• Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson: Cameron said he needed the cast to feel as though they were really on the Titanic, to relive its liveliness, and "to take that energy and give it to Jack, ... an artist who is able to have his heart soar". A list of the top 100 thrilling films in American cinema, compiled in 2001. We wanted this to be a definitive visualization of this moment in history as if you'd gone back in a time machine and shot it. 22 June 2000. [73] Paxton agreed that his scene with Brock's epiphany and laugh was unnecessary, stating that "I would have shot heroin to make the scene work better ...you didn't really need anything from us. [172], With regard to television broadcasts, the film airs occasionally across the United States on networks such as TNT. "But I took it out. Jack and Rose develop a tentative friendship, despite Cal, his valet Spicer Lovejoy, and Ruth, being wary of him. "You know what it means for her, the freedom she must be feeling. "[202], 1997 American romantic disaster film directed by James Cameron, ON A SEA OF GLASS: THE LIFE & LOSS OF THE RMS TITANIC" by Tad Fitch, J. Kent Layton & Bill Wormstedt. Subscribe Thank you for subscribing to our daily newsletter. [71], An enclosed 5,000,000-US-gallon (19,000,000 L) tank was used for sinking interiors, in which the entire set could be tilted into the water. [41] Anders Falk, who filmed a documentary about the film's sets for the Titanic Historical Society, makes a cameo appearance in the film as a Swedish immigrant whom Jack Dawson meets when he enters his cabin; Edward Kamuda and Karen Kamuda, then President and Vice President of the Society who served as film consultants, were cast as extras in the film. Cal becomes indifferent, and it is suggested to him that Jack be rewarded; he invites Jack to dine with them in first-class. [192] The reissue ultimately earned $343.4 million worldwide, with $145 million coming from China and $57.8 million from Canada and United States. The lifeboats have departed and passengers are falling to their deaths as the stern rises out of the water. Ruth emphasizes that Rose's marriage will resolve their family's financial problems and allow them to retain their upper-class status. Gwyneth Paltrow aboard "Titanic"? A few attempts to film this sequence with stunt people resulted in some minor injuries, and Cameron halted the more dangerous stunts. They evade Lovejoy, and have sex in an automobile inside the cargo hold. Production began in 1995, when Cameron shot footage of the actual Titanic wreck. This eventually led to more positive media coverage. [151][154][155] The film's soundtrack became the best-selling primarily orchestral soundtrack of all time, and became a worldwide success, spending sixteen weeks at number-one in the United States, and was certified diamond for over eleven million copies sold in the United States alone. Leonardo DiCaprio at the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Titanic’ on December 14, 1997. "They had rehearsed together, but they hadn't shot anything together. [79] For the vocals heard throughout the film, subsequently described by Earle Hitchner of The Wall Street Journal as "evocative", Horner chose Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø, commonly known as "Sissel". Upon its release on December 19, 1997, Titanic achieved significant critical and commercial success. 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A 20-year-old man was killed on San Francisco's Bay Bridge on Sunday evening after the driver of the dirt bike he was riding as a passenger tried to … Cameron stated, "You think, 'There probably aren't going to be many filmmakers who go to Titanic. [46] "And I worked within that to write the script, and I got some historical experts to analyze what I'd written and comment on it, and I adjusted it. On the forward deck, they witness the ship's collision with an iceberg and overhear its officers and builder discussing its seriousness. There's a nervousness and an energy and a hesitance in them," Cameron stated. ... Billy Crudup, and … I think you have to have a fairly strict methodology in dealing with a large number of people. Cal realizes he gave his coat, and consequently the necklace, to Rose. A film critic for the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Cameron's overweening pride has come close to capsizing this project" and that the film was "a hackneyed, completely derivative copy of old Hollywood romances". Billy Crudup Net Worth $6 million When Crudup was young, his family moved around before eventually settling in Florida, where he would attend Saint Thomas Aquinas High School, matriculating in 1986. After seeing the scene on film, Cameron felt it worked out considerably well. [178] The only scene entirely redone for the re-release was Rose's view of the night sky at sea, on the