This
spectacular epic re-creates the ill-fated maiden voyage of the White Star
Line's $7.5 million R.M.S Titanic and the tragic sea disaster of April 15,
1912. Running over three hours and made with the combined contributions of two
major studios (20th Century-Fox, Paramount) at a cost of more than $200
million, Titanic ranked as the most expensive film in Hollywood history at the
time of its release, and became the most successful.
Writer-director
James Cameron employed state-of-the-art digital special effects for this
production, realized on a monumental scale and spanning eight decades. Inspired
by the 1985 discovery of the Titanic in the North Atlantic, the contemporary
storyline involves American treasure-seeker Brock Lovett (Bill Paxton)
retrieving artifacts from the submerged ship. Lovett looks for diamonds but
finds a drawing of a young woman, nude except for a necklace.
