White Whales

White Whales (orig: Skytturnar ()) the third film directed by Icelandic director Friðrik Þór Friðriksson in 1987. Starring Eggert Guðmundsson, Þórarinn Óskar Þórarinsson, and Eggert Þorleifsson, this film features Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Sykurmolarnir, Bubbi Morthens, and MX-21 on the soundtrack. The film was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 60th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Cast Eggert Guðmundsson Þórarinn Óskar Þórarinsson Harald G. Harladsson Karl Guðmundsson Auður Jónsdóttir Eggert Þorleifsson Helgi Björnsson Guðbjörg Thoroddsen Björn Karlsson Hrönn Steingrímsdóttir Þorsteinn Hannesson Baldvin Halldórsson Valdimar Flygenring Briet Héðinsdóttir Plot The story starts when two experienced whalers decided to settle down in Reykjavík at the end of the whaling season. While there, they get into trouble and are thrown out of one establishment after another. When events escalated to violence, they break into a weapons shop and steal rifles to confront the police.