Titanic (1997) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON TV ON DISC ALL A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. Director: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence.

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Director: Ron Howard Edit Storyline 84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning. Written by Anthony Pereyra <hypersonic91@yahoo.com> Nothing On Earth Could Come Between Them.

See more » Genres: Rated PG-13 for disaster related peril and violence, nudity, sensuality and brief language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 19 December 1997 (USA) See more » Also Known As: $28,638,131 (USA) (19 December 1997) Gross: 194 min Sound Mix: Dolby Digital (Dolby Digital 5.1) (5.1 Surround Sound) (L-R)| DTS (DTS 5.1) (5.1 Surround Sound) (L-R)| DTS 70 mm (70 mm prints) (5.1 Surround Sound) (L-R)| SDDS (8 channels) (L-R) Color: Did You Know? Trivia The piece of wooden paneling that Rose floated on after the sinking is based upon a genuine artifact that survived the sinking and is on display at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, though it was scaled larger to provide sufficient buoyancy as a life-raft for Rose.

See more » Goofs Shortly before Titanic's break-up, we see Charles Lightoller (Jonny Phillips) clinging to an overturned lifeboat. Lightoller actually went into the water just after the fall of Murdoch. He was either attempting to hide the suicide or a rescue. The suction of the ship pulled him down and Lightoller was underwater at the time of the breakup. He was freed when a boiler exploded and the warm air freed him from the suction, thus saving his life. He surfaced just as Titanic's stern was sinking. Lightoller did indeed believe the ship had sunk intact. Lightoller died in December of 1952; thirty-three years before the Titanic wreck was located (1985). See more » Quotes [first lines] Brock Lovett : Thirteen meters; you should see it. Brock Lovett : [seeing the shipwreck come into view for the first time] OK; take her up and over the bow rail. There are no opening credits after the title has been shown.

See more » Connections See more (Spoiler Alert!) » User Reviews Despite some glaring faults,Cameron's mixing of romance with real life disaster is still impressive and occasionally brilliant 28 November 2005 | by DrLenera (UK) – See all my reviews It's really quite odd. When Titanic first came out,the reviews were mixed but the public generally loved it,those who disliked the film were definitely in the minority. Over the years,it has became somewhat fashionable to slag Titanic off,even if a great many of those people who did so were probably amongst those who made it such an enormous hit in the cinemas. Titanic is flawed,definitely,sometimes greatly so. However,it's also a tremendous achievement for it's director James Cameron. Mixing a real disaster with romance is harder to do than some might think. Maybe he did have a right to say "I'm king of the world" when the film won Best Picture at the Oscars. Just once. The modern day opening is excellent,making effective use of some of Cameron's real footage he took of the sunken Titanic. There is a real sense of mystery. Than we flash back to the Titanic being boarded,and the film stalls just a little for around two hours.

The attention to detail is amazing {even all the cutlery matched,you know} and there is nothing wrong with an extremely slow build up to action-think of The Seven Samourai. However,the central romance between Leo and Kate is often badly written and unconvincing. For a start Kate's Rose would certainly not have done two things she does in the film as quickly as she did {Obviously thousands of teenage girls seeing the film in 1997 would disagree with my views}. We also have to suffer Cameron constantly labouring the point that the poor people on the ship are better than the rich people. However,the final 80 or so minutes,detailing the sinking,is simply brilliant film making. The suspense is built expertly,even though we know what will happen,and climaxes with some technical shots which are still impressive. Perhaps there is a little two much emphasis on the central couple,but there are some truly moving moments,and it really feels true,although of course Cameron did play with the facts a little here and there,as at least one descendant of one of the survivors has pointed out. The following sequence involving the boats is extremely haunting,with some especially good use of sound.

As for the final scene,it does manage to be pretty moving,it's schmaltzy but it works {though hardly original,think of Somewhere In Time and various 40s romantic fantasies}. Titanic has some excellent use of CGI {watch out for the transitions from present to the past on the sunken ship} and one glaringly bad special effect-the iceberg which looks like polystyrene. James Horner's best selling score is really quite poor and only occasionally brings the emotion it should do. Performances are generally excellent and sometimes succeed in overcoming some thin characterisation {such as Billy Zane as Rose's fiancée,who even has to suffer with far too much eye make up!} Overall Titanic is still worth seeing,and sometimes it really does hit the heights that it should. It succeeds more than it fails,which is impressive in a film as ambitious as this. 232 of 374 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes James Cameron - IMDb IMDb Writer | Producer | Director James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971.

The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his screenwriting ambition. He landed his first ... See full bio » Born: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 25 people created 26 Feb 2011 a list of 26 people created 27 Aug 2011 a list of 23 people created 13 Oct 2012 a list of 27 people created 08 Jun 2014 a list of 22 people created 9 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of James Cameron's work have you seen? User Polls Won 3 Oscars. Another 64 wins & 57 nominations.

See more awards » Known For | Edit Filmography 2002 The Terminator: Dawn of Fate (Video Game) (characters) Dark Angel (TV Series) (created by - 42 episodes, 2000 - 2002) (story - 1 episode, 2002) (written by - 1 episode, 2000) 1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Video Game) (story) 1991 Terminator (Short) (concept) 1989 The Abyss (written by) 1986 Aliens (screenplay) / (story) 1981 Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (screenplay - as H.A. Milton) 1978 Xenogenesis (Short) (writer) 2014-2016 Years of Living Dangerously (TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 17 episodes) - Uprising (2016) ... (executive producer) - Safe Passage (2016) ... (executive producer) - Priceless (2016) ...

