A causa del crollo di una miniera d'oro, 33 lavoratori rimangono intrappolati nelle viscere della terra. La loro odissea andrà avanti per ben 69 giorni, tra difficoltà e istinto di sopravvivenza.
Ottobre 1957, Coalwood, cittadina mineraria del West Virginia. Il cielo notturno è solcato dalla scia luminosa dello Sputnik, il primo satellite, lanciato dai Sovietici, in orbita attorno alla Terra. Per il diciassettenne Homer H. Hickam jr. è come una folgorazione: costruire razzi costituirà il passaporto per sfuggire al destino che lo vuole minatore, come tutti a Coalwood. Il ragazzo non si lascerà bloccare né dall'iniziale ostilità del padre, autoritario sovrintendente della miniera, né dai primi insuccessi; con l'aiuto di 3 coetanei e col sostegno della sua professoressa di Chimica e Fisica, parteciperà al concorso scientifico indetto per tutte le scuole della nazione; e vincerà il primo premio anche grazie al padre, che gli procurò i pezzi che gli erano stati rubati durante il concorso. Il suo ultimo razzo lo dedicò alla professoressa Riley, morta di morbo di Hodgkin.
Karen, Sarah ed Emma Tunney si stanno trasferendo in una piccola città della Pennsylvania dove, a loro insaputa, nel 1913, un orribile incidente in una miniera ha intrappolato decine di bambini vivi, sottoterra. Ma c'è un problema. Sono ancora vivi.
In a small American coal town living in the shadow of a recent mining accident, the disappearance of a teenage boy draws three people together—a surviving miner, the lonely wife of a mine executive, and a local boy—in a web of secrets.
A search and rescue team are transported through deep space to a distant mining colony to save the sole survivor of a biological outbreak. During their mission, they find a lethal weapon which is set to arrive on Earth within the hour.
Maxime is a young Valdorian who works in a gold mine. As he experiences several difficulties as he goes through life, he will question his definition of masculinity. It's with the help of the tightly knit brotherhood of colleagues in the mine that he will find the necessary support to overcome a feeling of stubborn guilt which prevents him from achieving happiness. Until the day an explosion breaks out underground. As part of the rescue mission, Maxime descends into the mine lair with the firm intention of bringing each of his colleagues back to the surface alive.
On the 19th of November 2010, the Pike River mine exploded with 31 men trapped inside. In the immediate confusion that followed no one knew what had happened. Within hours two men would manage a heroic escape but 29 remained unaccounted for. Over five days the men’s families and loved ones waited, hoping they would come out alive. Then two further explosions sealed the men’s fate. However, the fuse that would eventually snuff out so many lives was lit decades before. Set in the drama of the five days between the three explosions, Pike River reveals the tragic back story of the mine where pressure for profits would eventually contribute to the deaths of 29 men. Featuring interviews with the Pike River families and scripted drama to depict key events.
In this steampunk fantasy adventure, a collapse imprisons three dwarven miners who must now work collectively to combat starvation, despair, and a mysterious creature.
A story of struggle and tragedy, the film features harrowing underground disasters, heroic rescues and traces a history of strikes, industrial turmoil and the current push by global mining giants to destroy regional communities and replace local mineworkers with a subservient itinerant workforce.
“Laura” is based on a true story about a dramatic search and rescue mission at Halemba coal mine that gripped Poland in February of 2006. A miner was trapped underground, and by the fourth day when everyone was beginning to lose hope of his safe return, the rescue team heard a faint knocking on the pipeline. After a nearly a week long search, the miner was rescued. Those who followed the story closely called it a miracle. But the miner claimed that what saved him was stronger than a miracle – his love for his daughter Laura, and his wife Marlena.