The Last Voyage: Amazon.ca: Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, George Sanders, Edmond O'Brien, Woody Strode, Jack Kruschen, Joel Marston, George Furness, Richard Norris, Marshall Kent, Andrew Hughes, Robert Martin, Andrew L. Stone: DVD

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2.0 out of 5 stars nothing special, except the story behind it., Jan 16 2004

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This review is from: Last Voyage (VHS Tape)

This was, in fact, a fairly bad film. The sinking scene are unbelievable, even considering this film's age. The cast overacts and the mood is obscenely portentous. Still, there's a good story to be had, though it's not told in the film. The movie's S.S. Claridon was originally CGT/French Line's Ile de France, the company's premier liner after the 1942 sinking of the Normandie. Superbly designed, the Ile de France was barely thirty when French Line sent her to the scrappers in response to her aging and the dropoff in transatlantic bookings due to jet travel. CGT sold her to Japanese scrappers, who renamed her Furansu Maru for her final trip. They also allowed MGM to charter her as a prop for this film, at $4,000 a day. Furious at the undignified end their former liner was meeting, the French Line took MGM to court over the matter. They obtained an order forcing the production company to repaint the ship in different colors and remove all traces of French language from the liner. She was partially sunk offshore in the Inland Sea for the film, played host to myriad cheesy special effects, and was finally sent to the scrappers in Osaka. So really, what can we learn here? The French have dignity, the Japanese can't be trusted in such affairs, and most American movies look awful given forty years of retrospect.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Fairly Gripping Movie, Nov 23 2003

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Westley (Stuck in my head) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Last Voyage (VHS Tape)

THE LAST VOYAGE tells of a sinking cruise liner and the panic of the crew and passengers. Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone star as a happy couple trapped aboard the sinking ship; they co-starred in "Written on the Wind" 4 years earlier and received Oscar nominations (Dorothy received the best supporting actress Oscar). Their work here is far less impressive, but they acquit themselves admirably with the material. Unfortunately, their young daughter in the movie (Tammy Marihugh) gives one of the shrillest child performances ever.

The reasons for the ship sinking are somewhat murky and unexciting (a small fire?). Although some suspense is generated subsequently, the plot and characters are rather hackneyed. Predictably, the Captain under-estimates the danger and his crew argue with him, and so forth.

On the plus side, the special effects are pretty impressive for the time. The producers leased the S.S. Ile de France, which was a famous French cruise ship that was being de-commissioned. Thus, they were able to partially sink the ship, and the results are some fairly realistic looking scenes, especially toward the end.

Overall, this film is an above-average 1960s film that compares favorably with similar films of the period, such as the 1953 version of Titanic.

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1.0 out of 5 stars The groans don't come from the weakened bulkhead alone, Nov 23 2003

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I don't know how dialogue and acting could be more forced and unnatural than they are in this film. And those scenes where people run into frame, shout something excitedly, and run right back out again! They just had to be the inspiration for that scene in "Airplane!" where Lloyd Bridges gives the first emergency orders to his staff. "The Last Voyage" is no doubt the reason, too, why Robert Stack was cast in the Abrahams/Zucker spoof.

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5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!!! THE LAST 91 MINS OF THE S.S. CLARIDEN!
I was on ebay earlier this year when i bought THE LAST VOYAGE on video, when i watched it i was on the edge of my seat! Read more

Published on Aug 24 2003 by Sam Adams

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Film!
Great movie about a disaster on the sea. Really keeps you on the edge of your seat. They actually sank a real ship. Read more

Published on Jan 9 2002