(executive producer) 2012 Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron (TV Movie documentary) (executive producer) 2011 Sanctum (executive producer) 2006 The Exodus Decoded (TV Movie documentary) (executive producer) 2005 Titanic Adventure (TV Movie documentary) (producer) 2002 Expedition: Bismarck (TV Movie documentary) 2002 Dark Angel (TV Series) (1 episode) 1988 Alien Nation (re-write - uncredited) 1986 Aliens (queen alien designer - uncredited) 1979 Rock 'n' Roll High School (production assistant - uncredited) Hide Visual effects (3 credits) 1995 Apollo 13 (visual effects consultant - uncredited) 1981 Escape from New York (director of photography: special visual effects - as Jim Cameron) / (matte artwork - as Jim Cameron) 1980 Battle Beyond the Stars (additional director of photography: special photographic effects - as Jim Cameron) / (miniature design and construction - as Jim Cameron) Hide 1993 Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss

' (Video documentary) (director of photography: additional photography) Hide 1997 Titanic (artist: Jack's sketches - uncredited) 1982 Android (design consultant - as Jim Cameron) Hide 1980 Battle Beyond the Stars (as Jim Cameron) Hide 1981 Galaxy of Terror (second unit director) Hide 2014 The Dark Horse (very special thanks) 2013 Gravity (the producers would like to thank) 2013 Pacific Rim (special thanks) 2013 All Is Lost (the producers wish to thank: for the studio) 2012 The Killers In Connecticut (very special thanks) 2012 Terminator: Termination (Short) (special thanks - as James Cameron and his Lawyers) 2010 Crew Film: TheVolume (very special thanks) 2010 Nothing New (TV Series) (special thanks - 1 episode) 2001 Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator' (Video documentary) (special thanks) 2000 Alien: Resurrection (Video Game) (special thanks) 1999 From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hang

man's Daughter (Video) (special thanks - as Jim Cameron) 1999/II Requiem (Short) (special thanks) 1999 Virus (special thanks) 1998 StarCraft (Video Game) (thanks) 1997 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode) 1994 Urban Strike (Video Game) (special thanks) 1993 Cronos (special thanks) 1991 The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' (TV Short documentary) (special thanks) 1990 Blue Steel (special thanks - as J.

C.) Hide 2012-2016 MythBusters (TV Series documentary) Himself 2015 Upgrades: VFX of 'Terminator Genisys' (Video documentary short) Himself 2012-2014 The Colbert Report (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2013 Click (TV Series documentary) Himself 2012 CBS This Morning (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2012 Good Morning America (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2012 IC Places Hollywood (TV Series) Himself - Interviewee 2011 Janela Indiscreta (TV Series) Himself 2008-2011 The Hour (TV Series) Himself 2010 A Message from Pandora (Video documentary short) Himself 2010 Avatar: Production Materials (Video short) Himself 2010 Capturing Avatar (Video documentary) Himself 2010 Aliens: Enhancement Pods (Video documentary) Himself 2010 Scream Awards 2010 (TV Special) Himself 2009-2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Himself 2010 Larry

 King Live (TV Series) Himself 2010 Democracy Now!

(TV Series) Himself 2010 Tavis Smiley (TV Series) Himself 2009-2010 60 Minutes (TV Series documentary) Himself - Director (segment "Kathryn Bigelow") / Himself (segment "Cameron's Avatar") 2010 Beyond Words (Video documentary) Himself 1997-2010 Charlie Rose (TV Series) Himself - Guest / Himself 2005-2010 The View (TV Series) Himself 2010 Canada for Haiti (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1989-2009 Cinema 3 (TV Series) Himself 2009 Jimmy Kimmel Live!

(TV Series) Himself 2009 Today's Close Up (TV Series) Himself 2009 Fantastic (TV Series documentary) Himself 2009 The 7PM Project (TV Series) Himself 2007 Mars Rising (TV Series documentary) Himself 2007 Creating an X5 (Video documentary short) Himself 2007 Dark Angel: Genesis (Video documentary short) Himself 2007 Max Resurrected (Video documentary short) Himself 2006 In the Cutz (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2006 Hollywood Science (TV Series documentary) Himself 2006 Beyond Tomorrow (TV Series documentary) Himself 2006 The Exodus Decoded (TV Movie documentary) Narrator 2005 Titanic Adventure (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2005 Young Hollywood Awards (TV Special) Himself 2005 Titanic: EPK Press Kit (Video documentary short) Himself 2005 Last Mysteries of the Titanic (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2003 'Solaris': Behind the Planet (Video documentary short) Himself 2003 T2: On the Set (Video documentary short)

 Himself 2003 The Buzz (TV Series) Himself 2002 Expedition: Bismarck (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2002 Iron and Beyond (Video documentary short) Himself - Director 1997-2002 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary) Himself 2002 WWE Raw (TV Series) Himself 2001 Alien Evolution (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2000 2000 ALMA Awards (TV Special) Himself - Presenter 2000 The Ultimate Auction (TV Movie) Himself - Introduction (segment "Titanic") 1999 Virus: Ghost in the Machine (Video documentary short) Himself 1999 The Directors (TV Series documentary) Himself 1998 Titanic Explorer (Video Game) Himself (voice) 1998 Mad About You (TV Series) Himself 1998 Titanic: Breaking New Ground (TV Special documentary) Himself 1998 Howard Stern (TV Series) Himself 1997 Directors: James Cameron (Video documentary) Himself 1994-1997 Movie Magic (TV Series documentary) Himself 1994 Lista Top

