The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Directed by George Butler
Produced by George Butler
Written by Caroline Alexander,
Joseph Dorman
Starring Liam Neeson (narrator)
Music by Michael Small
Production
company
Distributed by Cowboy Booking International
Release dates
  • 2 September 2000 (2000-09-02)
Running time
 97 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

The Endurance is a 2000 documentary film directed by George Butler about Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition in 1914. The Endurance was the name of the ship of Shackleton's expedition.

Plot

After failing to be the first to reach the South pole by only 97 miles in 1909, Shackleton set out to be the first to cross the Antarctic continent via the pole. The expedition met disastrous results when its ship became trapped and ultimately crushed in the ice pack. Shackleton and his 28-man crew endured the long polar winter before ultimately finding rescue following an 800-mile open boat voyage on the Weddell sea. Against all odds, the entire crew of The Endurance survived. Frank Hurley's original film footage was used by Butler along with interviews of surviving relatives to present the story of Shackleton's expedition.

Reception

The film was well received by critics,[1] and was nominated for and won several awards.[2] Butler followed it up the next year with another documentary about Shackleton's expedition entitled Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure.

References

  1. ↑ The Endurance entry rottentomatoes.com, accessed January 3, 2007.
  2. ↑ Endurance awards page IMDb.com, accessed January 3, 2007.


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