talk about sabotage a bestseller . this cold war era thriller about a massive effort to raise the legendary titanic be a complete botch . if you haven not read clive cussler imaginative and but right wing thriller about a gigantic defense shield that will protect america and then you might enjoy this soggy saga . long and boring and with few action interlude of any cinematic significance and raise the titanic be a complete waste of time . richard jordan isn not a very charismatic dirk pitt and the word be that the failure of this mega budget movie sink cussler dirk pitt franchise until sahara come along to revive it . they be raise the titanic because it may have hide in it waterly bowel the secret element to make a defense shield feasible . the end truly suck . it appear a if the liberal get their hand on this movie . we do not get the defense shield in the movie because that would make u villainous . the two decent moment in this dreary adventure be the opening scene set to john barry unforgettable theme music that recount the construction and voyage of the titanic . later and alec guiness get to put the old flag on the cruise ship after it be raise . avoid this debacle .