 40 (TV Series) Himself 1994 The Making of 'True Lies' (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1992 The Making of 'Alien 3' (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1989 The Making of 'The Abyss' (Video documentary short) Himself 1984 The Making of 'Terminator' (TV Short documentary) Himself 2016 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Himself 2010-2016 60 Minutes (TV Series documentary) Himself - Director / Himself - Director (segment "Kathryn Bigelow") / Himself (segment "Cameron's Avatar") 2016 Greatest 90s Movies (TV Movie) Himself 2015 30 Greatest Disaster Movies (TV Movie documentary) Himself - Director, Titanic - Episode #50.6 (2013) ...

Himself - Director (uncredited) - Episode #42.18 (2009) ... Himself - Producer / Director / Writer 2010 Today's Close Up (TV Series) Himself 2002 The 'Alien' Saga (TV Movie documentary) Himself (uncredited) 2002 E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary) Himself 2002 Who Is Alan Smithee? (TV Movie documentary) Himself (uncredited) 1998 Beyond Titanic (TV Movie documentary) Himself Personal Details Other Works: Interviewed in "Directors Close Up: Interviews with Directors Nominated for Best Film by the Directors Guild of America", ed. by Jeremy Kagan , Scarecrow Press, 2006. See more » Publicity Listings: 5 Print Biographies | 2 Portrayals | 21 Interviews | 20 Articles | 2 Pictorials | 3 Magazine Cover Photos | See more » Alternate Names: J. C. | Jim Cameron | James Cameron and his Lawyers | H.A. Milton Height: Did You Know? Personal Quote: On Sigourney Weaver : I like her very much.

She's just a natural. Not too exotic. Very hard-nosed, intelligent. And flawed too, in the sense she is flawed by emotion. People root for her in Alien (1979) because she's so often coming up with the logical solution to some problem and then it just won't work. See more » Trivia: A magazine article written about him in the 1980s described how he had three desks set up in his house. At one desk, he was writing the script to The Terminator (1984), on another, he was finishing the script to Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and on the third, he was writing Aliens (1986). See more » Trademark: Known on-set for being very tough and demanding, and having a temper... hence his nickname "Iron Jim". However, off-set he is known to be very kind.

See more » Nickname: The King of the World - Photo 1 - Pictures - CBS News The King of the World Next Call him the "King of the World" -- or, at the least, "King of the Box Office." James Cameron, the director behind 1997's mega-blockbuster "Titanic," is now releasing a film he's been waiting to make his whole life. "Avatar," his upcoming 3D science-fiction fantasy, embodies his childhood love of imaginary creatures and his obsession with pushing the envelope. Credit: AP Photo/20th Century Fox Sam Worthington is shown in a scene from "Avatar," a 3-D epic about humans taking on the forms of extraterrestrials to explore a distant word. "Avatar" is the first fictional film Cameron has directed since 1997's "Titantic," which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winset and remains the highest-grossing film of all time. Credit: AP Photo/Twentieth Century Fox Actress Sigourney Weaver, right, and James Cameron arrive for a luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.

After seeing the original "Star Wars" film in 1977, Cameron quit his job as a truck driver to enter the film industry. His first box-office hit was 1984's "The Terminator," which was inspired by a nightmare Cameron says he had about an invincible robot hitman sent from the future to kill him. Credit: AP In addition to the first and second "Terminator" films, James Cameron has also directed memorable films such as "Aliens," "The Abyss," "True Lies" and "Titanic." Credit: AP Photo James Cameron speaks during a news conference regarding digital and 3D film at Showest in Las Vegas, Thursday, March 17, 2005. Credit: AP After directing a string of feature films, James Cameron turned his focus to documentaries and 3D digital technology.

Some of those projects include the IMAX 3D documentaries "Ghosts of the Abyss" and "Aliens of the Deep." He also created and co-produced the science-fiction television series "Dark Angel," which premiered in 2000 and lasted two seasons, and produced the 2002 George Clooney film "Solaris." Credit: AP James Cameron, right, poses with American actor and narrator Bill Paxton, during the photo call for his film "Ghost of the Abyss," which was shown out of competition at the 56th Film Festival in Cannes, southeastern France, Sunday, May 18, 2003. Credit: AP James Cameron, far left, and the film's director Steven Soderbergh, far right, pose with cast members George Clooney and Natascha McElhone at the premiere of "Solaris" at the Pacific Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2002.

Credit: AP Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in a scene from 1997's "Titanic." The film, which still holds the title of the highest-grossing film of all time, earned Cameron three Oscars -- Best Editing, Best Director and Best Picture. It won 11 Oscars overall. Credit: AP Photo Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in a scene from James Cameron's 1997 film "Titanic." After "Titanic," Cameron took time off from directing fictional films and focused mainly on documentaries. 2009's "Avatar" marks his return to feature films. Credit: Paramount Pictures James Cameron, center, poses with actors Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio after winning the awards for Best Dramatic Motion Picture and Best Director for the film "Titanic" at the 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 18, 1998.

