Is there a movie about the Edmund Fitzgerald?

Documentary re-creating the mysterious sinking of the cargo ship "Edmund Fitzgerald" on November 10, 1975 in Lake Superior. Features dramatic re-enactments of events aboard the doomed ship, and actual live-action footage from a descent to the wreck during the summer of 1995.

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1995

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Canal D; Cinenova Productions; Discovery Channel Productions; Shaw Media

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60m

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Documentary re-creating the mysterious sinking of the cargo ship "Edmund Fitzgerald" on November 10, 1975 in Lake Superior. Features dramatic re-enactments of events aboard the doomed ship, and actual live-action footage from a descent to the wreck during the summer of 1995.

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1995

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Canal D; Cinenova Productions; Discovery Channel Productions; Shaw Media

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Chronicles the history of the legendary Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in a violent storm with the loss of the entire crew in Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. In the summer of 1995, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, National Geographic Society, Canadian Navy, and Sony Corporation descended to the site of the wreck, more than 500 feet below the surface of the lake. This documentary takes a look at their expedition.

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  Fascinating documentary chronicling the final fateful voyage of the most famous Great Lakes shipwreck of all time. I really don't understand why in 2020 we still have yet to have an actual movie to tell these mens' story. It could be just as entertaining as Titanic, but minus the romance. The least we can do is honor their memories with a competent motion picture. There are plenty of great filmmakers up to the challenge. Either way, this was riveting, and fairly thorough considering the just under an hour runtime.

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  The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
  Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee
  The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
  When the skies of November turn gloomy

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  Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn from minutes to hours? I know I gotta trust God but sometimes this shit so hard it’s like why me? I cause it’s really not too bad because I am not getting shot or physically beaten but still

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  It should have been me out there man damn

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  Much like Meltdown: Three Mile Island, this documentary doesn't necessarily cover more than what it has to for those educated on the event as a whole, but Shipwreck still tells its story in an engaging way with fun dramatizations and really good narration that allows you to at least get a very brief history of this crash as a whole. I'll be honest, though, I was kind of only half paying attention during the original watching of this documentary, and later found myself surprised that no historical adaptations have been made of this event, like a movie or a play, so now that I kind of want to try and write one myself, I'm gonna have to do a lot…

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  Watched after reading The Mighty Fitz by Michael Schumacher. Great to see the exact same things discussed in the book visualized.

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  Today marks exactly 45 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in Lake Superior, and it felt fitting to rewatch this.

  Watched the livestream of the bell ceremony today, which was broadcasted that way because of COVID and all. Very moving and nice to see.

  This is better than I remembered and it does a great job chronicling a mystery and story that's fascinated me for probably 15+ years now. Does a phenomenal job of building the tension, even though you know what's going to happen, and that ending montage will never get old.

  We've gotten movies for the Titanic and the Andrea Gail...but we need ones for this and the Andrea Doria. Call it "FITZ." Perfect title.

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  I've been fascinated by the Edmund Fitzgerald for probably 15 years now (since I was probably six or seven). It's one of the most legendary and mysterious shipwrecks - yes, the violent storm more than likely caused it to sink in some way or another, but the mystique of the Fitz going down without a distress call or a trace, and taking 29 men with her, is morbidly fascinating. We don't know if they broke up, capsized, were upended by a rogue wave, or something else.

  I knew most of the stuff they went over in this documentary, but the dramatizations really added to the sinking and it's a good comprehensive look at one of the more tragic shipwrecks. Fantastic tribute at the end as well.

  Glad they used Gordon Lightfoot's iconic "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" in parts, though. Such a fantastic song.