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Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure

2001

40 min.

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This documentary follows the daring real-life exploits of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew. Determined to become the first people to walk across the South Pole, Shackleton and his men embark on their daring Antarctic expedition by sea. When their ship, the Endurance, is trapped and destroyed by ice, the British explorer and his group struggle to survive in the harsh, frigid environment, defying the odds as they cheat death largely through sheer perseverance.

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Very inspiring and gripping! Like the saga of the Chilean miners, this recounting of the ability of people to survive unimaginable hardship for agonizingly long periods of time and then triumph, should be told and retold.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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George Butler

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Kevin Spacey

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Conrad Anker

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Reinhold Messner

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Stephen Venables

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George Butler

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[T]he film is very much like Shackleton's expedition - just when things look grim there always appears on the horizon a saving grace.

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Shackleton's story of hardship is almost too hard to bear, but his tendency for understatement in the most dire of circumstances is guaranteed to move the most hardened of hearts. Most inspiring

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Ross Anthony

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Rated: 3/4

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Daniel Eagan

Film Journal International

Even at 40 minutes, the film has trouble coming up with enough material to fill out its length.

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Synopsis

This documentary follows the daring real-life exploits of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew. Determined to become the first people to walk across the South Pole, Shackleton and his men embark on their daring Antarctic expedition by sea. When their ship, the Endurance, is trapped and destroyed by ice, the British explorer and his group struggle to survive in the harsh, frigid environment, defying the odds as they cheat death largely through sheer perseverance.

Director: George Butler
Screenwriter: Mose Richards, Crystal V Spijer
Production Co: NOVA/WGBH Boston, White Mountain Films, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Sep 3, 2002
Box Office (Gross USA): $15.4M
Aspect Ratio: IMAX (1.43:1)