Credit: AP Film History Milestones - 1997 Event and Significance 1997 Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension (aka Marvin the Martian in 3D), a 12-minute Warner Bros film, opened as a feature of the Warner Bros.' theme park "Movie World" in Australia. It was the first computer-animated CG film that was to be viewed with 3-D glasses. It combined the experience of watching a fully CGI film with polarized/anaglyphic glasses. 1997 James Cameron's Titanic (1997), the most expensive film of all time at the time of its release, also soon became the highest grossing and most successful film of all-time in Hollywood history (at $600.8 million domestic gross box-office receipts, and $1.8 billion total worldwide gross), surpassing the all-time box-office (domestic) record of Star Wars (1977) .

(Titanic remained at the top until Cameron's own Avatar (2009) surpassed it 12 years later at $760.5 million (domestic).) It was the first film with a budget of $200 million, and it was the first movie to gross $1 billion (worldwide). When adjusted for inflation, however, Cleopatra (1963) had the highest budget of any film, and Gone with the Wind (1939) remained the highest grossing. Delays during production and a budget of $200 million threatened to 'sink' the film, but didn't affect its overall success. Repeated theatrical viewings by young teens (enthralled by the romance between Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet) were partly responsible for the film's high returns. The bulk of the state-of-the-art visual effects (CGI and miniature models) were provided by Cameron's own company, Digital Domain. And the film was backed or co-produced by two studios in order to foot the bill -- Fox and Paramount.

1997 The blockbuster film Titanic (1997) had a record-tying fourteen nominations and won a record-tying eleven Academy Awards (duplicating the feat of All About Eve (1950) ). That made it the second of only two films to receive 14 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. It was also the second film to win 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture - it tied Ben-Hur (1959) with eleven Oscar wins - the most Oscar wins of any film in Academy Awards history. [ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) would equal the feat in six years with 11 wins.] 1997 There were only two instances in which the same movie character was Oscar-nominated within the same film. The first instance was in Titanic (1997), where the character of Rose DeWitt Bukater was played by nominees Gloria Stuart and Kate Winslet.

[Note: The second instance was the character of Iris Murdoch in Iris (2001).] 1997 The 18th official Bond film, Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) was the first film in cinematic history to have the largest product placement deal ever, covering its entire production budget of $110 million. The film was largely marketed through the film's promotional partners. Sponsoring companies included BMW, Ericsson cellphones, Bollinger champagne, Omega watches, Dunhill, Brioni clothing, Avis rental cars, Golden Wonder potato chips, L'Oréal cosmetics, VISA, and Heineken beer. Some joked that the Bond films had now become the "Licence to Sell." 1997 The first time product placement appeared in an animated picture was Chanel perfume in Anastasia (1997). 1997 Due to its opening against James Cameron's blockbuster Titanic (1997), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) was the first (and only) Pierce Brosnan Bond film to not open as the # 1 film at the box-office.

1997 Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt won Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars for As Good As It Gets (1997). This was only the seventh time in 70 years that the leading actor and actress from the same film received the Oscars. 1997 Slim DVDs (Digital Versatile Discs), the new generation of optical disc storage technology, began to be sold to consumers. By 2003, there were over 250 million DVD playback devices worldwide, one of the most successful consumer electronics products of all time. It was destined to replace the laser disc, videotape (bulky VHS), and videogame cartridges. In mid-2003, DVD rentals first topped those of VHS. 1997 Writer/director Paul Thomas' Boogie Nights (1997) was a significant film for authentically portraying the Southern California pornography industry in the late 1970s and early 1980s, through the character of Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) - based upon the life of porn actor John C. Holmes, who became well-endowed porn star Dirk Diggler.

1997 Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-Wai's haunting and melancholy film Happy Together (1997, HK) (aka Cheun Gwong Tsa Sit) about a gay couple, was released. The film's cinematographer used multiple film speeds and color film stock. It was controversial for its graphic portrayal of Chinese male homosexuality and was banned in Singapore, among other places. 1997 George Lucas released re-vamped Special Editions of the Star Wars Trilogy . Episodes IV, V, and VI were remastered and re-released for theatrical showings. Most of the changes were cosmetic - various scenes or images were cleaned up or restored, but some changes were made to the films as well. For example, in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) , there was a new CGI version of Jabba the Hutt (originally a latex puppet), and a modified "Cantina Scene" in which Greedo shot first. 1997 Star Wars (1977) was the first film to earn more than $400 million domestically.

It reached this mark in February 1997 after the re-release or re-issue of its 20th anniversary edition. 1997 The British comedy film The Full Monty (1997) was an unexpected sleeper hit, although American audiences were unfamiliar with the slang term "the full monty" (complete nudity during a striptease). 1997 In June 1997, J.K. Rowling's first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was published in the UK. It would become the first in a franchise series of Harry Potter films, beginning with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) . 1997 Sleepy-eyed actor Robert Mitchum died at the age of 79 of lung cancer.

He was active as an actor, often as a "macho" anti-hero, from the 1940s to 1990s, appearing in such favorites as The Story of GI Joe (1945) (earning his sole Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor), the noirish Out of the Past (1947) , director Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter (1955) , and Cape Fear (1962). Other roles included Pursued (1947), Crossfire (1947), Angel Face (1952), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), The Red Pony (1959), The Sundowners (1960), El Dorado (1967), and the remake of The Big Sleep (1978). 1997 One day after the death of fellow actor Robert Mitchum, American film actor James Stewart died at the age of 89, also from lung cancer. One of the finest actors ever, he appeared in dozens of classic films, and was nominated for five Best Actor Academy Awards for: Mr.

