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The original four-part miniseries written by Julian Fellowes
(Downton Abbey, Gosford Park) marking the Titanic’s 100th
Anniversary.
Brought to life by a stellar, award-winning ensemble cast, this
extraordinary re-telling of the doomed voyage reveals a world
built upon class distinction – headed towards destruction as
surely as Titanic towards the iceberg. From the aristocratic
elite to the officers, crew, second class and steerage
passengers, TITANIC follows the destinies of both victims and
survivors as their stories of passion, betrayal and hope unfold
amidst the tragic events of that eful evening.
INCLUDES 2 HOURS OF BONUS MATERIAL:
Six Making-of Featurettes, Titanic: Behind-the-Production, “The
Curse of the Titanic Sisters” Documentary
Episode One Audio Commentary with writer Julian Fellowes,
producer Nigel Stafford-Clark and director Jon Jones
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The BBC miniseries Titanic approaches the famous disaster in a
cunning and evocative new way: each of the first three episodes
starts before the launch and follows different characters through
to the ocean liner's collision with the iceberg, slowly unfolding
more information and approaching scenes from different
perspectives--until the final episode follows everyone as the
ship begins to sink, to powerful emotional effect. Some
characters are from history (the ship's crew, Hollywood starlet
Dorothy Gibson) but others are fictional, and writer Julian
Fellowes (creator of Downton Abbey) explores the collisions of
wealth and class through these fictional characters: the wife
(Geraldine Somerville) of the Earl of Manton (Linus Roache) is
appalled to share a table with a middle-class lawyer and his wife
(Toby Jones and Maria Doyle Kennedy); an Italian steward (Glen
Blackhall) avidly pursues a ship's maid (Jenna-Louise Coleman)
through the first- and second-class decks; an electrician who
helped build the ship (Peter McDonald) fights to keep his family
together in steerage, even as his wife (Ruth Bradley) finds
herself compulsively drawn to a mysterious, violent stranger
(Dragos Bucur). These and other storylines are slowly joined
together like puzzle pieces, until a larger picture of loss and
hope is unveiled. This format has its frustrations; getting more
of stories that were only touched on in previous episodes makes
you aware of how much more could be revealed, and some intriguing
characters get left on the sidelines--but there's only so much
they could fit in. The culminating horror and sadness of the
final episode is wrenching and well worth the journey. Extras
include the usual making-of puffery, but a documentary about the
Titanic's sister ship, the Britannic, which also sunk under
mysterious circumstances, is fascinating. --Bret Fetzer
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Everyone knows how a story about the Titanic is going to turn
out, thanks to James Cameron (and, hopefully, their history
teachers). But Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, who wrote
this new miniseries, considers that an advantage. "You don't have
to get into a whiz about giving away the ending," says Fellowes,
who has been interested in the story since he saw 1958's A Night
to Remember as a boy. Each hour of the four-part miniseries
spotlights different members of the ensemble cast (which includes
Linus Roache, Toby Jones, and Josephine de la Baume) as they face
disaster and scramble to escape the doomed vessel. "You think,
'Would I have panicked?'" says Fellowes. "''Would I have been
brave?' That appealed to me." —Sara Vilkomerson, Entertainment
Weekly
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