With Leslie Nielsen as the ultra-serious captain, before he became known for comic roles.
The original. I think Steve McQueen II was still a toddler when that movie came out.
And a sober Shelley Winters
Surely you’re not ultra-serious?
Please call me Shirley
Its not over till the former award winning swimmer drowns.
I also watched it this afternoon. What an annoying, whiny bunch of survivors. “Sober Shelley Winters” was probably the most sympathetic character. By the end I was rooting for MORE of them to die.
Check out the maybe not so sober Shelley Winters on the Tonight Show with Oliver Reed
Anybody in proximity to Oliver Reed can get drunk by osmosis.
If anyone is interested, this thread I started last year details 15-30 seconds of the movie being excised after the initial run. I’m still working on an answer; think Unca Cecil might take a crack at it?
When they see the tidal wave, the way he reads the line, “Oh my god” is so affect-less and completely flat he simply becomes Frank Drebbin in a sailor hat*!*
Going to the top (bottom) of the ship when they know they’ll be facing an unbroken sheet of one half inch steel?
^ Worse; they kept making a big deal about the hull only being one inch thick* and they would cut their way out–I suppose using Jesus-approved tin snips.
*Rogo: Listen, kid, do you know how thick one inch of steel is?
Scott: It’s one inch less than two inches.
Wasn’t there also a line about how any rescue attempt would have to come through the hull, and if they can’t get to us maybe we can get to them? I don’t know that they were planning to cut their own way out of the ship, just to get to where the rescuers could, and to stay alive long enough.
Even in a life-threatening crisis, Scott’s grasp of higher mathematics was as keen as ever.
Yep. Recall that they met another group of survivors who were headed for the bow-but IIRC Hackman’s character tried to point out that the steel in the bow is going to be quite a bit thicker than at the stern.
IIRC, Scott even performed a classroom demonstration: he held his thumb and index 2" apart, then closed them to 1". Dazzling display.
Just before the riot when the Xmas tree falls over, Scott shouts We may even go under before we cut our way out. (I think there might be a word or two missing, the dialogue transcript has gaps.)
It was the kid, who had been given a tour, that pointed out the hull was weaker near the stern.
I think the overall goal was to survive as long as possible in hope of rescue. But there was still a “now what” moment when they reached the end.
Not only did the party get wet, they swam underwater for a bit. Someone didn’t make it.
The fire was the dumbest part to me. There was a large, constant fire. Didn’t consume much O2 and didn’t produce much choking smoke during the adventure.
Also, the tilt. The bow goers werre going down slope. Bow under water already perhaps.