If you see only one James Cameron-directed movie about the
Titanic —
and you should — see the one that
doesn’t star Kate and Leo.
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Saving the Titanic, a docudrama airing this month on PBS, sheds light on an untold page from the heroic side of the ledger. Combining traditional documentary with speculative historical dramatization, it highlights the story of the engineering crew, firemen, electricians and stokers who labored below decks to keep power flowing to pumps and lifeboat winches, first hoping to save the ship and then striving to delay the inevitable as long as possible to save as many lives as possible.
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C- |
*** |
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Adults
It kills me to say it, but give the devil his due: James Cameron is the king of the world.
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A- |
***½ |
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Kids & Up
Based on the 1955 bestseller by Walter Lord, Roy Ward Baker’s 1958 British-made docudrama
A Night to Remember remains the clearest, most honorable cinematic depiction of the
Titanic disaster, easily eclipsing the earlier 1953 Hollywood melodrama
Titanic as well as the much later blockbuster of that same name by James Cameron.
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