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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2001)
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Reviews Counted:64
Fresh:61
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.7/10
Consensus: The Endurance presents exciting footage of an amazing real-life story of survival.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Theatrical Release:Sep 21, 2001 Limited
Box Office: $2,071,494
Synopsis: In August 1914, seasoned British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton embarks on his third excursion into Antarctic territory, planning to cross the Antarctic continent on foot--something no other... [More]
Starring: Roland Huntford, John Blackborow, Peter Wordie, Marie Crean O'Brien
Director: George Butler
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Reviews for The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic...
You become like a restless child at bedtime stilled and enraptured by the sheer power of narrative, and your skepticism is overwhelmed by a childlike greediness for vicarious adventure.
10/19/01
Top CriticShould move you even if you’re not familiar with the extensive literature and museum exhibition on the subject produced over the past few years.
10/18/01
Top CriticThe footage -- all hand-cranked by Hurley -- of the Endurance buckling under the pressure of the shifting ice is an image one will not soon forget.
12/23/01
Although the juxtaposition [of old and present-day footage] is jarring at first, the tale is so compelling that the film soon takes on a seamless quality.
12/07/01
The overriding picture that comes into focus is of a man who probably wasn't a very good explorer, but proved to be as superb a leader as the British Empire has ever produced.
11/16/01
The key to making this work is to keep the suspense building, which Butler does admirably.
02/26/02
Unimaginable, incredible, and harrowing beyond words.
11/08/01
Top CriticBetter than the book it's based on.
12/28/01
I guarantee this is more exciting than any fictional adventure movie you've seen in a while.
10/11/01
"The Endurance" doesn't simply care about the facts, it has genuine regard for the people who were involved.
12/23/01
Anyone interested in great stories should be interested in this one.
12/21/01
A gripping documentary tells the wrenching story of a 1914 polar expedition that was hell on ice.
10/27/01
Lucidly relates Ernest Shackleton's 1914 expedition to cross the Antarctic continent by foot.
09/19/01
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09/18/02
What lifts this film above the usual public television documentary is the copious archival footage.
11/07/01
Very much the sort of thing that one finds--and enjoys--on PBS all the time.
11/25/01
As is typical in questing stories, Shackleton started out with one objective in mind, but ended up seeking something else entirely.
10/13/01
Unless you are a penguin or a seal, you are likely to find something dramatic in this testament to our survivability.
11/08/01
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