Titanic (1997)

Director:

James Cameron

Writer (WGA):

James Cameron (written by)

Release Date:

19 December 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Nothing On Earth Could Come Between Them.

Plot:

Fictional romantic tale of a rich girl and poor boy who meet on the ill-fated voyage of the 'unsinkable' ship.

Plot Keywords:

Titanic | Ship | Love | Iceberg | Diamond

Awards:

Won 11 Oscars. Another 76 wins & 48 nominations

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio	...	Jack Dawson
Kate Winslet	...	Rose DeWitt Bukater
Billy Zane	...	Caledon 'Cal' Hockley
Kathy Bates	...	Molly Brown
Frances Fisher	...	Ruth Dewitt Bukater
Gloria Stuart	...	Old Rose
Bill Paxton	...	Brock Lovett
Bernard Hill	...	Captain Smith
David Warner	...	Spicer Lovejoy
Victor Garber	...	Thomas Andrews
Jonathan Hyde	...	Bruce Ismay
Suzy Amis	...	Lizzy Calvert
Lewis Abernathy	...	Lewis Bodine
Nicholas Cascone	...	Bobby Buell
Anatoly M. Sagalevitch	...	Anatoly Milkailavich (as Dr. Anatoly M. Sagalevitch)

Also Known As:

Planet Ice (USA) (fake working title)
The Ship of Dreams (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for disaster related peril and violence, nudity, sensuality and brief language.

Runtime:

194 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | German | Swedish | Italian | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS 70 mm (70 mm prints) | DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

India:UA | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Brazil:12 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Ontario) | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:12 | Israel:PG | Italy:T | Mexico:A | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Greece:K-13

Filming Locations:

Belmont Olympic Pool - 4000 E. Olympic Plaza, Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Came eighth in the UK's Ultimate Film, in which films were placed in order of how many seats they sold at cinemas.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The Titanic is shown to be at Southampton docks in brilliant sunshine. Yet, photographs from the actual event seem to show the sky overcast.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Brock Lovett: Thirteen meters; you should see it.
Brock Lovett: [seeing the shipwreck come into view for the first time] OK; take her up and over the bow rail.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The X Files: The Pine Bluff Variant (#5.18)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

Oh You Beautiful Doll

bravo

Firstly and foremostly, I am a guy, which (in most cases) means I did not go see Titanic to see DiCaprio...although I think he can be a great actor. Reading through earlier comments, i grew a bit weary of hearing about lame script and shallow characters. I went to see a ship sink...the plot and the characters were, at least to me, a kind of icing on the Cake. I actually think a lot of the characters were done well; that is, by the time they die in freezing water, you actually felt a tinge of sadness for them. But , by the time Titanic was over, I was sufficiently moved to make me tell people that it was a great movie. Kate Winslet was good, Kathy Bates was perfect, Leo was ok (I'll give you people that - I've seen him shine like I know he can ... Basketball Diaries, Romeo & Juliet). But ultimately, the Titanic sinks...and it was absolutely stunning. Bravo to Cameron. He didn't just show us a large ship sinking, he showed us the back half of it crashing down on a hundred freezing, drowning people; he showed us a third class mother attempting to sing her children to sleep because she knew they were all doomed (broke my heart - i cried the most right there at that point), he showed people who worked extremely hard to get OUT of the bowels of the ship only to be sucked back in when a random window shattered and the water carried them on back in...detail. I like detail in a movie. Very impressive job.