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Who is the man in Titanic?
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Towards the end when the ships sinking theres a man who jumps in a lifeboat when he's not supposed to. One of the crew sees him but lets the boat down anyway.
He's got a longish face, moustache and i think is involved in the crew or first class or somthing cos he's seen in some of the first class scenes. Anyone know who he is, its really bugging me
He's got a longish face, moustache and i think is involved in the crew or first class or somthing cos he's seen in some of the first class scenes. Anyone know who he is, its really bugging me
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Joseph Bruce Ismay: Ismay is portrayed as an ignorant first-class rich man. In the film, he uses his position as White Star Line managing director to influence Captain Smith to go faster with the prospect of an earlier arrival in New York and favorable press attention. After the collision, he struggles to comprehend that his "unsinkable" ship is doomed, later sneaking on board a lifeboat to escape.
Apparently his actions haunted him for the rest of his life. Tut tut
The little things like the boat sinking?
Forgot about them. Don't like them either.
Welll yeahhhhhhh :rolleyes:
Nah, but I like boats/vessels and I find the history of the Titanic quite interesting.... so although the film obviously isn't a fully accurate historical representation, its a good watch.
Fair enough. Like you say its not an accurate representation, just dramatised to attract audiences. Still love it tho
Or showing Hollywood's irritating tendancy for depicting every single British person as sheer unmitigated evil.
Except British decipitions tend to present Ismay in the same light. He was an unmitigated nuisance running around trying to order the crew to do things, luckily they ignored him and didn't overload boats or launch before ready. It seems as the reality hit him his nerve however broke and he got into a lifeboat, the crew - probably glad to see the back of him - let him go. I think the BBC article is being unduly kind (he wasn't on the side where the boats were being lowered empty due to lack of passengers, but on the other side where there were plenty)