morning of April 15, 1912. There was also a 65-foot-long (20 m) model of the ship's stern that could break in two repeatedly, the only miniature to be used in water. [12], There was one "crucial historical fact" Cameron chose to omit from the film – the SS Californian was close to the Titanic the night she sank but had turned off its radio for the night, did not hear her crew's SOS calls, and did not respond to their distress flares. "Titanic is not a film that is sucking people in with flashy hype and spitting them out onto the street feeling let down and ripped off," he stated. For the Heart of the Ocean design, London-based jewelers Asprey & Garrard used cubic zirconias set in white gold[82] to create an Edwardian-style necklace to be used as a prop in the film. "The story of the Californian was in there; we even shot a scene of them switching off their Marconi radio set," said Cameron. [82] This design featured a much larger inverted pear-shaped Ceylon sapphire with a subtle cleft to resemble a heart. "... the short version is that the film cost proportionally much more than T2 and True Lies. Caught up like never before in an intimate epic that earns its place in the movie time capsule. [12] When carrying out the sequence, people needed to fall off the increasingly tilting deck, plunging hundreds of feet below and bouncing off of railings and propellers on the way down. Not only were the dives high-risk, but adverse conditions prevented Cameron from getting the high quality footage that he wanted. Alone on the stern of Keldysh, Rose takes out the Heart of the Ocean, which was in her possession all along, and drops it into the sea over the wreck site. The 744-foot-long (227 m) exterior of the RMS Titanic had its first half lowered into the tank, but as the heaviest part of the ship it acted as a shock absorber against the water; to get the set into the water, Cameron had much of the set emptied and even smashed some of the promenade windows himself. [141] The British film magazine Empire reduced their rating of the film from the maximum five stars and an enthusiastic review, to four stars with a less positive review in a later edition, to accommodate its readers' tastes, who wanted to disassociate themselves from the hype surrounding the film, and the reported activities of its fans, such as those attending multiple screenings. A list of the top 100 film quotations in American cinema, compiled in 2005. Just as they are about to escape him, Lovejoy notices Rose's hand slap the water as it slips off the table behind which she is hiding. The other eye looked like he'd been sniffing glue since he was four. Billy Crudup Quotes If I had done 'Titanic,' it would have made, probably, $200,000 - worldwide. Jack is arrested and restrained in the master-at-arms' office. He also did not want to disrupt the audience's melancholy after the Titanic's sinking. He is an American actor who is best known for roles in Big Fish, Almost Famous, Watchmen, Alien: Covenant and Public Enemies. Rumor has it that he declined an audition for the lead in Titanic (1997) in order to seek out more challenging projects--like the Steve Prefontaine biopic Without Limits (1998). The third and final design was not used in the film. You're going to have to fire me! "There were times when I was genuinely frightened of him. They look sensationally crisp and alive. [173] To permit the scene where Jack draws the nude portrait of Rose to be shown on network and specialty cable channels, in addition to minor cuts, the sheer, see-through robe worn by Winslet was digitally painted black. You are there. There were many others who were up for the role, including Matthew McConaughey, Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Steven Doroff, River Phoenix, Christian Bale, and Billy Crudup. For one, "Two-thirds of Titanic's haul was earned overseas, and Avatar [tracked] similarly... Avatar opened in 106 markets globally and was no. "That set the bar higher in a way – it elevated the movie in a sense. [165] By March 2005, the film has sold 8 million DVD and 59 million VHS units. It was sold to an unidentified Asprey client[83] for $1.4 million, under the agreement that Celine Dion would wear it two nights later at the 1998 Academy Awards ceremony. [44] "I read everything I could. He said, "The 3D intensifies Titanic. A 2007 (10th anniversary) edition of 1997's list of the 100 best films of the past century. "We labored the last six months on Titanic in the absolute knowledge that the studio would lose $100 million. . "[45], Cameron wrote a scriptment for a Titanic film,[48] met with 20th Century Fox executives including Peter Chernin, and pitched it as "Romeo and Juliet on the Titanic". "[118] In December 2009, Cameron had stated, "I don't think it's realistic to try to topple Titanic off its perch. 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