Shackleton - The Greatest Survival Story of All Time (3-Disc Collector's Edition)
by Charles Sturridge
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Actor: Eve Best, John Grillo, Kenneth Branagh, Paul Humpoletz, Phoebe NichollsDirector: Charles Sturridge
Brand: A&E
Writer: Charles Sturridge
Producer: Delia Fine
Producer: Emilio Nunez
Producer: Francesca Barra
Producer: Rupert Ryle-Hodges
Producer: Selwyn Roberts
Producer: Snorri ??risson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 200 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-04-09
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
Movie Reviews of Shackleton - The Greatest Survival Story of All Time (3-Disc Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: Grand adventure, excellent bonus features
Summary: 5 Stars
Kenneth Branagh brings his customary swagger to this portrayal of the British adventurer Ernest Shackleton, together with a first-class supporting cast. Perfectly arrayed in Edwardian period costumes and sets, the story starts with the Antarctic veteran and lecturer learning that Roald Amundson has become the first person to reach the South Pole. He decides to one-up the Norwegian with the first trans-Antarctic expedition. The film follows Shackleton as he raises money, selects a crew, and carries on a love affair that his wife discovers. But he soon leaves both wife and paramour for his irresistable compulsion to conquer the unknown.
Shackleton and his men travel to Argentina and thence to Antarctica via the aptly-named sailing ship Endurance. When it is trapped and then crushed by the ice, they set off with their dogs by foot, pulling lifeboats and supplies through ghastly weather until they can finally launch the boats and, though heroic efforts, reach land and eventual salvation. These scenes are interwoven with scenes at home in Britain, where friends and family wait anxiously and where rescue missions are proposed but never undertaken, as the ongoing carnage of World War I makes the fate of 28 men seem small by comparison.
Shackleton himself comes across as something of a glib promoter, an ambitious man drawn by fame and glory. Yet when his back is to the wall, he proves that he is not just a great explorer but also a great judge of character and an indomitable leader of men. His charisma and motivational abilities literally save his expedition-mates, allowing them to come home after three incredible years, long after most Britons have given them up for dead, with nary a life lost.
The script draws much of its dialog and detail from the diaries and letters of crewmen, who survived a harrowing journey through an amazing combination of strength, courage, and sheer determination. The production values are superb, worthy of a feature film, and the photography, based on the documentary photos and films of the expedition's photographer, is breathtaking. You truly feel the bitter cold and exhaustion of the men, and their survival seems nothing short of a miracle.
The first two discs in this three-disc set contains only the 206-minute made-for-television miniseries, without so much as a commentary or a subtitle, but the third disc holds three worthwhile documentaries. The first is a 49-minute presentation entitled "Breaking the Ice: The Making of Shackleton," the second a 43-minute biography called "Ernest Shackleton: Looking South," and the third a 92-minute history special: "Antarctica: A Frozen History." A profile of Kenneth Branagh rounds out the disc.
I heartily recommend this gripping, inspiring, educational set.
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Summary of Shackleton - The Greatest Survival Story of All Time (3-Disc Collector's Edition)
Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 07/29/2003 Run time: 200 minutes Rating: NrShackleton is not a biopic of the great Anglo-Irish explorer but a dramatization of the failed trans-Antarctic expedition of 1914-1916. As written and directed by Charles Sturridge (Longitude), the production, filmed on real ice floes in Greenland, stays remarkably close to the facts, capturing the look of the surviving expedition photos by Frank Hurley (collected in the book South with Endurance) with great fidelity. Kenneth Branagh makes no attempt at an authentic accent but otherwise gives a powerful impression of a most commanding personality. When the expedition ship Endurance became locked in the Antarctic ice, Shackleton vowed to bring every man home alive, and against virtually impossible odds, including a 700-mile journey in an open boat through some of the worst seas in the world, he did just that. This superlative miniseries realizes the story with production values and cinematography that would not disgrace a big-budget feature (South, Hurley's 1919 silent movie featuring some motion-picture footage from the expedition, is also available on video). Intense physical drama, strong performances, and Adrian Johnston's fine score combine here to deeply moving effect, marred only a little by a rushed conclusion. With Roland Huntford, author of the definitive Shackleton biography, as production advisor, this easily stands as the benchmark for all future comparable films. --Gary S. Dalkin
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