Synopsis
On April 14, 1912, just before midnight, the unsinkable Titanic struck an iceberg. In less than three hours, it had plunged to the bottom of the sea, taking with it 1,500 of its 2,200 passengers. A Night to Remember depicts the ship’s final hours in an unforgettable rendering of Walter Lord’s book of the same name. Now, aficionados of this terrific film can compare it to the facts with Criterion’s special edition, which features screen-specific commentary by Titanic experts Don Lynch and Ken Marschall.
Cast
| Herbert Lightoller | Kenneth More |
| Mrs. Lucas | Honor Blackman |
| Thomas Andrews | Michael Goodliffe |
| Phillips | Kenneth Griffith |
| Bride | David McCallum |
| Molly Brown | Tucker McGuire |
Credits
| Producer | William MacQuitty |
| Director | Roy Ward Baker |
| Screenplay | Eric Ambler |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Editing | Sidney Hayers |
| Music | William Alwyn |
Disc Features
- Pristine digital transfer with restored image and sound in the film’s original aspect ratio of 1.66:1.
- Screen-specific audio commentary by Don Lynch, author, and Ken Marschall, illustrator, of Titanic—An Illustrated History
- The Making of “A Night to Remember” (1993), a 60-minute documentary featuring William MacQuitty’s rare behind-the-scenes footage
- Optimal image quality: dual-layer edition
From the Current
A Night to Remember
by Jun 2, 1998In Ray Johnson’s documentary The Making of “A Night to Remember”, Walter Lord says that when he wrote his 1955 book on the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, there was no mass interest in the topic; nothing had been written about it in the previous...
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