The Life and Mystery of First Officer William Murdoch
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Country: United States Release date: 31 March 2003 Director: James Cameron Cast: Bill Paxton, Lori Johnston and Lewis Abernathy
Plot: Academy Award® winning director and master storyteller James Cameron journeys back to the site of his greatest inspiration - the legendary wreck of the Titanic. With a team of the world's foremost historic and marine experts and friend Bill Paxton, he embarks on an unscripted adventure back to the final grave where nearly 1,500 souls lost their lives almost a century ago. Using state-of-the-art technology developed expressly for this expedition, Cameron and his crew are able to explore virtually all of the wreckage, inside and out, as never before. With the most advanced 3D photography, moviegoers will experience the ship as if they are part of the crew, right inside the dive subs. In this unprecedented motion picture event, made especially for IMAX 3D Theatres and specially outfitted 35mm 3D theaters across the country, Cameron and his team bring audiences to sights not seen since.
Trivia: The two robotic submarines in the film are named Jake and Elwood, a reference to The Blues Brothers.
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) Charlie Arneson
Ghosts of the Abyss is a 3D IMAX film by director James Cameron who journeys back to Titanic with friend Bill Paxton and a team of the world's foremost historic and marine experts on an unscripted attempt to explore virtually all of the wreckage, inside and out, as never before using 3D photography. It also includes some dramatic recreations of events that took place that night.
The actor who plays First Officer Murdoch during the film's recreations is Charlie Arneson, a James Cameron collaborator who worked on both The Abyss (1989) and Titanic (1997) as a systems manager (ocean images) and aquatic reseacher/advisor. In fact, in Ghosts of the Abyss Charlie was the also production supervisor.
The following images are behind-the-scenes photos when the actors were filmed against a greenscreen:
Charlie Arneson, as First Officer William Murdoch.
Charlie Arneson as First Officer Murdoch (centre) listening as the ship's carpenter reports to the captain.
Charlie Arneson as First Officer Murdoch, J.J. Donovan as Captain Smith,
unknown, Brett Sauey as Sixth Officer Moody and Jesse Baker as Second Officer Lightoller.
