Video: "Titanic": how the highest-grossing film of the 20th century was created
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Titanic is considered one of the most successful films in cinema. For almost 20 years, fans have been experiencing the love story of the main characters Jack and Rose, which took place against the backdrop of the legendary shipwreck, watching the film over and over again. But not everyone knows, filming Titanic was an exciting adventure in itself. In this review, the most interesting facts about the making of the film, which became the highest grossing in the twentieth century.
It took more money to make the movie Titanic than to build a real ship at the beginning of the 20th century. The cost of filming was $ 200 million, while the cost of the "Titanic" was estimated at $ 7.5 million, which is equivalent to today's $ 150 million.
Representatives of the 20th Century Fox film studio considered such actors as Matthew McConaughey, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt for the role of the main character Jack Dawson, but the director of the film, James Cameron, insisted on Leonardo DiCaprio. Gwyneth Paltrow could have played Rose's role.
Actress Gloria Steward was the only person on set who lived during the real Titanic shipwreck. The woman was born in 1910. Gloria Steward got the role of the aging Rose. According to the film, Rose was already 101 years old, and the actress herself was only 86 years old. She repeatedly emphasized that she was dissatisfied with the make-up artists, who "aged" her even more.
The life-size model of the Titanic created for the film had no nose. He appeared due to computer graphics. When the director was told how much the special effects cost with the missing bow of the ship, he was indignant: "We'd better have built it!"
The famous drawing of Rose was actually done by James Cameron. It is his hands that are shown in the frame. By the way, the rest of the drawings from the folder of the main character were also made by the director of the film. The only caveat: Cameron is left-handed, in DiCaprio he is right-handed. During editing, the frames had to be mirrored.
During the scene where Rose decides to jump off the ship, Jack takes her hand. The operator illuminated the actress's hand so that the hairs on the skin became visible. The director immediately stopped filming and sent Kate Winslet to the makeup artists. As the actress herself recalls, her hands were hastily shaved with a disposable machine. She felt terribly uncomfortable.
During filming in the water, Kate Winslet was the only one who gave up the wetsuit. As a result, the actress developed pneumonia.
In order for the actors to look frozen in the frame with icy hair, they were sprinkled with a special powder, which crystallized upon contact with water. Wax was used on clothing for the same effect.
While writing the script, James Cameron gave fictitious names to all the characters. After the release of the film, the director found out that on board the real "Titanic" there was a man named J. Dawson. He was buried, like the other victims of the crash, in a cemetery in Nova Scotia. His grave at number 227 is the most visited by tourists and film fans.
The scene with the flooding of the ship's hall was removed from one take. The fact is that everything happened for real, and the team had to cope with it the first time. After that, all the furniture and decorations were hopelessly damaged.
In April 2012, in connection with the centenary of the wreck of the legendary ship, the Titanic was shown again in cinemas. The director did not change anything in the plot, he only added realism. The film was released in 3D. Even 15 years after the premiere, people still went to the picture to relive the love story of Jack and Rose aboard the sinking ship.
When making the film, James Cameron took a very responsible approach to recreating the hull, deck and interiors of the Titanic. He also studied there are many documents about the most famous shipwreck.
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