Elgin arranges for an intervention with Bernadette at the dentist to reveal these facts to her, but because of a mistake the (unsuccessful) intervention happens at their home with the FBI and police involved. “Where’d You Go Bernadette” Used a Real Antarctic Base Posted on September 2, 2019 by jlredford This movie is an uncomfortable mix of satire of upper class life in Seattle and quite genuine distress as one of those women cracks up. Time zone.

The novel tells the story of the fictional Bernadette … Where’d You Go, Bernadette ♔ ♕ Aug 16, 2019. After her mother's disappearance, 15-year-old Bee Branch gathers correspondence relating to her mother in order to ascertain what has happened to her.

Starring Cate Blanchett, the film is based on a best-selling novel that brings its main character, Bernadette, to Antarctica for the adventure of a lifetime.

She plays the lead, who abandoned a career in architecture in LA to follow her husband to Microsoft in cold, wet Seattle, and to raise their adorable daughter. She starts misbehaving, then disappears when her husband tries to get her counseling.Spoiler alert: Bernadette gets her mojo back when she finds that the South Pole Station is having a design competition for a new base. They discovered the ozone hole at an earlier version of the base in 1985, which led to the Montreal Treaty banning fluorocarbons. We provided everything from cabins to office space for crew, hair and makeup spaces on the ship, expert advice, logistics, and setting up food and beverage services (even a ‘craft services’ specific Zodiac!). with the occasional interlude by Bee.

2015 All Rights Reserved I said. "You know what it means," I said. While there she met a scientist who told her about Palmer Station and an architectural project for the South Pole in which every single material would have to be shipped from the U.S. which meant that it was of the utmost importance for everything to be designed to complete perfection. The letter reveals that Bernadette went to Antarctica in the hopes of reconciling with her husband and daughter and decided to stay for the cruise. In the middle of the intervention Bernadette goes to the washroom and disappears. The prospect of being trapped in a small cabin in heavy seas, and of being surrounded by strangers, pushes her mother over the edge. Starring Cate Blanchett, the film is based on a best-selling novel that brings its main character, Bernadette, to Antarctica for the adventure of a lifetime. The story in Where'd You Go, Bernadette unfolds ... figure out that Bernadette went to Antarctica on the cruise Bee had suggested. This movie is an uncomfortable mix of satire of upper class life in Seattle and quite genuine distress as one of those women cracks up. The daughter cajoles them all into going on a cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula, which is as close as tourists are allowed to get. Mom and Dad frowned question marks at each other. When we first see Bernadette on screen, she’s canoeing a quiet water body of Antarctica amidst glaciers and tranquility. The big Union Jack was edited out of the movie! Twenty years ago, Bernadette Fox (Blanchett) was a trailblazing architect who dropped out of sight after a pioneering home she designed was summarily bulldozed by its new owner. Because of this previous promise, Bee convinces her parents, stay at home mother Bernadette, and father Elgin, a genius who works at Microsoft, to take her to Because she is housebound, Bernadette has an ongoing feud with some of the mothers at Bee's private school with the main instigator being her neighbor Audrey Griffin. That was actually done in 2017, but the crack was still deemed dangerous, so it hasn’t been inhabited since.The actual Amundsen/Scott South Pole Station is much bigger. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! She plays the lead, who abandoned a career in architecture in LA to follow her husband to Microsoft in cold, wet Seattle, and to raise their adorable daughter. STARRING: Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Kristen Wiig. This movie is an uncomfortable mix of satire of upper class life in Seattle and quite genuine distress as one of those women cracks up. Cast: Cate Blanchett, Emma Nelson, Billy Crudup, Kristen Wiig, Judy Greer . One Ocean Expeditions was selected to be the expedition cruise operator for "The big thing it means." The Where’d You Go, Bernadette Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. That night at dinner, I sat through Mom and Dad's "We're-so proud-of-you's and "She's-a-smart-one's until there was a lull. We run the industry’s finest expedition cruise and Watch the movie in theatres from August 16th and look out for One Ocean Expeditions!For theatre times and listings check out the film’s Copyright © One Ocean Expeditions Customized Nature-Based Tours in Antarctica. She reveals to him Bernadette's "attacks" on Audrey, causing him to question whether to admit Bernadette to a psychiatric institution. Now she lives in Seattle in reclusive, domestically unrenovated style with … They seem to be working fine, and there are no plans to upgrade it. Jump to: Spoilers (2) The Antarctic Station design and construction in the closing credits is actually the Halley VI British Antarctic Research Station. Audrey accuses Bernadette of running over her foot with her car (which Bernadette does not dispute, though it is untrue).

Still, big points to the movie makers for finding a nice example of Bernadette’s talents!Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. The 2019 film Where'd You Go, Bernadette features the station prominently and includes scenes of its construction at the closing credits, although the actual station depicted in the film is Halley VI British Antarctic Research Station. It was rebuilt in 2003, also with legs.