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TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS OF IMAX SHACKLETON FILM
The IMAX Film Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure, produced by White Mountain Films in conjunction with NOVA/WGBH (Boston) produced by WGBH/Nova (Boston), sponsored by the polar cruise experts Quark Expeditions and narrated by Kevin Spacey, mixes original Hurley footage with modern day re-enactments of the party's escape to Elephant Island and crossing of South Georgia to convey the drama of Shackleton's survival against all the odds.
The film opened in the presence of Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal on 18 October in London, at the British Film Institute's London IMAX Cinema, opposite Waterloo Station.
The IMAX cinema was packed and the showing was introduced by the Hon. Alexandra Shackleton, the explorer's granddaughter and President of the James Caird Society, by the film's Executive Producer, Susanne Simpson, and by Dr. John Heap, former Chairman of the Scott-Polar Research Institute and presently Chairman of the U.K. Antarctic Heritage Trust.
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure, which has grossed over $4m in America since its release on 9 February 2001, has recently been seen at several IMAX cinemas throughout the US. These include the Mugar Omni Theater at the Museum of Science, Boston (New England premiere, sponsored by Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.), the Metro IMAX cinema, Detroit, the Humphrey IMAX Dome Theatre, Milwaukee and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado. A massive success in America and the UK, where it has also been seen at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford, and at the IMAX Theatre At-Bristol, Anchor Road, Harbourside, Bristol, it is now being distributed to IMAX cinemas throughout the world.
Shackleton's dramatic bid to rescue his men marooned on Elephant Island. From the IMAX feature film Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure. Photos courtesy of WGBH/Nova
Stephen Venables' striking account of the mountain crossing can be read in the catalogue of the Dulwich Exhibition Shackleton, the Antarctic and Endurance.
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure has also been seen in Germany (under the title Gefangen im Eis : Die Shackleton-Expedizion) at the Forum der Technik, Museuminsel 1, D-80538 München, Tel. +49 (0)89 211250, Fax +49 (0)89 21125120, email fdtseka@fdt.de
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