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ABC's "Titanic" miniseries to premiere Saturday, April 14th
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ABC PREMIERE EVENT, "TITANIC," WRITTEN BY JULIAN FELLOWES, ACADEMY
AWARD, EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER, SET TO PREMIERE SATURDAY, APRIL
14
Linus Roache, Geraldine Somerville and Perdita Weeks Are Among the
Spectacular International Cast
From the creative minds of Julian Fellowes, Academy Award ("Gosford
Park"), Emmy and Golden Globe winner ("Downton Abbey"), and
BAFTA-winning producer Nigel Stafford Clark ("Bleak House") comes the
highly anticipated ABC Premiere Event, "Titanic," a four-part
miniseries that will premiere SATURDAY, APRIL 14 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET)
on the ABC Television Network. Parts One-Three will air on April 14,
and the miniseries will conclude with Part Four on SUNDAY, APRIL 15
(9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), which will actually mark the 100th anniversary
of the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.
"Titanic" is an extraordinary re-telling of the doomed voyage that
cleverly weaves action, mystery and romance over four hours and two
nights of programming. Shot in Budapest, Hungary, it features both
fictional and historical characters, ranging from steerage passengers
and crew to upper class guests and staff, who all come together in an
explosive and unforgettable finale. Each hour follows similar events
from different points of view, culminating in a cliff-hanger, as the
ship begins to founder, and building to an explosive conclusion in the
final hour that draws together all the stories. Viewers will be taken
on a heart-wrenching journey through Titanic's last moments, as it's
revealed who among the characters they've come to know so well will
survive, and who will not.
On Night One, Part One (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET), we meet First Class
passengers Hugh, Earl of Manton (Linus Roache, "Law & Order"), his
imperious wife, Louisa (Geraldine Somerville, the "Harry Potter"
films), and their reluctant daughter, Georgianna (Perdita Weeks, "The
Tudors") -- a suffragette who's recently been arrested in a
demonstration. Also on board, in Second Class, are Irish lawyer John
Batley, who works for Hugh, and his wife Muriel. The Mantons'
servants, Barnes and Watson, have a brush with their American
counterparts, while Georgiana is attracted, despite herself, to young
American Harry Widener. Life on board is comfortable for the wealthy
British and American passengers in First Class, despite a disastrous
tea party with the Mantons and the Batleys which highlights the
tensions between Louisa and Muriel. But everything changes after the
ship encounters an iceberg and the realization dawns that the
unsinkable Titanic is going down. Infuriated by Louisa's air of
effortless superiority, Muriel launches a violent verbal attack on
her, hinting at a dark secret in Hugh's past. Chaos and panic grow on
deck, as Officer Lightoller insists on women and children only and
lifeboats go down that are not even full. And Louisa finds herself
faced with an impossible dilemma, as she has to choose between her
husband and her daughter.
Part Two (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) opens with political tensions in
Belfast interfering with the construction of new liner Titanic, but
White Star Line chairman Bruce Ismay is dismissive of designer Thomas
Andrews' concerns. Catholic engineer Jim Maloney longs to leave
Belfast, and when offered the opportunity of a new life via the
Titanic, he accepts. As cabin steward Annie Desmond prepares for the
first passengers to board, she encounters cheeky Italian waiter Paolo
Sandrini, who is instantly smitten with her. Jim meets a mysterious
steerage passenger, Peter Lubov, who unsettles Jim's wife, Mary, while
in the First Class dining room tensions bubble as new and old money
collide. In Second Class, Muriel Batley bitterly resents her husband
John's subservience and reveals she knows the secret of Hugh Manton, a
secret that threatens to destroy his marriage. But John's worries are
over-shadowed by a looming iceberg. Captain Smith and Thomas Andrews
are horrified to learn the full cost of the collision. The ship has
only a couple of hours to live. Chaos erupts in the rush for
lifeboats, but there are just too few. Facing death, John and Muriel
reconcile, but then John spies a glimmer of hope.
Part Three (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) begins in London, 1911. Winston
Churchill is infuriated when Russian anarchist Peter the Painter
escapes after a bloody street battle with the army. Cut to April 1912
and Italian ship stoker Mario, who is thrilled when he connives to get
his brother, Paolo, a job on the new liner Titanic. The squabbling
Mantons' maid, Watson, is seen inexplicably loitering in steerage, and
Barnes is shocked to discover the reasons why, while Paolo startles
kindly steward Annie with an impulsive gesture. Mary Maloney finally
lets her guard down with the mysterious passenger, Lubov, in a manner
that enrages her husband, Jim. Their argument is set aside when the
ship strikes the iceberg and word spreads that it's sinking. White
Star Line chairman Bruce Ismay is concerned that the anxious Italian
waiters will contribute to the rising panic, and fear builds in
steerage as passengers and crew find themselves behind locked gates.
Lubov helps Mary Maloney, the Irish mother, and her children escape to
the decks, but when his secret identity is uncovered by ex-policeman
Evans, Lubov reacts ruthlessly. Passengers scramble for lifeboats, but
the Maloneys' terrified daughter, Theresa, bolts back inside the
sinking ship. Paolo searches for his brother as freezing waters surge
through the corridors.
