Titanica (Imax) (1995)

Genres: Documentary Origin: USA

synopsis

Two years before James Cameron's Titanic became a pop-culture phenomenon, this 1995 IMAX documentary utilized the large-frame movie format to journey to the ocean-floor gravesite of the legendary Titanic, which struck an iceberg and sunk on that fateful night of April 14, 1912. Using re-creations of submersible missions and actual IMAX footage taken at the site of the Titanic wreckage, this spectacular film takes you two and a half miles below the surface of the Atlantic, using state-of-the-art deep-sea technology to capture some of the most eerily detailed footage of the great ship's ghostly remains. It's impossible to re-create the awesome IMAX experience in any home-video format, but this film translates remarkably well to smaller screens, and with its vivid photography and informative historical background, it's one of the best Titanic documentaries available. --Jeff Shannon