Ghosts of the Abyss
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Directed by | James Cameron |
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Music by | Joel McNeely |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $13 million[2] |
Box office | $28.7 million[3] |
Ghosts of the Abyss (also known as Titanic 3D: Ghosts of the Abyss
The film is narrated by actor
Plot
Director
Cast
Throughout the movie, there are re-enactments of events that are discussed that use CGI recreations of the interior of the Titanic.
- Thomas Andrews
- Ken Marschall as White Star Line President J. Bruce Ismay
- Miguel Wilkins as Qm. Robert Hichens
- Federico Zambrano as John Jacob Astor IV
- Dale Ridge as Elizabeth Lines
- Judy Prestininzi as Molly Brown
- Adrianna Valdez as Helen Churchill Candee
- Justin Shaw as Wireless Officer Jack Phillips
- Thomas Kilroy as Poker Player
- Charlie Arneson as First Officer William Murdoch
- Piper Gunnarson as Madeleine Astor
- John Donovan as Captain Edward Smith
- Janace Tashjian as Edith Russell
- Jesse Baker as Second Officer Charles Lightoller
- Justin Baker as Junior Wireless Officer Harold Bride
- Aaron C. Fitzgerald as Lookout Frederick Fleet
- Bill Paxton as the narrator
Release
The film was screened out of competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.[7]
Home media
The feature film on the DVD is 90 minutes long and is available in a two-disc edition and as the fifth disc in the Titanic five-Disc Deluxe Limited Edition.
Rolling Stone included the documentary in its 2012 list of the best 3D movies.[11]
Reception
Box office
The film grossed $17.1 million from a maximum release of 97 theaters in the United States. It also grossed $11.7 million internationally, for a total worldwide gross of $28.8 million.[3]
Critical response
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Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that the documentary earned 80% positive reviews based on 102 reviews and an average score of 7.10/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "The underwater footage is both beautiful and awe-inspiring."[12] On Metacritic, the film has an average score of 67 out of 100 from 24 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[13]
Soundtrack
The official soundtrack's score was composed and conducted by Joel McNeely, and the orchestrations were conducted by David Brown, Marshall Bowen, and Frank Macchia. The album was also recorded and mixed by Rich Breen, edited by Craig Pettigrew, and mastered by Pat Sullivan. The album was ultimately produced by
Toad the Wet Sprocket lead singer and songwriter Glen Phillips contributed the opening track, "Departure". James Cameron loved the band's 1991 track "Nightingale Song" but found Columbia Records' licensing fee too high (it wanted over $5,000 for the use of the one minute he wanted to use) so he contacted the band's management hoping they could re-record it for his film, only to find they had broken up in 1998 and could not. However, during the negotiations Cameron asked if Phillips would be interested in writing a new track in the spirit of the older song and "Departure" was created. it was produced, mixed, and all instruments played by Phillips in his garage studio though this was not credited in the CD booklet.
The closing track is Darkness, Darkness by Lisa Torban, whose discography and biography remain unknown to this day.
References
- ^ Poirier, Agnes (25 April 2003). "Ghosts of the Abyss". Screen International. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
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- New Zealand Herald. March 19, 2005. Archivedfrom the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
- ^ a b "Titanic 3D: Ghosts Of The Abyss (2003)". Yahoo! Movies. 2012. Archived from the original on 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
- ^ "47218_GotAEGv15_A" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Ghosts of the Abyss". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-21. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
- ^ Poirier, Agnes (25 April 2003). "Ghosts of the Abyss". Screen International. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Ghost of the Abyss 3D Blu-ray". www.stereoscopynews.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
- ^ "James Cameron's Ghosts of the Abyss Blu-ray 3D Release Date and Details (Updated) – TheHDRoom". TheHDRoom. 2012-05-20. Archived from the original on 2013-03-09. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
- ^ "The Best and Worst 3D Movies". Rolling Stone. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
- ^ "Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- CBS Interactive. Archivedfrom the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2021.