The initial celebratory mood on the boat is intercut with a closer
look at relationships -- upstairs and down. Throughout the ship,
secrets and resentments are revealed, love and fury are sparked, but
when the unthinkable happens and one of the biggest maritime disasters
levels the playing the field for everyone on board, each person's life
will change.
"Titanic" stars Linus Roache ("Law & Order," "Batman Begins") as the
Earl of Manton, Geraldine Somerville (the "Harry Potter" films) as
Louisa, Countess of Manton, Perdita Weeks ("The Tudors") as Lady
Georgiana Grex, Lyndsey Marshal ("Rome") as Watson, Lee Ross
("EastEnders") as Barnes, Glen Blackhall as Paolo Sandrini, Antonio
Magro ("Little Dorrit") as Mario Sandrini, Jenna-Louise Coleman
("Waterloo Road") as Annie Desmond, David Calder ("The World is Not
Enough") as Captain Smith, Steven Waddington ("The Tudors") as Second
Officer Lightoller, Brian McCardie as First Officer Murdoch, Toby
Jones ("My Week with Marilyn") as John Batley, Maria Doyle Kennedy as
Muriel Batley, Dragos Bucur ("The Way Back") as Peter Lubov, Peter
McDonald ("The Damned United") as Jim McDonald, Ruth Bradley
("Primeval") as Mary Maloney, Georgia McCutcheon as Theresa Maloney,
Stephen Campbell Moore ("Ben Hur") as Thomas Andrews, James Wilby
("Gosford Park") as Bruce Ismay, Noah Reid ("Three Inches,") as Harry
Widener, Diana Kent as Eleanor Widener, Celia Imrie ("Bridget Jones'
Diary") as Grace Rushton, Simon Paisley Day as Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon,
Linda Kash ("Cinderella Man") as Margaret "Molly" Brown, David Eisner
("Flashpoint") as Benjamin Guggenheim, Sophie Winkleman ("Peep Show")
as Dorothy Gibson, Mark Lewis Jones ("Robin Hood") as David Evans,
Sylvestra Le Touzel ("Amazing Grace") as Lady Duff Gordon and
Josephine de la Baume ("One Day") as Madame Aubart.
Nigel Stafford Clark ("Bleak House") created "Titanic." Julian
Fellowes (2011 Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries and Outstanding
Writing for a Miniseries; 2012 Golden Globe for Outstanding Miniseries
for "Downton Abbey"; 2001 Academy Award, Best Writing, Screenplay
Written Directly for the Screen for "Gosford Park") wrote the
screenplay. Jon Jones ("Going Postal," "The Diary of Anne Frank,"
"Northanger Abbey") directs. Nigel Stafford-Clark and Chris Thompson
("Love Actually," "No 1 Ladies Detective Agency") serve as the
producers for this miniseries.
Produced in association with ITV Studios and Shaw Media, who are
partnered with Deep Indigo Productions and Lookout Point in the UK,
Sienna Films Inc in Canada, and Hungary-based Mid Atlantic Films to
produce this UK-Hungary-Canada co-production.
"Titanic" is executive-produced by Lookout Point's Simon Vaughan ("Ben
Hur," "Coco Chanel," "The Hot Zone [working title]") together with
ITV's Kate Bartlett ("Marchlands," "Identity," Vera"), Sienna Films'
Jennifer Kawaja and Julia Sereny ("Diamonds," "The Hot Zone [working
title]") and Mid Atlantic Films' Howard Ellis and Adam Goodman ("The
Borgias," "Pillars of The Earth") and David Collins of Samson Films,
Ireland.
ABC Premiere Event, "Titanic" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P),
ABC's Selected HD Format, with 5.1 channel surround sound. A TV
parental guideline will be assigned closer to airdate.
Titanic is distributed internationally by ITV Studios Global
Entertainment.
AWARD, EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER, SET TO PREMIERE SATURDAY, APRIL
14
Linus Roache, Geraldine Somerville and Perdita Weeks Are Among the
Spectacular International Cast
From the creative minds of Julian Fellowes, Academy Award ("Gosford
Park"), Emmy and Golden Globe winner ("Downton Abbey"), and
BAFTA-winning producer Nigel Stafford Clark ("Bleak House") comes the
highly anticipated ABC Premiere Event, "Titanic," a four-part
miniseries that will premiere SATURDAY, APRIL 14 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET)
on the ABC Television Network. Parts One-Three will air on April 14,
and the miniseries will conclude with Part Four on SUNDAY, APRIL 15
(9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), which will actually mark the 100th anniversary
of the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.
"Titanic" is an extraordinary re-telling of the doomed voyage that
cleverly weaves action, mystery and romance over four hours and two
nights of programming. Shot in Budapest, Hungary, it features both
fictional and historical characters, ranging from steerage passengers
and crew to upper class guests and staff, who all come together in an
explosive and unforgettable finale. Each hour follows similar events
from different points of view, culminating in a cliff-hanger, as the
ship begins to founder, and building to an explosive conclusion in the
final hour that draws together all the stories. Viewers will be taken
on a heart-wrenching journey through Titanic's last moments, as it's
revealed who among the characters they've come to know so well will
survive, and who will not.
