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| View Larger Image | The Endurance - Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition | DVDStarring: Liam Neeson, Julian Ayer, John Blackborow, David Cale, John Henry Cox
Directed By: George Butler
Also With: George Butler (Producer), Bowe Ferrer (Producer), Caroline Alexander (Producer), Caroline Alexander (Writer), Dr. John M. Levinson (Producer), Edward R. Pressman (Producer), Joseph Dorman (Writer)
| List Price: | $14.94 | | Price: | $10.99 | | You Save: | $3.95 (26%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 97 minutes | | Format: | Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Studio: | Sony Pictures | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.85:1 | | Release Date: | September 02, 2003 | | Sales Rank: | 6,083th |
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Product Description
Narrated by liam neeson. In august 1914 sir ernest shackleton set sail with 27 men on his ship the endurance. His plan was to be the first expedition to cross the antarctic continent. Considered by experts to be the greatest adventure ever. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 10/28/2008 Run time: 97 minutes Rating: G Director: George Butler |
Amazon.com
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 |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 50 reviews)
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Teamwork at its best by Joe Reviewer  5 Stars
July 09, 2009
I recommend this movie for anyone wanting to train a team of low or high performance people on how to react under stress and pressure. It is also a good example of how leaders should remain steadfast and motivate their followers. I give this movie to the junior people I mentor at work.
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3 stars out of 4 by One-Line Film Reviews (Easton, MD)  4 Stars
February 02, 2009
The Bottom Line:
A solid documentary, The Endurance doesn't do anything novel or creative but does tell the fascinating story of Shackleton's Trans-Antartic Expedition in an interesting and fluid way; whether you do or do not know much about the expedition, this documentary should interest you.
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The Endurance - Shackleton's Legendary Antartic Expedition by Regina Lithgow (Schaumburg, IL United States)  3 Stars
December 14, 2008
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.
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Fantastic True Story on human will by Larry Olsen (Boise) 4 Stars
March 30, 2008
The story of Shakelton's antarctic expedition is a fantastic look at human nature and what can be accomplished with strong teamwork and leadership. In a nutshell, a bad situation turned worse and a expedition to cross the antarctic turns into a battle for survival.
This version of the Shakelton Story starts out a little slow, but is well organized and keeps your interest. The fight for survival is thrilling and just gives me goose bumps just thinking about it. For those interested in human psychology, sociology, and human interaction this would be for you. I consider it a must watch.
The one thing I wish it had more of was information on what the crew did on elephant island. A PBS documentary was stronger in that regard over "The Endurance".
I highly recommend.
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Shackleton - Still the Story of Stories by D. Carteaux (Afghanistan) 5 Stars
February 18, 2008
In the annals of exploration, there may be no greater story than Shackleton's. It is told with all the detail and none of the embellishment from which other chronicles suffer. You will feel the heartbreak and joy of perhaps the greatest adventure in Antarctic history. A great story superbly told on film!!
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SIMILAR PRODUCTS |
| Shackleton - The Greatest Survival Story of All Time (3-Disc Collector's Edition)
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, John Grillo, Paul Humpoletz, Phoebe Nicholls, Eve Best
Directed By: Charles Sturridge
Also With: Charles Sturridge (Writer), Delia Fine (Producer), Emilio Nunez (Producer), Francesca Barra (Producer), Rupert Ryle-Hodges (Producer), Selwyn Roberts (Producer), Snorri Þórisson (Producer)
Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 07/29/2003 Run time: 200 minutes Rating: Nr
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| Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure (Large Format)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Conrad Anker, Iain Fraser, Ciarán Hinds, Denis Lill
Directed By: George Butler
Also With: Reed Smoot (Cinematographer), George Butler (Producer), Kelly Tyler (Producer), Louise Rosen (Producer), Scott Swofford (Producer), Steve Stoke (Producer), Susanne Simpson (Producer), Crystal V. Spijer (Writer), Mose Richards (Writer)
One of the greatest survival stories of all time comes to life in this extraordinary true story of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914-1916 British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, a testament to heroism and human endurance. All 28 men survived nearly two years in the barren, frigid Antarctic when their ship was caught in pack ice and eventually crushed. Featuring stunning Antarctic images and recreations plus original still photography and 35mm motion picture footage by Rank...
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| South - Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance Expedition
Starring: Ernest Shackleton, Captain F. Worsley, Lieutenant J. Stenhouse, Captain L. Hussey, Dr. McIlroy
Directed By: Frank Hurley
South is the extraordinary chronicle of one of history's greatest epics of courage and leadership. In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton embarked on an expedition to cross Antarctica via the South Pole. Before it could reach shore, the explorer's ship, Endurance, was trapped in an ice pack, held frozen in a sea of icebergs for eight months and finally crushed. After five months adrift on ice floes, the crew embarked on a perilous sea voyage to rocky, windswept Elephant Island. From there, Shackleton...
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| The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
by Caroline Alexander (Author)
In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. Weaving a treacherous path through the freezing Weddell Sea, they had come within eighty-five miles of their destination when their ship, Endurance, was trapped fast in the ice pack. Soon the ship was crushed...
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| Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
by Alfred Lansing (Author)
The astonishing saga of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as "Time" magazine put it, "defined heroism". Alfred Lansing's scrupulously researched and brilliantly narrated book--with over 200,000 copies sold--has long been acknowledged as the definitive account of the "Endurance's" fateful trip. of photos and maps. Nationwide traveling museum exhibition.
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