- Actors: Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Wagner, Audrey Dalton, Thelma Ritter
- Directors: Jean Negulesco
- Writers: Charles Brackett, Richard L. Breen, Walter Reisch
- Producers: Charles Brackett
- Classification: PG
- Studio: Fox
- VHS Release Date: 1 Jan 1999
- Run Time: 98 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000057VNA
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 11,577 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Jean Negulesco’s 1953 telling of the Titanic story may sometimes get lost behind A Night To Remember and James Cameron’s Oscar-winning epic, but it’s got a human core to it that makes it still worth seeking out.
The film is headed up by Clifton Webb, Robert Wagner and Barbara Stanwyck, and the story is, as you might expect, quite familiar. Titanic recounts the demise of the luxury ship as it hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage. It grounds its narrative by centring on a family, who are having no shortage of issues as they eventually set sail. In particular, it’s the relationship between Webb and Stanwyck’s estranged husband and wife that make for some of the film’s best moments.
It’s a bumpy film at times, and A Night To Remember is the better movie. But there’s a lot to admire and like about this also award-winning Titanic, which proves to be a confident piece of filmmaking. The Blu-ray transfer certainly sparkles, impressive given the age of the materials, and the disc, as well as featuring the original trailer, has an interesting feature looking at the history of the Titanic story, against the way Hollywood has told it. That proves to be particularly pertinent where this take on Titanic is concerned.
It’s a good, rounded release, this. An interesting film, a good transfer, and diverting supplementary material, make it worth checking out. --Jon Foster
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a very beautiful film.
Typically, many would feel that this is about the sinking of the 'Titanic' and the well-documented disaster, but this is much more than this.
A very 'human' story here about a family with 'issues' who get aboard. The husband and father joins the rest of his family unexpectedly, and somewhat unwelcomed, and various problems amongst them ensue.
The outstanding thing about this version of the story, is the fabulous acting from the two leads in particular; Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck and the tremendously talented close-up shots and sequences of the pure and raw emotion.
Before watching this, expect it to be much much more than the drama of the sinking of a great ship and all its tragedy.
Also stars Thelma Ritter and a young Robert Wagner.
A great movie!
Typically, many would feel that this is about the sinking of the 'Titanic' and the well-documented disaster, but this is much more than this.
A very 'human' story here about a family with 'issues' who get aboard. The husband and father joins the rest of his family unexpectedly, and somewhat unwelcomed, and various problems amongst them ensue.
The outstanding thing about this version of the story, is the fabulous acting from the two leads in particular; Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck and the tremendously talented close-up shots and sequences of the pure and raw emotion.
Before watching this, expect it to be much much more than the drama of the sinking of a great ship and all its tragedy.
Also stars Thelma Ritter and a young Robert Wagner.
A great movie!
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Love the older black and white movies and this one is no exception, I would rate this as the very best of all the Titanic films I have watched, you know by the two main characters this will be a most enjoyable film.
4 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
This film never really impressed me at all. True,the two leads are outstanding and any film with Thelma Ritter in it is also worth watching. I have seen this film a few times since its original release. It is basically a ficticious story that takes place during the sinking of the Titanic. A Night to Remember was vastly superior to this film which was made several years later.No mention of any extras on the disc.
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DVD better than Blu-ray
I just bought the Blu-ray version of "Titanic", the 1953 movie with Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck and played the first 10 minutes of both DVD and Blu-ray to see if the Blu-ray... Read more
Published 1 month ago by A. J. De Koning
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