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James Cameron's Expedition - Bismarck [VHS]
 
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James Cameron's Expedition - Bismarck [VHS] (2002)

Andy Bader , David J. Bercuson , James Cameron , Gary Johnstone  |  NR |  VHS Tape
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)


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  • Actors: Andy Bader, David J. Bercuson, James Cameron, Richard Doyle, Bob Elkins
  • Directors: James Cameron, Gary Johnstone
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
  • Language: English, German, Russian
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Number of tapes: 1
  • Studio: Family Home Ent
  • VHS Release Date: May 20, 2003
  • Run Time: 92 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000844II
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #366,555 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)


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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars I Expected More, March 15, 2004
Being a history buff and interested in sunken ships, I had missed the television showing of this film on the Discovery Channel due to other commitments. So I ordered the DVD and anxiously awaited its release to that format. Rewatching it recently, I have to say it is mildly disappointing. The underwater footage is excellent, but there isn't enough of it. The history of the ship and sinking is decent, but not extensive. The recreations are well made, but at times out of place. The interviews with survivors pretty moving and helpful, but don't add as much as pure narration could have. Some of the questions about the sinking and final fate of the ship are brought up ambiguously and, apparently resolved, yet not convincingly and in an anti-climatic fashion. Overall, I didn't get the amount of pure footage of the sunken ship that I expected. The bonus materials on the second disc are essentially worthless. The main complaint? More underwater footage was needed to make this worthwhile.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The big mystery is solved., May 6, 2006
I do not know which program was being watched by the reviewers who say there is no information or substance in this documentary. This is by far the best documentary on the Bismarck and the Battle of the Denmark Strait ever filmed. Not only do you see the most awesome footage ever shot of this legendary ship but they bring back undeniable proof that answers the biggest question about this epic event in maritime history. They prove conclusively that the German crew's claim that they scuttled the ship was absolutely true. The ROV entered the area of the hull where the Dorsetshire's torpedoes hit and showed that they did not even scorch the paint on the inner armour belt much less penetrate it. Cameron also does not gloss over the fact that the British continued to mercilessly pound the ship and butcher helpless men for more than an hour after the Bismarck had lost the ability to return fire. It is easy to understand why the decision was made to scuttle the ship.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Informative, good but not great, February 10, 2004
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I originally saw this documentary on The Discovery Channel and thought it was pretty interesting. The first disc consists of the program itself and starts/ends with a meeting of survivors of the battle from both sides.
Some of the German survivors actually went on Cameron's expedition to the wreck site, they gave advice on best robot camera entry points & so on. I thought the reenactment scenes looked very good (see disc 2 for a behind the scenes segment on that)as did some of the computer animated segments. Perhaps the most interesting point made was the contention that evidence indicated that the Bismarck's crew scuttled the ship, as they claimed, and most of the British Naval gunfire was ineffectual at best.
Disc 2 was actually more interesting to me with it's many segments of computer animation illustrating various parts of the battle & the sinking of the Bismarck. There's a section of multiangle video views of the ship, that's a joke because while there are some interestinng wreck pictures I could not get the claimed multi angle function to work
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