Walter Lord's book "A Night to Remember" set the standard for Titanic research and inspired hundreds, maybe thousands, of people to study the history of Titanic. This movie adaptation of his book by William MacQuitty played a key role in bringing the history of the Titanic to millions. And in the promotions for the movie, many, many Titanic survivors were located and finally told their stories.
But enough about the effect -- let's talk about the movie itself. ANTR does not have the fancy computer digitalization and minute detail that Cameron's movie had, but it is still a much better movie. And it takes MacQuitty only two hours to tell the story that Cameron needs more than three hours to repeat.
If you watch ANTR and then Cameron's movie, you will notice a lot of similarities -- indeed, many of the latter's ideas seem to be copied from ANTR.
If you don't have a copy of "A Night To Remember" already, you should get one soon before all the Titanic hype slows down and it becomes hard to find.
Another good video is The Making of "A Night To Remember." Even though it wasn't made until 1993, 35 years after the movie, this tape is a little harder to find than ANTR. It has some interesting notes in it, like the fact that some Titanic survivors actually appear in ANTR, including Lawrence Beesley, Edith Russell, and 4th Officer Joseph Boxhall.
But enough about the effect -- let's talk about the movie itself. ANTR does not have the fancy computer digitalization and minute detail that Cameron's movie had, but it is still a much better movie. And it takes MacQuitty only two hours to tell the story that Cameron needs more than three hours to repeat.
If you watch ANTR and then Cameron's movie, you will notice a lot of similarities -- indeed, many of the latter's ideas seem to be copied from ANTR.
If you don't have a copy of "A Night To Remember" already, you should get one soon before all the Titanic hype slows down and it becomes hard to find.
Another good video is The Making of "A Night To Remember." Even though it wasn't made until 1993, 35 years after the movie, this tape is a little harder to find than ANTR. It has some interesting notes in it, like the fact that some Titanic survivors actually appear in ANTR, including Lawrence Beesley, Edith Russell, and 4th Officer Joseph Boxhall.