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Titanic
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James Cameron
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194 minutes
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United States
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English
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$2,185,372,302[5]
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Titanic is a 1997 American epic romantic disaster film directed, written, co-produced, 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 was predicated on his fascination with shipwrecks; he wanted to convey the emotional
message of the tragedy, and felt that a love story interspersed with the human
loss would be essential to achieving this. Production on the film began in
1995, when Cameron shot footage of the actual Titanic wreck. The modern
scenes were shot on board the Akademik Mstislav
Keldysh, which Cameron had used as a base when filming the
wreck. A reconstruction of the Titanic was built at Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, and scale models and computer-generated
imagery were also used to recreate the sinking. The film was
partially funded by Paramount Pictures
and 20th Century Fox,
and, at the time, was the most expensive
film ever made, with an estimated budget of $200 million.
Upon its
release on December 19, 1997, the film achieved critical and commercial
success. Nominated for fourteen Academy Awards, it won eleven, including the
awards for Best Picture
and Best Director,
tying Ben Hur
(1959) for most Oscars won by a single film. With a worldwide gross of over
$2 billion, it was the first film to reach the billion-dollar mark,
remaining the
highest-grossing film of all time for twelve years, until Cameron's
2009 film Avatar
surpassed its gross in 2010. A 3D version of the film was
re-released in theaters (often billed as Titanic 3D) on April 4, 2012,
to commemorate the centenary of the sinking of the ship
Fictional
characters
- Leonardo DiCaprio
as Jack Dawson: Cameron said he needed the cast to feel as though they
were really on the Titanic, relive its liveliness, and "to
take that energy and give it to Jack, [...] an artist who is able to have
his heart soar".[6] Jack is portrayed as a penniless
man from Chippewa Falls,
Wisconsin who has toured various parts of the world, primarily
Paris. He wins two tickets onto the RMS Titanic in a poker game and
travels as a third-class passenger with his friend Fabrizio. He is
attracted to Rose at first sight and meets her when she attempts to throw
herself off the stern of the ship. This enables him to mix with the
first-class passengers for a night. When casting the role, various
established actors, including Matthew McConaughey,
Chris O'Donnell,
Billy Crudup and Stephen Dorff, were considered, but Cameron
felt that a few of the actors were too old for the part of a 20-year-old.[7][8][9][10] "Tom Cruise expressed an interest in
[portraying] the character, though his superstar asking price was never
taken seriously."[8] Cameron considered Jared Leto for the role but he refused to
audition.[11] DiCaprio, 22 years old at the
time, was brought to Cameron's attention by casting director Mali Finn.[7] Initially, he did not want to
portray the character, and refused to read his first romantic scene on the
set (see below). Cameron said, "He read it
once, then started goofing around, and I could never get him to focus on
it again. But for one split second, a shaft of light came down from the
heavens and lit up the forest." Cameron strongly believed in
DiCaprio's acting ability, and told him, "Look, I'm not going to make
this guy brooding and neurotic. I'm not going to give him a tic and a limp
and all the things you want." Cameron rather envisioned the character
as a James Stewart
type.[7]
- Kate Winslet as
Rose DeWitt Bukater: Cameron said Winslet "had the thing that you
look for" and that there was "a quality in her face, in her
eyes," that he "just knew people would be ready to go the
distance with her".[6] Rose is a 17-year-old girl,
originally from Philadelphia, who
is forced into an engagement to 30-year-old Cal Hockley so she and her
mother, Ruth, can maintain their high-class status after her father's
death had left the family debt-ridden. Rose boards the RMS Titanic
with Cal and Ruth, as a first-class passenger, and meets Jack. Winslet
said of her character, "She has got a lot to give, and she's got a
very open heart. And she wants to explore and adventure the world, but she
[feels] that's not going to happen."[6] Gwyneth Paltrow, Claire Danes, and Gabrielle Anwar had been considered for the
role.[7][12][13] When they turned it down,
22-year-old Winslet campaigned heavily for the role. She sent Cameron
daily notes from England, which led Cameron to invite her to Hollywood for
auditions. As with DiCaprio, casting director Mali Finn originally brought
her to Cameron's attention. When looking for a Rose, Cameron described the
character as "an Audrey Hepburn
type" and was initially uncertain about casting Winslet even after
her screen test impressed him.[7] After she screen tested with
DiCaprio, Winslet was so thoroughly impressed with him, that she whispered
to Cameron, "He's great. Even if you don't pick me, pick him."
