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A Night To Remember / The Making Of A Night To Remember [1958] starring: Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres, Honor Blackman, Anthony Bushell directed by: Roy Ward Baker List Price: £19.99 Childrens Toy Shop Price: £9.38 You Save: £10.61 (53%)Prices subject to change. |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: Parental Guidance Binding: DVD EAN: 5037115000132 Format: Black & White, Colour, Full Screen, PAL, Widescreen Label: ITV DVD Manufacturer: ITV DVD Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: ITV DVD Region Code: 2 Release Date: September 14, 1998 Running Time: 180 minutes Studio: ITV DVD Theatrical Release Date: December 16, 1958 Sales Rank: 11070 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Two years after 20th Century Fox released its melodramatic disaster film Titanic in 1953, Walter Lord's meticulously researched book A Night to Remember surprised its publishers by becoming a phenomenal bestseller. Lord had an intuition that readers craved the reality of the Titanic disaster and not the romantically mythologised translations (like Fox's film, starring Barbara Stanwyck), which relied on fictional characters to "enhance" the world's worst maritime disaster. Lord's book proved that the truth was far more compelling than fiction, outlining the many "if onlys" (if only the iceberg had been spotted a few minutes earlier, etc.) that lent sombre irony to the loss of 1,500 Titanic passengers. Three years after Lord's book appeared, it was brought to the screen with the kind of riveting authenticity that Lord had insisted upon in his own research. The 1958 British production of A Night to Remember remains a definitive dramatization of the disaster, adhering to the known facts of the time and achieving a documentary-like immediacy that matches (and in some ways surpasses) the James Cameron epic released 39 years later. The film erroneously perpetuates the once-common belief that the Titanic sunk in one piece (instead of breaking in half as its bow began to plunge), but many other misconceptions are accurately corrected, and the intelligent screenplay by thriller master Eric Ambler is a model of factual suspense. By making Titanic the star of the film, director Roy Baker emphasises the excessive confidence of the booming industrial age and creates an intense you-are-there realism that pays tribute to Walter Lord's tenacious quest for truth. --Jeff Shannon Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - "Iceberg.Dead ahead sir!"Without question,'A Night To Remember' is the finest film ever made about the Titanic disaster.I know that the overblown 'Titanic' won a record number of awards,but it pales in comparison to this fine movie. We all know the story by now.Over 1500 lives lost and many lessons learned.This movie has an almost documentary feel to it and the fact that it was filmed in black and white somehow adds to the atmosphere.It is moving,filled with tension and features people that you actually care about.Directed with realism by Roy Ward Baker and very well acted this really is a first rate effort. There are quite a few very interesting extras with this DVD so it is extremely highly recommended.Probably one of the finest British movies ... Read More: Rating: - The definitive versionThis is the definitive film, taken from the definitive book, about the sinking of RMS Titanic. As the "making of..." points out, Walter Lord researched the disaster for twenty years before publishing his book. As a result almost everything is correct. I can only find two innaccuracies: As another reviewer points out, the ship does not break in this version, as the official report at the time took only Lightoller's account as fact. At the time the ship broke he was held underwater by the suction, only released from by the blast when the icy water reached the boilers. The only other inaccuracy is that the band did not play "Nearer my God to Thee". They were part way through "Autumn", which has a similar tune, when the ship lurched ... Read More: Rating: - Fantastic Film (And there are extras!)This is a beautiful and respectful rendition of the great sea disaster. There is great attention to detail, the cast are fantastic and the effects stand up to the test of time very very well indeed. At least you have no dodgy CGI! Just a word of note this is a dual sided DVD disc. The film is on side A and the making of is on side B. The making of is very comprehensive and quite interesting. I'd never seen behind the scene's action footage on such early films! If you like a good old fashioned disaster movie, or a movie with heart of soul then this is a must buy. Rating: - A Night To Remember, you can easily forget you are watching a film!A Night To Remember [1958] There are now two new film's about the Titanic disaster, 'Titanic' 1996 and 'Titanic' 1997. This however is the 1958 film 'A Night To Remember'. What makes this such an excellent film is not just the superb script and acting, but they've kept to what happened on April the 14th 1912, as close to the actual events as possible, with things that were actually said and done by her passenegers and crew. It really feels like you are on board Titanic, or in one of her lifeboats as a survivor and witness to the sinking. I know she doesn't break in half on this film, but the sinking scenes are superb, especially the loud groaning, roaring sounds as she makes her final plunge and the noise her fourth funnel makes as it breaks ... Read More: Rating: - Haunting film, but no extras!Don't be conned by the lie that it includes "The Making of..." - which is the only reason I bought it as I already own an earlier DVD - but it contains no extras whatsoever! The cover also carries a circular sticker "Starring GERALD BUTLER from 300" - also rubbish, unless he was an uncredited extra. That said, the film is as haunting as when I first saw it aged 12, and infinitely superior to Cameron's "Titanic". it's also been transferred from an excellent print, though the sound is a little tinny. |
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