Featuring spectacular special effects set amidst the backdrop of one of the most tragic events of the 20th century, James Cameron's award-winning TITANIC stands as one of the greatest Hollywood spectaculars of all time. Beginning with an undersea expedition in the 1990s, in which scuba divers are searching the sunken ship for lost relics, a painting of young Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) is found. This triggers a flashback to the young woman's story as it happened on the doomed Titanic. Rose is a daughter of privilege on her way to be married to an arrogant but wealthy young man (Billy Zane). Despairing, Rose finds herself falling in love with Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio), a carefree and poor young artist who is also aboard. When the great ship strikes an iceberg and begins to sink, Rose and Jack have only each other as their world falls apart around them.
Director James Cameron spared no expense in bringing his simple yet powerful love story to life, building a 90% scale model of the ship, fussing over the tiniest details, and ultimately spending some $200 million dollars. A worldwide smash, TITANIC received fourteen Academy Award nominations and 11 wins, including Best Picture. Despite all the lavish sets and special effects, the film would be nothing without the emotional core provided by stars Winslet and DiCaprio, who give star making performances as the tragic young lovers.
Theatrical release: December 19, 1997.
The film grossed more than $600 million at the domestic box office and more than $1.8 billion worldwide.
Excerpt: "I'm the king of the world!" Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio)
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Sensormatic
Dual Layer
Widescreen - 2.35:1
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Dolby Digital Surround - English
Dolby Digital Surround - French
Trailer - Theatrical
Motion Menus
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Stars
Leonardo DiCaprio: American actor, TITANIC (1997), THE AVIATOR, GANGS OF NEW YO
Kate Winslet: British actress, TITANIC (1997), ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPO
Billy Zane: American Actor, TITANIC
Kathy Bates: Oscar winning actress, MISERY
Frances Fisher: American Actress
Bernard Hill: British Actor
Jonathan Hyde: Actor/"Richie Rich"
Danny Nucci: Actor/"Book Of Love"
David Warner: British Actor
Bill Paxton: American Actor
Gloria Stuart: American Actress; THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933), TITANIC (1997)
Victor Garber: Stage/Film Actor
Suzy Amis: American Actress
Lewis Abernathy: Screenwriter/Director
Nicholas Cascone: American Actor
Anatoly M. Sagalevitch:
Jason Barry: Actor, CHAOS
Ewan Stewart:
Ioan Gruffudd:
Jonathan Phillips: Actor/"The Infiltrator"
Mark Lindsay Chapman: Actor/"The Langoliers"
Richard Graham:
Paul Brightwell:
Ron Donachie:
Eric Braeden: German-born actor, Rat Patrol/The Young and the Restless
Charlotte Chatton:
Bernard Fox: American actor, BEWITCHED
Michael Ensign:
Fannie Brett:
Jenette Goldstein: Supporting Actress
Camilla Overbye Roos:
Linda Kerns:
Amy Gaipa:
Martin Jarvis:
Rosalind Ayres: Star, CHRISTMAS IN THE CLOUDS (2005)
Rochelle Rose:
Jonathan Evans-Jones:
Brian Walsh:
Rocky Taylor:
Alexandria Owens:
Simon Crane:
Edward Fletcher:
Scott G. Anderson:
Martin East:
Craig Kelly:
Gregory Cooke:
Liam Tuohy:
James Lancaster: Actor/"Leprechaun 2"
Elsa Raven: Actress/"Twilight Zone...
Lew Palter:
Reece P. Thompson:
Laramie Landis:
Alison Waddell:
Amber Waddell:
Mark Rafael Truitt:
John Walcutt:
Terry Forrestal:
Derek Lea:
Richard Ashton:
Sean Nepita: Actor with two very different names
Brendan Connolly:
David Cronnelly:
Garth Wilton:
Martin Laing:
Richard Fox:
Nick Meaney:
Kevin Owers:
Mark Capri:
Marc Cass:
Paul Herbert:
Emmett James:
Christopher Byrne:
Oliver Page:
James Garrett:
Erik Holland: Supporting Actor
Jari Kinnunen:
Anders Falk:
Martin Hub:
Seth Adkins:
Barry Dennen: Actor/"Liquid Dreams"
Vern Urich:
Rebecca Jane Klingler:
Tricia O'Neil:
Kathleen S. Dunn:
Romeo Francis:
Mandana Marino:
Van Ling:
Bjorn:
Dan Pettersson:
Shay Duffin: Actor/"Number One Fan"
Greg Ellis: Actor, TITANIC
Diana Morgan: Actress, Began in 1990's - TITANIC (1997)
Director
James Cameron: Director/Screenwriter, TITANIC (1997), ALIENS (1986)
Producer
Jon Landau: Music Producer/Manager for Bruce Springsteen
James Cameron: Director/Screenwriter, TITANIC (1997), ALIENS (1986)
Screenwriter
James Cameron: Director/Screenwriter, TITANIC (1997), ALIENS (1986)
Composer
James Horner: Composer, COMMANDO (1985)
Editor
Conrad Buff: Editor
James Cameron: Director/Screenwriter, TITANIC (1997), ALIENS (1986)
Richard A. Harris: Editor
Costume Designer
Deborah Lynn Scott: Costume Designer, TITANIC (1997)
Director of Photography
Russell Carpenter:
Production Designer
Peter Lamont: British Production Designer
Song Performer
Celine Dion: Canadian Singer
Review 1:
"...Kate Winslet creates one of the most all-around attractive characters in years in an epic that won 11 Oscars..." -- 4 out of 4 stars
Source: USA Today
p.5E 04/03/1998
Review 2:
"...[Cameron] touches the deepest levels of popular movie-making..." -- Rating: A
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.49 03/27/1998
Review 3:
"...Magnificent....A huge, thrilling three-and-a-quarter-hour experience that unerringly lures viewers into the beauty and heartbreak of its lost world..."
Source: New York Times
p.E1 12/19/1997
Review 4:
"...Sumptuous, stunningly believable sets and visual effects....It is an intimate epic with a moving and resonant love story at its core..." -- 5 out of 5 stars
Source: Box Office
p.45 01/01/1998
Review 5:
"...It is flawlessly crafted, intelligently constructed, strongly acted and spellbinding..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.37 12/19/1997
Review 6:
Ranked #14 in Rolling Stone's 'Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- "TITANIC is simply the greatest romantic epic since GONE WITH THE WIND..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.98 12/01/2005