On Night One, Part One (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET), we meet First Class
passengers Hugh, Earl of Manton (Linus Roache, "Law & Order"), his
imperious wife, Louisa (Geraldine Somerville, the "Harry Potter"
films), and their reluctant daughter, Georgianna (Perdita Weeks, "The
Tudors") -- a suffragette who's recently been arrested in a
demonstration. Also on board, in Second Class, are Irish lawyer John
Batley, who works for Hugh, and his wife Muriel. The Mantons'
servants, Barnes and Watson, have a brush with their American
counterparts, while Georgiana is attracted, despite herself, to young
American Harry Widener. Life on board is comfortable for the wealthy
British and American passengers in First Class, despite a disastrous
tea party with the Mantons and the Batleys which highlights the
tensions between Louisa and Muriel. But everything changes after the
ship encounters an iceberg and the realization dawns that the
unsinkable Titanic is going down. Infuriated by Louisa's air of
effortless superiority, Muriel launches a violent verbal attack on
her, hinting at a dark secret in Hugh's past. Chaos and panic grow on
deck, as Officer Lightoller insists on women and children only and
lifeboats go down that are not even full. And Louisa finds herself
faced with an impossible dilemma, as she has to choose between her
husband and her daughter.
Part Two (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) opens with political tensions in
Belfast interfering with the construction of new liner Titanic, but
White Star Line chairman Bruce Ismay is dismissive of designer Thomas
Andrews' concerns. Catholic engineer Jim Maloney longs to leave
Belfast, and when offered the opportunity of a new life via the
Titanic, he accepts. As cabin steward Annie Desmond prepares for the
first passengers to board, she encounters cheeky Italian waiter Paolo
Sandrini, who is instantly smitten with her. Jim meets a mysterious
steerage passenger, Peter Lubov, who unsettles Jim's wife, Mary, while
in the First Class dining room tensions bubble as new and old money
collide. In Second Class, Muriel Batley bitterly resents her husband
John's subservience and reveals she knows the secret of Hugh Manton, a
secret that threatens to destroy his marriage. But John's worries are
over-shadowed by a looming iceberg. Captain Smith and Thomas Andrews
are horrified to learn the full cost of the collision. The ship has
only a couple of hours to live. Chaos erupts in the rush for
lifeboats, but there are just too few. Facing death, John and Muriel
reconcile, but then John spies a glimmer of hope.
Part Three (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) begins in London, 1911. Winston
Churchill is infuriated when Russian anarchist Peter the Painter
escapes after a bloody street battle with the army. Cut to April 1912
and Italian ship stoker Mario, who is thrilled when he connives to get
his brother, Paolo, a job on the new liner Titanic. The squabbling
Mantons' maid, Watson, is seen inexplicably loitering in steerage, and
Barnes is shocked to discover the reasons why, while Paolo startles
kindly steward Annie with an impulsive gesture. Mary Maloney finally
lets her guard down with the mysterious passenger, Lubov, in a manner
that enrages her husband, Jim. Their argument is set aside when the
ship strikes the iceberg and word spreads that it's sinking. White
Star Line chairman Bruce Ismay is concerned that the anxious Italian
waiters will contribute to the rising panic, and fear builds in
steerage as passengers and crew find themselves behind locked gates.
Lubov helps Mary Maloney, the Irish mother, and her children escape to
the decks, but when his secret identity is uncovered by ex-policeman
Evans, Lubov reacts ruthlessly. Passengers scramble for lifeboats, but
the Maloneys' terrified daughter, Theresa, bolts back inside the
sinking ship. Paolo searches for his brother as freezing waters surge
through the corridors.
The initial celebratory mood on the boat is intercut with a closer
look at relationships -- upstairs and down. Throughout the ship,
secrets and resentments are revealed, love and fury are sparked, but
when the unthinkable happens and one of the biggest maritime disasters
levels the playing the field for everyone on board, each person's life
will change.
"Titanic" stars Linus Roache ("Law & Order," "Batman Begins") as the
Earl of Manton, Geraldine Somerville (the "Harry Potter" films) as
Louisa, Countess of Manton, Perdita Weeks ("The Tudors") as Lady
Georgiana Grex, Lyndsey Marshal ("Rome") as Watson, Lee Ross
("EastEnders") as Barnes, Glen Blackhall as Paolo Sandrini, Antonio
Magro ("Little Dorrit") as Mario Sandrini, Jenna-Louise Coleman
("Waterloo Road") as Annie Desmond, David Calder ("The World is Not
Enough") as Captain Smith, Steven Waddington ("The Tudors") as Second
Officer Lightoller, Brian McCardie as First Officer Murdoch, Toby
Jones ("My Week with Marilyn") as John Batley, Maria Doyle Kennedy as
Muriel Batley, Dragos Bucur ("The Way Back") as Peter Lubov, Peter
McDonald ("The Damned United") as Jim McDonald, Ruth Bradley
("Primeval") as Mary Maloney, Georgia McCutcheon as Theresa Maloney,
Stephen Campbell Moore ("Ben Hur") as Thomas Andrews, James Wilby
("Gosford Park") as Bruce Ismay, Noah Reid ("Three Inches,") as Harry
Widener, Diana Kent as Eleanor Widener, Celia Imrie ("Bridget Jones'
Diary") as Grace Rushton, Simon Paisley Day as Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon,
Linda Kash ("Cinderella Man") as Margaret "Molly" Brown, David Eisner
("Flashpoint") as Benjamin Guggenheim, Sophie Winkleman ("Peep Show")
as Dorothy Gibson, Mark Lewis Jones ("Robin Hood") as David Evans,
Sylvestra Le Touzel ("Amazing Grace") as Lady Duff Gordon and
Josephine de la Baume ("One Day") as Madame Aubart.
