The Endurance
2000 · 97 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 2,309 VOTES · DIR. George Butler
Overview
Documentary on the Shackleton Antartic expedition. A retelling of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica in and the crew of his vessel 'The Endurance', which was trapped in the ice floes and frigid open ocean of the Antarctic in 1914. Shackleton decided, with many of his crew injured and weak from exposure and starvation, to take a team of his fittest men and attempt to find help. Setting out in appalling conditions with hopelessly inadequate equipment, they endured all weather and terrain and finally reached safety. Persuading a local team of his confidence that the abandoned team would still be alive, he set out again to find them. After almost 2 years trapped on the ice, all members of the crew were finally rescued.
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00:03:37 My father never...
00:06:58 ...and dismissed his latest project.
00:10:31 The sale of film and photo rights...
00:15:40 When day broke, the men found the ice had closed around the ship.
00:21:04 In a characteristic diary entry, he observed:
00:24:40 ...and her crew had succumbed to infighting, and ultimately, insanity.
00:30:21 Orde-Lees recorded:
00:34:19 Dr. Macklin recorded:
00:38:05 ...to retrieve the negatives stored therein.
00:42:53 ...a bout of sciatica sent Shackleton to his tent for two weeks.
00:46:21 Precious equipment had been left behind.
00:50:06 And there's an intriguing collection of island silhouettes...
00:53:17 Constant rain and snow squalls blotted out the stars and soaked us through.
00:56:52 Changing course, they struck out for Elephant Island.
01:00:55 ...to a second location on the western side of the island.
01:04:28 Shackleton chose the strongest and most seasoned sailors for the journey.
01:09:01 seven frantic months of preparation...
01:11:50 Worsley recalled this moment:
01:15:36 This chaos of peaks and glaciers had never been crossed.
01:19:30 We were tired and wind that blew down from the heights was chilling us.
01:23:42 There was nothing to do but return.
01:26:23 ...that Shackleton would return.
01:30:27 That they avoided two years of the war and they were lucky to be alive.
22:01:09 his work and the weather cleared.