Titanic: Birth of a Legend

Película de TV
2005
1h 15min

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Añade un argumento en tu idiomaDramatised documentary which follows the lives of the men who designed and built Titanic and her sister ship Olympic at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, showing the violence, politic... Leer todoDramatised documentary which follows the lives of the men who designed and built Titanic and her sister ship Olympic at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, showing the violence, political drama and financial pressures that affected those who worked on her. Eight men, the Gua... Leer todoDramatised documentary which follows the lives of the men who designed and built Titanic and her sister ship Olympic at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, showing the violence, political drama and financial pressures that affected those who worked on her. Eight men, the Guarantee Group, were privileged to be chosen to travel on her maiden voyage. All of them wer... Leer todo

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Curiosidades
The story of Alfred "Alfie" Cunningham being named a survivor initially due to mistaken identity was accurate. The first list of survivors had an "A. Cunningham" listed and this was assumed to be Alfie. It was actually a steward, Albert Cunningham, who survived.

Pifias
As the actor playing Lord Pirrie is reviewing the Titanic's blueprints in the conference room (in the scene tiled "January, 1910) for Bruce Ismay and Alexander Carlisle, when discussing accommodations for the First Class Passengers he mentions "39 private suites" , each having its own bathroom.

In reality, according to deck plans, forty-three deluxe "Parlor Suites" on the RMS Titanic had their own private built in bathrooms; the remainder of the Titanic's First Class cabins did not have their own built-in bathrooms and so the majority of First Class Passengers shared communal public bathrooms for bathing, use of toilet facilities, etc.

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Alfie Cunningham: [Notices Liam's smile] What's that face about?
Liam Flaherty: The Olympic.
Alfie Cunningham: What about the Olympic?
Liam Flaherty: You know they're laying down her keel tomorrow?
Alfie Cunningham: Aye.
Liam Flaherty: I'm going to be inside to put the shoring under.
Alfie Cunningham: So what?
Liam Flaherty: Oh, come on, Alfie! She's going to be famous, all over the world.
Alfie Cunningham: So is Titanic. And Mr. Frost says our crew's going to be fitting Titanic's engines.
Liam Flaherty: Well, Olympic's going to be built first.
Alfie Cunningham: So what?
Liam Flaherty: She's the ship that matters.
Alfie Cunningham: My arse!
Liam Flaherty: She is, too. Olympic's going to be the ship everyone talks about.
Alfie Cunningham: Aye, right?
Liam Flaherty: First to start building, first to be launched, first to cross the Atlantic...
Alfie Cunningham: Titanic's going to be a mighty ship.
Liam Flaherty: That no one remembers!

Versiones alternativas
An edited 43 minute version of the documentary aired on the US Discovery Channel in 2005.

Conexiones
Edited into Titanic al detalle (2013)

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8/10

A Little Top Heavy On Politics

I think that Titanic: Birth of a Legend would most appropriately be catalogued as a documentary rather than a film. It's fully narrated with actors playing the real people in the dramatized vignettes that carry most of the program.

Titanic enthusiasts of all kinds will find Birth of a Legend indispensable. It's a fine addition to the catalog of films and television programs depicting the beloved ship.

The characters are interesting and reasonably well acted. The CGI recreations of the Titanic in all stages of her construction are impressive. The presentation of real photographs taken at the time are wonderful.

Aside from the unavoidable limitations that come from television productions (even good ones like this), I can think of no significant strikes against this documentary.. The only issue I had was that it feels a little bit padded. The politics of Unionist Protestants and Republican Catholics are of course essential to the story. But I felt this documentary harped on them to a point that I felt an agenda was at play. It tries a little too hard to make Protestants look bad and predominantly responsible for the sectarian tensions and violence of the time.

But it's certainly nothing that diminishes the legitimate historical value of this documentary.