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Post by manfromplanetx on Jul 17, 2020 8:31:11 GMT
Exploring Classic films that venture out on an Expedition, based on fascinating fact or fantasy fiction... Recommendations , film favorites, stills, essays most welcome.. Nankyoku monogatari , South Pole Story, aka Antarctica.(1983) Japan Dir. Koreyoshi Kurahara. An epic adventure story tells of Japan's "First Cross-Winter Expedition", from their recently established Showa Base (1957) Antarctica. A scientific team arrive and plan an expedition equipped with a 15 dog, pack sled team. With their close companions the men set off from the base to survey and assess the geology of a prominent range in the remote & freezing wilderness. Beautifully filmed with incredible scenic wonder, the story at times a harrowing & heartbreaking drama, above all, an amazing dog tale... A famous and true story, the film's focus becomes the fate of the 15 Sakhalin Huskies. Chained and left with just a few days rations, the men reluctantly follow an order & abandon the base as extreme weather sets in. The first expedition flee to an icebreaker, expecting a change-over with an in-coming "Second Expedition". Devastated on-board, the icebreaker Sōya heads out to open seas for safety, dashing any hopes for the stars of the film... Riki, Anko, Aka, Kuma from Furen, Kuma, Pesu, Goro, Deri, Pochi, Moku, Jakku, Kuro, Taro, Shiro and Jiro . 11 months later the ship with original team leader/dog handler Akira Ushioda (Ken Takakura) returns to Showa Base. .....
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 17, 2020 8:43:06 GMT
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)Tasked by his editor, American reporter Henry M. Stanley travels to a dangerous and uncharted region of East Africa to find the missing Scottish pioneer missionary Dr. David Livingstone. IMDb trivia: Otto Brower and Osa Johnson followed Stanley's path through Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda with their crew and returned with 100,000 feet of film for use in the safari sequences.
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 17, 2020 9:29:01 GMT
Scott of the Antarctic (1948) with John Mills
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Post by politicidal on Jul 17, 2020 14:27:35 GMT
A more recent and heavily dramatized example (though no less entertaining) based off the famed sea voyage by Norwegian scientist and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl across the South Pacific on a Polynesian raft in the 1940s. I'd rank it as a 7.5/10.
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 17, 2020 15:07:55 GMT
Another good one, though also more recent -- THE LOST CITY OF Z
true-life drama about British explorer 'Major Percival Fawcett' (Charlie Hunnam), who disappeared while searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s.
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Post by mikef6 on Jul 17, 2020 16:19:48 GMT
Many of the Tarzan films feature (fictional) expeditions. The pre-code 1932 Tarzan The Ape Man has Prof. Parker, accompanied by daughter Jane, making his way into an unexplored area of the African jungle in search of the mythical Elephants' Burial Ground and the treasure trove of ivory believed to be there.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 17, 2020 17:10:20 GMT
Dunno if this counts but ... "A scientist is nearly assassinated. In order to save him, a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his blood stream with a small crew."
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Post by teleadm on Jul 17, 2020 18:04:45 GMT
The Far Horizons 1955, a romanticeised verion of about the Louis and Clark expedition. Remains to be seen by me, so I have no opinions.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jul 17, 2020 21:57:59 GMT
The Sannikov Land (1973) Soviet Union Dir. Albert S. Mkrtchyan In 19 century Russia the Sannikov Land was a phantom mythical Island in the Arctic Sea of North Eastern Siberia. First recorded by a Russian cartographic expedition in 1811, the land mass was again spotted & recorded in 1889 on an expedition to the New Siberian Islands. The 1901 Russian Polar Expedition onboard the Arctic ship Zarya headed across the Laptev Sea, searching for the legendary Sannikov Land. Becoming trapped in sea-ice the captain with a few crew, set off on foot and were never seen again. Another Soviet expedition in 1936-37 found no trace of the legendary land. Russian geologist and science fiction writer Vladimir Obruchev fictionalized the phantom island in his novel Sannikov Land (1926). Within the warmth of volcanic activity (fictional) native Siberian's the Onkilon live. Thought to be extinct they are re-discovered by a small expedition looking for the island,.. This story was adapted & filmed in 1973 , it is an unusual, entertaining fictional adventure drama based on the curious case of the elusive mysterious Sannikov Land...
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Post by politicidal on Jul 17, 2020 23:26:55 GMT
The 1974 Disney film Island at the Top of the World depicts a turn-of-the-century journey to the Arctic in search for a 'graveyard of whales' that winds up discovering a lost colony of Vikings. It's a lot of fun in the grand Jules Verne tradition.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 17, 2020 23:34:26 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 17, 2020 23:36:06 GMT
King Kong 1933
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Post by politicidal on Jul 18, 2020 0:08:12 GMT
Lord, this thread is right up my alley. Different variations include: A mountaineering expedition. Yet another jungle opera. And one across the Sahara desert starring the Duke himself.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jul 18, 2020 0:47:05 GMT
Walk Into Paradise (1956) Australia Dir. Lee Robinson Patrol Officer Steve McAllister (Chips Rafferty) is tasked to lead an expedition into un-mapped territory in the highlands of New Guinea. At this time the territory is under Australian Administration. The expedition mission is to survey the interior and build an air-strip for geologists to access. The Upper Sepik river region is a place where few 'white' men had ventured and certainly never before, a film crew. Shot on location in several inhospitable locations, remarkable footage captures Sepik River long canoes paddled exclusively by women, and a full-scale highlands sing-sing, with hundreds of warriors in elaborate traditional dress trampling down grass to make the airstrip. A rare quality feature from 1950s Australian cinema The story was inspired from the pioneering expeditions of the Leahy Brothers, the first white men to reach the New Guinea highlands, in the early 1930s. Re branded re-edited & released in America as Walk into Hell ! that is another story...
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 18, 2020 1:19:27 GMT
Not all expeditions are for a good or noble cause: Selfish Chris Teller pressures his older brother, a retired climber, to accompany him on a treacherous Alpine climb to loot the bodies of plane crash victims.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 18, 2020 1:20:55 GMT
In WWI Africa, a gin-swilling riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 18, 2020 1:22:54 GMT
An American Civil War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jul 18, 2020 6:26:51 GMT
German director Werner Herzog's interest in historical adventures inspired his classic film, Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972). The epic production was shot on location in the Peruvian Jungle, and is loosely based on the real life exploits of Lope de Aguirre (1510-1561). He was a Basque Spanish conquistador famously known for his crazed final expedition down the Amazon river in search of the mythical golden Kingdom El Dorado...
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jul 18, 2020 6:58:04 GMT
Ballada o Beringe i ego druzyakh (1971) Soviet Union. Dir. Yuri Shvyryov The Ballad of Bering and His Friends is a fabulous adventure drama based on factual detail. It is a historical account of the very first Russian naval scientific expeditions. Vitus Bering (1681-1741) was selected by the Tsar to captain the First Kamchatka Expedition. It was an expedition which began in St Petersburg with the explorers planning to sail north from far eastern Russian outposts on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The expeditions main aim was to establish whether Asia and America physically share a land border or whether they are separated by sea. Beginning in the court of Peter the Great the fascinating true story is an absorbing tale of service, adventure, hardship and discovery. Composed in widescreen B&W the film is beautifully crafted with fine period detail and highlights some breathtaking natural wonders. With a cast of characters taken straight from the documented journals, some of which have Islands, Peaks and Seas named in their honour. Bering and His Friends is a not only an exciting adventure tale it offers a fascinating insight into the exploration of this harsh remote region
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Post by OldAussie on Jul 18, 2020 7:08:00 GMT
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