 10.
  4. Klaustrofobisk dypdykk
  5. Pionér - Aksel Hennie til bunns i god oljethriller.
  6. "George Clooney's latest film tells dark tale of underwater peril". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 August 2014.

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