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- Title
- Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
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- NZ On Screen
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- NZ On Screen
- Description
While in Tahiti to scout for locations for a proposed movie about the mutiny on the HMS Bounty, legendary British director David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia, Dr Zhivago) became fascinated by a lost anchor jettisoned by Captain Cook in 1773. His film follows the anchor’s discovery — by Bridge of the River Kwai bridge exploder Eddie Fowlie — and salvage. A rare 'documentary' credit for Lean — he took some artistic licence re the location of the anchor —the film was written by his regular scripting...
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- Video
- Date created
- 1979
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/lost-and-found-the-story-of-cooks-anchor-1979
- Related subjects
- zhivago / tahiti museum / treasure / poaching / kelly tarlton / adventure / resolution / captain james cook / james cook / captain cook / salvage / the bounty / bounty / hms bounty / tahiti / eddie fowler / bay of islands
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