Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor

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Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
Written by Robert Bolt
David Lean
Wayne Tourell
Directed by David Lean
Country of originNew Zealand
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersGeorge Andrews
Wayne Tourell
CinematographyEddie Fowlie
Ken Dorman
EditorDavid Reed
Running time40 minutes
Production companyFaraway Productions
Original release
Network South Pacific Television
Release1979 (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]

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Plot

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.

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References

  1. "A 'Lost' Treasure: David Lean's documentary 'Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor'". Cinephilia & Beyond. Retrieved 3 August 2018.