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Director:
Writers:
Eric Ambler (screenplay)
Walter Lord (book)
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Release Date:
16 December 1958 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
TITANIC... The greatest sea drama in living memory told as it really happened! more
Plot:
The Titanic disaster is depicted in straightforward fashion without the addition of fictional subplots. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination more
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A film that displays tragedy so well..... more (118 total)
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Also Known As:
Titanic (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
123 min | Spain:114 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:U (original rating) (cut) | UK:PG (video rating)

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Trivia:
The lookout Frederick Fleet, up in the crow's nest during the collision, was portrayed by Bernard Fox, who went on to be in another Titanic movie, Titanic (1997). more
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Factual errors: Junior wireless operator Harold Bride is seen attending the service on the Carpathia at the end of the film. He was at this time unconscious in the ship's hospital. more
Quotes:
Engineer: [the engineers keep working knowing it is unlikely they will survive] If any of you feel like praying you'd better go ahead. The rest of you can join me in a cup of tea. more
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21 out of 25 people found the following comment useful.
A film that displays tragedy so well....., 18 December 2005
10/10
Author: matthew-scrutton from United Kingdom

Well what can I say? What can you say? I know what my 16 year old cohorts would say; "it's rubbish, there's no sex and drugs etc". Well to them I say grow up, there's more to film than that. A red-headed friend at school is talking with Channel 4 about doing a documentary on ginger people, and while everyone else says "oh god not another awful waste of disk space", I say good luck. Back to the film, It is brilliant. It puts a lot more emphasis on the crews actions to save that wonderful ship than Camerons and the actor who played Molly "unsinkable" Brown was credible, believable and so what if the designer, Thomas Andrews, had somehow lost his Irish accent. It was awful for me having to watch as he lent so casually by the fireplace, and adjusted the clock to time, only for it to be frozen in that position for all time. And when E J Smith calls for everyman for himself, and the sense of the ship plunging into the abyss beneath everyone, the atmosphere is tense, and you really start siding with characters, I personally sided with Lightoller, who was portrayed as the brave, professional seaman that he was. Cameron's Lightoller; "GET BACK OR I'LL SHOOT YOU ALL LIKE DOGS", was awful and I personally resented that cowardice portray-el of the real hero of the Titanic story. The model is pretty good for its day, and although the smoke stacks are a bit too tall the ship is still identifiable as Titanic, so no need for computer graphics there. The sinking was very well executed and although films don't upset me much, when the old boy with the little kid on the ships fantail are huddled together, with the old man reassuring that he will see his mother in a couple of minutes, that sent a chill through a my body, and I feel really upset as I write this.

In short, its a very good film, and does not resort to stupid love stories, and really is quintessentially British!!!!!!

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