Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
| Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Robert Bolt David Lean Wayne Tourell |
| Directed by | David Lean |
| Country of origin | New Zealand |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | George Andrews Wayne Tourell |
| Cinematography | Eddie Fowlie Ken Dorman |
| Editor | David Reed |
| Running time | 40 minutes |
| Production company | Faraway Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | South Pacific Television |
| Release | 1979 |
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor, also known as Lost and Found: The Story of an Anchor, is a 1979 New Zealand documentary television film directed and co-written by David Lean which also marked his only television film project.[1]
Plot
[edit]Filmmaker David Lean is scouting locations in Tahiti for a feature film about the famous mutiny on HMS Bounty. His property master, Eddie Fowlie, discovers the whereabouts of an anchor which had belonged to Captain James Cook, and historians and experts arrive to examine it before an attempt is made to raise it and bring it to land.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "A 'Lost' Treasure: David Lean's documentary 'Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor'". Cinephilia & Beyond. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
External links
[edit]- Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor full documentary viewable for free, provided by NZ On Screen (state-funded by New Zealand)
- Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor at IMDb
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