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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

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"The Endurance" recounts one of the history's greatest tales of survival, Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914-1916 expedition to Antarctica. The expedition, Shackleton's third, followed the tragic death of the famous English polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott on his quest to the South Pole.

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The Endurance presents exciting footage of an amazing real-life story of survival.

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Geoff Pevere Toronto Star 02/01/2002
Fascinatingly evokes not just the gruelling, first-person details of this particular polar expedition, but the waning moments of the entire spirit of romantic, white-European Boy's Own adventurism. Go to Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/04/2002
3.5/4
Footage from a remarkable silent documentary has been combined with new photography, music and a narration to produce an even more remarkable sound documentary. Go to Full Review John Petrakis Chicago Tribune 01/03/2002
Most of all, it is a salute to Shackleton himself, whose calm and grace under extreme pressure helped guarantee that not a single crew member would be lost. Go to Full Review Phil Hall Film Threat 12/08/2002
2.5/5
So-so documentary on ill-fated South Pole journey. Go to Full Review Eric D. Snider EricDSnider.com 09/18/2002
A
Ryan Cracknell Apollo Guide 09/18/2002
70/100
The interesting and almost unbelievable subject matter legitimizes the legend of Ernest Shackleton, even if it is a little slow in the process. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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@ExcessMale 12/09/2022 An already miraculous story of survival during one of the most dangerous journeys ever embarked on is seriously catapulted into thrill ride territory with the wonderful editing, musical score and meditative narration. See more 03/29/2014 Amazing story! Rent it. See more 02/04/2014 What an amazing documentary! Low wages, bitter cold, return to safety doubtful. Seriously, stuff like this amazes me...one that they even attempted this, two the perseverance to survive and three, the grace that watched over all 28 of them as none of them died during this 21month ordeal. Beautiful scenes, loved that 3 expert clibers tried to follow in their footsteps with high tech gear and food, took three days what these guys did in 36hrs and the photos and movies actually taken by those on the expedition. See more 02/01/2013 "Ship and stores have gone, so now we'll go home." See more 01/30/2013 nothing short of amazing, one of my all time fav. docs See more 04/26/2012 remarkable documentary See more Read all reviews
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George Butler

Director

Liam Neeson

Narrator

Caroline Alexander

Writer

Caroline Alexander

Writer

Joseph Dorman

Writer

Caroline Alexander

Executive Producer

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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

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Synopsis "The Endurance" recounts one of the history's greatest tales of survival, Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914-1916 expedition to Antarctica. The expedition, Shackleton's third, followed the tragic death of the famous English polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott on his quest to the South Pole.
Director
George Butler
Producer
George Butler
Screenwriter
Caroline Alexander, Caroline Alexander, Joseph Dorman
Distributor
Cowboy Pictures
Production Co
American Museum of Natural History, Nova, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Discovery Channel Pictures
Rating
G
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 19, 2001, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.5M
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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