- Actors: Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby, Anne Archer, Alec Guinness
- Directors: Jerry Jameson
- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: PG
- Studio: Carlton
- DVD Release Date: 11 Aug 2003
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00009QNTY
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 38,668 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Big budget sinks without trace...,
By Mr. Stephen Kennedy "skenn1701a" (Doha, Qatar) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Raise The Titanic [1980] [DVD] (DVD)
Famously, Lew Grade spoke at the time this movie came out of the huge budget, saying it would have been cheaper to lower the Atlantic. Now, it's very difficult to see what the fuss was about, one way or another. On one hand, it's not nearly as bad as its reputation would suggest. There's a decent cold war thriller in there somewhere. The cast are fine, too.. even the odd cameo from Alec Guinness as a remaining survivor of the Titanic.
The plot is somewhat troublesome (one is tempted to describe it as being all-at-sea), especially given that since the movie was made the actual Titanic was found - in two pieces. However, the explanations of how it might be raised are reasonably convincing in a pre-discovery context. Even the special effects could be worse.. . so in fact, it's the direction that's to blame. For one thing, too much time in near darkness with submersibles buzzing around in slow motion. Critically, the real action elements of the book have been gutted, to spend time on ogling the model of the Titanic and interior set of its Drawing room. In the book, there were scenes set during the sinking of the Titanic which added both interest and suspense, and then after the raising there is a whole subplot with Russian agents coming aboard, which has been excised.. now what we are left with is the building up of cold war tension, resolved in a moment and the Russian shrugs his shoulders and leaves.. hardly `thrilling'. In short, the movie is likely to abide with you for all the wrong reasons. It is a curiosity, which may be of interest to some in spite of its flaws... but to add insult to injury it is ill served in this budget release. The extras are mostly photographs, when surely there would be much to tell in a making off documentary, or even more about the Titanic herself. Some of the photographs allude to cut scenes including from the Titanic going down, which surely would have been of interest. A missed opportunity then, to turn a much maligned movie into at least an interesting collector's piece. And one final comment - surely of all films, this one was crying out for... liner notes..?
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Grand film, lousy DVD,
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This review is from: Raise the Titanic [DVD] (DVD)
I too love this film despite the way it fractured Clive Cussler's novel. His story was tight, this one is not. But for the great and wonderful joy of watching the grand ship rise from her grave and complete her journey west, I will always love this film.However, this is one of the shoddiest DVD releases ever. First, it's pan and scan. The box SAYS the aspect ratio is 16:9. It is NOT. It's good old 1.33:1 This is a movie made for widescreen and there's no reason to release it in any but its original aspect ratio. The sound's okay, but the picture is not. The only special feature is a 3-minute trailer which, unlike the film, is widescreen and only shows how much you missed in the movie. If you don't have the trailer and love ocean liner movies, maybe it's worth buying for that, but I wouldn't recommend it.
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Raising Titanic,
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This review is from: Raise The Titanic [1980] [DVD] (DVD)
I fail to see where the previous reveiwer came to the conclusion of material available that could have been used in this DVDs release.
Being the UK's historian on "Raise The Titanic" of which I supplied (at the last minute) all that is seen in the 'special features' section, I can say that there is very little out there on this movie. There was no "official" making-of documentary made for this film, except for a promotional sales gimmick put together in 1980. Sadly this could not be used due to time contraints. No deleated scenes exsist anymore for this film, the original 12 minute sinking footage is currently in the hands of a private collector who will not release it and any "behind-the-scenes" footage (again) could not be used due to time constraints and copyright. Before I became involved with the dvd, all that was going to be seen on the dvd was the film. And with the VERY little time I had to put together material from my private collection (including images not seen until now), the outcome for this release was far better than it was originally planned. However, there is a possibility of a future release in a couple of years time of a "Special Edition" version of "Raise The Titanic", which will feature a lot more material from my private collection. Mr J Smith (Titanic Historian - United Kingdom)
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