History Film / SavingTheTitanic

* TheEngineer: The film focuses on the ''Titanic's'' engineering crew and their efforts to keep the ship afloat and the emergency systems working long enough for help to arrive.

->What is she compared to the sea?

* CoversAlwaysLie: There was no waves or clouds at the night of the sinking.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Given how not much is known about the engineers and stokers' actions during the actual disaster, this was to be expected. The coal bunker fire theory [[DocumentaryOfLies popularised]] by Senan Molony and implied to be a major factor for the disaster in the film was thoroughly debunked by a number of ''Titanic'' scholars and enthusiasts such as [=YouTuber=] and White Star Line fan WebVideo/{{Spammals}} and the ''VideoGame/TitanicHonorAndGlory'' dev team. The photographic blemish as seen in ''Titanic - The New Evidence'' could be dismissed as just that, a ''blemish'', rather than a warped section of the hull indicating an AchillesHeel which may have exacerbated things, if that was a contributing factor at all.
* AscendedExtra: Whilst the firemen, trimmers and engineers were hardly even extras in RealLife for their valiant efforts, ''Saving The Titanic'' strove to give them justice and memorialise them as opposed to a few minutes of screen time in most portrayals.

* TheGhost: It sure makes you wonder where Captain Smith, J. Bruce Ismay and Molly Brown, let alone Jack Thayer or Harold Bride, were in the film. But that isn't what the story is about.

* SinkingShipScenario: The film is mainly set as the ''Titanic'' is sinking following her fatal collision with the iceberg.

* TheGhost: It sure makes you wonder where Captain Smith, J. Bruce Ismay and Molly Brown, let alone Jack Dawson or Rose Bukater, were in the film. But that isn't what the story is about.

* ForegoneConclusion: Being a ''Titanic'' film, pretty much everyone knows what happened afterwards.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: [[spoiler:Disgusted at being UsedAllAlong in exchange for being portrayed by White Star as "heroes", Barrett leaves the offices, while his colleague Paddy gleefully accepts the offer.]]

* ConspicuousCG: Though it wasn't all that bad, and CGI shots of the ship were used sparingly anyway, with the live-action scenes mostly confined to shots of the ship's interior and engine/boiler rooms.

* HowWeGotHere: The film starts in New York where Barrett is summoned to testify and recount his experiences on board.

Narrated by Liam Cunningham and starring David Wilmot and Ciarán [=McMenamin=], ''Saving The Titanic'' is a 2012 [[UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}} Irish]]-[[UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} German]] {{Docudrama}} revolving around the efforts of the ill-fated ship's engineers and stokers at keeping the ship afloat for as long as she could possibly can, [[DelayingAction buying passengers some time]] to board the lifeboats. Told InMediasRes, Leading Fireman Frederick Barrett ([=McMenamin=]) is summoned by the White Star Line to be part of an inquiry on the sinking, in hopes that the company would paint a rosy picture of what happened during that fateful night. This film is also notable for being more about a particular group of people on board (i.e. the aforementioned crew) than on the usual cast of characters typical of a ''Titanic'' drama.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Given how not much is known about the engineers and stokers' actions during the actual disaster, this was to be expected. The coal bunker fire theory [[DocumentaryOfLies popularised]] by Senan Molony and implied to be a major factor for the disaster in the film was thoroughly debunked by a number of ''Titanic'' scholars and enthusiasts such as [=YouTuber=] and White Star Line fan WebVideo/{{Spammals}} and the ''VideoGame/TitanicHonorAndGlory'' dev team. The blemish as seen in ''Titanic - The New Evidence'' could be dismissed as just that, a ''blemish'', rather than a warped section of the hull indicating an AchillesHeel which may have exacerbated things, if that was a contributing factor at all.

* TheGhost: It sure makes you wonder where Captain Smith and Molly Brown, let alone Jack Dawson or Rose Bukater, were in the film. But that isn't what the story is about.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Given how not much is known about the engineers and stokers' actions during the actual disaster, this was to be expected. The coal bunker fire theory popularised by Senan Molony and implied to be a major factor for the disaster in the film was thoroughly debunked by a number of ''Titanic'' scholars and enthusiasts such as [=YouTuber=] and White Star Line fan WebVideo/{{Spammals}} and the ''VideoGame/TitanicHonorAndGlory'' dev team. The blemish as seen in ''Titanic - The New Evidence'' could be dismissed as just that, a ''blemish'', rather than a warped section of the hull indicating an AchillesHeel which may have exacerbated things, if that was a contributing factor at all.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Given how not much is known about the engineers and stokers' actions during the actual disaster, this was to be expected.

* CriticalResearchFailure: The coal bunker fire theory popularised by Senan Molony and implied to be a major factor for the disaster in the film was also thoroughly debunked by a number of ''Titanic'' scholars and enthusiasts such as [=YouTuber=] and White Star Line fan WebVideo/{{Spammals}} and the ''VideoGame/TitanicHonorAndGlory'' dev team. The blemish as seen in ''Titanic - The New Evidence'' could be dismissed as just that, a ''blemish'', rather than a warped section of the hull indicating an AchillesHeel which may have exacerbated things, if that was a contributing factor at all.

** Recurring Titanic figure Thomas Andrews does make appearances though, and with Smith sort of absent in the story, Engineer Bell became something of an {{Expy}} for the captain, like when Andrews informs him that the ship is a lost cause and must be abandoned by any means possible.

[[caption-width-right:300:Because for some, a tale about the crew members most people tend to overlook is a better sell than a sappy love story.]]

* CriticalResearchFailure: The coal bunker fire theory popularised by Senan Molony and implied to be a major factor for the disaster in the film was also thoroughly debunked by a number of ''Titanic'' scholars and enthusiasts such as [=YouTuber=] and White Star Line fan WebVideo/{{Spammals}} and the ''VideoGame/TitanicHonorAndGlory'' dev team. The blemish as seen in ''Titanic - The New Evidence'' could be dismissed as just that, a ''blemish'', rather than a waped section of the hull indicating an AchillesHeel which may have exacerbated things, if that was a contributing factor at all.

* AscendedExtra: Whilst the firemen, trimmers and engineers were hardly even extras InRealLife for their valiant efforts, ''Saving The Titanic'' strove to give them justice and memorialise them as opposed to a few minutes of screen time in most portrayals.

Narrated by Liam Cunningham and starring David Wilmot and Ciarán [=McMenamin=], ''Saving The Titanic'' is a 2012 Irish-German {{Docudrama}} revolving around the efforts of the ill-fated ship's engineers and stokers at keeping the ship afloat for as long as she could possibly can, [[DelayingAction buying passengers some time]] to board the lifeboats. Told InMediasRes, Leading Fireman Frederick Barrett ([=McMenamin=]) is summoned by the White Star Line to be part of an inquiry on the sinking, in hopes that the company would paint a rosy picture of what happened during that fateful night. This film is also notable for being more about a particular group of people on board (i.e. the aforementioned crew) than on the usual cast of characters typical of a ''Titanic'' drama.