Summaries

A broken generator and old age stand between an eccentric dreamer and his plan to save the world.

As the world teeters on the brink of collapse, one man is armed with a plan to reconstruct it. THE DAWNSAYER is the unbelievable life story of Bruce Beach, the man infamous for Ark Two (the world's largest privately built bomb shelter) who has devoted his life to crafting an elaborate blueprint to save the world. Buried beneath an unassuming empty plot in the middle of nowhere, is an underground refuge where the seeds of tomorrow await global catastrophe in order to sprout anew. Completed in 1985, Ark Two was once a state-of-the-art bomb shelter, however today, it is aging and in near ruin. A similar fate has befallen the man who built Ark Two, the notorious Bruce Beach. Dismissed as "the crazy old man with a bomb shelter," Bruce's untold story is as sprawling and unbelievable as his 10,000 square foot shelter. THE DAWNSAYER is an intimate portrait of the man behind Ark Two, his impressive legacy, and a testament to how far this man is willing to go to save a world that has no interest in being saved...particularly by him.—Paul Kell

Details

Keywords
  • eccentricity
Genres
  • History
  • Biography
  • Documentary
Release date Feb 6, 1998
Countries of origin Canada
Official sites Official site
Language English

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 30m
Color Color
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