Branagh heats A&E's 'Shackleton'. (Review).(Antarctic expedition)(Brief Article)

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The opening installment of Shackleton, A&E Network's fact-based, two-part miniseries about British adventurer Sir Ernest Shackleton's dangerous Antarctic expedition, moves at a glacier's pace. That's likely to hurt the ratings for the miniseries' finale, in which the battle between man and nature generates intense drama.

Charles Sturrridge, Shackleton's writer and director, and producer Selwyn Roberts (who also collaborated on A&E's Longitude) deserve praise for this epic, but they might have done better to follow the footsteps of Turner Network Television's Glory & Honor. ...

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