Nigel Stafford Clark ("Bleak House") created "Titanic." Julian
Fellowes (2011 Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries and Outstanding
Writing for a Miniseries; 2012 Golden Globe for Outstanding Miniseries
for "Downton Abbey"; 2001 Academy Award, Best Writing, Screenplay
Written Directly for the Screen for "Gosford Park") wrote the
screenplay. Jon Jones ("Going Postal," "The Diary of Anne Frank,"
"Northanger Abbey") directs. Nigel Stafford-Clark and Chris Thompson
("Love Actually," "No 1 Ladies Detective Agency") serve as the
producers for this miniseries.
Produced in association with ITV Studios and Shaw Media, who are
partnered with Deep Indigo Productions and Lookout Point in the UK,
Sienna Films Inc in Canada, and Hungary-based Mid Atlantic Films to
produce this UK-Hungary-Canada co-production.
"Titanic" is executive-produced by Lookout Point's Simon Vaughan ("Ben
Hur," "Coco Chanel," "The Hot Zone [working title]") together with
ITV's Kate Bartlett ("Marchlands," "Identity," Vera"), Sienna Films'
Jennifer Kawaja and Julia Sereny ("Diamonds," "The Hot Zone [working
title]") and Mid Atlantic Films' Howard Ellis and Adam Goodman ("The
Borgias," "Pillars of The Earth") and David Collins of Samson Films,
Ireland.
ABC Premiere Event, "Titanic" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P),
ABC's Selected HD Format, with 5.1 channel surround sound. A TV
parental guideline will be assigned closer to airdate.
Titanic is distributed internationally by ITV Studios Global
Entertainment.
tcdiego
Feb 27, 2012, 1:29:51 PM2/27/12
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On 27/02/2012 1:25 PM, David wrote:
> ABC PREMIERE EVENT, "TITANIC," WRITTEN BY JULIAN FELLOWES, ACADEMY
> AWARD, EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER, SET TO PREMIERE SATURDAY, APRIL
> 14
Quick! Hide this post from Newport, before he goes apeshit!
> ABC PREMIERE EVENT, "TITANIC," WRITTEN BY JULIAN FELLOWES, ACADEMY
> AWARD, EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER, SET TO PREMIERE SATURDAY, APRIL
> 14
W/Q
Feb 27, 2012, 1:52:42 PM2/27/12
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On Feb 27, 1:25 pm, David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> ABC PREMIERE EVENT, "TITANIC," WRITTEN BY JULIAN FELLOWES, ACADEMY
> AWARD, EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER, SET TO PREMIERE SATURDAY, APRIL
> 14
>
> Linus Roache, Geraldine Somerville and Perdita Weeks Are Among the
> Spectacular International Cast
>
> From the creative minds of Julian Fellowes, Academy Award ("Gosford
> Park"), Emmy and Golden Globe winner ("Downton Abbey"), and
> BAFTA-winning producer Nigel Stafford Clark ("Bleak House") comes the
> highly anticipated ABC Premiere Event, "Titanic," a four-part
> miniseries that will premiere SATURDAY, APRIL 14 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET)
> on the ABC Television Network. Parts One-Three will air on April 14,
> and the miniseries will conclude with Part Four on SUNDAY, APRIL 15
> (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), which will actually mark the 100th anniversary
> of the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.
They're going to premiere the mini-series on Saturday night? Now,
> ABC PREMIERE EVENT, "TITANIC," WRITTEN BY JULIAN FELLOWES, ACADEMY
> AWARD, EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER, SET TO PREMIERE SATURDAY, APRIL
> 14
>
> Linus Roache, Geraldine Somerville and Perdita Weeks Are Among the
> Spectacular International Cast
>
> From the creative minds of Julian Fellowes, Academy Award ("Gosford
> Park"), Emmy and Golden Globe winner ("Downton Abbey"), and
> BAFTA-winning producer Nigel Stafford Clark ("Bleak House") comes the
> highly anticipated ABC Premiere Event, "Titanic," a four-part
> miniseries that will premiere SATURDAY, APRIL 14 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET)
> on the ABC Television Network. Parts One-Three will air on April 14,
> and the miniseries will conclude with Part Four on SUNDAY, APRIL 15
> (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), which will actually mark the 100th anniversary
> of the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.
either they believe this is already going to tank and nothing will be
lost by the move or the network is attempting to experiment with some
kind of event programming to see if it'll draw any kind of audience by
trying to reach out to them on that night with something special and,
if it succeeds, maybe do it again on an occasional basis. If the
latter, it's a bold move that nevertheless could also be a titanically
disastrous one.
anim8rFSK
Feb 27, 2012, 1:57:38 PM2/27/12
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Mason Barge
Feb 27, 2012, 3:49:22 PM2/27/12
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and guess what? He wasn't very good.
