| Edition |
Dual-layer ed. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 7 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 7.
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| Note |
Dolby digital, mono ; aspect ratio 1.66:1. |
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DVD release of the 1958 motion picture. |
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Based on the book by Walter Lord. |
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Special features: Audio commentary by Don Lynch and Ken Marschall; the making of "A Night to Remember" (1993), a 60 minute documentary featuring William MacQuitty's rare behind-the-scenes footage; includes original theatrical trailer. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Geoffrey Unsworth; editor, Sidney Hayers; music, William Alwyn; screenplay, Eric Ambler; producer, William MacQuitty; director, Roy Baker. |
| Cast |
Kenneth More, Honor Blackman, Michael Goodliffe, Kenneth Griffith, David McCallum, Tucker McGuire, John Merivale, Frank Lawton, Laurence Naismith, George Rose. |
| Summary |
It is 1912, and the White Star Line's new ship - the 'unsinkable' Titanic - is making its maiden voyage across the Atlantic from Southhampton to New York City. Unfortunately, the night of April 14-15, 1912 proves to be a night in which man's arrogant overconfidence in his technological creations was shaken to its core, as the legendary ship collides with an iceberg in the North Atlantic. The much-touted watertight compartment system that supposedly rendered it 'unsinkable' was never designed to cope with such extensive damage, and the Titanic is doomed. Focusing on the accounts of most of the real people who sailed on the ship, it centers largely on the experiences of the ship's 2nd officer, C.H. Lightholler. With these accounts come frightening revelations about the ship - not only are there way too few lifeboats, but people are loaded into them according to their class - First before Steerage. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Lord, Walter, 1917-2002 -- Film adaptations.
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Titanic (Steamship) -- Drama.
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Ocean liners -- Accidents -- North Pacific Ocean -- Drama.
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Marine accidents -- North Pacific Ocean -- Drama.
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Shipwrecks -- North Pacific Ocean -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Disaster films.
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Historical films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Baker, Roy.
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More, Kenneth, 1914-1982.
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Blackman, Honor, 1925-2020
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Ambler, Eric, 1909-1998.
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Alwyn, William, 1905-1985.
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Goodliffe, Michael, 1914-1976.
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MacQuitty, William.
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Lord, Walter, 1917-2002
Night to remember.
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Rank Organisation.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1559408685 |
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9781559408684 |
| Standard No. |
715515009058 |
| Music No. |
CC1517D Criterion Collection |
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