Monday, October 3, 2011

Titanic Review








Titanic


Release Date: 18th December 1997 - Australia


Production Companies
20th Century Fox (present)
Paramount Pictures (present)
Lightstorm Entertainment

Distribution
20th Century Fox Australia


Genre: Romance/Drama

Rating: M (Not Suitable for
Young Children)

Runtime: 194 minutes


Budget: $200,000,000

Box Office Gross: $2,257,844,580 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
A 100-year-old woman named Rose reminisces her youth in 1912 with a treasure hunter named Brock Lovett and her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert. She was a young aristocrat who boarded the luxurious, ill-fated ship called Titanic with her mother and her snobbish wealthy fiance, Caledon Hockley.

Among the lower-class passengers is a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson, with whom she meets and falls in love. Their romance blossoms, but their maiden voyage comes
to an abrupt end when
the ship gets struck by an
iceberg and starts to sink
into the freezing ocean.
Rose and Jack must try to
stay alive if they're about
to escape from Cal and
the sinking ship.


Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio - Jack Dawson
Kate Winslet - Rose DeWitt Bukater/Dawson
Billy Zane - Caledon Nathan "Cal" Hockley
Gloria Stuart - Old Rose
Bill Paxton - Brock Lovett
Suzy Amis - Lizzy Calvert
Danny Nucci - Fabrizio De Rossi
David Warner - Spicer Lovejoy
Jason Barry - Thomas "Tommy" Ryan
Kathy Bates - Margaret "Molly" Brown
Victor Garber - Thomas Andrews
Bernard Hill - Captain Edward John Smith
Jonathan Hyde - Joseph Bruce Ismay
Eric Braeden - Colonel John Jacob Astor IV
Lewis Abernathy - Lewis Bodine
Nicholas Cascone - Bobby Buell
Anatoly M. Sagalevitch - Anatoly Milkailavich
Jason Barry - Tommy Ryan
Ewan Stewart - 1st Officer Murdoch
Ioan Gruffudd - 5th Officer Lowe
Jonny Phillips - 2nd Officer
Lightoller
Mark Lindsay Chapman - Chief Officer Wilde
Richard Graham - Quartermaster Rowe
Paul Brightwell - Quartermaster Hichens
Ron Donachien - Master at
Arms
Charlotte Chatton - Madeline
Astor
Bernard Fox - Col. Archibald
Gracie
Michael Ensign - Benjamin Guggenheim
Fannie Brett - Madame Albert
Camilla Overbye Roos - Helga Dahl
Amy Gaipa - Trudy Bolt
Martin Jarvis - Sir Duff Gordon
Rosalind Ayres - Lady Duff Gordon
Rochelle Rose - Countess of Rothes
Jonathan Evans-Johns - Wallace Hartley
Rocky Taylor - Bert Cartmell
Alexandrea Owens-Sarno - Cora Cartmell
Simon Crane - 4th Officer Boxhall
Edward Fletcher - 6th Officer Moody
Scott Anderson - Frederick Fleet
Martin East - Lookout Lee
Craig Kelly - Harold Bride
Gregory Cooke - Jack Phillips
Liam Tuohy - Chief Baker Joughin
James Lancaster - Father Byles
Elsa Raven - Ida Straus
Lew Palter - Isidor Straus
Reece P. Thompson III - Irish Little Boy
Laramie Landis - Little Irish Girl
Amber & Alison Waddell - Cal's Crying Girl
Mark Rafael Truitt - Yaley
John Walcutt - 1st Class Husband
Terry Forrestal - Chief Engineer Ball
Derek Lea - Leading Stoker Barrett
Richard Ashton - Carpenter John Hutchinson
Oliver Page - Steward Barnes
James Garrett - Titanic Porter
Erik Holland - Olaf Dahl
Jari Kinnunen - Bjorn Gunderson
Anders Falk - Olaus Gunderson (Cameo)
Martin Hub - Slovakian Father
Seth Adkins - Slovakian 3-Year-Old Boy
Van Ling - Chinese Man (Cameo)
Bjørn Olsen - Olaf
Dan Pettersson - Sven
James Cameron - Steerage Dancer (Cameo)
(Uncredited)
Steven Lawrence - First Class Steward (Cameo)
(Uncredited)
Steven Quale - Engine Worker (Cameo)
(Uncredited)