- Mason
"Let no man pull you low enough to hate him."
~ Martin Luther King
anim8rFSK
Feb 27, 2012, 4:48:15 PM2/27/12
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In article <e1rnk7lqrelh47362...@4ax.com>,
course, you could say the same of McCarrott, but I bet you'd be rwong.
Mason Barge <mason...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:57:38 -0700, anim8rFSK <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> >In article <6gink75a4jkak1cp7...@4ax.com>,
> > David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> "Titanic" stars Linus Roache ("Law & Order,"
> >
> >ick
>
> Just not a good actor. I just had to watch him in "Chronicles of Riddick"
> and guess what? He wasn't very good.
Nope. Maybe he'll be okay if he's not suppressing his accent. Of
> On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:57:38 -0700, anim8rFSK <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> >In article <6gink75a4jkak1cp7...@4ax.com>,
> > David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> "Titanic" stars Linus Roache ("Law & Order,"
> >
> >ick
>
> Just not a good actor. I just had to watch him in "Chronicles of Riddick"
> and guess what? He wasn't very good.
course, you could say the same of McCarrott, but I bet you'd be rwong.
Lord Vader III
Feb 28, 2012, 8:12:26 AM2/28/12
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On 2/27/2012 12:52 PM, W/Q wrote:
> On Feb 27, 1:25 pm, David<dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> ABC PREMIERE EVENT, "TITANIC," WRITTEN BY JULIAN FELLOWES, ACADEMY
>> AWARD, EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER, SET TO PREMIERE SATURDAY, APRIL
>> 14
>
> On Feb 27, 1:25 pm, David<dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> ABC PREMIERE EVENT, "TITANIC," WRITTEN BY JULIAN FELLOWES, ACADEMY
>> AWARD, EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER, SET TO PREMIERE SATURDAY, APRIL
>> 14
>
> They're going to premiere the mini-series on Saturday night? Now,
> either they believe this is already going to tank and nothing will be
I actually believe they think it's going to sink, not tank. :)
> either they believe this is already going to tank and nothing will be
LVIII
Brian Thorn
Feb 28, 2012, 10:54:14 AM2/28/12
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On 2012-02-27 18:52:42 +0000, W/Q said:
> On Feb 27, 1:25 pm, David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> ABC PREMIERE EVENT, "TITANIC," WRITTEN BY JULIAN FELLOWES, ACADEMY
>> AWARD, EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER, SET TO PREMIERE SATURDAY, APRIL
>> 14
>>
>> Linus Roache, Geraldine Somerville and Perdita Weeks Are Among the
>> Spectacular International Cast
>>
>> From the creative minds of Julian Fellowes, Academy Award ("Gosford
>> Park"), Emmy and Golden Globe winner ("Downton Abbey"), and
>> BAFTA-winning producer Nigel Stafford Clark ("Bleak House") comes the
>> highly anticipated ABC Premiere Event, "Titanic," a four-part
>> miniseries that will premiere SATURDAY, APRIL 14 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET)
>> on the ABC Television Network. Parts One-Three will air on April 14,
>> and the miniseries will conclude with Part Four on SUNDAY, APRIL 15
>> (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), which will actually mark the 100th anniversary
>> of the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.
>
> They're going to premiere the mini-series on Saturday night?
That happens to be the 100th Anniverary of "the night to remember" when
> On Feb 27, 1:25 pm, David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> ABC PREMIERE EVENT, "TITANIC," WRITTEN BY JULIAN FELLOWES, ACADEMY
>> AWARD, EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER, SET TO PREMIERE SATURDAY, APRIL
>> 14
>>
>> Linus Roache, Geraldine Somerville and Perdita Weeks Are Among the
>> Spectacular International Cast
>>
>> From the creative minds of Julian Fellowes, Academy Award ("Gosford
>> Park"), Emmy and Golden Globe winner ("Downton Abbey"), and
>> BAFTA-winning producer Nigel Stafford Clark ("Bleak House") comes the
>> highly anticipated ABC Premiere Event, "Titanic," a four-part
>> miniseries that will premiere SATURDAY, APRIL 14 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET)
>> on the ABC Television Network. Parts One-Three will air on April 14,
>> and the miniseries will conclude with Part Four on SUNDAY, APRIL 15
>> (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), which will actually mark the 100th anniversary
>> of the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.
>
> They're going to premiere the mini-series on Saturday night?
Titanic went down. Sure, the ratings will be low, but ABC will probably
re-run it later.
Brian
Brian Thorn
Feb 28, 2012, 11:05:46 AM2/28/12
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On 2012-02-27 18:25:02 +0000, David said:
> ABC PREMIERE EVENT, "TITANIC," WRITTEN BY JULIAN FELLOWES, ACADEMY
> AWARD, EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER, SET TO PREMIERE SATURDAY, APRIL
> 14
ANOTHER "Titanic" movie? How many more do we need? "A Night To
> ABC PREMIERE EVENT, "TITANIC," WRITTEN BY JULIAN FELLOWES, ACADEMY
> AWARD, EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER, SET TO PREMIERE SATURDAY, APRIL
> 14
Remember", the Webb/Stanwyck "Titanic" and the Winslet/DiCaprio
"Titanic" movies are plenty good enough. And ABC already did a Titanic
miniseries, "SOS Titanic" in the '70s which wasn't half bad.
