[My Movie of the Week] Titanic (1997) - Its Oscar week at My Movie Page! For the next MotW I wanted to select a film that had an Academy Awards prestige attached to it. Something that exemplifies what you think of when you hear Academy Award winning. Naturally, I researched what film in history has been award the most Oscar awards only to discover its a three way tie between Ben-Hur, Titanic, and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. Since I can only select one, Im going with Titanic this week; simply because it received more total nominations than the other two films, giving it a slight edge. ------------ Titanic is a 1997 American epic romantic disaster film directed, written, co-produced, co-edited and partly financed by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage. Camerons inspiration for the film was predicated on his fascination with shipwrecks; he wanted to convey the emotional message of the tragedy and felt that a love story interspersed with the human loss would be essential to achieving this. Production on the film began in 1995, when Cameron shot footage of the actual Titanic wreck. The film was partially funded by Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox, and, at the time, was the most expensive film ever made, with an estimated budget of $200 million. The film stayed in theaters in North America for almost ten months, before finally closing on Thursday, October 1, 1998 with a final domestic gross of $600,788,188. Outside North America, the film made double its North American gross, generating $1,242,413,080 and accumulating a grand total of $1,843,201,268 worldwide from its initial theatrical run. Including revenue from the 2012 reissue, Titanic earned $658,672,302 in North America and $1,526,700,000 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $2,185,372,302. It became the highest-grossing film of all time worldwide in 1998, and remained so for twelve years, until Avatar, also written and directed by Cameron, surpassed it in 2010. A 2012 re-release, also known as Titanic in 3D, was created by re-mastering the original to 4K resolution and post-converting to stereoscopic 3D format. The Titanic 3D version took 60 weeks and $18 million to produce, including the 4K restoration. Titanic won 11 Academy Awards including: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Original Dramatic Score, Best Original Song. Source: IMDB / Wikipedia ------------ Celebrating Titanic this week will be a massive undertaking due to the films epic scope and extensive production history. It should be a lot of fun. Check back often for new and interesting content concerning the film. What are your thoughts / impressions of James Camerons Titanic?
Posted on: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 21:00:01 +0000