Crew
Writer/Producer/Director of Photography:
Titanic Deep Dive/Special Camera
Equipment Designer/Film Editor/
Director - James Cameron
Script Supervisor - Shelley Crawford
Executive Producer - Rae Sanchini
Producer/Unit Production Manager -
Jon Landau
Co-Producer - Al Giddings
Co-Producers/Unit Production Managers -
Grant Hill and Sharon Mann
Historian: Titanic - Don Lynch
Historian: Titanic Visuals - Ken Marschall
Casting Director - Mali Finn
Production Designer - Peter Lamont
Supervising Art Director - Charles Dwight Lee
Art Director - Martin Laing
Art Director: Escondido Tank Shoot - Bill Rea
Additional Art Directors - Robert W. Laing
and Neil Lamont
Assistant Art Directors - Steven Lawrence
and Héctor Romero
Construction Coordinators - W. Les Collins
and Tony Graysmark
Assistant Construction Coordinators -
Rufus Best, T. Kevin Fisher, Paul J. Hayes
and Mark Petrak
Set Decorator - Michael Ford
Assistant Set Decorators - Richard Roberts
and Rosalind Shingleton
Prop Masters - Barry Wilkinson
and Antonio Mata
Costume Designer - Deborah Lynn Scott
Assistant Costume Designers - David Le Vey
and Lahly Poore
Old Rose Special Effects Makeup -
Greg Cannom
Director of Photography - Russell Carpenter
Directors of Photography: Second Unit -
Roy Unger, Aaron Schneider and
John M. Stephens
Director of Photography: Halifax Contemporary
Shoot - Caleb Deschanel
Director of Photography: Documentary -
Anders Falk
Camera/Steadicam Operator - J. Michael Muro
Aquatic Supervisor/Researcher - Charlie Arneson
Special Deep Ocean Camera System/Technology
Supervisor: Titanic Deep Dive - Michael Cameron
Production Supervisor - Giedra Rackauskas
Production Supervisor: Escondido Tank Shoot -
Dana Belcastro
Unit Manager - Kevin de la Noy
Unit Production Manager - Anna Roth
Production Executive - Louis G. Friedman
First Assistant Director - Josh McLaglen
Second Unit Director - Steven Quale
Etiquette Coach/Choreographer -
Lynne Hockney
Stunt Coordinator - Simon Crane
Technology Coordinator: Titanic Deep Dive -
Ralph B. White
Special Effects - Thomas R. Fisher
Special Effects Co-Coordinator - Scott R. Fisher
Visual Effects Supervisor - Robert Legato
Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM - Dave Carson
Visual Effects Supervisor: 4-Ward Productions -
Robert Skotak
Visual Effects Supervisor: Light Matters -
Mat Beck
Supervisor/Director of Photography:
4-Ward Productions - Dennis Skotak
Visual Effects Supervisor: VIFX -
Richard E. Hollander
Visual Effects Supervisor: Matte World -
Craig Barron
Visual Effects Supervisor: BFTRE - Van Ling
Visual Effects Producer - Camille Cellucci
Visual Effects Producer: ILM - Tom Kennedy
Visual Effects Producer: POP Film - Andrea D'Amico
Visual Effects Consultant - John Bruno
Visual Effects Art Director: Digital Domain -
Kenny Mirman
Visual Effects Director of Photography: Digital
Domain - Erik Nash
Digital Visual Effects Supervisor: Cinesite -
Jerry Pooler
Digital Effects Supervisors: Digital Domain -
Judith Crow and Mark A. Lasoff
Digital Effects Producer: Digital Domain -
Karen M. Murphy
Visual Effects Director of Photography: VIFX -
David Drzewiecki
Model Shoot Producer: VIFX - Lee Berger
Model Supervisor: Digital Domain - Leslie Ekker
Model Crew Chiefs: Digital Domain -
George Stevens and Eugene P. Rizzardi
3D Supervisor: Light Matters - Colin Strause
CG Supervisors: VIFX - Cheryl Budgett
and Edwin Rivera
Character Supervisor: Digital Domain -
Daniel Loeb
Digital Stunt Sequence Supervisors: Digital
Domain - Mark Brown and Andrew R. Jones
Digital Ocean Supervisor: Digital Domain -
Richard Kidd
Digital Data Integration Supervisor: Digital
Domain - Matthew E. Butler
Digital Paraphernalia Supervisor: Digital
Domain - Kelly Port
Digital Effects Compositing Supervisor: ILM -
Jon Alexander
Lead Compositors: Digital Domain - Rick Dunn,
Bryan T. Grill and Simon Haslett
Digital Compositing Supervisors: Digital
Domain - Mark O. Forker and Michael Kanfer
Night Compositing Supervisor: Digital Domain -
Carey Villegas
Compositing Supervisors: Light Matters -
Greg Strause and Edson Williams
Color Timing Supervisor: ILM - Kenneth Smith
Film Editors - Conrad Buff IV
and Richard A. Harris
Associate Editor - Roger Barton
Assistant Editors - David Rennie
and Kevin Greutert (Uncredited)
Supervising Sound Editor - Tom Bellfort
Sound Designer (Uncredited)/Re-Recording
Mixer - Gary Rydstrom
Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor
(Uncredited)/Re-Recording Mixer -
Christopher Boyes
Assistant Sound Designer - Shannon Mills
Sound Effects Editors - Ethan Van der Ryan,
Scott Guttieau and Christopher Scarabosio
Sound Mixer - Mark Ulano
ADR (Uncredited)/Dialogue Editor -
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
Re-Recording Mixers - Tom Johnson,
Gary Summers and Lora Hirschberg
Re-Recordists - Ronald C. Famous,
Scott Levy, Al Nelson and
Mark Pendergraft
Foley Artists - Robin Harlan and
Sarah Monat
Music - James Horner
Music Supervisor - Randy Gerston
Scoring Engineer - Shawn Murphy
Music Editor - Joe E. Rand
Singer: "My Heart Will Go On" - Celine Dion


