The Strait Guys

Movie"A 76year old engineer is on a mission to connect the United States and Russia with a 100kilometer long train tunnel beneath the Bering Strait"
Audience Score
60
The Strait Guys
NR 1 hr 39 minDocumentary
THE STRAIT GUYS follows Czechborn mining engineer George and his fasttalking protégé Scott along the proposed route of the InterContinental Railway through Alaska to the Bering Strait and onward to Russia The Strait Guys endeavor to convince international governments corporations and indigenous tribes to greenlight their 100 billion railway project which would provide groundbased infrastructure across the continents relieve overcrowded Pacific ports improve global supply chains and ease tensions between the superpowers The US and Russia have been successfully collaborating in space for decades Now the Strait Guys are out to prove it is also possible down here on earth
DirectorRick Minnich
WritersMatt SweetwoodRick Minnich

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Production Companies:Hanfgarn Ufer Filmproduktion CineImpuls Leipzig Torero Film Ethnofund Film Company MDR YLE Knowledge Network