S.O.S. Titanic
| S.O.S. Titanic | |
|---|---|
StudioCanal DVD cover | |
| Genre | Drama History |
| Written by | James Costigan |
| Directed by | William Hale |
| Starring | David Janssen Cloris Leachman Susan Saint James David Warner Ian Holm Helen Mirren Harry Andrews Beverly Ross |
| Music by | Howard Blake |
| Country of origin | United States/ United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Roger Gimbel |
| Producer | Lou Morheim |
| Production locations | RMS Queen Mary - 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach, California Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England The Waldorf Hotel, Aldwych, Strand, London, England |
| Cinematography | Christopher Challis |
| Editor | Rusty Coppleman |
| Running time | Unedited U.S. TV version 144 min. Edited European theatrical version 103 min. |
| Production company | EMI Films |
| Budget | $5 million 1979 $dollars |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | September 23, 1979 |
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S.O.S. Titanic is a 1979 drama disaster television movie that depicts the doomed 1912 maiden voyage of RMS Titanic from the perspective of three distinct groups of passengers in first, second and third class. Produced by EMI Films, the script, written by James Costigan, was based at least in part on survivor Lawrence Beesley's book The Loss of The SS Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons, by One of the Survivors. The all star cast included David Janssen, Ian Holm, David Warner, Helen Mirren and Cloris Leachman. Directed by William Hale (credited as Billy Hale) with soundtrack by Howard Blake, it is the first Titanic film to be filmed and released in colour, not counting the 1964 musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown.