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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Charles Brackett (written by) &
Walter Reisch (written by) ...
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Release Date:
21 August 1953 (West Germany) more
Tagline:
TITANIC in Emotion...in Spectacle...in Climax...in Cast!
Plot:
Unhappily married and uncomfortable with life among the British upper crust, Julia Sturges takes her two children and boards the Titanic for America... more | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations more
User Comments:
A more poignant love story more (67 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Clifton Webb | ... | Richard Ward Sturges | |
| Barbara Stanwyck | ... | Julia Sturges | |
| Robert Wagner | ... | Gifford Rogers | |
| Audrey Dalton | ... | Annette Sturges | |
| Thelma Ritter | ... | Maude Young | |
| Brian Aherne | ... | Captain E. J. Smith | |
| Richard Basehart | ... | George Headley | |
| Allyn Joslyn | ... | Earl Meeker | |
| James Todd | ... | Sandy Comstock | |
| Frances Bergen | ... | Madeleine Astor | |
| William Johnstone | ... | John Jacob Astor |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Nearer My God to Thee (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
98 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Canada:PG (video rating) | South Korea:12 | Finland:S | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1995) | USA:Approved (PCA #16223) | Germany:6
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Trivia:
To ensure authenticity, the producers recruited a former captain of the Queen Elizabeth as a technical consultant, and no background music was played during the feature film-the only music heard was that of the musicians aboard the ship. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The Titanic was 90 degrees (vertical) when it made its final plunge. In the film, it is 30 degrees (perpendicular or horizontal) when it made its final plunge. more
Quotes:
Richard Sturges: [to Annette and Norman in their lifejackets] You two look fat and funny in those, sort of like Tweedledum and Tweedledee. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
The British Grenadiers more
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I enjoyed this version more than James Cameron's magnum opus. The focus of the movie was more on human drama than special effects, though the latter was pretty decent for a 1953 movie. Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck are wonderful as an estranged couple who finally reconcile just before they have to part. I reckon their story is more poignant because it's a greater tragedy to be parted when a couple has history together, as opposed to Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet's characters, who met aboard the ship. They only seem like they've known each other forever because the movie's so darn long.
I guess it's a matter of which you prefer, plot or effects. It's interesting to note that this Titanic won a screenplay Oscar - its only one - whereas James Cameron's Titanic won 11 Oscars but didn't even get a screenplay nomination. 10/10