"It would have been cheaper to have lowered
the Atlantic!"
-Lord Lew Grade-Producer
"Awful from the beginning to end."
"Worst movie ever made."
-Clive Cussler-Author
-Chicago Tribune
"Dopily brusque even for an adventure film."
-New York Times
"The Titanic made a much more interesting film
going down than it does coming up." -Columbus Dispatch
"The sparse box-office response, energized by poor critical reaction
worldwide, seems deserved; the film while being ambitious and
professional, could not quite ignite the explosive elements of
Cussler's book. In addition, it failed to conjure any of the
fascination or mystery the public had come to expect from the
Titanic legend."
-Wayne Valero, Author
"The Collectors Guide To Clive Cussler
Raise The Titanic had its world premiere in Boston, MA on July
30, 1980 and released nationwide on August 1, 1980. In all actuality, this film has
hardly any resemblance to Dr. Cussler's best-selling novel. The
script went through over 10 re-writes and the costs alone to make
this film could have fed a third world country. Almost every single
dollar invested in this film was spent rather poorly. This film had
so much potential to become a blockbuster smash but it fizzled out
before it even started. The press alone, with so many bad reviews,
killed the box-office tickets. "Raise the Titanic" was also released
during the initial release of one of the biggest films that year;
"The Empire Strikes Back".
And you know the rest of the story. . .
In this section, I will show you many different aspects on how the film
was made and show you various photos, articles, reviews and scripts.
Here is a break down of what will be covered.
ADE Scenes-Various scenes from the finalized script that were never
used in the film. ADE stands for Alternate, Deleted and
Extended.
Cast & Crew-Information,
photos, links & short biographies of the various cast &
crew members of the film.
Reviews-From
various newspapers that reviewed the film, to external links
from various websites that have reviewed it to users like
yourself and from users from the IMDB.