Winslet sent Cameron a single rose with a card signed "From Your
Rose" and lobbied him by phone. "You don't understand!" she
pleaded one day when she reached him by mobile phone in his Humvee.
"I am Rose! I don't know why you're even seeing anyone else!"
Her persistence, as well as her talent, eventually convinced him to cast
her in the role.[7]
- Billy Zane as
Caledon Nathan "Cal" Hockley: Cal is Rose's 30-year-old fiancé.
He is arrogant and snobbish, and the heir to a steel fortune in
Pittsburgh. He becomes increasingly embarrassed, jealous, and cruel about
Rose's relationship with Jack. He later commits suicide after losing his
fortune in the Wall Street
Crash of 1929. The part was originally offered to Matthew
McConaughey.[8]
- Frances Fisher
as Ruth DeWitt Bukater: Rose's widowed mother, who arranges her daughter's
engagement to Cal to maintain her family's high-society status. She loves
her daughter but believes that social position is more important. She
scorns Jack, even though he saved her daughter's life.
- Gloria Stuart as
Rose Dawson Calvert: Rose narrates the film in a modern-day framing device. Cameron stated, "In
order to see the present and the past, I decided to create a fictional
survivor who is [close to] 101 years, and she connects us in a way through
history."[6] The 100-year-old Rose gives Lovett
information regarding the "Heart of the Ocean" after he
discovers a nude drawing of her in the wreck. She tells the story of her
time aboard the ship, mentioning Jack for the first time since the
sinking. At 87, Stuart had to be made up to look older for the role.[8] Of casting Stuart, Cameron stated,
"My casting director found her. She was sent out on a mission to find
retired actresses from the Golden Age of
the thirties and forties."[14] Cameron said that he did not know
who Stuart was, and Fay Wray was also
considered for the role. "But [Stuart] was just so into it, and so
lucid, and had such a great spirit. And I saw the connection between her
spirit and [Winslet's] spirit," stated Cameron. "I saw this joie de vivre in both of them, that I
thought the audience would be able to make that cognitive leap that it's
the same person."[14] Winslet and Stuart stated their
belief that the character dies at the end of the film,[15][16] while Cameron states in his DVD
commentary that he prefers to leave the viewers to form their own
interpretation of the ending.[17] Stuart died on September 26,
2010, at age 100, approximately the same age elder Rose was in the film.[18]
- Bill Paxton as
Brock Lovett: A treasure hunter looking for the "Heart of the
Ocean" in the wreck of the Titanic in the present. Time and
funding for his expedition are running out. He later reflects at the
film's conclusion that, despite thinking about Titanic for three
years, he has never understood it until he hears Rose's story.
- Suzy Amis as Lizzy
Calvert: Rose's granddaughter, who accompanies her when she visits Lovett
on the ship.
- Danny Nucci as
Fabrizio De Rossi: Jack's Italian best friend, who boards the RMS Titanic
with him after Jack wins two tickets in a poker game. Fabrizio does not
board a lifeboat when the Titanic sinks and is killed when one of
the ship's funnels breaks and crashes into the water.
- David Warner
as Spicer Lovejoy: An ex-Pinkerton
constable, Lovejoy is Cal's English valet and bodyguard, who keeps an eye
on Rose and is suspicious about the circumstances surrounding Jack's
rescue of her. He dies when the Titanic splits in half, causing him
to fall into a massive opening.
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