Smith Goes to Washington (1939) , The Philadelphia Story (1940) (win), It's a Wonderful Life (1946) , Harvey (1950), and Anatomy of a Murder (1959). Other notable Stewart films for Alfred Hitchcock included: Rear Window (1954) , Rope (1948), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), and Vertigo (1958) . 1997 Founded in 1994, DreamWorks SKG's first feature film release was The Peacemaker (1997), starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman. A year later, the studio released their first animated film Antz (1998). 1997 The mockumentary An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997) reduced the effectiveness of using an alias director's name (in this case for director Arthur Hiller, who disowned the film), and it became the last film to ever bear the pseudonym. The Director's Guild of America (DGA) changed their rules afterwards, allowing other names to be used as aliases.

In the past, according to DGA rules, a director unhappy with creative changes made on a film could have his name removed during post-production, and replaced only with a required alias: "Alan Smithee." Titanic’s James Cameron corrects starry skies in director’s cut of blockbuster | Toronto Star Entertainment Titanic’s James Cameron corrects starry skies in director’s cut of blockbuster The stars in the night sky were all wrong in James Cameron&rsquo;s blockbuster film, Titanic, according to an astrophysicist who nagged the director to make the stars right. Who knew Rose (Kate Winslet) was staring up at the wrong star patterns as she lay freezing on a piece of wood, awaiting to be rescued while her true love, Jack, died? Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson did. (Titanic) By Nancy J. White Living Reporter Tues., April 3, 2012 In the blockbuster movie, Titanic, as heroine Rose clung to a piece of wood in the icy North Atlantic, the starry sky above her was . . . all wrong. Most likely, no one noticed. No one except astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson .

It took several exchanges — a bit barbed — with temperamental director James Cameron, but in the 3D version, opening Wednesday , the stars are finally aligned. “There was no reason not to get the right sky,” insists Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. “We knew where the ship was, the date, the time. If the Leonardo DiCaprio character wore striped bell-bottoms, every one would say it’s wrong.” Cameron, a noted perfectionist, admitted to British media this week that he redid the scene spurred on by Tyson’s “snarky” email. “I know how to be snarky,” laughs Tyson. “This wasn’t snarky. But I can see how he could interpret it that way.” Snarky. This is what happens when an astrophysics star collides with a Hollywood star. Both men are science geeks. But Cameron is most fascinated with the ocean depths — he made a sensational solo dive last month to the deepest point of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific — while Tyson keeps his eye on the sky. And that’s what he was watching back in 1997 when he first saw Titanic.

In the scene where Rose is in the water, the stars were just random. “The left half of the sky was a mirror reflection of the right half. Not only was it wrong, it was lazy,” says Tyson. “This film was marketed on how accurate it was. The staterooms, the china patterns, the wall sconces were all recreated. All these details, but not the sky? He shortchanged us.” So Tyson wrote a “polite but firm” letter to Cameron, known for his attention to details. “I don’t write letters to any director, just the ones who care about the truth,” says Tyson. “I didn’t write to the producers of Armageddon.” (Don’t get him started.) But no response to the letter, a black hole. Then, about five years later, Tyson met the director in Los Angeles and told him again that the sky was wrong. Cameron simply said it must have happened in post-production, that he didn’t know anything about it, says the astrophysicist and host of the TV series NOVA ScienceNOW . “I wanted him to grovel at my feet, but that didn’t happen.

I was immaturely unhappy with his answer.” Three years later, Cameron got an award at a big dinner in New York that Tyson also attended. The wine was flowing. “I said, ‘Jim, why is the sky wrong?’ ” recounts Tyson. “He said: ‘Last I checked, Titanic grossed $1.3 billion dollars worldwide. Imagine how much it would have earned had I gotten the sky correct.’ “A brilliant answer,” says Tyson. “I had no comeback. My tail was between my legs.” Two weeks later, Tyson got a call from Cameron’s production house requesting information on the correct sky for a director’s cut version of the movie. It was included as extra footage, says Tyson. At Toronto’s Soho VFX , a visual effects studio, co-owner Berj Bannayan speculates that inserting the right stars into the movie’s 3D version wouldn’t be too difficult, depending on how much sky was changed. “In the grand scheme of that movie, it would be one of the easier things to do, but it wouldn’t be trivial,” Bannayan says. The night the ship sank, passengers would have seen the Big and Little Dippers and a stunning sweep of the Milky Way, says Tyson.

So maybe Tyson should get a credit at the movie’s end, “night sky editor?” “Or ‘the guy who showed I messed up,’ ” laughs Tyson. “No, I don’t care. I’m just a servant of the public cosmic good. If I help a viewer get more accurate information, that’s my reward.” Audience Reviews for Titanic ½ Benjamin Guggenheim: No, thank you. We are dressed in our best and are prepared to go down as gentlemen. But, we would like a brandy. "Collide With Destiny" Titanic is a movie I've seen countless times since I was a little kid and it came out. This movie is one that seems to polarize people to extremes. Some love it and will call it one of the best movies they've seen and others will hate it and label it one of the worst. As far as where I stand on it today, I still believe it is a very good film that benefits from marvelous special effects. Jack wins his way onto the Titanic in a poker game and runs into first class rich girl, Rose, when she is hanging off the end of the ship, apparently about to commit suicide.

