Petition to re-release "Titanica" in 7Omm IMAX | Read more at in70mm.com The 70mm Newsletter |
| Written by: Filmmaker V. Trent | Date: 01.02.2026 |
 It is truly a privilege to write for this website and to tell you about a project campaign I am very passionate about. As a filmmaker, who is greatly inspired by the IMAX 70mm film experience, seeing this project become a reality is extremely important to me; which is why I initiated this campaign to make it happen. I have the petition linked below.Last year, I had the honor of connecting with Director Stephen Low and having an extensive deep dive conversation about his forgotten project, “Titanica”. I was told many stories about the production that inspired me as an artist and truly blew my mind—as it would for so many celluloid film, IMAX 70mm, cinephiles, and Titanic aficionados. • Go to NL Petition • Go to DE Petition “Titanica” is an IMAX 70mm film directed by Stephen Low and released in IMAX theaters in 1992, originally narrated by Cedric Smith. Since then, the original film has become a lost treasure. What currently exists of the true IMAX version is only an optical 35mm print-down of the original 95-minute Director’s Cut on VHS and LaserDisc, which are now obsolete. What is currently available on DVD is a downscaled, reshoot-filled, recut-and-shortened-for-television, rescored, and re-narrated by Lenard Nimoy version in abysmal quality. Ultimately, the cut that is currently available to the public is a frankensteined and lesser version that does not honor the vision of what Mr. Low and the deep-sea crew accomplished. To this day, IMAX has not given Mr. Low and his company access to the original negatives or a print for a proper remaster. An IMAX 70mm film print of "Titanica" still holds the highest-quality footage ever captured of the Titanic wreck; up to 12-18K IMAX 70mm Film resolution. And as the years progress and Titanic continues its disintegration underwater, this unbelievable footage preserves the ship mostly intact, as it was originally discovered. As avid passion and interest in the ill-fated ship grows at an astronomical rate every year, this is the definitive film that will make every Titanic enthusiast water at the mouth. Additionally, the motion picture was not cut as a traditional documentary. The original film is presented with a narrative approach, as if it were conceived as a drama. The film also features the last surviving passenger of the Titanic, Eva Hart. An IMAX 70mm film camera was used to capture her recollections of the disaster. In post-production, Hart (in her late eighties) re-recorded and lip synced her memories with ADR to preserve the original IMAX-captured footage of her. Low has personally told me that she herself experienced the original IMAX 70mm film print of "Titanica" in IMAX theaters, and that “she was enchanted with it.”. I sincerely implore all my fellow filmmakers, celluloid motion picture enthusiasts, cinephiles, and Titanic aficionados to please join in signing my petition linked below. The aim is to convince IMAX Co. to have audiences experience this incredible motion picture re-released in the IMAX 70mm theaters and to create a never-before-released 4K UHD Blu-ray for home video. Thank you very much, and welcome aboard. Help re-release the original version | More in 70mm reading: "Titanica" Imax Film Sheds New Light On The Legendary Shipwreck in70mm.com's page about IMAX & Omnimax in70mm.com News Peripheral Vision, Scopes, Dimensions and Panoramas in70mm.com's Library Presented on the big screen in 7OMM 7OMM and Cinema Across the World Now showing in 70mm in a theatre near you! 70mm Retro - Festivals and Screenings |
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