and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic,
it stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage.
Cameron's inspiration for the film came from his fascination with shipwrecks;
he felt a love story interspersed with the human loss would be essential to convey the emotional message of the disaster.
Production began in 1995, when Cameron shot footage of the actual Titanic wreck.
The modern scenes on the research vessel were shot on board the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh,
which Cameron had used as a base when filming the wreck. Scale models, computer-generated imagery,
and a reconstruction of the Titanic built at Playas de Rosarito in Baja California were used to re-create the sinking.
The film was partially funded by Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox.
It was the most expensive film made at that time, with an estimated budget of $200 million.
Upon its release on December 19, 1997, Titanic achieved critical and commercial success.
Nominated for fourteen Academy Awards, it tied All About Eve (1950) for the most Oscar nominations,
and won eleven, including the awards for Best Picture and Best Director,
tying Ben Hur (1959) for the most Oscars won by a single film. With an initial worldwide gross of over $1.84 billion,
Titanic was the first film to reach the billion-dollar mark.
It remained the highest-grossing film of all time until Cameron's 2009 film Avatar surpassed it in 2010.
A 3D version of Titanic, released on April 4, 2012 to commemorate the centennial of the sinking,
earned it an additional $343.6 million worldwide, pushing the film's worldwide total to $2.18 billion.
It became the second film to gross more than $2 billion worldwide (after Avatar).
Storyline:
84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning.Written by Anthony Pereyra.
User Reviews:
I saw this movie opening day and it took my breath away. James Cameron's fictional story of Jack and Rose entwined with real life occurances was haunting and absolutely beautiful. He is an amazing director and writer that this movie would not have worked without him.
Kate Winslet was stunning as Rose and this movie belonged to her as you couldn't imagine anyone else playing this role.
Leonardo DiCaprio was really good as Jack and he should have had an an Oscar nomination for this role and the ever brilliant Billy Zane didn't disappoint in his role as Rose's fiance Cal. His portrayl of Cal was so evil that despite being an awful person, you couldn't help but feel sorry for him, especially when despite all his doings he loved Rose so much.
James Horner's music was just as haunting and he always lifts the movie he works on to the ultimate level.
Kathy Bates was equally impressive in a small role and provided quite a few of the laughs of the film.
Everything from the special effects, to the sets to the costumes were pure magic.
This would have to be one of the most wonderful films of the 20th Century and one that will never be forgotten.
Kate Winslet was stunning as Rose and this movie belonged to her as you couldn't imagine anyone else playing this role.
Leonardo DiCaprio was really good as Jack and he should have had an an Oscar nomination for this role and the ever brilliant Billy Zane didn't disappoint in his role as Rose's fiance Cal. His portrayl of Cal was so evil that despite being an awful person, you couldn't help but feel sorry for him, especially when despite all his doings he loved Rose so much.
James Horner's music was just as haunting and he always lifts the movie he works on to the ultimate level.
Kathy Bates was equally impressive in a small role and provided quite a few of the laughs of the film.
Everything from the special effects, to the sets to the costumes were pure magic.
This would have to be one of the most wonderful films of the 20th Century and one that will never be forgotten.
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