Titanic was a made-for-TV movie that premiered on CBS in 1996.[1] Titanic follows several characters on board the RMS Titanic when she sinks on her maiden voyage in 1912. The miniseries was directed by Robert Lieberman.[2] The original music score was composed by Lennie Niehaus.[3]
Taglines:
They all said she was unsinkable. When she sank, it was unthinkable.
The story so few lived to tell.
Plot summary
Titanic has three different storylines. Mrs. Isabella Paradine is traveling on the Titanic to join her husband. On the Titanic, she meets Wynn Park, her former lover. She falls in love with him again, sending her husband a telegram saying that they can't be together anymore. When the ship starts sinking, Isabella must reluctantly leave Wynn.
Also in first class is the Allison family, a real family who traveled on the Titanic, returning home to Montreal with their two small children and new nurse, Alice Cleaver. They notice something wrong with her; a maid asks her if she had been in Cairo the previous month but soon realizes that she remembers her from the highly-publicized trial where Alice was accused of throwing her baby off a train. When the Titanic starts sinking, Alice Cleaver panics and quickly boards a lifeboat with Trevor, the Allisons' infant son. The parents are unaware that the baby is safe and refuse to leave without him, which in the end costs them their lives.
In third class, Jamie Pierce steals a ticket to get on board. He manages to become friends with the ship's purser Simon Doonan, who is a robber. Jamie falls in love with Osa Ludvigsen and they spend time on board together. However, Osa is raped by Doonan and is no longer able to trust anyone. When the ship hits the iceberg, Jamie cannot convince Osa to get into a lifeboat, but in the end she does.
Cast
Actor [4] Role[5]
Peter Gallagher Wynn Park
George C. Scott Capt. Edward J. Smith
Catherine Zeta-Jones Isabella Paradine
Eva Marie Saint Hazel Foley
Tim Curry Simon Doonan
Roger Rees J. Bruce Ismay
Harley Jane Kozak Bess Allison
Marilu Henner Mrs. Margaret "Molly" Brown
Mike Doyle Jamie Perse
Sonsee Neu Osa Ludvigsen
Felicity Waterman Alice Cleaver
Malcolm Stewart First Officer William Murdoch
Kevin McNulty Second Officer Charles Lightoller
Kavan Smith Fifth Officer Harold Lowe
Terrence Kelly Capt. Arthur Rostron
Scott Hylands John Jacob Astor IV
Janne Mortil Madeleine Astor
Reception
Titanic received mostly negative reviews. The New York Daily News commented on the fact that the acting was substandard and the ship's operators and owner are portrayed "about as sympathetically as those connected with the Exxon Valdez."[6] The Seattle Post-Intelligencer also referenced the "embarrassingly bad acting" and out of place scenes.[7]
Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_(1997_film)
References
1 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985612,00.html?iid=chix-sphere
2 http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:174347~T3
3 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115392/fullcredits
4 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115392/fullcredits
5 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115392/fullcredits
6 http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1996/11/15/1996-11-
7 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/archives/1996/9611170101.asp
