Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Scott LeBrun "A Night to Remember" is a meticulously produced (by William MacQuitty) and directed (by Roy Ward Baker) picture detailing the unexpected and disastrous 1912 sinking of the passenger liner Titanic. We do get little character details and stories here and there, but for the most part, the script (by Eric Ambler, based on the non-fiction book by Walter Lord) often switches focus to a new individual.More to the point, this is definitely a more lean and trim picture than the mega-popular James Cameron film of 1997, even at two hours and four minutes. The ship encounters that infernal iceberg just a little over half an hour into the running time, with the balance of the tale showing us all the plans that went into trying to ensure as many survivors as possible. Naturally, some people take offence to certain passengers supposedly carrying more importance, and panic will inevitably overwhelm that those are left as the ship nears its doom.Although not quite as opulent and expensive as Camerons' film, it is definitely more even-keeled, and realistic. We may not have two young lover characters to carry the story, but we are still treated to a rich gallery of commanding, sympathetic, and occasionally colourful characters. Overall, this is not as bloated, melodramatic, or as excessively sentimental as the 1997 rendition. And, as someone pointed out, the historical characters are treated with a great deal more respect.The cast is full of the cream of the crop of distinguished British acting talent, among them Kenneth More, Laurence Naismith, Frank Lawton, Kenneth Griffith, Michael Goodliffe, Anthony Bushell, and Honor Blackman. More is solid as a rock as the efficient, brave, and compassionate Second Officer Lightoller. Tucker McGuire steals her scenes as flamboyant American Margaret 'Molly' Brown.The cinematography (by Geoffrey Unsworth), art direction (by Alex Vetchinsky), and editing (by Sidney Hayers) are all first-rate, and the score (by William Alwyn) is affecting without calling too much attention to itself, unlike a certain Oscar-winning song that this viewer could mention.All in all, a remarkable film that earns its emotional reactions honestly, and a memorable depiction of hubris: the makers of the ship were just too convinced that they'd built the perfect vessel, and too many people paid the price for this.One of the lookouts is played by Bernard Fox, who played Col. Gracie in the 1997 version.10 out of 10.

Woodyanders The luxury cruise ship the Titanic sinks after hitting an iceberg during its maiden voyage. Director Roy Ward Baker and screenwriter Eric Ambler wisely eschew cheap sentiment and overblown melodramatic flourishes in favor of a more admirably subtle and restrained documentary-style sense of realism and authenticity that just the same still astutely captures the heart-wrenching tragedy of the catastrophic event. Indeed, there are many poignant and striking moments throughout: The rich lady who refuses to leave without her lucky china pig, a father saying a final goodbye to his wife and children, Benjamin Guggenheim (a marvelously smooth performance by Harold Goldblatt) deciding not to wear a life jacket so he can die as a gentleman, the band playing right til the bitter end, Ida Strauss insisting on staying aboard with her beloved husband, the brave crew doing whatever they can to mitigate the severity of the situation, and an old waiter attempting to comfort an abandoned child in the worst possible crisis. While Kenneth More clearly holds the entire epic picture together with his outstanding portrayal of the stalwart and fiercely efficient Second Officer Charles Lightoller, he nonetheless receives sterling support from Laurence Naismith as the resolute Captain Edward John Smith, Frank Lawton as the cowardly J. Bruce Ismay, Michael Goodlife as proud and pragmatic designer Thomas Andrews, Tucker McGuire as the boisterous Margaret "Molly" Brown, George Rose as the drunken baker Charles Joughin, and David McCallum and Kenneth Griffith as a couple of exceptionally selfless and dedicated wireless officers. However, it's the artful way this film combines a feeling of epic scope and basic human drama without one overwhelming the other that stands out as the key reason it's widely hailed as the definitive motion picture about the sinking of the supposedly unsinkable Titanic. Essential viewing.

Nick Duretta Let me just say that I loved James Cameron's "Titanic," which took a huge historic disaster and turned it into a compelling film that went beyond the sensational. Yes, it was a populist film (who can argue with its record-setting box office?), but a damn good one. That being said, I enjoyed "A Night to Remember" immensely. It doesn't have the lover's story contrived for the Cameron film as its anchor, but I was still captivated by the ticking bomb of the "unsinkable" ship approaching its demise, with some rising to a heroic level and others resigning themselves to fate, or simply refusing to admit reality. And I was blown away by the special effects, expecting them to be primitive in an old-school kind of way. Yes, there were models, but their impact was every bit (if not more) of that of the Cameron film. This was truly a remarkable accomplishment.

gizmomogwai Coming out in 1958, 46 years after the sinking of the real Titanic, and 39 years before James Cameron's Titanic broke box office records, A Night to Remember depicts the doomed maiden voyage of the famous ship. Titanic (1997) was mistakenly hailed by ignorant moviegoers as the best movie ever (including me, as I was young), but A Night to Remember had already done the same story, better. The director is Roy Ward Baker, who even when later doing lesbian vampire horror proved himself to be a competent filmmaker.Over two hours (no needless padding), the film seems to start slow for me, and kind of like a reverse Titanic, rises as it goes on. We see complacency gradually turn to panic, and feel real sympathy for the characters of the film. Although a fictionalized history, there isn't really a main character, more of an ensemble. Lightoller gets a fair amount of attention at the beginning, and at the end, where he expresses a message of the movie- how can we be so sure of ourselves? Actually, I think this movie kind of exaggerated people's belief that the Titanic was unsinkable (White Star Line didn't really make that claim). But I feel this film captures the tragedy of the accident. The one advantage Cameron's movie has over it- a naked Kate Winslet.