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TV’s 1979 Titanic movie comes to Blu in two versions. We liked it when new but didn’t care for the cut-down theatrical version that hit DVD in 2002. Kino’s disc completes a set of various film versions of the infamous 1912 disaster, and allows us the chance for a Titanic ‘battle of the bands’ — we’ll rate them from several criteria. The filmed-in-England production has a nicely-chosen soap opera cast: David Janssen, Cloris Leachman, Ian Holm, Helen Mirren, Anna Quayle, David Warner, Susan Saint James, Harry Andrews.

S.O.S. Titanic

Blu-ray

Kl Studio Classics

1979 / Color / 1:66 widescreen / 102 + 144 min. / Street Date October 13, 2020 / available through Kino Lorber / 24.95

Starring: David Janssen, Cloris Leachman, Ian Holm, Helen Mirren, Anna Quayle, David Warner, Timothy Spall, Susan Saint James, Harry Andrews, Ed Bishop, Jerry Hauser, Aubrey Morris, Norman Rossington, Catherine Byrne, Warren Clarke, Madge Ryan.

Cinematography: Christopher Challis

Film Editor: Rusty Coppleman

Original Music: Howard Blake

Special effects: Wally Veevers,...

Warren Clarke, the U.K. actor best remembered on cinema screens for his turn in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, has died. He was 67. His death was announced by his representatives at the Independent Talent Group, who issued a statement published in The Guardian newspaper that read: "The actor Warren Clarke died peacefully in his sleep on 12 November 2014, after a short illness." Known for his heavy build, Clarke played thuggish droog Dim led by Malcolm McDowell’s ringleader in the controversial 1971 adaptation. Roles in films including Anthony and Cleopatra (1972), S.O.S. Titanic (1979), Top

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