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Description: An undersea expedition unearths a mysterious nude aboard the wreckage of the Titanic--a drawing of Rose DeWitt Bukater, then seventeen and vacationing aboard the unsinkable ship with her unctuous, moneyed fiance. While Rose falls in love with Jack Dawson, a free-spirited artist and third-class passenger who ignites the unquenchable fires of passion inside her, the hubris of the ship's crew tempts them to test the cross-Atlantic speed record--smack into an iceberg. A rightfully celebrated, no-holds-barred, boffo blockbuster, with enough heart and soul to balance its extravagant special effects and record-breaking budget. Academy Award Nominations: 14, including Best Actress (Winslet) and Best Supporting Actress (Stuart). Academy Awards: 11, including Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Original Dramatic Score, Best Visual Effects, Best Costume Design, and Best Song ("My Heart Will Go On," by James Horner and Will Jennings).
Year: 1997
Classification: Romance/Drama
Directed:
- James Cameron
Actors/Actresses:
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson
- Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater
- Billy Zane as Cal Hockley
- Bill Paxton as Brock Lovett
- David Warner as Spicer Lovejoy
- Vern Urich
- Victor Garber as Thomas Andrews
- Terry Forrestal
- Tricia O'Neil
- Van Ling
- Shay Duffin
- Simon Crane
- Suzy Amis as Lizzy Calvert
- Sean Nepita
- Seth Adkins
- Ron Donachie
- Rosalind Ayres
- Scott G. Anderson
- Rochelle Rose
- Rocky Taylor
- Romeo Francis
- Richard Fox
- Richard Graham
- Rebecca Jane Klingler
- Reece P. Thompson
- Richard Ashton
- Oliver Page
- Paul Brightwell
- Paul Herbert
- Michael Ensign
- Nicholas Cascone
- Nick Meaney
- Martin Hub
- Martin Jarvis
- Martin Laing
- Mark Lindsay Chapman
- Mark Rafael Truitt
- Martin East
- Mandana Marino
- Marc Cass
- Mark Capri
- Liam Tuohy
- Linda Kerns
- Lew Palter
- Lewis Abernathy as Lewis Bodine
- Kevin Owers
- Laramie Landis
- Kathleen S. Dunn
- Kathy Bates as Margaret Brown
- Jonathan Evans-Jones
- Jonathan Hyde
- Jonathan Phillips
- Jason Barry
- Jenette Goldstein
- John Walcutt
- James Garrett
- James Lancaster
- Jari Kinnunen
- Greg Ellis
- Gregory Cooke
- Ioan Gruffudd
- Frances Fisher as Ruth DeWitt Bukater
- Garth Wilton
- Gloria Stuart as Rose Dawson Calvert (Old)
- Erik Holland
- Ewan Stewart
- Fannie Brett
- Elsa Raven
- Emmett James
- Eric Braeden
- Diana Morgan
- Edward Fletcher
- David Cronnelly
- Derek Lea
- Craig Kelly
- Dan Pettersson
- Danny Nucci as Fabrizio De Rossi
- Camilla Overbye Roos
- Charlotte Chatton
- Christopher Byrne
- Brendan Connolly
- Brian Walsh
- Bernard Hill
- Anders Falk
- Barry Dennen
- Bernard Fox
- Amber Waddell
- Amy Gaipa
- Anatoly M.Sagalevitch
- Alexandria Owens
- Alison Waddell
The "Gone with the Wind" of the 1990's...
I bet that if Amazon.com had been around in 1939, you could have gone to the "Gone with the Wind" page and read reviews that were just as bad as some of those found here. But, don't be fooled. "GWTW" turned out to be a classic, and "Titanic" will, too.
"Titanic" is essentially two interconnected movies. The first, or course, follows the historic accounts of the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic and its tragic sinking due to the combination of neglectful overconfidence from her crew and a well-placed iceberg. The second film concerns the events surrounding a pair of fictional star-crossed lovers who meet aboard the doomed ship.
The historical aspects of the movie are unparalleled. Cameron did his homework on this part of the film, even going so far as to dive and film on the actual wreck in the North Atlantic. All of the well-known figures are shown - The proud Captain Smith, the self-centered Bruce Ismay, head of the White Star Line, the tragic Thomas Andrews, the ship's designer aboard for the maiden voyage, the fiery Molly Brown, played wonderfully by Kathy Bates, John Astor, richest man aboard the ship, the tragic First Officer Murdoch (did he really shoot himself? An unsolved historical mystery) plus a host of other minor characters. Cameron makes use of examinations of the wreck to recreate the impact with the berg and the sinking itself in precise detail. Anyone who says that this film is not historcially accurate does not know what they are talking about.
The romance between star-crossed lovers Jack Dawson and Rose Dewitt-Bukater is the standard doomed romance that filmmakers always seem to feel they have to insert into history-based films in order to get more people in the door. I thought that both DiCaprio and Winslet turned in decent performances, if not worthy of best-actor/actress nominations. People have taken James Cameron to task becuase he did not write them a bunch of super-deep, Bogart-Bacall dialogue. Well, how much deep dialogue are you supposed to expect from a vagabond teenage punk kid and a spoiled-brat rich girl marrying a guy she doesn't love? Anyone expecting deep dialogue from a pair of teenagers has clearly never been around REAL teens. People say that DiCaprio and Winslet turned in stereotypical, shallow performances, but I think they captured the behavior of 958f real teens perfectly. Jack Dawson acted like any other teen would who suddenly captured the eye of a good-looking rich girl, and Rose acted like any spoiled, pampered little rich girl just waiting for an excuse to rebel against her overbearing mother. I cheered for her when she told her mother off just before she boarded the lifeboat. Both of them acted like typcial teens experiencing their first love affair. If both of them had survived, the relationship probably would not have lasted more than six months, tops.
There were several other minor characters involved in the film, and I enjoyed them all. I thought Billy Zane had a good time
movie hits an expensive iceberg
this is my opinion should have its own category in the video store.by this i mean it should be under terrible movies that cost to much along with the day after tomorow.I think that this movie really did hit an iceberg and it was only popular because of its stars these stars i must add were not that great they were ok but nothing special.And i would rather shoot myself than hear another person singing my heart will go on.I really do not like this over expensive movie bu5 i suppose that thats just my opinion.
LOVE IT!
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORETE MOVIES OF ALL TIME!THE ONLY GROSS PART IS WHEN ROSE TAKES OF ALL HER CLOTHES!?YUCK!BUT ANYWAY,IT`S A GREAT AND ROMANTIC MOVIE!
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