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 (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.

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.

See also

• The Bounty (1984 film)

External links

• 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