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Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure

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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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Herb Lash Big Movie Zone 06/17/2002
[T]he film is very much like Shackleton's expedition - just when things look grim there always appears on the horizon a saving grace. Go to Full Review Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile 06/17/2002
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 Go to Full Review Ross Anthony Hollywood Report Card 05/17/2002
3/4
Daniel Eagan Film Journal International 05/17/2002
Even at 40 minutes, the film has trouble coming up with enough material to fill out its length. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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06/04/2011 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. See more Read all reviews
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George Butler

Director

Kevin Spacey

Narrator

Conrad Anker

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Reinhold Messner

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Stephen Venables

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Crystal V Spijer

Writer
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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
Producer
George Butler, Susanne Simpson, Scott Swofford
Screenwriter
Crystal V Spijer, Mose Richards
Production Co
NOVA/WGBH Boston, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, White Mountain Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Sep 3, 2002
Box Office (Gross USA)
$15.4M
Runtime
40m
Aspect Ratio
IMAX (1.43:1)
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