How may Titanic movies were there? - Titanic (1953) Discussion

[–] shrink54 18 years ago

Here is a website detailing all the Titanic movies ever done:
www.jimusnr.com
There are quite a few, not to mention all its appearances in un-related films!

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[–] wpbc1945 18 years ago

You could not have given him a better answer and reference. Good Job. :-)

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[–] Glorfindel1958 18 years ago

I saw A Night to Remember a long time ago and I really enjoyed it. I haven't seen this version yet, but last week I saw the 1997 version, and I was blown away by it.

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[–] Diodorino-Rotolo1 18 years ago

I'm a big Titanic buff, so here I've listed the five major Titanic movies, from most to least historically accurate

'A Night to Remember' (1958)
'Titanic' (1997)
'SOS Titanic' (1979)
'Titanic' (1953)
'The Titanic' (TV miniseries, 1996)

(PS: That's just my opinion on which is more accurate)

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[–] shrink54 18 years ago

Here is a list (taken from my website) of the major Titanic films (and TV shows)
Titanic Movies...
Saved From The Titanic (1912)
Titanic (1943)
Titanic (1953)
A Night To Remember (1958)
S.O.S. Titanic (1979)
Raise The Titanic (1980)
Titanic (1996)
Titanic (1997)

Movies Featuring Titanic...
In Nacht Und Eis (1912)
Cavalcade (1933)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
Time Bandits (1981)
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
No Greater Love (1996)
The Chambermaid (On The Titanic) (1997)
Ghosts Of The Abyss (2003)

Movies Inspired By Titanic...
Atlantis (1913)
Atlantic (1929)
History Is Made At Night (1937)
The Last Voyage (1960)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
The Memory Of Eva Ryker (1980)
Goliath Awaits (1981)
Thumbtanic (2000)

Titanic On TV...
A Night To Remember (1956)
Telephone Time (1957)
One Step Beyond (1959)
Time Tunnel (1966)
Night Gallery (1970)
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)
Voyagers (1982)

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[–] wpbc1945 18 years ago

Hi Shrink 54,

I have visited your site many times, but didn't connect your screen name here and that website. I even emailed you a long well deserved compliment about your excellent site. As someone who was watched all of these films at one point or another, you must say that you have the definitive website for Titanic in the movies. I hope that they will replay "The Memory of Eva Riker" one day. As you know, TV replaced Titanic (from the novel) with the fictional "Queen Anne". Still it was a good movie.

Thanks again for all of the hard work!!!!! Much appreciated by Titanic buffs like me. :-)

Mac

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[–] shrink54 18 years ago

Hey Mac,
Thanks for the nice words on my site. I originally was only going to do the 1953 film, but it just kept growing.
Eva Ryker was very elusive to me. I remembered loving it as a kid, reading the book afterward, and hoping to see it again. I finally found a VHS of it in a store in Hollywood-I raced home with it.
As I figured-it wasnt as magical as I thought. I loved all the location use on the Queen Mary (where I practically lived for 2 years)
If you would like a copy, E-mail me through my site, and we will set it up.
Jim

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[–] wpbc1945 18 years ago

Hey Jim,

Thanks for the offer on the Eva Ryker movie. I may just take you up on it at a later date if you don't mind. If so, maybe I could provide you with a film that is hard to find in return. :-)

WOW, that must have been an incredible experience to live on the Queen Mary for two years. The Queeen has been an invalueable resource to movies makers over the years.

Coincidentally, on the thread named "Is this the one where?" is nothing but conversation between myself and an older gentleman that served on the Queen Elizabeth for many years. I think he was a junior officer by the time he left or retired. He has shared many fascinating tales and even met some pretty big movie stars over the years. He also knew a steward from the Titanic who had been very young and survived based on his young age. He prefers that we chat here as opposed to email. I try to touch base at least a few times a week.

Thanks again for all your hard work keeping these wonderful films alive.

Take care,

Mac

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[–] jamdonahoo 17 years ago

shrink54

Good job! In addition to movies featuring the Titanic: Raise the Titanic, not very good however.

