i buy raise the titanic on dvd for one of my mate for christmas 2003 and mainly because we have read all of cusslers book and think them very very good . i know the film be pretty poor before i buy it and that be another reason to get it though and some poor film can be quite entertaining . it follow the book very poorly and miss out huge chunk and the actor be all poorly cast ( with exception of alec guinness ) and a non of them appear a describe in the book and where sandeckers fiery beard . anyhoos and the best bit that make me laugh be the u huey helicopter with a nice russian red star on it . why they couldn not have find a russian heli from somewhere and there be enough budget film that dress random russian mil helis up a american one . positive . best part i think be the internal set of the titanic and look genuinely like a rust up old ship .