The Endurance

Name: The Endurance
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: September 21, 2001
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 85
Cast: Liam Neeson

2001

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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

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Cowboy Booking International | Release Date: September 21, 2001 | G

Starring: Liam Neeson

Summary: This documentary tells the story of the survival of British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the crew of his vessel 'The Endurance,' which shipwrecked in the ice floes and frigid ocean of the Antarctic in 1914.

Director: George Butler

Genre(s): History, Documentary

Rating: G

Runtime: 97 min

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Loren King

Butler's approach is subtle: His documentary allows the story to unfold elegantly, without embellishment, and it is more powerful for that restraint. Read full review

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Mick LaSalle

A remarkable documentary about an almost unfathomable ordeal. Read full review

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Michael Sragow

A great adventure. Read full review

Roger Ebert

What made Shackleton's adventure so immediate to later generations was that he took along a photographer, Frank Hurley, who shot motion picture film and stills. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Stephen Miller

Documentarian George Butler ("Pumping Iron") wisely opted to stick to the cold, hard facts of the expedition's tale while layering in warmer material, like interviews with historians and descendants of the crew and narrator Liam Neeson's lilting bedtime-story delivery. Read full review

Lisa Alspector

Without becoming manipulative, sensational, or trite, the movie lets us know what became of the animals -- many dogs and one stowaway cat -- on the ill-fated ship. Read full review

Phil Hall

This is a curious example of taking a hair-raising story and draining the drama from every corner, leaving it a bit flat and ultimately forgettable. Read full review

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