Brian
Lord Vader III
Feb 28, 2012, 11:07:48 AM2/28/12
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LVIII
ralph
Feb 28, 2012, 11:44:30 AM2/28/12
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Irrespective of the “ick” factor, Linus Roache was pretty good as the
ADA w/o a degree on “Law & Order,” pulling some of the same kinds of
“dirty tricks” his boss Sam Waterston played throughout the years. And
Linus and Helena Bonham Carter were the first to bring some real heat
to Henry James in “The Wings of the Dove.” That’s no small
achievement, given James’ parlor games.
ADA w/o a degree on “Law & Order,” pulling some of the same kinds of
“dirty tricks” his boss Sam Waterston played throughout the years. And
Linus and Helena Bonham Carter were the first to bring some real heat
to Henry James in “The Wings of the Dove.” That’s no small
achievement, given James’ parlor games.
anim8rFSK
Feb 28, 2012, 12:20:33 PM2/28/12
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In article <4f4cf8a6$0$28166$bbae...@news.suddenlink.net>,
How many people do you think will turn it on assuming it's the Cameron
film and turn it back off when Roache appears? I'm sure the former is
what they're going for.
film and turn it back off when Roache appears? I'm sure the former is
what they're going for.
anim8rFSK
Feb 28, 2012, 12:43:25 PM2/28/12
to
In article
<15d957b4-9369-41e8...@p13g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
ralph <ralph...@nowreviewing.com> wrote:
> Irrespective of the łick˛ factor, Linus Roache was pretty good as the
> ADA w/o a degree on łLaw & Order,˛
Wow. I thought he was painfully bad.
pulling some of the same kinds of
> łdirty tricks˛ his boss Sam Waterston played throughout the years. And
> achievement, given Jamesą parlor games.
<15d957b4-9369-41e8...@p13g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
ralph <ralph...@nowreviewing.com> wrote:
> Irrespective of the łick˛ factor, Linus Roache was pretty good as the
> ADA w/o a degree on łLaw & Order,˛
Wow. I thought he was painfully bad.
pulling some of the same kinds of
> Linus and Helena Bonham Carter were the first to bring some real heat
> to Henry James in łThe Wings of the Dove.˛ Thatąs no small
> achievement, given Jamesą parlor games.
Michael Black
Feb 28, 2012, 1:46:03 PM2/28/12
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hundred years ago. Make it a cruise ship, since nobody travels much
distance by boat anymore, they just cruise where the ship is the vacation.
Michael
Ken Wesson
Feb 28, 2012, 1:48:50 PM2/28/12
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Michael Black
Feb 28, 2012, 3:15:12 PM2/28/12
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Which made me think, do some people think the Titanic is a fictional
movie? In which case, then they might as well update it to take place in
the present. If they can put Sherlock Holmes in the present (and make
Watons a woman), or put Shakespeare in the present, then they can surely
remake The Titanic by placing it in the present.
The miniseries need some new angle. I hope they feature David Sarnoff
getting the SOS message (though I can't remember if it was "SOS" that
early or "CQD"). The sinking of the Titanic actually showed the value of
radio on ships, and the US (and then other countries followed) enacted
rules about using radio as a result, when it had been fairly free for all
before that.
Michael
Car...@aol.com
Feb 28, 2012, 4:18:12 PM2/28/12
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JL
anim8rFSK
Feb 28, 2012, 5:02:49 PM2/28/12
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Michael Black
Feb 28, 2012, 10:46:31 PM2/28/12
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On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Car...@aol.com wrote:
>> The miniseries need some new angle. I hope they feature David Sarnoff
>> getting the SOS message (though I can't remember if it was "SOS" that
>> early or "CQD").
>
> There's a 99% probability that never happened. One of the many
> self-promoting fictions Sarnoff invented about himself.
>
That was the point. It's a bit of trivia that the general public might
>> The miniseries need some new angle. I hope they feature David Sarnoff
>> getting the SOS message (though I can't remember if it was "SOS" that
>> early or "CQD").
>
> There's a 99% probability that never happened. One of the many
> self-promoting fictions Sarnoff invented about himself.
>
know, if they know about Sarnoff, because he did make a big deal of it.
But what's a Titanic movie without that hype?
Michael
Mason Barge
Feb 29, 2012, 1:01:28 PM2/29/12
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There was a miniseries that came out a few years before Cameron's film --
starring a really gorgeous-looking Catherine Zeta Jones -- she has never
been so beautiful! Anyway, it was a pretty good show.
So, I would have given it a chance if I got bored enough. Fellowes can be
quite good. But Linus Roache? I mean *come* *on*.
