dir James Cameron - This spectacular recreation of the 1912 sinking of the "unsinkable" liner is one of the
most magnificent pieces of serious popular entertainment ever to emanate from Hollywood. But the
three-hours-plus Titanic ultimately succeeds so powerfully in retelling this familiar story because it is an
intimate epic with a moving and resonant love story at its core. Cameron's subtly shaded screenplay
follows the fortunes of Philadelphian socialite Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet), who yearns to break
free from the restraints of money, class and gender. Resisting her imminent marriage to Caledon
Hockley (Billy Zane), domineering heir to a company that supplied some of the deficient steel for the
Titanic, Rose rebels through a shipboard romance with a third-class passenger, Wisconsin artist Jack
Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio). Cameron's wide, vividly-peopled canvas takes in everything from the
ship's festive launch to its rigidly stratified social events, the awesome technical apocalypse of its
breakup and sinking, and the appallingly unjust escape of wealthy passengers while poor ones are left
to drown. Jack's self-sacrificial saving of Rose "in every way a person can be saved" is the prism
through which we witness every facet of this vast human tragedy. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate
Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates and Gloria Stuart. AA nom: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress
(Winslet) Best Supp Actress (Stuart), Cinematography (USA 1997) 195 min. AA mature theme.
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