Rent To the Ends of the Earth (2005)
3.6 of 5 from 53 ratings
4h 27min
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- Synopsis:
Based on the classic William Golding trilogy of novels 'To The Ends Of The Earth' tells the story of a young Englishman and aristocrat Edmund Talbot (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his long, dazzling and hazardous sea journey in 1812 from England to Australia. Edmund's journey takes him on a rite of passage from youthful bravado and arrogance to maturity and humility.
1. Rites of PassageYoung aristocrat, Edmund Talbot embarks on a long and hazardous sea journey from England to Australia on an ancient, decrepit 18th century wooden warship. The ship is crammed with a disparate assortment of officers, sailors, passengers and poor emigrants. The voyage is rough, shattering, relentless and tedious out of which grows a need for dis-1 traction and mischief. Edmund is drawn to one of the few available women, the flirtatious Zenobia. In a bid to impress, he arrogantly champions the case of a ridiculed fellow passenger, little knowing the dire consequences which will result when shame is a force deadlier than the sea itself.
2. Close Quarters
The monotony is shattered when a French warship is seen on the horizon. The ships are cloaked in dense fog as they anxiously await their fate and Edmund is forced to confront the possibility of combat and death. But what emerges is not what is expected. Half mad with fear, with drink, with love and opium, everyone on this leaky unsound hulk is falling apart as the ship itself begins to come apart at the seams.
3. Fire Down Below
As the decrepit warship sails on the last stretch of its voyage the passengers are suffering badly from the motion of the damaged ship which has been blown off course. Edmund is given the task of persuading the irascible Captain Anderson to find a smoother route. Unless their speed is increased, they may all starve before the ship reaches its destination. The injured Mr Prettiman gives a shocking mission to Edmund, who is torn by divided loyalties and whose every assumption is challenged in this final part of the trilogy.- Actors:
- Benedict Cumberbatch, Jared Harris, Jamie Sives, Richard McCabe, Victoria Hamilton, Tim Delap, Vanessa Pike, Jonathan Slinger, Robert Hobbs, Sam Neill, Chris Walker, Denise Black, Paula Jennings, Brian Pettifer, Thomas-James Fisher, Daniel Evans, Theo Landey, Calum Callaghan, Adam Woolf, Jonathan Pienaar
- Directors:
- David Attwood
- Producers:
- Lynn Horsford
- Writers:
- Leigh Jackson, Tony Basgallop, William Golding
- Studio:
- Spirit Entertainment Ltd
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Action & Adventure, TV Classics, TV Dramas
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- Release Date:
- 06/10/2014
- Run Time:
- 267 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (2) of To the Ends of the Earth
Dsappointinment. - To the Ends of the Earth review by JL
From what is a very good book to read, this film was a marked disappointment. Mr. Harris as Captain of this vessel was as jarring to watch as his name suggests, whilst several scenes were extended to such a degree that they became boring.
Both my wife and I have enjoyed much of the work of Mr. Cumberbatch but not this time.
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Better than most films - To the Ends of the Earth review by NC
Bargain. Get lots of quality minutes in in go, and in blu ray. Better than a lot of films at thirty times the budget.
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