The Endurance

The Endurance (2001)

  • 95% of critics liked it
    (65 reviews)

  • 77% of users liked it
    (1,170 ratings)

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 open ocean of the Antarctic in 1914. After a difficult two years, the crew was finally rescued. Shackleton's historic story is… More

G,
Directed By
Written By
Caroline Alexander, Joseph Dorman
Genres
Documentary, Special Interest
In Theaters
Sep 21, 2001 Limited
On DVD
Sep 2, 2003
Cowboy Booking International

Critic Reviews

  • Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

    Fascinatingly evokes not just the gruelling, first-person details of this particular polar expedition, but the waning moments of the entire spirit of romantic, white-European Boy's Own adventurism.

  • Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

    Beautifully blends interviews with scholars and descendants of that crew, still photos and movie film from the trip and re-creations of the events of the voyage.

  • Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

    Hands-down, the most stirring and pertinent documentary of 2001.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    Footage from a remarkable silent documentary has been combined with new photography, music and a narration to produce an even more remarkable sound documentary.

  • John Petrakis, Chicago Tribune

    Most of all, it is a salute to Shackleton himself, whose calm and grace under extreme pressure helped guarantee that not a single crew member would be lost.

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  • John B


    Yep, not the Kenneth Branaugh mini-series, this documentary is fabulous. Liam Neeson takes you on the re-telling of what was truly an impossible rescue of the Endurance crew.

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