Roy Ward Baker (QUATERMASS AND THE PIT, THE SCARS OF DRACULA, ASYLUM) didn't just bang out many of the old school British sci-fi/horror films many of us love and cherish. he also helmed this amazing film, my favorite overall of any, chronicling the sinking of the great ship that was destined not to be, The Titanic. Even survivors of that disaster who have seen the film name it to be the most accurate of all. part character drama, to draw the viewer in, the intensity ratchets up fairly quickly, and the turmoil portrayed on the command deck, and in the engine room, is palpable enough to give you a dry mouth. The best and worst of humanity surfaces, as the ship begins to sink. And the shots of the band, who play on as the tragedy unfolds, is enough to make the most steely of men weep. nautical travel may have lost it's crown jewel on the morning of April 15, 1912 as the sun crept up over the icy waters of the north Atlantic, but on the night of July 1'st, 1958, cinema gained on of it's finest examples of docu-dramatic film making. An achievement. See it as soon as you can.
~Sean Smithson
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