Titanic [Includes Digital Copy]

Director: James Cameron James Cameron

Overview

James Cameron (The Terminator, The Abyss) wrote and directed this $200+ million romantic drama and action-adventure disaster epic about a young couple, Rose Dewitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) and Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) on the R.M.S. Titanic. Also aboard: John Jacob Astor (Eric Braeden) and the Unsinkable Molly Brown (Kathy Bates -- as the character who brought Debbie Reynolds a 1964 Oscar nomination in The Unsinkable Molly Brown). Spanning eight decades, Rose's Philadelphia society mother (Frances Fisher) and her granddaughter Lizzy (Suzy Amis) both appear, interlinking with the modern-day storyline: While the 100-year-old Rose searches her memories of the historic event, bounty hunter Brock Lovett (Bill Paxton) and other treasure-seekers plan to look beneath the waves for an heirloom, a 56-carat diamond necklace (named Le Coeur de la Mer by Louis the XVI). Cameron described this movie as "a human drama set against the stage of the early 20th Century. It basically takes place mostly in 1912. It has a present-day wraparound story that involves submersibles and a salvage operation. This takes one back into the 1912 story through the memory flashbacks of a survivor. Most of the story plays out in the four days leading up to the sinking." The real Titanic's blueprints were followed for the construction of the ship on soundstages in Mexico. A water tank of immense proportions was filled for the Titanic sinking shots. Other locations include Canada (Halifax, Nova Scotia), California (Escondido, Rosarito Beach, Baja). During three weeks aboard the Russian ship Academik Keldysh, underwater sequences of a submersible were filmed, and a remote underwater robot camera captured footage shot inside the real Titanic. The Titanic was also re-created as a totally digitized model for moving camera shots roaming through decks and over the complete ship. One setback on this production was reported in newspapers after 80 crew members fell ill because someone secretly peppered their lobster chowder with PCP/angel dust, resulting in illness and hallucinations.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/10/2012
UPC:	0097361468143
Original Release:	1997
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Paramount
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	3:14:00
Sales rank:	5,234

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Leonardo DiCaprio	Jack Dawson
Kate Winslet	Rose Dewitt Bukater
Billy Zane	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
Danny Nucci	Fabrizio
Jason Barry	Tommy Ryan
Ewan Stewart	1st Officer Murdoch
Ioan Gruffudd	Fifth Officer Lowe
Jonny Phillips	2nd Officer Lightoller,Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller
Mark Lindsay Chapman	Chief Officer Wilde
Richard Graham	Quartermaster Rowe
Paul Brightwell	Quartermaster Hichens
Ron Donachie	Master at Arms
Eric Braeden	John Jacob Astor
Charlotte Chatton	Madeleine Astor
Bernard Fox	Col. Archibald Gracie
Jenette Goldstein	Irish Mommy
Craig Kelly	Harold Bride, Junior Wireless Operator
James Horner	Composer

Technical Credits

James Cameron

James Cameron	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Rae Sanchini	Executive Producer
Jon Landau	Producer
Mali Finn	Casting
VIFX	Special Effects
Digital Domain	Special Effects
Thomas Fisher	Special Effects
Mario Roberts	Stunts
Mark Ulano	Sound/Sound Designer
Christopher Boyes	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Size of all sorts mattered for James Cameron's blockbuster Titanic, whose magnitude was in all ways unprecedented. Cameron and two studios spent $200 million on a 90% scale Titanic replica at a newly constructed Mexico studio; their efforts included duplicating furnishings from original Titanic designs, diving trips to shoot footage of the wreck with a specially designed underwater camera, and months of post-production on computer effects ranging from overhead "shots" of the Titanic at sea to characters' puffs of freezing breath. Delayed several months and beseiged by negative word-of-mouth, Titanic finally opened to rave reviews, especially for its bravura visuals. A few doubts were expressed over the Jack-Rose romance, but nothing could beat the spectacular recreation of the ship sinking or the powerful image of the floating corpse field. That love story, however, proved a potent draw, as Leonardo Di Caprio fans (many of them teenage girls) came back for repeat viewings, helping to power Titanic to a sojourn of more than 3 months at the top of the U.S. box office; the most expensive film ever made became a titanic moneymaker, grossing over $1.6 billion internationally. Cameron's coronation as blockbuster artist arrived when Titanic received a record-tying 14 Oscar nominations (like 1950's All About Eve) and won a record-tying 11 (like 1959's Ben-Hur). Cameron's screenplay, however, was ignored.