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Overview
Release Date:
23 September 1979 (USA) morePlot:
The Titanic disaster is depicted, primarily as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Ship Wreck
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Titanic
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1910s
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Ocean Liner
Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. moreUser Comments:
Probably the Best of the Titanic movies! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)David Janssen | ... | John Jacob Astor | |
Cloris Leachman | ... | Margaret 'Molly' Brown | |
Susan Saint James | ... | Leigh Goodwin | |
David Warner | ... | Laurence Beasley | |
Ian Holm | ... | Joseph Bruce Ismay | |
Helen Mirren | ... | Stewardess Mary Sloan | |
Harry Andrews | ... | Capt. Edward John Smith | |
Beverly Ross | ... | Madeline Astor | |
David Battley | ... | Chief Boot Cleaner S. Stebbing | |
Ed Bishop | ... | Henry Harris | |
Tony Caunter | ... | Chief Officer Henry Wilde | |
Nicholas Davies | ... | Lift Attendant Alfie King | |
Matthew Guinness | ... | Father Thomas Byles | |
Jerry Houser | ... | Daniel Marvin | |
Victor Langley | ... | Band Leader Wallace Hartley |
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USA:102 min (DVD version) | 180 min (including commercials)Language:
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UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12MOVIEmeter:
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Many scenes were filmed on board or around the famous RMS Queen Mary. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: At the last change of watch before the collision, there is a shot of an illuminated sea. Neither moon nor sun was up at the time. moreSoundtrack:
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In 1979, this Titanic film did not have the grand special effects like any other movie. But this movie was shown on cable before National Geographic's premiere airing of Titanic when it was discovered by Bob Ballard. Well, this is my favorite Titanic film anyway. No, it is really an average movie but I always connect to that Sunday night memory when I first witnessed Titanic underwater and before most people were aware of it. I was thirteen and with my new vcr. I taped and saved the movie and the Titanic special. The special effects were nothing special. Strong acting from Susan St. James, Cloris Leachman, and Helen Mirren with a very small role. Helen's May Sloane says to Thomas Andrews, the ship's builder, "there will be many questions?" That scene in the smoking lounge is also a poignant since she is the last to see the man who built her and die with her. In the last moments of the ship, men knelt in prayer. What I will always take from this film is the ending. An ending which signified the true meaning of the disaster. The end of the film takes place in the following Monday morning on the Carpathia with all the survivors and the silence. Watching Susan St. James with her male companion was riveting. They were two second class passengers who lost no loved one from the disaster. At the last scene, Mrs. Astor is greeted by a Carpathian passenger who offers "it was God's will. You must move on. Coffee?" Mrs. AStor replies "No coffee, no God either. God went down with the Titanic." That was the last line of the movie. The last shot is over the water and the chairs with Titanic floating. There are other pieces of Titanic debris. But the debris represented the people which is enough for most squeamish viewers. The last film of Titanic filmed before the discovery. No, it's not Cameron. But it's a resolution. Something missing in the Cameron version.