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I sincerely doubt it, based on Earl’s posting history.
I was poking fun at Darthrush’s hilariously awful use of words he uses to describe the “beauty of women”.
But anyway,
A Night To Remember (1958)
Definitely the best retelling of the Titanic disaster, it manages to engage the audience without major use of fictional characters in the real disaster. This movie doesn’t waste it’s time when it comes to the actual sinking, it’s quick and to the point. The ship hits ice 30 minutes in and the next hour and 20 minutes are dedicated solely the ship, it’s passengers and crew. The miniatures and sets are also quite good, not as impressive as the near life size replica used in Cameron’s Titanic but still well made and accurate sets no less, the few shots that stood out as looking quite bad were a few in which the actors were clearly in front of a rear-screen projection. There also are quite a bit of historical inaccuracies, the biggest being the ship sinking in one piece and the ship being christened before it’s launch (the White Star Line never christened their ships). Several scenes might also confuse viewers who are not well versed in what happened on ship that night, an example is a scene in which one of the chefs gets drunk during the sinking which I thought when I first watched it was a cheap attempt at humour until I learnt about the context. Definitely give it a watch if you like drama and/or disaster movies.
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