onemarathon wrote:
> mpoconnor7@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
> > > Raise the Titanic, the movie, is horrible.
> >
> > The first half of the movie was pretty good, but they deviated during
> > the second half. There were some good things about the movie,
> > particularly the terrific John Berry score (which was slightly
> > reminescent to Thunderball) and the casting of Jason Robards as
> > Sandecker. I would have preferred the late Richard Jordan had not
> > grown a beard in order to play Pitt, and the modelwork they used for
> > the special effects looks awfully cheesy these days. I would love to
> > see them remake this movie and follow the book; due to the size and
> > scope of the book they could do it as a miniseries.
>
> I'm now kind of keen on seeing this. I am a fan of Barry's film scores
> (got every Bond one of his, and assorted others) and would like to
> check out
> this one.
I forgot the terrific Alec Guinness cameo as the last survivor of the
Titanic.
I don't know if it is available on DVD, but I'm sure you could pick up
a copy on Ebay as it's probably out of print. They played RTT on Bravo
in late 2003 and I taped it from there.
Don't understand why anyone thought a beard was a necessary
> change for Pitt in this movie, though. Given the popularity of the
> book,
> I think a modern remake would be a good idea, especially if the
> existing
> movie (which I still haven't seen) isn't considered very good. Maybe
> Matthew McConaughey will make that his next project :)
I doubt any more Dirk Pitt movies will be made in the forseeable
future. Cussler did sign a deal to make three movies from his books:
Sahara, Inca Gold and Night Probe. The problem is that Sahara was a
box office disappointment, and there were lawsuits around this movie as
Cussler didn't like the finished product and it turned into a public
pissing contest. For one thing, there were about ten screenwriters who
worked on the Sahara script, which isn't a good thing. I doubt the
film studios will throw good money after bad, and will buy Cussler out
of his three picture deal. A look at the IMDB for Matthew McConaghuey
shows six films upcoming over the next two years, and none of them are
Cussler projects.
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