70th Academy Awards · 1998
Titanic
Directed by James Cameron
“Nothing on earth could come between them.”
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The story
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
What critics & audiences say
Tomatometer88%Fresh#68 of 98 winnersIMDb8.01.4M votes#37 of 98 winners
Metacritic75/ 100#75 of 93 winners
TMDB7.9/ 10
Famous lines
I'm the king of the world!
Jack, I want you to draw me like one of your French girls. Wearing this.
Jack: Never let go.
Rose: I'll never let go, Jack. I'll never let go.
You jump, I jump, remember?
A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets.
I'm flying, Jack.
It is unsinkable. God himself could not sink this ship.
It's been 84 years, and I can still smell the fresh paint. The china had never been used. The sheets had never been slept in.
Gentlemen, it has been a privilege playing with you tonight.
I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. … to make each day count.
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Fun facts
- During the 1996 shoot in Nova Scotia, someone spiked the soup with the drug PCP, sending more than 50 people including James Cameron and Bill Paxton to the hospital; the culprit was never caught.Wikipedia · Filming
- James Horner wrote "My Heart Will Go On" in secret with Will Jennings because James Cameron did not want any songs in the film; Cameron approved it after several listens, and the soundtrack became the best-selling album of 1998.Wikipedia · Soundtrack
- When Fox executives demanded an hour of cuts, James Cameron replied: "You want to cut my movie? You're going to have to fire me! You want to fire me? You're going to have to kill me!" He gave up his $8 million salary instead.Wikipedia · Filming
- Kate Winslet campaigned relentlessly for Rose, sending James Cameron a single rose signed "From Your Rose" and telling him by phone, "I am Rose! I don't know why you're even seeing anyone else!"Wikipedia · Casting
- After screen-testing with Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet whispered to James Cameron, "He's great. Even if you don't pick me, pick him." DiCaprio turned down the lead in Boogie Nights to take the role.Wikipedia · Casting
- The ship replica was built facing starboard to suit the prevailing wind, so the Southampton departure scenes were shot in mirror image, with actors told to walk left when the script said right, and the footage flipped in post-production.Wikipedia · Filming
- Crew members nicknamed James Cameron's evil alter ego "Mij" (Jim spelled backwards), and Cameron answered critics of his demanding set by saying, "Film-making is war."Wikipedia · Filming
- Cameron pitched the film to Fox as "Romeo and Juliet on the Titanic" and shot real footage of the wreck on 12 dives in 1995; on one, a submersible collided with the hull, damaging both.Wikipedia · Undersea footage
- Matthew McConaughey was passed over for Jack because he refused to change his Southern drawl, and Tom Cruise was interested but too expensive; Christian Bale, Ethan Hawke and Paul Rudd also auditioned.Wikipedia · Casting
- Titanic was the first film to gross $1 billion and tied Ben-Hur's record of eleven Oscars and All About Eve's record of fourteen nominations.Wikipedia · Lead