The Titanic Movie
James Cameron's Titanic movie took the world by storm, much as the original ship earned the world's awe before her untimely demise. The Titanic movie earned its place as the most nominated movie in film history, tying only with the 1950 smash hit, "All About Eve." In total, the film was nominated for a whopping 14 Oscars and managed to bring home 11 of the coveted awards.
No other film in history had won that many awards. The 1959 box office success, "Ben Hur," had previously held the record for most Oscar wins, however after the Titanic movie swept the Academy Awards, the older movie was forced to share that long held record. Even the all time favorite, "Gone with the Wind" came in behind the Titanic movie, with only 13 Oscar nominations.
Movie goers around the world were so taken by the movie's main characters, Rose and Jack Titanic earned Oscar nominations for Best Actress and Best Picture. Surprisingly, there was no Oscar nomination for Leo DiCaprio, who played the role of the ill fated Jack Dawson. While the movie went on to snag the Oscar for Best Picture, along with a host of others, Kate Winslet failed to take home the Oscar for her portrayal of Rose.
The movie Titanic sound effects contributed to much of the film's success and were responsible for two of the Oscar nominations and wins: Sound and Sound Effects Editing. The Titanic movie also won awards for Original dramatic score and Original song. In total, the Titanic movie earned almost $2 billion worldwide in box office sales.
The 1997 box office smash hit, while extremely popular, was not the only movie to have been made about the tragic sinking of the ship that had been labeled 'unsinkable.' In 1959, 'A Night to Remember' was released. The rights to this film were purchased by James Cameron, director of the Titanic movie, in order that he could use details of the older movie without fear of copyright problems.
For the most part, those working on the movie strived very hard to make sure that the film portrayed the tragedy of the original ship's story as accurately as possible. Of course, there was no one aboard the ship with the same names as the movie's leading characters. However, a number of real characters were portrayed in the movie. 'Real' characters included John Jacob Astor, Molly Brown, Captain John Smith and many others.
One of the major conflicts in the film centers around the location of an expensive diamond necklace, referred to as the 'Heart of the Ocean.' In the Titanic movie, the gorgeous jewel was presented to the leading lady by her fiancé. The necklace had never been recovered and one of the last scenes in the movie reveals a much older Rose returning the necklace of the depths of the ocean. In reality, while such a necklace did actually once exist, its location has remained a mystery since the one time owner of the necklace, King Louis XVI, went to his death. There are no reports to indicate that the necklace wound up on board the original Titanic.
Titanic 2
There's a fake trailer of Titanic 2 going round on the internet, called 'Titanic 2: Jack's Back' or 'Titanic 2: The Surface'. It's an excellent made mashup with different clips from different movies. The story goes that Leonardo DiCaprio comes back from his watery grave with the help of modern science. It's hilarious, do a search on Google and watch the Titanic 2 trailer.
