A society girl (Kate Winslet) abandons her haughty fiance (Billy Zane) for a penniless artist (Leonardo... (Learn more)
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Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane
This spectacular epic re-creates the ill-fated maiden voyage of the White Star Line's $7.5 million R.M.S Titanic and the tragic sea disaster of April 15, 1912. Running over three hours and made with the combined contributions of two major studios (20th Century-Fox, Paramount) at a cost of more than $200 million, Titanic ranked as the most expensive film in Hollywood history at the time of its release, and became the most successful. Writer-director James Cameron employed state-of-the-art digital special effects for this production, realized on a monumental scale and spanning eight decades. Inspired by the 1985 discovery of the Titanic in the North Atlantic, the contemporary storyline involves American treasure-seeker Brock Lovett (Bill Paxton) retrieving artifacts from the submerged ship. Lovett looks for diamonds but finds a drawing of a young woman, nude except for a necklace. When 102-year-old Rose (Gloria Stuart) reveals she's the person in the portrait, she is summoned to the wreckage site to tell her story of the 56-carat diamond necklace and her experiences of 84 years earlier. The scene then shifts to 1912 Southampton where passengers boarding the Titanic include penniless Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) and society girl Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet), returning to Philadelphia with her wealthy fiance Cal Hockley (Billy Zane). After the April 10th launch, Rose develops a passionate interest in Jack, and Cal's reaction is vengeful. At midpoint in the film, the Titanic slides against the iceberg and water rushes into the front compartments. Even engulfed, Cal continues to pursue Jack and Rose as the massive liner begins its descent.
Cameron launched the project after seeing Robert Ballard's 1987 National Geographic documentary on the wreckage. Blueprints of the real Titanic were followed during construction at Fox's custom-built Rosarito, Mexico studio, where a hydraulics system moved an immense model in a 17-million-gallon water tank. During three weeks aboard the Russian ship Academik Keldysh, underwater sequences were filmed with a 35mm camera in a titanium case mounted on the Russian submersible Mir 1. When the submersible neared the wreck, a video camera inside a remote-operated vehicle was sent into the Titanic's 400-foot bow, bringing back footage of staterooms, furniture and chandeliers. On November 1, 1997, the film had its world premiere at the 10th Tokyo International Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
12/19/97
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13
Running Time
197 mins.
Locations
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Rosarito, Mexico
- United Kingdom
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$600,743,440
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film award at the 1998 French Academy of Cinema [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 1997 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1997 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Song award at the 1997 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Editing award at the 1997 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Ensemble Acting award at the 1997 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 1997 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Sound Effects Editing award at the 1997 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Art Direction award at the 1997 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress award at the 1997 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director [Runner-up] award at the 1997 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Score award at the 1997 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1997 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Score award at the 1997 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 1997 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Production Design award at the 1997 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 1997 American Society of Cinematographers [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Sound award at the 1997 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 1997 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Moti award at the 1997 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1997 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Visual Effects award at the 1997 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture - Drama award at the 1997 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 1997 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Dramatic Score award at the 1997 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 1997 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Costume Design award at the 1997 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or award at the 1997 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1997 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1997 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 1997 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1997 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Makeup award at the 1997 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Song award at the 1997 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
Distributor
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Paramount Pictures