--
Mason Barge
Feb 29, 2012, 1:02:20 PM2/29/12
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On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:05:46 -0600, Brian Thorn <btho...@suddenlink.net>
wrote:
CBS did one in '96 that was actually pretty good.
wrote:
Mason Barge
Feb 29, 2012, 1:04:39 PM2/29/12
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On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:44:30 -0800 (PST), ralph
<ralph...@nowreviewing.com> wrote:
>Irrespective of the “ick” factor, Linus Roache was pretty good as the
>ADA w/o a degree on “Law & Order,”
He killed the series for me, that's how much I disliked him. I could have
<ralph...@nowreviewing.com> wrote:
>Irrespective of the “ick” factor, Linus Roache was pretty good as the
>ADA w/o a degree on “Law & Order,”
taken the detectives -- I like Jeremy Sisto even though he's no Jerry
Orbach -- and I could have even handled Elena Garza (sp?) although I
thought she was weak.
But I simply can't stand Roache.
Michael Black
Feb 29, 2012, 2:15:44 PM2/29/12
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On Wed, 29 Feb 2012, Mason Barge wrote:
> There was a miniseries that came out a few years before Cameron's film --
> starring a really gorgeous-looking Catherine Zeta Jones -- she has never
> been so beautiful! Anyway, it was a pretty good show.
>
I'm pretty sure that's aired here in reruns, and yet the tv listings
> There was a miniseries that came out a few years before Cameron's film --
> starring a really gorgeous-looking Catherine Zeta Jones -- she has never
> been so beautiful! Anyway, it was a pretty good show.
>
magazine that comes with the paper incorrectly listed it as the James
Cameron one.
Micahel
Ken Wesson
Feb 29, 2012, 7:11:07 PM2/29/12
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gets ridiculous, though:
Recently, I saw a program guide list a two-hour block on some channel as
"Star Trek". I figured it was the 2009 movie. Hit info. "Return to
Tomorrow", it says, and lists a plot synopsis for a TOS episode that I'm
quite sure was only one hour long. Tuned it in -- sure enough, the 2009
movie.
Less recently, two movies were semi-popular that were both named "Virus".
One featured a biohazard getting loose at a place called "Thermal Wells"
that looked suspiciously like Yellowstone with the serial numbers filed
off. It was not very good, with made-for-TV written all over its
production values and, particularly, the dodgy musical score. The other
was a high-production-values Hollywood movie involving an alien entity
infecting the computers of a Russian naval vessel, which would up
assimilating people Borg-style. The TV service I used at the time had a
program guide, and it consistently listed each movie's synopsis for *the
other* of the pair. So if it said a bug got loose at Thermal Wells, I
knew to expect the Russian ship getting Borged, and if it said a space
alien infects a Russian ship, I knew to find something else to put on. ;)
anim8rFSK
Feb 29, 2012, 7:42:07 PM2/29/12
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In article <4f4ebe9b$1...@news.x-privat.org>,
Ken Wesson <kwe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:15:44 -0500, Michael Black wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 29 Feb 2012, Mason Barge wrote:
> >
> >
> >> There was a miniseries that came out a few years before Cameron's film
> >> -- starring a really gorgeous-looking Catherine Zeta Jones -- she has
> >> never been so beautiful! Anyway, it was a pretty good show.
> >>
> > I'm pretty sure that's aired here in reruns, and yet the tv listings
> > magazine that comes with the paper incorrectly listed it as the James
> > Cameron one.
>
> A recurring hazard when several things have the same name. Sometimes it
> gets ridiculous, though:
>
> Recently, I saw a program guide list a two-hour block on some channel as
> "Star Trek". I figured it was the 2009 movie. Hit info. "Return to
> Tomorrow", it says, and lists a plot synopsis for a TOS episode that I'm
> quite sure was only one hour long. Tuned it in -- sure enough, the 2009
> movie.
And, again, this is why we call it 'Crap Trek'
> On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:15:44 -0500, Michael Black wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 29 Feb 2012, Mason Barge wrote:
> >
> >
> >> There was a miniseries that came out a few years before Cameron's film
> >> -- starring a really gorgeous-looking Catherine Zeta Jones -- she has
> >> never been so beautiful! Anyway, it was a pretty good show.
> >>
> > I'm pretty sure that's aired here in reruns, and yet the tv listings
> > magazine that comes with the paper incorrectly listed it as the James
> > Cameron one.
>
> A recurring hazard when several things have the same name. Sometimes it
> gets ridiculous, though:
>
> Recently, I saw a program guide list a two-hour block on some channel as
> "Star Trek". I figured it was the 2009 movie. Hit info. "Return to
> Tomorrow", it says, and lists a plot synopsis for a TOS episode that I'm
> quite sure was only one hour long. Tuned it in -- sure enough, the 2009
> movie.
Ken Wesson
Feb 29, 2012, 8:52:07 PM2/29/12
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dissing the movie itself???
tomcervo
Feb 29, 2012, 11:30:24 PM2/29/12
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that sunk was actually the Olympic, damaged in a prior collision and
beyond economic repair. Supposedly White Star changed a few nameplates
and sent her out as Titanic, deliberately routing her into the ice
fields and sinking her for the insurance. Everyone was supposed to be
rescued by nearby ships, but they screwed it up.
