DVD. Feature film. Dir. by Roy Baker. Dig. restored image & sound, animated menus, audio commentary by experts Don Ly nch & Ken Marshall, Brit. & Amer. theatrical trailers, 60 m in. documentary The Making Of A Night To Remember. Dig. Dolby mono. 123 min.
A highly detailed, documentary-style dramatization of the infamous maiden voyage of the Titanic. From the attendant excitement of the ship's departure, the narrative proceeds inexorably to the vessel's sudden collision with an iceberg in the frozen waters of the North Atlantic, then painfully recounts the mad scramble for survival that followed. We witness its maiden voyage across the Atlantic and watch as the British liner with 2200 people on board is gashed along 300 feet of its hull by an iceberg. As it starts to sink, the new invention of radio is used to try and summon help, although this is disastrously ignored by the closest vessel. With lifeboat places for only 1200 people, it is not only women and children first, but also First Class before Steerage. Over 1,300 passengers and crew members perished in the tragedy.
Based on Walter Lord's book of the same name.
Directed by Hammer horror director Roy Ward Baker, this is another version of the tale of the doomed maiden voyage of the Titanic, told in a semi-documentary style through the eyes of the ship's second officer, Herbert Lightoller, whose duties provided him with a unique perspective of the everyday goings-on aboard the huge ocean liner. An excellent cast (selected for their resemblances to photos of the real passengers) conveys the courage, greed, fear, hope and despair of the real-life passengers. Based on the novel by Walter Lord.
Night To Remember Reviews:
"...A movie to see again and again..." -- 4 out of 4 stars
-- Mike Clark, USA Today
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Average Rating: (3 out of 5 stars)
Great film, some small edits to the dvd There were two versions of this film on vhs, and unfortunately this is the shorter of the two. Scenes cut are minor, but include a shot of a man swimming towards the overturned lifeboat with a baby that turns out to have died, and is placed gently back into the ocean. Still, the historical accuracy makes this a more interesting film than Cameron's "Titanic" despite the less convincing visuals. Submitted by Helstrom (Northern New Jersey) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Good telling of the disaster at sea This is a good movie about the sinking of the Titanic. This movie doesn't center on any one person or family. It centers on the sinking itself, and all the crew and passengers. Not just another love story set on a sinking ship, but a movie about the sinking. Submitted by CricketNC52 (Parkton, NC, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
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Region 1 Encoding Keep Case Featurette: "The Making of a Night to Remember" Audio Commentary British and American Theatrical Trailers.
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