90 Degrees South
In 1910, Captain Robert Scott led a band of explorers to the South Pole, traversing hundreds of miles of the most brutal Antarctic topography only to discover that Swede Roald Amundsen had reached the Pole before them. Cinematographer Herbert Ponting made the journey with Scott, shooting still photographs and movie footage along the way. The story was first released to the public in installments in l911 and 1912, then reedited with Ponting's narration in 1933. From beginning to end, 90 Degrees South is a remarkable work. Strictly from a technical standpoint, the film is amazing when one considers that movie tape would easily turn brittle and shatter inside a camera during such extreme cold. Ponting's shots of the Antarctic landscape, simultaneously beautiful and forbidding, have a stark elegance to them that is timeless. The mood is lightened considerably by his droll commentary on the antics of the continent's wildlife. The real story, though, is the hellish conditions braved by Scott and his men as they trudged endlessly like draft animals to the Pole, dragging the heavy sledge full of supplies behind them. Ponting's camera brought home the day-to-day routines of the party as they slogged on, giving a human perspective to the story. Unimaginable cold and hardship dogged them every step of the way, only to become worse on the return trip. Scott's final journal entries show the team behind schedule and short on supplies, facing a certain death with stiff-upper-lip British reserve, a heroic, tragic end to an impossibly difficult endeavor. Preserved and restored by the National Film Archive (U. K. ), this is a landmark documentary that is moving and powerful to this day. --Jerry Renshaw Binding DVD. Publisher(s): Paramount Home Video. Label: Paramount Home Video. AudienceRating: NR (Not Rated). Format: Black & White. AspectRatio: 1.33:1.
| Manufacturer: | Paramount Home Entertainment |
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| Lowest Price (CAD): | $275.00 |
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| Brand : | Image Entertainment |
| Closed Captioned : | No |
| Collector's Edition : | No |
| Director : | Alan Ravenscroft |
| Director's Cut : | No |
| Distributor : | Image Entertainment |
| Format : | DVD |
| Language : | English |
| Movie Aspect Ratio : | Full Screen |
| Starring : | Captain Robert Falcon Scott |
| Title : | Title 0-9 |
| Unedited Version : | No |
