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Titanic
1997
TITANIC, James Cameron's blockbuster, stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as young lovers aboard the ill-fated voyage. A mysterious nude sketch found in the wreckage of the Titanic leads to the tale of its subject, the now-elderly Rose DeWitt Bukater (Winslet). As her story begins, Rose is 17 and vacationing aboard the ".. Read more
| Starring | Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates |
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| Director | James Cameron |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
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Titanic
TITANIC, James Cameron's blockbuster, stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as young lovers aboard the ill-fated voyage. A mysterious nude sketch found in the wreckage of the Titanic leads to the tale of its subject, the now-elderly Rose DeWitt Bukater (Winslet). As her story begins, Rose is 17 and vacationing aboard the "unsinkable" ship with her unctuous, moneyed fiance (Billy Zane). However, she soon falls for Jack Dawson (DiCaprio), a free-spirited artist and third-class passenger. Their romance moves quickly--until the luxury liner slams into an iceberg. Soon Rose, Jack, and everyone onboard the sinking ship are all struggling to stay alive.
| Starring | Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, David Warner, Bill Paxton, Gloria Stuart, Victor Garber |
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| Director | James Cameron |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 3 hrs 6 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 must-see movies, 100 Top Thrillers |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Iberian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 01 Mar 2004 Production year: 1997 |
| Format | DVD |
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There are two love stories here: one is between James Cameron and a ship; the other is between society girl Kate Winslet and third-class passenger Leonardo DiCaprio. Cameron's script wouldn't have sustained Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh for 80 minutes, but, somehow, he and his magical cast revive that old-style studio gloss for three riveting hours. Titanic is a sumptuous assault on the emotions, with a final hour that fully captures the horror and the freezing, paralysing fear of the moment. And there are single shots, such as an awesome albatross-like swoop past the steaming ship, when you sense Cameron hugging himself with the fun of it all. At a cost of over $200 million, it's one of the most expensive movies ever made; it grossed more than two billion dollars at the box office — a record. Winning 11 Oscars, it also shares — with Ben-Hur and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — the record haul of Academy Awards.
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Said Cameron, on accepting one of the many Golden Globe awards for the film: 'So does this prove, once and for all, that size does matter?' To which there are two answers: one supplied by dialogue from the film ('Do you know of Dr Freud? His ideas about t
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48 out of 71 people found this review helpful
Soggy mess
This is a truly horrible movie, designed to jerk the tear ducts into action and give the odious Leonardo di Caprio dangerous career oxygen.
People get on a big boat. Someone forgets to navigate. Boat hits iceberg. Gradually sinks, killing most on board. That’s the historical truth that the movie is based on – obviously a tragedy. The greater disaster though, is that Cameron decided to make a sloppy ‘love conquers all’ movie about it, AND spend over $200 million in the process.
Only Kathy Bates, as the ‘unsinkable’ (i.e. cake-scoffing) Molly Brown and Bernard Hill as Captain Birdseye escape with performances they could justifiably call adequate. Leonardo wails and gnashes and is completely ineffective; in fact the only thing less effective is Billy Zane’s shooting – didn’t we all desperately want him to get Leo between the eyes a couple of times? Kate Winslet, whose career has only recovered this year with the incredible Eternal Sunshine, wobbles around the embarrassingly fake set looking like she’s about to breastfeed Leo and then selfishly lets him freeze to death so she can keep the big blue rock, and doesn’t have to pawn it to spend on baby formula.
This is about as unpleasant as movies get, and Cameron hasn’t made one since. Lets all make sure he doesn’t get near a linen-back chair ever again. -
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Tragic Titanic
If syrup is your cup of tea then this version of Titanic is for you. On the other hand if you prefer factual story lines that concentrate on the actual story of what happened to the Titanic, try 'A Night to Remember' with Kenneth More it's much, much better
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Cameron: 'Titanic was made to fund shipwreck dive'
- 11 Nov 2009
Moviemaker James Cameron has revealed the biggest film of all time was only made to fund a deep-sea mission to the real Titanic. The director admits he had no intention of making an epic when he set out to film Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in the 1997 movie - he just wanted to make enough money to go on a dream dive. He tells Playboy magazine, "I made Titanic because I wanted to dive to the shipwreck, not because I particularly wanted to make the movie. "The Titanic was the Mount Everest Read more
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Titanic
TITANIC, James Cameron's blockbuster, stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as young lovers aboard the ill-fated voyage. A mysterious nude sketch found in the wreckage of the Titanic leads to the tale of its subject, the now-elderly Rose DeWitt Bukater (Winslet). As her story begins, Rose is 17 ...
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