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| ACTORS: | Liam Neeson |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | George Butler (II) |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 2000 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Columbia Tristar Hom |
| MPAA RATING: | G (General Audience) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Documentary |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 043396006874 |
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THE GREATEST SURVIVAL STORY EVER TOLD... This is an exemplary documentary, based upon author Caroline Alexander's critically acclaimed, best selling book of the doomed 1914 Antarctic expedition led by Sir Edward Shackleton. Effectively narrated by Liam Neeson, the film tells the story of this star-crossed expedition which set sail upon the ironically named ship, "The Endurance". Shackleton and his crew set out to attempt the first expedition across the vast, still uncharted, icy regions of the Antarctic continent.
Unfortunately, the ship became locked in an icy vise created by polar floes not long after it set sail, which eventually encased and crushed the ship it held in its grasp. This forced the crew out on the ice to survive an adventure that was to last them over a year and a half. Only the courage and determination of Shackleton and his crew enabled them all to survive their harrowing experience, escaping the icy death that was the expected outcome of their dire situation.
Told through the incorporation and use of expedition photographer Frank Hurley's archival silent film footage and stills, which miraculously survived, as well as modern day film and photographs, a rich in situ backdrop is provided for this gripping story of survival. The film is also augmented by interviews with elderly relatives of the survivors. The makers of this documentary also ground the story in the historical context of the day, enriching this story further. All in all, this is an exemplary documentary and one which those who are interested in explorations will enjoy, as will those who enjoy films in which the human spirit triumphs.
A riveting documentary of heroic survival
In August 1914, the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, comprised of 27 men under the leadership of Sir Ernest Shackleton, set sail from England in the wooden ship ENDURANCE. The plan was to land a team on the Antarctic Continent, and the men to dogsled across the frozen landmass to the other side via the South Pole. However, one day's sail from the Antarctic shore, the vessel became entrapped in the ice pack, and was subsequently crushed and sunk. Shackleton and his group were stranded on the drifting floes out of contact with and beyond the ken of the rest of the world. The expedition's grueling, heroic journey back to civilization, culminating in an 800-mile voyage across a stormy, frigid ocean by Shackleton and five companions in a small, open boat, is the subject of this documentary based on the book by Caroline Alexander.
The spell-binding nature of this film is due to the masterful mix of material from several sources: archival 35mm footage, still photos and drawings from the expedition itself, narrated excerpts from diaries, radio interviews with survivors and filmed interviews with their descendents, and contemporary film footage shot along the route of the men's ordeal. One is amazed at the quality of the 35mm moving images shot by Frank Hurley, the team's photographer. What you see is not a re-enactment - it's real, and as crisp as if shot only last week instead of almost ninety years ago.
Besides being the visual narrative of an extraordinary survival story, ENDURANCE is also a show-and-tell presentation on the essence of leadership. Two years after departing England, Shackleton successfully brought all his 27 men back from the brink of extinction. Not a single member of the venture was lost. (Ironically, they arrived back in a Europe entangled in the throes of World War One, in which some of the Expedition's survivors were subsequently killed.)
For a fuller presentation of the subject in text, I would strongly recommend ENDURANCE: SHACKLETON'S INCREDIBLE VOYAGE by Alfred Lansing.
The BEST Shackleton production--by far.
Far, far and away superior to both the Branagh and the iMAX versions of the story. Put together as a documentary featuring the hundreds (thousands??) of photographs and actual movie footage filmed by a member of the actual expedition. An awe-inspiring, spine-tingling tale of survival simply beyond imagination. "Endurance" indeed.