Titanic

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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