TAITANIC

 TAITANIC

In 1912, the Titanic, the world's most luxurious passenger ship, set out across the Atlantic for New York City. It would never see it's destination.

1500 people were on the ship, some first class, others restrained to the lower decks where windows were limited. Either way, the passengers on board the Titanic held high hopes, not because it was deemed "the unsinkable ship" but because they were leaving their past behind them and preparing for a new life in America.

To Jack, a homeless artist, winning two tickets on the luxery liner was the best thing that ever happened to him. His life, as well as everyone else on the ship, would be changed forever. Even before he discovered the fate of the Titanic did he know what his destiny was; he met Rose.

Rose was a troubled young woman living in a rich society, engaged to a millionaire that her mother had sought out. She was living in a fantasy, a fantasy that she didn't want, and she was looking for a way out.

Jack heroically saved Rose's life and was immediately thrust into her world though no one knew he fit in. He was the only one that could see the anguish that Rose was in... He was the only one who could get her out of it.

Their love affair would be cut short. Nighttime was a dangerous time for ships in that time period, manually having to look for obstructions in the ocean. Titanic's crew saw the iceberg too late and they struck it, the side of their hull ripping to shreds. The unsinkable ship was going to sink and more than half of the people on board were going to die. 

Jack and Rose survive and the Titanic makes it safely to shore... That's the ending that you would wish for by the end of the movie. For most people, emotions will go uncontrolled, especially in the second half, the sinking scene. Yes, the movie is three hours and a half long. And yes, I did say the second half was the sinking scene. All of it.

I don't even know why I'm writing a review about this movie. Everyone in the world that has access to a movie theater has seen this movie; anyone that hasn't either is blind, deaf, or insane. Titanic took a replica two-thirds the length of the real thing and $300 million dollars to make; for once, the budget was well spent. Some of the most impressive graphics ever mixed with an extraordinary soundtrack just scratches the surface. Though scripting is shaky in a few parts, Winslett and DiCaprio smooth out the rough parts. An extraordinary sinking scene and chilling (literally) ending makes Titanic one of the best movies ever created. If you haven't seen it, you're deranged. 

 

Director     ...... James Cameron

   

Actors

Leonardo DiCaprio   ...... Jack Dawson

Kate Winslet            ...... Rose Dewitt Bukater

Billy Zane                ...... Cal Hockley

Kathy Bates             ...... Molly Brown

Frances Fisher          ...... Ruth Dewitt

Bukater gloriastuart   ...... Old Rose Calvert

Bill Paxton               ...... Brock Lovett

Bernard Hill             ...... Captain Smith

David Warner          ...... Spicer Lovejoy

Victor Garber                     ...... Thomas Andrews

Jonathan Hyde                   ...... Bruce Ismay

Suzy Amis                          ...... Lizzy Calvert

Lewis Abernathy                ...... Lewis Bodine

Nicholas Cascone               ...... Bobby Buell

Dr. Anatoly M. Sagalevitch ...... Anatoly Milkailavich

Danny Nucci                      ...... Fabrizio

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 Donachie                     ...... Master at Arms

Eric Braeden                       ...... John Jacob Astor

Writers

James Cameron                   ...... Screenplay

Producers

Rae Sanchini                       ...... Executive Producer

Elaine Edford                       ...... Executive Producer (4-Ward Productions)

C. Marie Davis                    ...... Executive Producer (CIS/Hollywood)

James Cameron                   ...... Producer

Jon Landau                          ...... Producer

Mark Shelton                       ...... producer/director of photography (4-Ward Productions)

Joe Matza                            ...... Senior Producer (CIS/Hollywood)

Al Giddings                          ...... Co-Producer

Sharon Mann                       ...... Co-Producer

Pamela Easley Harris           ...... Associate Producer

Editors

  

James Cameron                   ...... Editor

Conrad Buff                        ...... Editor

Richard A. Harris                ...... Editor

Bryan Carroll                      ...... visual effects editor

Steve R. Moore                   ...... visual effects editor

Michael Backauskas            ...... visual effects editor (Digital Domain)

Timothy Eaton                     ...... visual effects editor (Industrial Light & Magic)

Steve Mate                         ...... Editor (Cinesite)

Hitoshi Inoue                       ...... visual effects editor (Banned From The Ranch)

Bill Black                            ...... visual effects editor (4-Ward Productions)

Dawn Llewellyn                  ...... visual effects editor (CIS/Hollywood)

Daniel Boccoli                     ...... editorial apprentice

Doug Roble                         ...... motion editing & tracking software (Digital Domain)

Jim Thomson                       ...... Avid Editor (VIFX)

Giancarlo Ganziano              ...... Avid support (VIFX)

Gwendolyn Yates Whittle     ...... Dialogue Editor (Skywalker Sound)

Claire Sanfilippo                   ...... Dialogue Editor (Skywalker Sound)

J. H. Arrufat                        ...... Dialogue Editor (Skywalker Sound)

Richard Quinn                      ...... Dialogue Editor (Skywalker Sound)

Mary Nelson-Duerrstein       ...... negative cutter (Executive Cutting)

Ignacio Guzman                   ...... Editorial Production Assistant

Roger Barton                       ...... Associate Editor

David Broberg                     ...... 1st Assistant Editor

Ladd Lanford                      ...... 1st Assistant Editor

David Crowther                   ...... Assistant Editor