Jack saves her and they start spending a lot of time together, which really pisses off Rose's rich, but unpleasant fiancé, Cal Hockley. The story is told by the 102 year old Rose, as treasure seeker Brock Lovett searches for a diamond that was given to Rose by Cal on the boat. The movie has its share of problems. The dialogue, at times, can be corny, as can the actions. The acting, while serviceable most of the time, has some terrible moments, especially from Billy Zane and Bill Paxton. Also, the film suffers slightly from its long run time. It's not something that bothers me a great deal, but had the film been cut by something like 20 or 30 minutes, it would have flowed a lot better. Titanic isn't James Cameron's best film, but it is a majestic and epic one. I like Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as Jack and Rose, and I also really liked Kathy Bates as a first class passenger that has just come into her money. This isn't one of the best films ever, but it's, at times, fun, sad, infuriating, and joyful.

There's an emotional rollercoaster going on here. Melvin White Super Reviewer I saw this on DVD for the first time in 2014 as part of a DVD binge weekend during 4 days of snow. I liked it because it has a real story--although in retrospect the poor rich girl who was going to kill herself because her fiance was too rich or too controlling was a little over the top, but this is from the perspective of a woman (me) who has lived all that drama decades ago. The sets were outstanding. Really captured the sense of what it was like to be trapped on a sinking ship --talk about being trapped between the devil and the deep blue sea. The class warfare was interesting. Still fighting that. Nit pick: why did Rose keep the multi-million dollar necklace? It was given to her by someone she hated and it was more like a handcuff. And then why did she dump it into the ocean--I got that it was supposed to close a chapter on her life, but it was the wrong symbol. And she has this granddaughter--did she ever think maybe the granddaughter could use a little help paying off her student loans? As I say, those are nit picks, It was a good movie.

Bathsheba Monk Titanic - Kino Lorber Theatrical Titanic Directed by Werner Klinger and Herbert Selpin Year: 1943 Composed by Werner Eisbrenner and Donald Sosin Directed by Werner Klinger and Herbert Selpin Before James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster Titanic, the Hollywood Titanic of 1953, the 1958 British film A Night to Remember, and the 1997 Broadway musical Titanic, there was the Nazi German film Titanic. A Tobis production begun in 1942, this production nearly sank as decisively as the doomed ocean liner. The film's director, Herbert Selpin, infuriated with the slow second-unit shooting in the port of Gdynia, was overheard making remarks damning the German army. Reported to the Gestapo, Selpin was arrested and later found hanging in his prison cell, the victim of an arranged "suicide." In April, 1943, the film was banned by the Berlin censors for German release because of its terrifying scenes of panic, all too familiar to German civilians undergoing nightly Allied bombing raids.

After extensive cutting, Titanic was released in occupied Paris and a few army installations. The film was seen in Germany finally in late 1949, but banned a few months later in the Western sectors (though not in the Soviet zone, because of its unmistakable anti-British-capitalist theme). Technically, this Titanic is an excellent catastrophe film; its shots of the ship sinking were later used by the 1958 British film without credit. Somewhat true to the facts—though peppered with fictional good Germans both on and below deck, in steerage—the film ends with a trial scene that aquits the White Star Line management, followed by a final slide denouncing England's "eternal quest for profit." These packed a powerful propaganda punch; cut from the postwar prints, they have been restored for this Kino on Video version.

Original film score by Werner Eisbrenner 'Titanic' Director James Cameron Speaks about Lasting Fascination of Ship - SPIEGEL ONLINE 'Titanic' Director James Cameron Speaks about Lasting Fascination of Ship Interview with Director James Cameron 'The 'Titanic' Shows That the Unthinkable Can Happen' Canadian film director James Cameron has made three films about the Titantic, including the 1997 blockbuster of the same name. In a SPIEGEL interview, he discusses his lasting fascination with the ship's story and why it is a metaphor that can teach us about love, loss, hubris and ourselves. REUTERS/ 20th Century Fox Actors Leonard DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in one of the key scenes in the film "Titanic": "The Titanic gives away her mysteries at a very slow pace." April 06, 2012 10:36 AM Feedback SPIEGEL: Mr. Cameron, you and your crew have been down to the wreck of the Titanic more than 30 times. Why? Cameron: We shot footage for our documentary "Ghosts of the Abyss," and we wanted to see what exactly is down there.

But it's simply fascinating, as well. It was like a space mission: We were the astronauts (with) high-tech all around us. And then the Titanic emerges out of the dark as if from the otherworld. You can visit her; but you can't stay. I have tried to steer clear from emotions. But it's actually a very emotional experience. SPIEGEL: Emotions? Just because you were in a mini-submarine 3,800 meters (12,500 feet) beneath the surface and never sure whether you'd ever see the surface again? Cameron: Oh, yes. One day, there was a technical problem. We touched down on a deck of the Titanic. I realized this was the place where the musicians of the band played as the water was coming and where the passengers came out of the ship. After we returned to our mothership, I just sat down and started crying. I realized all that I knew about the dramas on board, about all those men who stood back from the lifeboats knowing that they would never see their wives and children again. Chronology of a Catastrophe SPIEGEL: What does that still mean for you today, and for us?

