titanic (1997) facts. -By Neha Madhukar.

if you guys follow me on Instagram, you guys must know that Titanic is my favorite movie of all time. 

(link to my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsnehamadhukar/ ) 

and if you guys have read some other blogs that I've written, (https://krmadhukar.blogspot.com/2021/09/facts-about-friends-by-neha.html ) well if you haven't, I research about my favorite tv shows and movies A LOT, and I'm writing this blog because I wanna share my knowledge. and also because I know there are millions of other titanic fans, who would be interested in this topic.

if you guys haven't seen titanic (i bet most of you have) and you don't know the story. well go watch it right now, what are you waiting for! anyway, I'm still gonna explain the story a bit. 17-year-old Rose (Kate Winslet)  hails from an aristocratic family and is set to be married. when she boards the Titanic, she meets Jack Dawson (Leonardo Dicaprio), an artist and she falls in love with him. titanic was released on December 17, 1997. and the movie has been a blockbuster, everyone knew titanic and everyone still does, titanic is the legendary movie which was made in the '90s and nothing like this has ever been released up until date. I love this movie so much, and I've rewatched it 202 times (yeah I keep count.) and I read the movie script 5 times. and if you guys want to know more about how I'm obsessed, check out this blog: https://krmadhukar.blogspot.com/2021/02/how-i-am-obsessed-with-titanic-by-neha.html

1. It cost more to make Titanic the movie than Titanic the ship. Cameron and the company spent $200 million to make the film in 1997, while the ship cost $7.5 million. As "time" pointed out in 2016, that number would be $180 million after adjusted inflation. and the funny thing that I just realized is that they built another titanic and filmed a movie about it and they sunk it, isn't the ship that James Cameron built for this movie the titanic 2? but well I found fact to be bizarre but it also makes sense, since the original Titanic was built 84 years before they built the "movie prop" and so, of course, it's going to be much more expensive than what was built 84 years ago, 109 years ago now. and if someone tried to build the same ship today, it would certainly be a lot more expensive than the titanic James Cameron built. 

2. the underwater footages of the titanic at the beginning of the movie are footage from the real Titanic, James Cameron took. I didn't know this, but my dad did, and he explained it, the first time I watched the movie.... when I was a bit older. (the actual first time I watched titanic was when I was 8, and all of my friends and cousins have seen the movie at the age of 8 years old.) we watched it in 3D and all the beautiful stardust was just mesmerizing to our eyes. and that scene just gives you goosebumps. and the music which plays right at the beginning of the movie is so beautiful, but when you rewatch titanic, all the music and everything just hits different, at the beginning of the movie, while the song plays, you're thinking "such beautiful music" and when you're rewatching it, you're just crying. that's it. Two of Cameron's passions—filmmaking and diving—blended in his work on the movies The Abyss and Titanic. ... He has made 72 deep submersible dives, including 33 to Titanic, logging more hours on that ship than Captain Smith himself. Of these dives, 51 were in Russian Mir submersibles to depths of up to 16,000 feet. James Cameron went on 12 dives to the real Titanic himself and found it an overwhelming emotional experience to actually see the sunken ship. During his first trip, he was so goal-oriented that he managed to film the shots he wanted, but as soon as he was back on the surface, he broke down in tears after finally realizing the magnitude of the historic tragedy that he had just witnessed. He ended up spending more time with the ship than its living passengers did.

3. if all the present-day scenes (1996) were deleted leaving only those taken place in 1912, the film would run for exactly 2 hours and 40 minutes - the exact time it took for Titanic to sink. when I read this, my mind was blown. and when it said 2 hours and 40 minutes, that rang a bell and it made so much sense. these kinds of hidden meanings from directors in movies, I'm all in for. and if I were ever to be a director, I would do something like this. James Cameron is just an amazing director, he hasn't directed a lot of movies, but the ones that he does, all of his movies have been blockbusters, avatar, which is the highest-grossing movie in the current day. and the terminator, and titanic, which I'm pretty sure everyone can agree with, is the best movie that he's ever made. and I was so obsessed with this movie, that I even started listening to a podcast about it. called "James Cameron's titanic, scene by scene" 

here's the link if you're interested: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/james-camerons-titanic-scene-by-scene/id1458749978

and listening to this podcast made me feel amazing, as they were explaining the behind-the-scenes and how it was all done, it made me relive the movie. I truly loved and enjoyed the podcast. 

