NARRATED BY LIAM NEESON.IN AUGUST 1914, SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON SET SAIL WITH 27 MEN ON HIS SHIP THE ENDURANCE. HIS PLAN WASTO BE THE FIRST EXPEDITION TO CROSS THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT.CONSIDERED BY EXPERTS TO BE THE GREATEST ADVENTURE EVER.Several films have documented or dramatized the incredible saga of Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated trans-Antarctic expedition, but The Endurance offers the most comprehensive one-source reference. Originally presented as a PBS Nova special and narrated by Liam Neeson, this excellent film–based on Caroline Alexander’s acclaimed book, also titled after the ironic name of Shackleton’s doomed ship–chronicles the astonishing events of 1914-16, when Shackleton and 27 crewmen survived against all odds after their ship was crushed in the polar ice floes. This is the only “Shackleton” film to incorporate new footage, expert interviews, dramatic recreations (without dialogue), and expedition photographer Frank Hurley’s archival film and photographs. The cumulative effect of this extensive material gives the viewer an almost palpable sense of the expedition’s hardship and unlikely survival, made possible in part by a man who had precisely the required experience and leadership skills, and in part by what can only be described as divine intervention. No matter how you interpret it, this is rightly called “the greatest survival story ever told.” –Jeff Shannon
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March 5, 2010
#1
Outstanding movie/outrageous price for a VHS version of a movie available for $17 as a DVD. This has rip-off written all over it!!
March 5, 2010
#2
Just returned from my first Antarctic ‘expedition’. Magnificent! For decades I have had most of the published and filmed material on Shackleton, Scott and others; several recordings of Ralph Vaughan-Williams’ ‘Sinfonia Antarctica’ as well as John Mill’s film portrayal of ‘Scott of the Antarctic’- for which Vaughan-Williams composed the musical score and later developed it into that Symphony.
This fall I bought the Kenneth Branagh 3 disc set -( first rate ‘extra’ materials-) as well as the earlier ‘The Last Place on Earth’- really first rate on the ‘Race’ to the Pole. The liam Nesson I saw several time on the trip and will surely be addng it to my collection.
Where I need help is on a version of ‘Shackelton’ which I recorded in the 1980s off-air from Arts and Entertainment in Betamax format – with no end of commercial interuptionson. I think it was a BBC production originally- and it really does well on the trip from Elephant Island to South Georgia. The tape is still good, but for some reason,I have lost the end and the credits. What I need to know is whether any of you ‘Antarctic ‘ specialists can tell me details, whether it is or was available on VHS or DVD and where I can get hold of it. Amazon’s listings, although fairly comprehensive, have left me in a white-out as to all the available materials. So please give me the best of your research and knowledge. And for those that don’t know the Vaughan Williams ‘Antarctic’ Symphony or aren’t musical – try it.
Best wishes and keep warm.
Ian Thomas. Mexico City
March 5, 2010
#3
Antarctica.. one of the things i can say.. “BEEN THERE DONT THAT” it was almost like going back, One of the best films on Antarctica.. If you like this, check out 90 South.. The film about Capt Scotts Exp.
March 5, 2010
#4
The best film on this topic. A documentry without the stale aftertaste
March 5, 2010
#5
The story is a dry and slow moving but historically very informative. The original photography of the expedition is great and the recreated scenes almost seem original. It’s a sad tale but a very good one for fans of adventure or early explorers.