TITANIC (CHECKPOINT) (DVD) DVD

Titanic
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. When 102-year-old Rose (Gloria Stuart) reveals she's the person in the portrait, she is summoned to the wreckage site to tell her story of the 56-carat diamond necklace and her experiences of 84 years earlier. The scene then shifts to 1912 Southampton where passengers boarding the Titanic include penniless Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) and society girl Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet), returning to Philadelphia with her wealthy fiance Cal Hockley (Billy Zane). After the April 10th launch, Rose develops a passionate interest in Jack, and Cal's reaction is vengeful. At midpoint in the film, the Titanic slides against the iceberg and water rushes into the front compartments. Even engulfed, Cal continues to pursue Jack and Rose as the massive liner begins its descent. Cameron launched the project after seeing Robert Ballard's 1987 National Geographic documentary on the wreckage. Blueprints of the real Titanic were followed during construction at Fox's custom-built Rosarito, Mexico studio, where a hydraulics system moved an immense model in a 17-million-gallon water tank. During three weeks aboard the Russian ship Academik Keldysh, underwater sequences were filmed with a 35mm camera in a titanium case mounted on the Russian submersible Mir 1. When the submersible neared the wreck, a video camera inside a remote-operated vehicle was sent into the Titanic's 400-foot bow, bringing back footage of staterooms, furniture and chandeliers. On November 1, 1997, the film had its world premiere at the 10th Tokyo International Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Cast Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater Billy Zane as Cal Hockley Kathy Bates as Molly Brown Frances Fisher as Ruth DeWitt Bukater Gloria Stuart as Old Rose Bill Paxton as Brock Lovett Bernard Hill as Captain Smith Jonathan Hyde as Bruce Ismay Victor Garber as Thomas Andrews David Warner as Spicer Lovejoy Danny Nucci as Fabrizio Suzy Amis as Lizzy Calvert Bernard Fox as Col. Archibald Gracie

Crew Martin Laing - Art Director Charles Lee - Supervising Art Director Pamela Easley Harris - Associate Producer Mali Finn - Casting Martin F. Katz - Consultant/advisor Sharon Mann - Co-producer Al Giddings - Co-producer Grant Hill - Co-producer Deborah L. Scott - Costume Designer Josh McLaglen - First Assistant Director James Cameron - Director Steven Quale - Second Unit Director Richard A. Harris - Editor Conrad Buff - Editor James Cameron - Editor Rae Sanchini - Executive Producer Simon Thompson - Hair Styles James Horner - Composer (Music Score) Jeff Altman - Musical Arrangement Tina Earnshaw - Makeup Caleb Deschanel - Camera Operator Peter Lamont - Production Designer Russell Carpenter - Cinematographer Jon Landau - Producer James Cameron - Producer Peter Francis - Set Designer Marc Niro - Set Designer Dominic Masters - Set Designer Michael Ford - Set Designer Digital Domain - Special Effects VIFX - Special Effects Thomas Fisher - Special Effects Mark Ulano - Sound/Sound Designer Christopher Boyes - Sound/Sound Designer Mario Roberts - Stunts Simon Crane - Stunts Coordinator Rob Legato - Special Effects Supervisor James Cameron - Screenwriter John M. Stephens - Second Unit Director Of Photography Roy Unger - Second Unit Director Of Photography Aaron Schneider - Second Unit Director Of Photography Bob Skotak - Visual Effects Supervisor Dennis Skotak - Visual Effects Supervisor Tom Bellfort - Sound Effects Editor Tommy Johnson - Musical Performer Michael D. Kanfer - Visual Effects Jeff Altman - Featured Music Fred Fisher - Featured Music

Titanic
Size of all sorts mattered for James Cameron's blockbuster Titanic, whose magnitude was in all ways unprecedented. Cameron and two studios spent $200 million on a 90% scale Titanic replica at a newly constructed Mexico studio; their efforts included duplicating furnishings from original Titanic designs, diving trips to shoot footage of the wreck with a specially designed underwater camera, and months of post-production on computer effects ranging from overhead "shots" of the Titanic at sea to characters' puffs of freezing breath. Delayed several months and beseiged by negative word-of-mouth, Titanic finally opened to rave reviews, especially for its bravura visuals. A few doubts were expressed over the Jack-Rose romance, but nothing could beat the spectacular recreation of the ship sinking or the powerful image of the floating corpse field. That love story, however, proved a potent draw, as Leonardo Di Caprio fans (many of them teenage girls) came back for repeat viewings, helping to power Titanic to a sojourn of more than 3 months at the top of the U.S. box office; the most expensive film ever made became a titanic moneymaker, grossing over $1.6 billion internationally. Cameron's coronation as blockbuster artist arrived when Titanic received a record-tying 14 Oscar nominations (like 1950's All About Eve) and won a record-tying 11 (like 1959's Ben-Hur). Cameron's screenplay, however, was ignored. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
 