4. James Cameron didn't want an actual song with lyrics in the film, not even over the closing credits (he thought it didn't fit tonally)  but composer late James Horner (RIP) however, was struggling to end the movie on a strongly emotional note, so, He secretly arranged with lyricist Will Jennings and singer Céline Dion to write "My Heart Will Go On", using the central musical theme of the movie as a melody. A demo tape was recorded with most of 20th Century Fox top brass in attendance, who loved the song. Horner then presented the recording to Cameron, who responded very favorably, although he had no idea who the singer was (when told it was his fellow Canadian Celine Dion, he responded: "Oh, she's big, right?"). He included the song over the closing credits, and it went on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song. and turns out Celine Dion wasn't actually interested in recording the demo version, but her late husband René Angélil and her manager convinced her to record it, she revealed it herself in the James Corden show.  

5. Jennifer Aniston could have been Rose, James Cameron considered some of the most popular actresses at that time, and of course, Jennifer was one of them, Jennifer Aniston was considered the "it" girl in the '90s. because of her role in friends, of course. and I freaked out when I found out about this. friends is my favorite tv show, and it was so popular, and I know so many people think it's overrated and disgusting, but there's one thing I wanna tell those people. read this: https://krmadhukar.blogspot.com/2021/09/why-friends-is-not-overrated-by-neha.html anyway, but of course, she wasn't offered the role, she was just considered for it, and I'm pretty sure she wouldn't have turned it down if she would have but that would've been her decision, and of course she was also busy with friends (with the tv show friends and with her friends, the cast of friends) at the time. but apparently, Kate Winslet read the script and she "wept buckets" (who was 19 at the time) and she knew she would do anything to get this role, and she sent James Cameron a dozen of roses, and signed them with "from your rose"

and I mean I'm also glad kate got the role, but I'm also mad at James because I know that Jen would've done an amazing job in playing rose, I know so many people cant picture her as rose, neither could I, and it's probably because everyone saw her as Rachel for 10 years, but she definitely could've pulled it off. and there are so many other a lister actors who could've starred in titanic, check out this blog if you guys wanna know! https://krmadhukar.blogspot.com/2021/05/22-actors-who-could-have-starred-in.html

6. titanic was actually filmed in a 17 million gallon tank, not a swimming pool (I've heard that so many times) James Cameron revealed that himself on the Oprah show. The post-sinking scenes were shot in a 350,000 gallon (1,300,000 L) tank where the frozen corpses were created by applying a powder on the actors that then crystallized when exposed to water. Wax was applied to hair and clothes to create a wet look. when I found out that it was filmed in a 17 million gallon tank, I was blown. 17 MILLION?! and do you guys remember the iconic scene from titanic, and didn't the sunset look beautiful, well turns that the sunset was real!

 I thought that the sunset must have probably been computer-generated  (CGI) or green screen, but it was real, and since it was a real sunset, they only had a couple of minutes to film the perfect shot,  they'd have to wait for the next day if they messed up. Titanic was shot at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and Fox Baja Studios in Rosarito, Mexico. 

The set had been purposely built at a seaside location to capture natural light, and eight days of filming were available to capture the bow shot kissing scene. For obvious reasons, there were only a few minutes per day to shoot the scene, but every time, something wasn't quite right. The crew resorted to filming rehearsal shots in the hope that conditions would improve the next day. The final day had an overcast sky, so no one expected to get a better shot. But just before the day was about to end, the sky suddenly cleared. James Cameron quickly scrambled the crew together, Kate Winslet was hastily pulled out of make-up, and the scene was finished just before another cloud appeared. Due to all the haste, the shot was slightly out of focus, but Cameron nevertheless considered it the perfect sunset he had been waiting for, and this is the shot that ended up in the movie. Even though Cameron is a huge advocate for computer-generated effects, he admitted that the magic that they captured on camera that day would have been hard, if not impossible to replicate with CGI.

