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Actors: Martin Sheen, Robert D. Ballard
Directors: Robert D. Ballard, Nicolas Noxon, Nicolas Noxom
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Language: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: 
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Release Date: December 14, 1999
Run Time: 51 minutes
Average Customer Review:
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Reader Reviews
Starting with remarkable still photographs and film footage of the Titanic being built in the Belfast, Ireland shipyard, where "3,000 men labored for 2 years", this is a riveting documentary that intersperses these visions of the past with film of explorer Robert Ballard's determination and persistence in finding the wreckage, and he did so by using the theory that no one else had accepted, that the sixty-six thousand ton Titanic had broken apart before sinking, separating the ship on the ocean floor, with a wide field of debris in between. The Titanic, called by some "a floating palace", had 325 passengers in its luxurious first class cabins, and a total of 2,229 souls aboard, sailing on its fateful voyage April 10, 1912; Dr. Ballard, who always desired to find the great ship, achieved his goal in the summer of '86, and using "Alvin", a small submarine where three men would be crammed for hours during the search, and then applying "Jason", a robotic camera that was able to enter the structure and give us eerie images of the underwater graveyard, with rivers of rust flowing from it. The DVD "Extra" that is also on the VHS version is "Last Hours of the Titanic", and it is fascinating; it's an in-depth interview with Dr. Ballard, who speaks of the challenge of finding the wreck with the time constraints (and monetary limitations) he was faced with, and gives us explanations of exactly what happened in the final hours of the ship with animated re-creations. This also has added footage of the ship, and the most poignant image of all, found in the extensive debris field...a pair of shoes, their owner having disintegrated, but on the ocean floor just as this unfortunate man was laid to rest, undisturbed for seven decades. It's an unforgettable image, and evokes the tragedy of the Titanic more than anything else I've seen.
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