Christopher Boyes: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound Effects Editing (winner) Conrad Buff: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Editing (winner) Deborah L. Scott: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Costume Design (winner) Gary Rydstrom: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (winner) Gary Summers: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (winner) Gloria Stuart: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Supporting Actress (nominated) Gloria Stuart: Golden Globe, Best Supporting Actress (nominated) Gloria Stuart: Screen Actors Guild, Best Supporting Actress (winner) Greg Cannom: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Makeup (nominated) James Cameron: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Director (winner) James Cameron: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Editing (winner) James Cameron: Broadcast Film Critics Association, Best Director (winner) James Cameron: Directors Guild of America, Best Director (winner) James Cameron: Golden Globe, Best Director (winner) James Cameron: Golden Globe, Best Screenplay (nominated) James Cameron: Toronto Film Critics Association, Best Director [Runner-up] (winner) James Horner: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Dramatic Score (winner) James Horner: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Song (winner) James Horner: Chicago Film Critics Association, Best Original Score (winner) James Horner: Golden Globe, Best Original Score (winner) James Horner: Golden Globe, Best Original Song (winner) Kate Winslet: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Actress (nominated) Kate Winslet: Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (nominated) Kate Winslet: Screen Actors Guild, Best Actress (nominated) Leonardo DiCaprio: Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com (nominated) Mark Lasoff: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Visual Effects (winner) Mark Ulano: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (winner) Michael D. Kanfer: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Visual Effects (winner) Michael Ford: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Art Direction (winner) Peter Lamont: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Art Direction (winner) Peter Lamont: Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Best Production Design (winner) Richard A. Harris: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Editing (winner) Rob Legato: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Visual Effects (winner) Russell Carpenter: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Cinematography (winner) Russell Carpenter: American Society of Cinematographers, Best Cinematography (winner) Russell Carpenter: Chicago Film Critics Association, Best Cinematography (winner) Simon Thompson: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Makeup (nominated) Thomas Fisher: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Visual Effects (winner) Tina Earnshaw: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Makeup (nominated) Tom Bellfort: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound Effects Editing (winner) Tom Johnson: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (winner) Will Jennings: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Song (winner) Will Jennings: Golden Globe, Best Original Song (winner)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Picture (winner) French Academy of Cinema, Best Foreign Language Film (nominated) Golden Globe, Best Picture - Drama (winner) National Board of Review, Best Picture (nominated) Screen Actors Guild, Best Ensemble Acting (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: Spanish Sound Processing: DS: Dolby Surround (4.0) DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel Additional Features: none specified MPAA Rating: PG13 DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 194 min Part of Series: Paramount Widescreen Collection   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Logos [:18] 2. Ghost Ship [:19] 3. The Woman in the Picture [8:02] 4. Reflections of the Past [4:26] 5. Southampton [7:14] 6. Departure [6:18] 7. Ode to Titanic [2:37] 8. First Glance/"You Jump I Jump" [5:55] 9. "You See People" [12:10] 10. The Snake Pit (First Class Dinner) [9:36] 11. A Real Party [8:43] 12. "They've Got You Trapped" [4:47] 13. "I'm Flying" [9:38] 14. The Drawing [4:07] 15. "Find Her"/To the Stars [5:12] 16. "Iceberg, Right Ahead" [7:38] 17. An Honest Thief [7:41] 18. Just a Precaution [3:17] 19. "Women and Children First" [4:22] 20. Through Being Polite [3:49] 21. "Not Without You" [19:30] 22. Swept Away [5:41] 23. "Your Money Can't Save You" [4:03] 24. Nearer My God to Thee [3:38] 25. Fight for Survival [4:24] 26. "This is Where We First Met" [3:20] 27. Death of Titanic [3:42] 28. The Promise [4:25] 29. 6 Out of 1500 [12:52] 30. A Promise Kept [7:03]