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Shackleton - The Greatest Survival Story of All Time (3-Disc Collector's Edition)

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767045001
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767045009
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 09, 2002
Running Time: 200 minutes
Sales Rank: 10637
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: April 07, 2002

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
Shackleton 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




Rating: - A Superb Collection
This is an absolutely superb collection. The A&E Shackleton, featuring Kenneth Branagh, is beautifully ... Read More

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Rating: - Superb historical drama with some great acting
The story of Ernest Shackleton's grandiosely-named Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition is a pretty amazing ... Read More

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Rating: - Educational, but not for Education
This DVD was well produced and tells the exciting story of Shackleton's fatefull Antarctic expedition very ... Read More

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Rating: - Fact or Fiction ? I pass on this Shackleton
Having seen various other versions of Shackletons' expeditions I was surprised that this one portrayed Shackleton ... Read More

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Rating: - What! No subtitles??
Again, A&E has lost another sale. Product description of this DVD mentions "closed captioned" - which my system cannot ... Read More

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