7. (at around 10 mins) Upon discovering the sketch of young Rose, Brock Lovett says "I'll be goddamned". These were the exact words of Dr. Robert Ballard upon his discovery of the Titanic wreck. I remember asking my dad why he said that when I watched it for the second time last year, and that's very interesting, and I love that James Cameron did that. 

8. On the final night of shooting in Nova Scotia, one or more criminals mixed the dissociative hallucinogen PCP (angel dust) into the clam chowder served to the cast and crew. 80 people were taken ill, and more than 50 were taken to the hospital (87-year-old Gloria Stuart was fortunately spared because she had dined elsewhere). Initially, shellfish poisoning was suspected, but when James Cameron noticed that one crew member was demanding to see a priest, the director of photography was leading a conga line, and the assistant director was talking to Cameron over a walkie-talkie while looking straight at him (she even stabbed him in the cheek with a pen when he brought this up to her), he realized that the chowder had been spiked with hallucinogenic drugs. In absence of a purging agent, he forced himself to vomit before the drug took full effect; his bloodshot eyes afterward frightened other crew members into thinking that it was another side effect of the drug. Bill Paxton felt listless for two weeks after the incident (although PCP's primary effects only last a few hours, the drug itself can take eight or more days to completely metabolize out of the body). The culprit(s) were never caught; some disgruntled crew members who had been fired were suspected, but Cameron himself always believed that it was an ex-crew member who had had an argument with the caterer and subsequently poisoned the chowder in an attempt to get the caterer fired as well. this was something I had no idea about, but ow, that's huge. 

9. Following her grueling experience on the film, which included a rigorous filming schedule as well as experiencing many hardships and bruises, Kate Winslet said, "You'd have to pay me an awful lot of money to work with James Cameron again" (apparently, her request was granted, because she has been confirmed to appear in Cameron's Avatar 2 (2022)). Leonardo DiCaprio also acknowledged it was a tough shoot, yet he stated that if he would ever do another action movie, he would want Cameron as director. but well, of course, it was a rigorous experience and I'm pretty sure he was strict because he wanted the movie to come out perfect, and it did, there is nothing wrong with titanic. everything is just perfect, and if you compare the titanic that James Cameron built, it looks identical to the real titanic. since the movie is perfect, it was the highest-grossing movie of all time.... until the end game and avatar came along, but to my surprise, avatar is still the highest-grossing movie of all time, considering that it was released 12 years ago. and I'm thrilled that Kate Winslet will be starring in titanic. but I wish Leonardo DiCaprio to also star in avatar 2. it would feel like titanic 2, which we never got, and I know that most of it was based on true events which were why there isn't a part 2, but if he did make part 2 of titanic, it would be interesting if the story was if jack lived. 

10. The first Best Picture Academy Award winner to be produced, directed, written, and edited by the same person James Cameron. he was probably the first person, who's movie I've seen which has been directed, written, produced, and edited by the same person. 

22 actors who could have starred in titanic! By Neha

hey guys it's Neha and today I'm gonna be talking about 22 actors who could have cast in titanic, since I love titanic so much I keep searching for facts about titanic and I know everything possibly known, the facts about titanic, but that is my other blog, let's get on with this blog! 

James Cameron's (1997) titanic stole and broke our hearts, quickly becoming one of the most epic and successful movies in cinematic history, yet things could have been very different, as there were a slop of top '90s actors who were considered or auditioned for the starring roles, while we can't imagine literally anyone but kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio playing bringing to life the saddest and the greatest (according to me) love story ever told, in history, you might be surprised who almost played these roles 

1. Angelina Jolie as  Rose: 

Angelina Jolie's career who as still growing when she auditioned for the part for rose, just having received her first leading role in "hankers" (1995), they may have passed on Angelina but it didn't do any harm to her career- just a few years later she won her first Oscar for her supporting role in "girl, interrupted" (1999) 

2. Resse Witherspoon as Rose: 

Reese Witherspoon was trying to make a name for herself in Hollywood, when she was considered for the part for rose, it may have not been in her cards but she would soon rise to fame with "cruel intentions", and "election", the Hollywood star also appeared on friends as Rachel green(Jennifer Anniston) 's sister. she even appeared at the friends reunion!

