Titanic was an Olympic class passenger liner that became infamous for its collision with an iceberg and dramatic sinking in 1912. The second of a trio of superliners, she and her sisters, RMS Olympic and HMHS Britannic, were designed to provide a three-ship weekly express service and dominate the transatlantic travel business for the White Star Line.[1] Built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland, Titanic was the largest passenger steamship in the world at the time of her sinking. During Titanic's maiden voyage (from Southampton, England; to Cherbourg, France; Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland; then New York), she struck an iceberg at 11:40 PM (ship's time) on Sunday evening April 14, 1912, broke into two pieces, and sank two hours and forty minutes later at 2:20 AM Monday morning April 15.
According to the United States Senate investigation, 1,523 people perished in the accident, ranking it as one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters in history and by far the most famous. Titanic's design used some of the most advanced technology available at the time and the ship was popularly believed to be "unsinkable." It was a great shock that, despite the advanced technology and experienced crew, Titanic sank with a great loss of life. The media frenzy about Titanic's famous victims, the legends about what happened on board the ship, the resulting changes to maritime law, and the discovery of the wreck in 1985 by a team led by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel have made Titanic persistently famous in the years since.
The ship's sinking is the plotline of the highest-grossing film of all time, the Leonardo DiCaprio-Kate Winslet movie Titanic (1997) which reintroduced the legacy of the disaster to younger generations of the late 20th century.
2006-09-04 00:08:47
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answered by Kalypsee 3
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The 1997 movie is based on the true sinking of the Titanic on its maiden voyage in 1912. Writer/director Jame Cameron incorporated many real people and eye-witness accounts into his script, but the main focus of the story is on the fictional lovers Rose and Jack.
The story opens in 1997, as deep water diver Brock Lovett is exploring the wreck of the Titanic at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. We find out pretty early his interest isn't purely scientific. He's a salvager, on the lookout for Titanic artifacts - specifically, the "Heart of the Ocean" a necklace made out of a very large, very rare, blue diamond.
Though he doesn't find the necklace, Brock does bring a drawing of a woman wearing it to the surface. It's dated April 12, 1912 (the day of the sinking) which means it must have been drawn by someone on board the Titanic. He shows the drawing on a TV interview done via satellite, and the program is seen by a 101-year-old woman named Rose Calvert. She contacts Brock to ask him if he's found the heart of the ocean yet and to tell him that SHE is the woman in the picture.
Brock had tracked down the existence of the diamond through old insurance claims. No one is supposed to know about the necklace except the people on board his ship, so he is intrigued enough to fly Rose and her granddaughter out to his ship in the middle of the Atlantic, several miles above the wreck of the Titanic, to tell what she knows.
Rose reveals the story of the 17-year-old Philadelphia socialite she once was. Trapped into an engagement by her family, she's sailing home from Europe to be married to an arrogant man she doesn't really love. It all becomes so much for her that she tries to hurl herself off the back of the ship one night.
Luckily, Jack Dawson, a wandering American artist, appears to talk her out of it. They start up an unlikely friendship, and then a romance. Jack has all the freedom Rose dreams about. When she's with him, she can cast off her inhibitions - even pose for a portrait wearing only the necklace her fiance gave her as an engagement present.
Just as she tells Jack she's getting off the ship with him when it reaches New York, the Titanic strikes the famous iceberg and everybody on the ship is on a race to find a place on a lifeboat. Those that don't will almost certainly die in the freezing water when the ship goes down.
Rose, of course, does survive, but only after a lot of peril and running through the watery corridors of the rapidly-sinking ship. I highly doubt anyone could have survived all the hazards she and Jack faced on the night of April 12, 1912, but it does allow them to witness events all over the ship. Cameron does a nice job of working his fictional characters into events which have been documented by historical record.
In the end, Rose emerges from the tragedy with the confidence to live her own life and not the one her mother has planned for her.
We also find out exactly where the necklace is, but I'm not going to spoil that surprise in case you haven't seen the movie.
2006-09-04 23:11:31
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answered by poohba 5
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It is based on a real event that is said to have taken place in the beginning of the last century. It is the story of man's vanity failing in the face of the mighty nature. Around the bare facts culled out from the journals of history, is woven dexterously the interplay of human emotions, coinciding with the ebb and fall of the mighty ship into the coldness of the Sea.
2006-09-04 07:46:00
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answered by Anonymous
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I will sit down comfortably. I will cross my legs, put my hands in front of my face and then I will start talking. That's how I will describe the story of the movie Titanic.
2006-09-04 13:23:59
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answered by pranesh81 3
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titanic really a goddammmmmm mind blowing moive for the hollywood . I want to say is titanic is a good love story i never saw before and after
2006-09-04 07:25:53
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answered by suri 1
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is more than the story about a ship is a story about love and sacrifice and how even when you have lost everything an the only thing you have is the good memories that's you re real treasure
2006-09-04 07:18:01
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answered by James 3
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titanic is a mind blowing movie... the story line is superb ... its a perfect blend of romance, tragedy and drama... too good
2006-09-07 04:27:03
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answered by redbunbluebun 1
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TITANIC- The ship of dreams
Not only the dream of one but 2,223 people
A dream of feelings at midnight.
2006-09-04 07:18:25
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answered by jaikamal_tiens 2
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Tragic.
2006-09-04 07:15:39
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answered by Anonymous
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the movie had romance which made it appealing to the masses. the actual tragedy was more heart breaking.
2006-09-04 07:28:03
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answered by Anonymous
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