Cameron: The catastrophe showed those people who they were, whether they rose up to the tragedy, or whether they ran away or tried to camouflage themselves with women's clothes. Being separated from the event by a century, we have it easier. But everyone can ask themselves: Who am I? How would I react? The Titanic is a huge story because of this sort of thing. SPIEGEL: But there have been plenty of catastrophes throughout history with far more casualties. Cameron: It's not about numbers. It's about the hubris of the shipowners, for example; it's about society at that time. It was a very optimistic time: Technology was advancing; people built aircrafts; they enjoyed electric light; everything looked like there would be a great future. And the Titanic stood for that. And then, suddenly, the unthinkable happened, as if all of this went down with the Titanic. This was a huge blow. And, today, there are unthinkable topics as well, such as a nuclear war. And the Titanic shows that the unthinkable can happen. SPIEGEL: Other disasters show that as well. So why does the Titanic have such a strong impact? Cameron: Because she is and will remain a metaphor.

There was the first class, second class, third class and the crew. So you have the rich and mighty, the middle class, the lower class and, let's say, the government. And the government is influenced by the wealthy -- in this case, Bruce Ismay (the chairman and director of the White Star Line of steamships, the owner of the Titanic, who also died on its maiden voyage). And they are driving this ship way too fast, quite deliberately playing with the lives and the future of the other people. And when they see the iceberg, it's too late. That's how it is with climate change. I am in Guam right now, and I want to dive to the Marianas Trench, the deepest place on Earth. I spoke with the president of Micronesia a few days ago, and he told me how his country is literally shrinking. The atolls here are very low. SPIEGEL: Shouldn't you do a movie about that? Cameron: The day the 9/11 terrorists murdered 3,000 people in New York and Washington, I was just diving to the Titanic. Twelve hours later, I came back to our mothership.

I was presumably the last man in the Western Hemisphere to learn about what had happened. For a while, I thought: Why are we diving into history while new parts are made, while the very ground we are standing on is shaking? But, some days later, I realized that (the film) "Titanic" gave us help in interpreting the new disaster, in exploring the feelings of loss and anger. Why do people watch "Titanic"? It's partly because they can cry. Loss is a part of our life; it's about love and death and about death partly defining love. And these are things we all have to cope with. SPIEGEL: Does the Titanic, the ship, still hold any mysteries? Cameron: You have these small secrets everywhere. For example, we could go with our small remotely operated underwater vehicle into the Marconi (wireless telegraph) room of the Titanic. We saw the position of switches; we saw how the Marconi operators John Phillips and Harold Bride tried to control the electricity. Bride survived; Phillips vanished. Bride said that, when he saw Phillips for the last time, Phillips was still transmitting. And we saw that the wireless-machine was switched off.

So Phillips probably stopped and maybe tried to get out, but it was probably too late for him. The Titanic gives away her mysteries at a very slow pace. So we will never know everything about the Titanic. Editor's note: SPIEGEL completed this interview with James Cameron prior to his successful mission in late March to descend in a submersible to the bottom of the Marianas Trench, which at 35,576 feet beneath the surface, is the deepest part of any ocean in the world. Interview conducted by Clemens Höges Article... See the Cast of 'Titanic' Then and Now See the Cast of 'Titanic' Then and Now January 27, 2014 @ 4:30 PM Paramount In 1997, James Cameron unleashed 'Titanic,' his epic blockbuster about the ill-fated maiden voyage of the notorious ship and the fictional love story between Jack ( Leonardo DiCaprio ) and Rose ( Kate Winslet ). The film was a smashing success and was nominated for 14 Academy Awards, winning 11, including statues for Best Picture and Best Director for Cameron.

In 2012, Cameron released a 3D version of the film earning it another $343 million worldwide, taking its total earnings to date well over $2 billion. 14 years later, we celebrate one of the most successful films in history by taking a look back at the cast and seeing where they are now. Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Dawson Paramount/Getty Images Then: Leonardo DiCaprio, star of films like 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape' and 'The Basketball Diaries,' played Jack Dawson, a homeless artist who wins third-class tickets on the RMS Titanic with his friend. Matthew McConaughey and Chris O'Donnell were also considered, as was Jared Leto, who refused to audition. DiCaprio wasn't so easy, either, refusing to read romantic scenes and goofing off in his audition.

Now: DiCaprio's role in 'Titanic' made him a major Hollywood star, leading him to roles in 'The Man in the Iron Mask,' 'The Beach,' and 'Catch Me if You Can.' In 2008 he reunited with Winslet for the film 'Revolutionary Road,' and he's also starred in the recent films 'Django Unchained' and 'The Great Gatsby.' But he's most acclaimed for his work with Martin Scorsese in films like 'The Aviator,' 'The Departed,' 'Gangs of New York,' and most recently, the 2013 film 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' which earned DiCaprio his third Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Kate Winslet, Rose DeWitt Bukater Paramount/Getty Images Then: Kate Winslet was a little-known actress back then, whose previous film credits included 'Sense and Sensibility' and Peter Jackson's 'Heavenly Creatures.' She campaigned heavily for the role of Rose, the wealthy but troubled heiress, and sent Cameron notes from England regularly, determined to get the part.

Claire Danes, who previously starred with DiCaprio in 'Romeo and Juliet' had also been considered, but Winslet's screen test impressed Cameron and she eventually won him over with her insistence that she was Rose. Now: 'Titanic' was Winslet's breakout role, and since then she's appeared in films like 'Quills,' 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,' 'Little Children,' 'The Reader,' and 'Contagion.' She starred in the HBO miniseries 'Mildred Pierce,' and reunited with DiCaprio for the drama 'Revolutionary Road.' More recently she appeared in the films 'Movie 43' and 'Labor Day,' and can be seen next in 'Divergent,' the first in a planned trilogy of films based on the popular young adult novels. Billy Zane, Cal Hockley Paramount/Getty Images Then: Billy Zane played Cal Hockley, Rose's arrogant fiance and heir to a steel fortune. When Matthew McConaughey was deemed a little too old for the role of Jack, he was offered the part of Cal instead, but turned it down.

