directed by Rob Rombout | 70′ | 2004 | United Kingdom, Atlantic Ocean, USA
From the start, it has been decided that the Queen Mary 2 would be the longest, the largest, the most expensive and luxurious ship ever built. We follow Micky Arison (ship owner and president of Carnival), Stephen Payne and Andrew Collier (architect and interior designer), the Commodore Ronald W. Warwick, engineers, marketing managers and artists as they take up the challenge. In 1998, Carnival, the largest cruise company in the world took over the legendary Cunard Company. Inside Carnival, a few people dared to suggest a crazy project : building a transatlantic liner in the Cunard tradition, which also responds to an American market always in search of new features and greater sensations.
En 1998, la mythique compagnie Cunard est rachetée par le géant de la croisière, le groupe Carnival, quelques personnes osent proposer un projet fou : construire un transatlantique dans la tradition de Cunard, mais qui réponde à la demande d’un marché américain toujours en quête de nouveautés et de sensations. Dès sa conception, il est décidé que le Queen Mary 2 sera le paquebot le plus long, le plus large, le plus cher, le plus luxueux jamais construit. Micky Arison (propriétaire et armateur), Stephen Payne et Andrew Collier (respectivement architecte et décorateur), le Commodore Ronald W. Warwick, les ingénieurs, les responsables de la commercialisation et les artistes chargés de la décoration relèvent le défi…
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Em 1998, Carnival, a maior companhia de cruzeiros do mundo, adquiriu a lendária Cunard Company. Algumas pessoas na empresa Carnival ousaram sugerir um projeto louco: construir um cruzeiro transatlântico na tradição da Cunard, o que também era a resposta para um mercado americano sempre à procura de novos atributos e maiores sensações. Desde o princípio ficou decidido que a Queen Mary 2 seria o navio mais comprido, maior, mais dispendioso e luxuoso alguma vez construído.
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Director Rob Rombout | Script Rob Rombout, and Louis-Philippe Capelle | Director of photography Louis-Philippe Capelle | Editing Adriana Moreira De Oliveira | Postproduction image Triangle 7 | Sound Griet van Reeth | Sound editing and sound mixing Paul Heymans | Original Music Hughes Maréchal | Soundstudio 5/5 | Line producer Philippe Bedfert | Executive producer Chantal Bernheim | Producer Ardent | Co-producer Arte France, and RTB (belgian television) | In collaboration with Région Pays de Loire, Dune films, Leapfrog, Sokan, and Sphimages
Original title Queen Mary 2, the enterprise | Original language English and French | Available version(s) Original French version | Original format video | Format 16/9 | Color À VÉRIFIER