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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303396620 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6303396623 Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Release Date: April 05, 1995 Running Time: 98 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: April 16, 1953 Sales Rank: 4381
Amazon.com: Although it was never known for strict authenticity, the elegant 1953 production of Titanic holds just as much fascination as A Night to Remember and James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster. Its original screenplay deservedly won an Oscar® for its brilliant, dramatically involving creation of fictional characters--primarily a strained couple on the verge of divorce (Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck)--whose lives are forever altered on that fateful morning of April 15, 1912. Director Jean Negulesco focuses on this human drama, lending a personal touch to the luxury liner's fatal collision with an iceberg; if the scale-model disaster (complete with motorized miniature lifeboat rowers) looks quaint by modern special-effects standards, it still captures the emotional impact of Titanic's ultimate fate. While Titanic's sinking is inaccurately depicted (here the ship is damaged on the port side, and sinks in one piece), the Webb/Stanwyck relationship is handled with sophistication, style, and well-earned redemption. As would happen with Cameron's Titanic 44 years later, fiction proved a perfect vehicle for tragic factual history. --Jeff Shannon
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This 1953 version of the 1912 sea tragedy may not have the spectacular special effects that enhanced the 1997 James Cameron movie, but it is still an excellent film with strong performances by an top cast, headed by Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Wagner and Thelma Ritter.
Determined to remove her family from the superficial European high society world in which her husband (Webb) is engrossed, Stanwyck takes her son and daughter back to America, booking passage on the Titanic. Webb follows to retrieve his family, only to learn a shocking truth before the disaster occurs.
The film won the Oscar for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay, and is directed by Jean Negulesco.
The DVD, which is part of the Fox "Studio Classics" series, contains audio commentary by film critic Richard Shickel, Robert Wagner and others, and also has a splendid 2-hour documentary, BEYOND TITANIC.
Rating: - great gift
Got this for my mother in law. It is what she wanted, so I am sure it is OK.
Rating: - 1953
This version is wonderful in all aspects! Sure, there are mistakes in the sinking and such, but the two leads are spectacular! I got so involved in their story that nearly forgot the inevitable. Barbara Stanwyk is so fantastic. She seems to be the definition of 'leading lady'. I've seen other reviews compare this version with the 1997 version, in my opinion both movies hold their own! If you enjoyed watching the James Cameron version I recommend purchasing this one. You will want to see it again and again!
Rating: - Most realistic
Visited the Titanic in Halifax, Nova Scotia & the Tour Guide said this movie was a more real view of the actual sinking.
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Rating: - Mixed feelings
I've always had two minds about this movie. As a "movie" it's good. The acting is well done, the script, except in a couple of spots, is logical and works well, the photography is excellent, and the special effects- for the time- were well executed.
However, as an accurate account of what happened on the Titanic, it's a dismal failure. However, it was not made as a documentary.
I was excited about receiving the DVD version of this movie, because it included a commentary track. I'm not so excited now.
The contributions by Audrey Dalton (wonderful actress- never got the chance she should have) about the filming and her interactions with Barbara Stanwyck and the others in the cast- plus the crew- are excellent.
The contributions by Michael Lonza about the special effects and Robert Wagner are good also. (Mr. Lonza gets to be a bit of an irritation toward the end because he repeats himself.)
But the part by Sylvia Stoddard- listed as a "Titanic Historian" is awful. She does nothing to clarify the accident and actually gets most of her commentary wrong. This is surprising, since her credentials as a historian are beyond question- having written incisive and in-depth studies of the "Brady Bunch" and "Gilligan's Island."
These are just a few of her egregious transgressions:
-The reason "Sir" Bruce Ismay wasn't portrayed in the movie is because he was still alive at the time it was made and the producers were afraid of a lawsuit. Bruce Ismay died in 1937 and he was never knighted.
-There was only ONE pair of binoculars on the WHOLE SHIP, and those were on the bridge. The crows nest pair had been left ashore. Actually there were several pairs aboard and the pair that were supposed to be in the crows nest was locked in one of the officer's cabins. Fredrick Fleet, the lookout that spotted the iceberg said that the binoculars furnished by the company were of such low quality that they were next to useless anyway.
-There were no historical sources available about the Titanic when the movie was made other than the record of the two inquiries. Apparently the sources we have available today sprang from nowhere later.
-Smith had decided to retire from White Star, but Ismay begged him to stay on until after Titanic's maiden voyage. Actually, it's unclear whether Smith was going to retire at all, although most historians believe that he decided to make the voyage and then leave the line.
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