Awards

1998 Academy Awards
Best Picture - James Cameron and Jon Landau (Won)
Best Director - James Cameron (Won)
Best Cinematography - Russell Carpenter (Won)
Best Art Direction - Peter Lamont
and Michael Ford (Won)
Best Costume Design - Deborah Lynn Scott (Won)
Best Sound - Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson,
Gary Summers and Mark Ulano (Won)
Best Film Editing - Conrad Buff IV,
James Cameron and Richard A. Harris (Won)
Best Sound Editing - Tom Bellfort and
Christopher Boyes (Won)
Best Visual Effects - Robert Legato,
Mark A. Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and
Michael Kanfer (Won)
Best Original Song "My Heart Will Go On" -
James Horner and Will Jennings
Best Original Score - James Horner
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Best Actress - Kate Winslet (Nominated)
Best Supporting Actress - Gloria Stuart (Nominated)
Best Makeup - Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom
and Simon Thompson (Nominated)


Review
TITANIC is a beautiful, emotional and heartwarming Oscar-winning movie by director James Cameron. Based on the real-life story of the disaster of the ship Titanic. I enjoyed everything in the film, such as the acting of Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane and Kate Winslet and the marvellous film score by James Horner. As for one actor that I haven't mentioned in the feature, Bill Paxton is in a supporting role and on five occasions, he pops in a James Cameron film. Unfortunately, I have not had a chance to watch these other films (excluding Aliens and his minor role in The Terminator).

TITANIC is one of the greatest romantic drama movies ever made. Coincidentally, it was James Cameron's last film he directed until Avatar came along 12 years later. I want you to see this film and experience this historical maiden voyage before it crashes into a disaster.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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