Wrath of Gods

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Wrath Of Gods
Produced by Jon Gustafsson
Karolina Lewicka
Written by Jon Gustafsson
Karolina Lewicka
Starring Gerard Butler
Stellan Skarsgård
Sarah Polley
Ingvar E. Sigurdsson
Sturla Gunnarsson
Stellan Skarsgård
Music by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Cinematography Jon Gustafsson
Distributed by Artio Distribution
Release date(s) Canada
February 2, 2007
Running time 72 minutes
Country Canada
Iceland
Language English

Wrath of Gods is a documentary directed by Jon Gustafsson. It tells the story of the dramatic circumstances Canadian director Sturla Gunnarsson and his crew had to go through during the making of the film Beowulf & Grendel. The main focus of the documentary is on director Sturla Gunnarsson, but other participants are Gerard Butler, Paul Stephens, Eric Jordan, Stellan Skarsgård, Peder Pedrero, Wendy Ord and Sarah Polley. The director of Wrath of Gods, Jon Gustafsson, was hired to play one of Beowulf's warriors and he is credited in Beowulf & Grendel as Geat Warrior #2, and Gerard Butler co-produced the film. The music was composed by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson.

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At the beginning of July 2004, Canadian filmmakers Sturla Gunnarsson, Paul Stephens, Andrew Rai Berzins and Eric Jordan went to Iceland to make a film, a co-production between Canada, the U.K. and Iceland. It was the beginning of the most difficult project any of them had ever been a part of. A series of events continued to put the project in jeopardy. Halfway through production, the financing had not closed, the film was seriously over budget, and the bonder was alarmed enough to send a representative to Iceland. The entire production was put under intense scrutiny while the cast and crew were fighting the onset of a ruthless Icelandic winter and diminishing daylight. The storms tore roofs off buildings and swept away equipment, and Gunnarsson slowly seemed to take on the characteristics and physical appearance of a troll as he struggled to fight gigantic obstacles. The strong determination of the filmmakers (Sarah Polley called it a "sheer demented ambition") was the one thing that seemed to be able to steer this troubled ship through the storms and guide it to harbour. Two days before the end of principal photography Producer Paul Stephens admitted that is was a "miracle" that they were about to complete the shoot without having closed the 'bank'. To most other people on the crew it was a miracle that no one had died in a series of accidents and other unfortunate events that haunted the production.

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