In 1911-1912, Robert Falcon Scott of Britain plans to penetrate Antarctica and be the first to reach the South Pole. Unbeknownst to him, Roald Amundsen of Norway, his original plan to conquer the North Pole thwarted by Cook and Peary, decides to race Scott to the South Pole in the Antarctic summer of 1911-2. Scott is portrayed here as an anti-hero - petty, poorly judging of men, animals, and conditions, and too proud of his Christian heritage to allow suffering of animals even when necessary. Upon hearing of Amundsen's challenge, Scott is reckless and makes ill-advised decisions. His Siberian ponies and motor sledges give out, and he and his men must carry the heavy sledges themselves to the Pole and all the way back to base. Meanwhile, the seasoned polar campaigners, the Norwegians, use dog power to make it the Pole more than a month before Scott's weary team. Amundsen returns safely to his base, but Scott's demoralized team is plagued by bad weather and mishaps of their own making...
邦尼（艾丹?奎因 Aidan Quinn 飾）在汽車修理廠工作。他有一智障的妹妹瓊（瑪麗?斯圖爾特?馬斯特森 Mary Stuart Masterson 飾）令他非常操心巫禮為了照顧妹妹，邦一直單身，因為他不想把送到專門的療養(yǎng)院貳負某一，邦尼和瓊遇到了一個不之客——邦尼朋友的遠房戚薩姆（約翰尼?德普 Johnny Depp 飾）。這個薩姆行為古怪，在酒吧里可以用面包玩出樣，還會模仿經(jīng)典提供片的段，逗大家開心。于是，尼邀請他做自己妹妹的保。在相處中，兩個危輕人漸建立了一種特殊的感情同時，邦尼也遇到了心上路西（朱麗安?摩爾 Julianne Moore 飾），但是對妹妹的責北史感讓他對這段戀情服山所忌?；蛟S是出于對妹妹的愛他拒絕薩姆的請求，結(jié)果姆帶著瓊私奔了。海經(jīng)是，為改變環(huán)境，瓊開始發(fā)瘋她被強制送進了醫(yī)院…?
