The miniseries Shackleton is ambitious, handsome and chilly - chillier than it needs to be. The dramatization of Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914 expedition to Antarctica fits too snugly in the stuffy movie tradition of great-man biographies. Yet the four-hour production boasts two awesome assets. As the stubborn, heroic Shackleton, Kenneth Branagh gives a blazing performance that often cuts through the cold. And in a feat of moviemaking magic, the Antarctica scenes look credible and harrowing: The lavish production filmed in Greenland, Iceland and London studios, Shackleton is almost always fascinating to watch even when it falls short dramatically. |
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Ratings: | TVMaze: No Rating | |
Released: | January 2, 2002 | |
Runtime: | 125 min | |
Genres: | Action Adventure Drama | |
AKA: | Icebound in the Antarctic | |
Countries: | United Kingdom | |
Companies: | Channel 4 A&E Television Networks Australian Broadcasting Corporation Channel 4 Television Firstsight Films | |
Cast: | Kenneth Branagh John Grillo | |
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