Director David Lean became involved in the search for an anchor lost by Captain Cook in 1773. This documentary follows the search for this historic item.
Direction
Lean treats a documentary like an epic. Of course he does.
Production
Underwater cinematography that makes mud look almost romantic.
Writing
Robert Bolt narrates like he's reading tragic poetry about barnacles.
Director
David Lean
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lean made this between Ryan's Daughter and A Passage to India, supposedly to decompress from studio battles. The man 'relaxed' by directing underwater salvage operations.
The anchor was eventually raised and now sits in the National Maritime Museum, but the film's real artifact is Lean's barely contained glee at bossing around actual divers.
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