Shackleton (TV serial)

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Shackleton
Genre Biography, Drama
Directed by Charles Sturridge
Written by Charles Sturridge
Starring Kenneth Branagh
Kevin McNally
Lorcan Cranitch
Corin Redgrave
Danny Webb
Phoebe Nicholls
Country United Kingdom
Language English, Norwegian, German
Original channel Channel 4
Original run 2 January 2002  – 9 January 2002
No. of episodes 2
Official website

Shackleton is a 2002 British television film that tells the true story of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his 1914 Antarctic expedition on the ship Endurance. It was broadcast in two parts by Channel 4. Directed by Charles Sturridge, the cast includes Kenneth Branagh in the title role, along with Kevin McNally, Lorcan Cranitch, Embeth Davidtz, Danny Webb, Matt Day and Phoebe Nicholls (also the director's wife) as Lady Shackleton. It was filmed in the UK, Iceland and Greenland. The film used first-hand accounts by the men on the expedition to re-tell the story, and Roland Huntford, the author of a Shackleton biography, was a production advisor.

In North America it was broadcast on the A&E Network. The film was nominated for seven Emmy Awards,[1] six BAFTA Awards[2] and a Golden Globe Award.[3]

Plot summary

The films tells the true story of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his 1914 Antarctic expedition on the ship Endurance. After the ship is trapped and then crushed by pack ice, Shackleton vows to find rescue for his men. He undertakes an epic journey across ice, 800 miles of the Southern Ocean and an uncharted mountain range on South Georgia Island, to find a whaling station from where he rescues his entire shipwrecked party. Not a single man died in this real life epic adventure.

References

  1. ↑ Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Primetime Emmy Award Database
  2. ↑ The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA Awards Database
  3. ↑ The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Golden Globe Award Search

External links

Films directed by Charles Sturridge
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