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 Visual Effects Producer: Cinesite - Aaron Dem

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 has appeared 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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