Like most conspiracy theories, it's based on the rational need to
explain the extensive incompetence and indifference to safety shown by
White Star--particularly Captain Smith, whose accident and near-
accident record wouldn't have earned him the command of a Carnival
ship these days. Another book, written by Master Mariner Peter
Padfield, actually plotted the iceberg warnings received by Titanic
that night, and the ship's course--it was like it was steaming at 25
knots into a pocket of ice.
anim8rFSK
Mar 2, 2012, 12:56:57 AM3/2/12
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anim8rFSK
Mar 4, 2012, 11:55:38 AM3/4/12
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In article <Pine.LNX.4.64.12...@darkstar.example.net>,
Titanic 2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1640571/
was set in 2012 (next month in fact)
Shirley somebody must have made "Titanic 3000 (In Space!)" by now?
Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Ken Wesson wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:46:03 -0500, Michael Black wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Lord Vader III wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 2/27/2012 12:52 PM, W/Q wrote:
> >>>> On Feb 27, 1:25 pm, David<dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>>> ABC PREMIERE EVENT, "TITANIC," WRITTEN BY JULIAN FELLOWES, ACADEMY
> >>>>> AWARD, EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER, SET TO PREMIERE SATURDAY, APRIL
> >>>>> 14
> >>>>
> >>>> They're going to premiere the mini-series on Saturday night? Now,
> >>>> either they believe this is already going to tank and nothing will be
> >>>
> >>> I actually believe they think it's going to sink, not tank. :)
> >>>
> >> They should modernize it, make it happen in the current day rather than
> >> a hundred years ago. Make it a cruise ship, since nobody travels much
> >> distance by boat anymore, they just cruise where the ship is the
> >> vacation.
> >
> > But then it would be "Titanic", it would be "Costa Concordia"!
> >
> Well "ET" had passengers talking about that being like the Titanic.
>
> Which made me think, do some people think the Titanic is a fictional
> movie? In which case, then they might as well update it to take place in
> the present. If they can put Sherlock Holmes in the present (and make
> Watons a woman), or put Shakespeare in the present, then they can surely
> remake The Titanic by placing it in the present.
koff*Poseidon*koff
> On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Ken Wesson wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:46:03 -0500, Michael Black wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Lord Vader III wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 2/27/2012 12:52 PM, W/Q wrote:
> >>>> On Feb 27, 1:25 pm, David<dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>>> ABC PREMIERE EVENT, "TITANIC," WRITTEN BY JULIAN FELLOWES, ACADEMY
> >>>>> AWARD, EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER, SET TO PREMIERE SATURDAY, APRIL
> >>>>> 14
> >>>>
> >>>> They're going to premiere the mini-series on Saturday night? Now,
> >>>> either they believe this is already going to tank and nothing will be
> >>>
> >>> I actually believe they think it's going to sink, not tank. :)
> >>>
> >> They should modernize it, make it happen in the current day rather than
> >> a hundred years ago. Make it a cruise ship, since nobody travels much
> >> distance by boat anymore, they just cruise where the ship is the
> >> vacation.
> >
> > But then it would be "Titanic", it would be "Costa Concordia"!
> >
> Well "ET" had passengers talking about that being like the Titanic.
>
> Which made me think, do some people think the Titanic is a fictional
> movie? In which case, then they might as well update it to take place in
> the present. If they can put Sherlock Holmes in the present (and make
> Watons a woman), or put Shakespeare in the present, then they can surely
> remake The Titanic by placing it in the present.
Titanic 2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1640571/
was set in 2012 (next month in fact)
Shirley somebody must have made "Titanic 3000 (In Space!)" by now?
erilar
Mar 4, 2012, 12:10:43 PM3/4/12
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Really? A miniseries? Hasn't anyone interested seen the sappy movie?
--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist
--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist
Mason Barge
Mar 4, 2012, 12:45:01 PM3/4/12
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On Sun, 04 Mar 2012 11:10:43 -0600, erilar <dra...@chibardun.net.invalid>
wrote:
>Really? A miniseries? Hasn't anyone interested seen the sappy movie?
Right. What we really need is a remake of "Pride and Prejudice". :)
wrote:
>Really? A miniseries? Hasn't anyone interested seen the sappy movie?
Mason Barge
Mar 4, 2012, 12:52:26 PM3/4/12
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people who actually use it because they are so afraid of flying.
Cruise ships also reposition with distances a lot longer than NY-Ireland,
but as to those your point is correct -- the passengers onboard are there
for a cheap vacation, not to reach a destination.
Fred has mentioned Poseidon a couple of times, which fully answers your
suggestion, but the problem with doing an update is that the elegance and
strict class-consciousness of the Edwardian era can't really be recreated
in modern times.
erilar
Mar 4, 2012, 3:36:16 PM3/4/12
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In article <4ga7l79kbph3tg16t...@4ax.com>,
Oh, but that's WORTH watching more than once 8-)
--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist
--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist
Mason Barge
Mar 4, 2012, 6:09:21 PM3/4/12
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On Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:36:16 -0600, erilar <dra...@chibardun.net.invalid>
wrote:
OMG you are so easy :)
My wife got a copy of the WORST version of P&P ever made and watched it
like a 9-year-old with a Transformers DVD. At least 20 times.
wrote:
My wife got a copy of the WORST version of P&P ever made and watched it
like a 9-year-old with a Transformers DVD. At least 20 times.
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