S.O.S. Titanic [Blu-ray]

Overview

An Anglo-American co-production, S.O.S. Titanic is a costly, 150-minute reenactment of the infamous sea disaster of 1912. Heading the cast is David Janssen as millionaire John Jacob Astor, who went down with the Titanic, and Cloris Leachman as raucous Denver dowager Molly Brown, who didn't (for the record, Leachman had previously played Brown on a 1957 episode of the TV anthology Telephone Time). Third-billed is Susan Saint James as fictional passenger Leigh Goodwin, who carries most of the dramatic load. Written by Hallmark Hall of Fame veteran James Costigan, the made-for-television S.O.S. Titanic premiered September 23, 1979. In subsequent network and syndicated showings, the film was pared down to 102 minutes.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/13/2020
UPC:	0738329243845
Original Release:	1979
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	4:06:00
Sales rank:	21,820

Special Features

Brand New 4K Restoration (Theatrical Cut); Brand New HD Master (TV Cut); Audio Commentary by Film Historian Evgueni Mlodik; Titanic 1943 Theatrical Trailer; Original 1912 Newsreel; A Tour of the Olympic - Titanic Sister Ship

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

David Janssen	John Jacob Astor
Cloris Leachman	Molly Brown
Susan Saint James	Leigh Goodwin
David Warner	Laurence Beesley
Helen Mirren	Stewardess: May Sloan
Harry Andrews	Capt. Edward J. Smith
Ian Holm	J. Bruce Ismay
Beverly Ross	Madeline Astor
David Battley	Stebbing
Nicholas Davies	Alfie King
Matthew Guinness	Father Byles
Jerry Houser	Dan Marvin
Victor Langley	Wallace Hartley
Gerard McSorley	Martin Gallagher
Aubrey Morris	John Hart
Nancy Nevinson	Ida Straus
Robert Pugh	James Farrell
Geoffrey Whitehead	Thomas Andrews
Rosemary Leach	Actor
Ed Bishop	Henry Harris
Tony Caunter	Chief Officer: Henry Wilde
John Moffatt	Benjamin Guggenheim
Martín Murphy	Bugle Boy: Peter Fletcher
Maurice Roëves	Leading Stoker: Fred Barret
Norman Rossington	Master-at-Arms: T. King
Gordon Whiting	Laider Strauss
Paul Young	First Officer: Joseph Murdoch
Nick Brimble	Olaus Abelseth
Catherine Byrne	Bridget Bradley
Deborah Fallender	Mary Marvin
Warren Clarke	4th Officer: Joseph G. Boxhall
Lise Hilboldt	Rene Harris
Kate Howard	Countess of Rothes
Karl Howman	5th Officer: Harold Lowe
Tony Maiden	Assist. Boots: E.J. Guy
Michele O'Connor	Kate Mullins
Rynagh O'Grady	Mary Agatha Glyn
Kevin O'Shea	Crow's Nest: Reginald Lee
Anna Quayle	Maude Slocombe
Madge Ryan	Stewardess: Violet Jessop
Malcolm Stoddard	2cnd Officer: Charles H. Lightoller
Philip Stone	Captain Arthur Rostron
Christopher Strauli	Chied Wireless: Harold Cottam
Susan St. James	Actor
Howard Blake	Composer

Technical Credits

James Costigan

William Hale	Director
James Costigan	Screenwriter
Lou Morheim	Producer
Roger Gimbel	Executive Producer,Producer
Neville C. Thompson	Producer
Wally Veevers	Special Effects
Roger Gimble	Executive Producer
William Gilmore	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

This 1979 made-for-TV production may have the most intelligent ending of all the films about the sinking of the Titanic. The final scenes show Ian Holm as J. Bruce Ismay, the cowardly, British managing director of the American-owned ship, safe aboard the rescue ship Carpathia -- but nervously pondering his fate back home. The viewer then realizes that survivors of the great sea disaster could also be among the victims. Like other film versions of the Titanic's only voyage, S.O.S. Titanic serves up slices of life of the doomed passengers and crew -- David Janssen plays millionaire John Jacob Astor and Harry Andrews is Captain Edward J. Smith -- as well as of the surviving passengers, including an irrepressible Cloris Leachman as the flamboyant American, Margaret Tobin Brown ("Unsinkable Molly Brown"). Overall, director William Hale's S.O.S. Titanic is an fair melodrama with good special effects. Though not as good as the best Titanic film -- 1958's A Night to Remember -- it is a worthy production that deserves attention.