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s o s titanic | Year: 1979 Classification: Drama Directed: - William Hale (II) Actors/Actresses: - David Janssen - Cloris Leachman "S.O.S. TITANIC" (UK/USA 1979) If you've seen "Titanic" (1953), "A Night To Remember" (1958) and "Titanic" (1997), but not "S.O.S. Titanic" (1979), you are likely to be disappointed with the latter, but not eveybody is. It is true, "S.O.S. Titanic" is not very accurate in its historical representations of the Titanic story, but the effects (especially the sinking models of the ship) are very good indeed. In my view, the characters are well developed, although (with the exception of the costumes) it feels as though you are looking at life in the late seventies and not 1912. It was the first Titanic movie to be filmed in colour, and I think the producers did a good job: after all, "S.O.S. Titanic" is only a made-for-TV movie. Stars include: David Janssen, David Warner, Cloris Leachman, Susan Saint James, Ian Holm and Helen Mirren. Not at all bad, but not in an accurate, historical sense. Titanic As a whole, I very much enjoyed this film. There were just a few faults I can find with this version. These are the parts which seemed to mirror the 1970s "Love Boat." This was particularly true with the horrible portrayal of Margaret Brown and Lawrence Beesley. They did not behave like folks in 1912. Margaret Brown's continual repeating of "Call me 'Molly'" was irritating. All the other characterizations were very well done. The character of Father Thomas Byles, played by Matthew Guinness, the son of the late Sir Alec Guinness, was perfect and reverent. Isidor and Ida Strauss were also reverently portrayed, as were J.J. Astor and his young wife. There are so many character details with people like Bride, Phillips, Captain Smith, J. Bruce Ismay, Thomas Andrews, etc., which I have not seen in other films. The character developement was quite well done. I was also impressed with the attention to detail, as seen in things such as the little music box pig carried by one passenger and used to help calm a little girl during the sinking. I recommend this DVD version. It's not the greatest movie ever made, but it will please true Titanophiles. The DVD picture and sound quality is good, plus I liked the fact that it is in letterbox formate. Great Cast wasted by bad script. I saw this movie recently on an old VHS release, and boy it is terrible. I saw so many wonderful actors wasted on a bad script that looked like it was originally written as an episode of the Love Boat. Buy S O's Titanic at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on S O's Titanic Search with the Priority Search Engine on S O's Titanic This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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