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Titanic [Widescreen]

Actor(s): Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher
Director(s): James Cameron
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Details

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Suitable for Teens
Movie Release: 1997
DVD Release: 08/31/1999
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Edition: Special Collection
Audio Tracks: English, French
Subtitles: Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 3 hrs 14 mins
Studio: Paramount
Members Wishing: 17
Genres: Epic, Romance, Disaster Film, Sea Adventure, Period Film, Romantic Epic
See Also: Titanic, Titanic [10th Anniversary Edition]

Synopsis

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

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio - Jack Dawson
Kate Winslet - Rose DeWitt Bukater
Billy Zane - Cal Hockley
Kathy Bates - Molly Brown
Frances Fisher - Ruth DeWitt Bukater

Awards

1997	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (nominee)	Golden Globe	Kate Winslet
1997	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com (nominee)	Golden Globe	Leonardo DiCaprio
1997	Best Supporting Actress (nominee)	Golden Globe	Gloria Stuart
1997	Best Director (winner)	Golden Globe	James Cameron
1997	Best Screenplay (nominee)	Golden Globe	James Cameron
1997	Best Original Score (winner)	Golden Globe	James Horner
1997	Best Original Song (winner)	Golden Globe	James Horner
1997	Best Original Song (winner)	Golden Globe	Will Jennings
1997	Best Director (winner)	Directors Guild of America	James Cameron
1997	Best Production Design (winner)	Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Peter Lamont
1997	Best Director (winner)	Broadcast Film Critics Association	James Cameron
1997	Best Actress (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Kate Winslet
1997	Best Art Direction (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Peter Lamont
1997	Best Art Direction (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Michael Ford
1997	Best Cinematography (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Russell Carpenter
1997	Best Costume Design (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Deborah L. Scott
1997	Best Director (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	James Cameron
1997	Best Editing (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	James Cameron
1997	Best Editing (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Conrad Buff
1997	Best Editing (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Richard A. Harris
1997	Best Makeup (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Tina Earnshaw
1997	Best Makeup (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Greg Cannom
1997	Best Makeup (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Simon Thompson
1997	Best Dramatic Score (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	James Horner
1997	Best Picture (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	James Cameron
1997	Best Song (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	James Horner
1997	Best Song (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Will Jennings
1997	Best Sound (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Gary Rydstrom
1997	Best Sound (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Tom Johnson
1997	Best Sound (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Gary Summers
1997	Best Sound (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Mark Ulano
1997	Best Sound Effects Editing (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Tom Bellfort
1997	Best Sound Effects Editing (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Christopher Boyes
1997	Best Supporting Actress (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Gloria Stuart
1997	Best Visual Effects (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Rob Legato
1997	Best Visual Effects (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Mark Lasoff
1997	Best Visual Effects (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Thomas Fisher
1997	Best Visual Effects (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Michael D. Kanfer
1997	Best Director [Runner-up] (winner)	Toronto Film Critics Association	James Cameron
1997	Best Cinematography (winner)	Chicago Film Critics Association	Russell Carpenter
1997	Best Original Score (winner)	Chicago Film Critics Association	James Horner
1997	Best Actress (nominee)	Screen Actors Guild	Kate Winslet
1997	Best Supporting Actress (winner)	Screen Actors Guild	Gloria Stuart
1997	Best Cinematography (winner)	American Society of Cinematographers	Russell Carpenter
1997	Best Picture (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Jon Landau

Editorial Review

A sumptuous picture and thundering sound quality compensate for the complete lack of extras in this DVD edition of Paramount's blockbuster. The picture is a gorgeous 2.35:1 widescreen transfer, although it is not anamorphic. Still, it's hard to complain with such vibrant blues, golds, and reds filling the screen. Sound, too, is excellent. Offered in Dolby Digital 5.1, it's given a workout throughout the entire picture. James Horner's score has never sounded more alive, and the actual sinking is an earth-shattering sonic experience. From the roar of seawater to the splitting of hull plates, every sound is reproduced with startling clarity. The only head-scratcher here is the complete lack of extras. A film of this size, and having this much impact, must have a vault-load of deleted scenes, documentaries, and so on. James Cameron has often re-released his films in extras-laden special editions. Let's hope that one for Titanic waits in the wings. In the meantime, the gorgeous picture and sound will satisfy those who simply must have Titanic on DVD. ~ Jeremy Brown, All Movie Guide

Member Reviews

Kendra M. - NASHVILLE, TN wrote on 3/3/2008...

I know most people have seen this movie and it really doesn't need another review. However, this is a really good movie that has a horrible beginning and a horrible ending. And, no-- I don't mean because the Titanic sunk. I mean the part with Rose as an old woman in the beginning and Rose at the end when she throws the necklace in the ocean and dies on her bed surrounded by a photographic shrine of herself.

The part of the movie with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet is actually very very good. It's a beautiful film to watch, the score is great, and the sets are just perfect. But, the movie's in flashback form and the beginning scenes-- although interesting-- could have been omitted. And, the end scene is one of the worst I've seen in a movie for the reasons I mentioned in the previous paragraph.

That said, we have ordered this and will finally own it. My daughter LOVES this movie and fast-forwards through the older Rose's part.