The part went to Zane, who was known for roles in 'Tombstone' and 'The Phantom.' Now: Zane is mostly a B-movie actor, appearing in films like 'Bloodrayne,' 'Surviving Evil,' 'The Roommate,' and 'The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption.' Over the years he's guest-starred on the shows 'Charmed,' 'Samantha Who?,' and 'The Deep End,' and recently appeared in the horror movies 'Ghost of Goodnight Lane' and 'Scorned.' Frances Fisher, Ruth DeWitt Bukater Paramount/Getty Images Then: Frances Fisher portrayed Rose's mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, who insists that Rose marry Cal in order to maintain their family's wealth. She had previously starred in 'Unforgiven' and 'Striptease.' Now: Since then, you've probably seen Fisher in movies like 'Gone in 60 Seconds,' 'In the Valley of Elah,' or 'The Roommate,' which reunited her with Billy Zane.

And although Matthew McConaughey missed his chance to co-star with her in 'Titanic,' Fisher appeared with him in the 2011 film 'The Lincoln Lawyer.' Fisher recently appeared in 'The Host' and 'Plush,' and can be seen next in the upcoming film 'The Congress.' Bill Paxton, Brock Lovett Paramount/Getty Images Then: Bill Paxton played Brock Lovett, a present day treasure hunter looking for the necklace that once belonged to Rose, so he seeks the help of an elderly Rose and her granddaughter.

Paxton had previously appeared in James Cameron's films 'The Terminator,' 'Aliens,' and 'True Lies,' and he co-starred with Billy Zane in 'Tombstone.' Now: Paxton went on to star in films like 'A Simple Plan,' 'Frailty,' 'Club Dread,' and 'Haywire.' He played patriarch Bill Henrickson on the HBO series 'Big Love,' which ran from 2006 to 2011, and has recently appeared in the films '2 Guns' and 'The Colony.' Up next, he's got a four-episode arc on 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' and supporting roles in the films 'Edge of Tomorrow' and 'Million Dollar Arm.' Suzy Amis, Lizzy Calvert Paramount/Getty Images Then: Former model Suzy Amis played Lizzy, Rose's granddaughter. Amis had previously starred in the films 'Blown Away' and 'The Usual Suspects.' Now: Amis met director James Cameron while working on 'Titanic' (obviously), and the two began a relationship.

They married in 2000, and Amis hasn't acted since 1999, when she appeared in direct-to-video film 'Judgment Day.' In 2005, Amis founded MUSE Elementary, an independent, non-profit school in California. Danny Nucci, Fabrizio De Rossi Paramount/Getty Images Then: Danny Nucci played Fabrizio De Rossi, Jack's similarly penniless friend who goes with him when they win two third-class passenger tickets to the RMS Titanic in a poker game. Nucci also played characters who were killed off in 'Eraser' and 'The Rock,' two other major blockbusters released between 1996 and 1997. Now: Nucci's appeared in 'World Trade Center,' 'The Sandlot: Heading Home,' and 'Sinatra Club.' He's found more success on television, guest-starring on 'House,' 'The Mentalist,' 'Criminal Minds,' 'Castle,' and different versions of 'CSI.' He recently guest-starred on the CW's 'Arrow,' and currently stars on the ABC Family series 'The Fosters' as Mike Foster.

Kathy Bates, Margaret "Molly" Brown Paramount/Getty Images Then: Kathy Bates played the headstrong Molly Brown, one of the characters who was based on a real-life passenger aboard the Titanic. Brown was given the nickname "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" for heroically commandeering a lifeboat for herself and other women. Country music star Reba McEntire had initially won the role of Molly Brown but had to drop out of the film due to scheduling conflicts. Now: Bates has since appeared in the films 'The Waterboy,' 'About Schmidt,' 'Failure to Launch,' and 'The Family That Preys.' In 2008 she reunited with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet for 'Revolutionary Road,' and since then has appeared in the films 'The Blind Side' and 'Midnight in Paris.' Bates had a recurring role on 'The Office' and starred on her own short-lived TV series, 'Harry's Law.' Currently, she stars on 'American Horror Story: Coven,' and will appear next on 'Mike and Molly.' Victor Garber, Thomas Andrews Paramount/Getty Images Then: Victor Garber played Thomas Andrews, the builder of the RMS Titanic, who is also a very kind and practical man.

Garber was known for roles in 'Sleepless in Seattle' and 'The First Wives' Club.' Now: Garber is perhaps best known for his role as Jack Bristow, the father of Jennifer Garner's character on the hit series 'Alias,' which ran from 2001 to 2006. He's also appeared in the films 'Legally Blonde,' 'Milk,' and 'You Again,' and lent his voice to 'Kung Fu Panda 2.' He recently starred in 'Argo,' and has guest-starred on '30 Rock,' 'Damages,' 'The Good Wife,' and 'Sleepy Hollow.' He currently co-stars with Lisa Kudrow on 'Web Therapy,' the Showtime comedy series which is now entering its fourth season.

Question: Who was the director of the 1997 blackbuster film Titanic?
Answer: James CAMERON