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[–] wpbc1945 17 years ago

"Raise the Titanic" is not a great movie, but it's not too bad for us Titanic fans. The best part is the superb musical score by John Barry. I always enjoy watching Titanic entering New York Harbor with that beautiful music playing. It's a nice fantasy. :-)

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[–] S.L.Fake 16 years ago

Movies Inspired By Titanic...
Atlantis (1913)
Atlantic (1929)
History Is Made At Night (1937)
The Last Voyage (1960)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
The Memory Of Eva Ryker (1980)
Goliath Awaits (1981)
Thumbtanic (2000)

Not to nitpick... but I don't know if I would consider The Poseidon Adventure in that group. In December, 1942 while serving as a troop ship, the QUEEN MARY was hit by a rogue wave and, as one of the crew later wrote "damned near capsized". It's thought that if the ship would have tilted another 8 or 9 inches she would have suffered the same fate of the fictional "Poseidon". This is usually given as the incident that inspired Paul Gallico to write "The Poseidon Adventure", not the sinking of RMS TITANIC.

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[–] shrink54 16 years ago

...and to defend MY position for including it on my site, aside from the obvious reference in the dialogue of "Tell them to break out their hymn books and start singing Nearer my God to thee", Yes, I do realize that Paul Gallico was inspired to write his book based on an incident he endured on the Queen Mary in 1937-not anything having to do with the ship during WWII by the way, and then went on to base his Poseidon on the layout of the RMS Queen Elizabeth, but as for the movie, its generally acknowledged that certain elements are related to Titanic, which is why I chose to include it. Its all open to speculation and interpretation, of course. A few of the films on my site can be looked at as not being Titanic related.I actually wasnt sure about "Goliath Awaits", but I thought I might as well include them. The rest of the films that I discounted ended up on my other site under the chapter "Peril at Sea"

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[–] S.L.Fake 16 years ago

Sorry... but I stand by the 1942 WWII date incident for the QM incident. I have yet to see a source that cites any date other than Dec 1942 about 700 miles from Scotland.

And I hardly consider a clever line by a character (the Hymn book line) as "inspiration" for the film. By that line of thought, I am going to argue that movie Poseidon Adventure was more influenced by the sinking of the Andrea Doria and cite the fact that Robin Shelby mentioned the Andrea Doria by name when he stated how long it took that ship to sink. Of course to make that claim would be just as silly and off base as your "Nearer My God to Thee" note.

Now if you want to argue that that Rogo's quip about the hymn books was inspired by Titanic, I will agree... but it is a far cry from saying that the movie or the book was inspired by Titanic.

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[–] S.L.Fake 16 years ago

I wasn't saying that Andrea Doria had anything to do with it... I was being faceitious in saying that was a better argument than saying Rogo's "Nearer My God to Thee" line meant the movie was insipired by the TITANIC since Robin mentions Andrea Doria by name. If you note.... I did say that both arguments were silly. I also stated that Poseidon Adventure (the book) was based on the near capsizing of the QM during a 1942 crossing when she was being used as a troop ship.... and of course the inspiration for the movie was naturally the book.

Geeze... people just don't read things closely enough.

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[–] S.L.Fake 16 years ago

Then I will retract my WWII reference as Gallico's inspiration.

Some sites state that this is what inspired him, and the Dec 1942 incident is probably the most famous and most documented. However, in the back of my mind I did remember (or at least thought I remembered) reading that Gallico based the novel on his own experience aboard the QM during a crossing. Not being able to refind the source for that incident, I chalked it up to "bad memory".

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[–] S.L.Fake 16 years ago

Like I said... I though I remembered reading that somewhere too... but I could not find the reference... so I just assumed that it came from the well documented 1942 incident.

I think we might both be partially right....

A few sites say that he was inspired his personal experience during a crossing... more sites say he was inspired by the December 1942 incident.

It's possible that both incidents served as his inspiration...

According to the Trivia section of IMDB for Poseidon Adventure...

Paul Gallico was inspired to write his novel by a voyage he made on the Queen Mary. When he was having breakfast in the dining room, the liner was hit by a large wave, sending people and furniture crashing to the other side of the vessel. He was further inspired by a true incident which occurred aboard the Queen Mary during World War II. Packed with American troops bound for Europe, the ship was struck by a gargantuan freak wave in the North Atlantic. It was calculated that if the ship had rolled another five inches, she would have capsized like the Poseidon.

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[–] tommyboy221 16 years ago

1912 titanic

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