3. Jennifer Connelley as Rose: 

already having some big roles to her name, Jennifer Connelley auditioned to be the leading lady in the film but didn't get the part. no worries though, as in 1998 she garnered critical and acclaim for her work in "dark city" and soon after "requiem for a dream", she'd go on to win an Oscar for her role in "a beautiful mind" 

4. Macaulay Culkin as Jack 

it's hard to imagine it now but Macaulay Culkin was considered for the role of Jack at the tail end of his acting career! having an almost ten-year break  after starring in "Richie Rich" (1994), he had a few more roles before turning his attention outside of Hollywood 

5. Uma Therman as Rose 

having recently found fame thanks to her academy award-nominated part in "pulp fiction", Uma Thurman was a frontrunner for the part of Rose and even did a screentest, unfortunately for her, instead of starring in one of the greatest movies in 1997, she was a part of the worst- "Batman and the Robin", she also surprisingly looks like the friends star "lisa kudrow" 

6. Milla Jovovich as Rose 

the world-renowned model had been trying to transition into acting for some time and she had her first big break in "the fifth element" (1997) when she auditioned as Rose, we have a hard time imagining her in such a soft role, as she undeniably kicks ass in many of her sci-fi movies 

7. brad Pitt as Jack 

besides Leo, there was no denying both the talent and dreaminess of brad Pitt, who at the time  had just received critical acclaim for his roles in "seven" (1995) mad "12 monkeys" (1995), it's no wonder he was considered for the role of Jack  

8. Madonna as Rose 

the queen of pop had already transitioned into the world of film long before "titanic" was even in production. having just earned a golden globe for her role in "Evita" (1996), the multi-talented Madonna was one of the many actresses considered to play Rose 

9. Nicole Kidman as Rose 

having just proved herself in "Batman Forever", Nicole Kidman was reportedly offered the huge role of rose yet she turned it down. however, that didn't hurt her career, as she would soon earn her first academy award nomination for "Moulin Rouge!"  (2001), she also won an oscar in 2002 for "the hours" 

10. Matthew McConaughey as Jack

already known for his parts in "dazed and confused" (1993) as well as "time to kill" (1996), the studio's first pick for Jack was Matthew McConaughey, in fact, kate also did a screen test with him, but unfortunately, James Cameron did not agree 

11. Jennifer Anniston as Rose 

thanks to her role on friends Jennifer Anniston was the "it" girl in the '90s, which is probably why she was considered for the part of Rose, I just CANNOT imagine her as Rose, I mean she is BEAUTIFUL BUT I just cannot imagine her as Rose maybe it's because we always saw her as Rachel, she was also very busy with the show, with her film career not really picking up after "friends" went off the air, getting paid 1.4 million dollars the last episode probably made her feel a lot better!, friends is already so famous, if she would've starred in titanic she would have become the most successful actress, (i mean she already is)  well, guess one person can't have it all. (she did tho 😌) 

12. charlzie theron as Rose 

having just gotten her first role in "2 days in the valley (1996), charlzie was hoping to grow her career when she autidioned for the part of Rose. while it didn't work out, she starred un other films in 1997, such as "the devil's advocate", which helped her make a household name 

13. chrsitian bale as Jack 

perhaps trryin to redeem himself from "Pocahontas" (1995) Christian bale auditioned for the role of jack and apparently did well - but james cameon did not want 2 British actors playing the lead of 2 Americans 

14. rachel weisz as Rose 

looking like she could be kate winslet's sister, rachel weisz made her first Hollywood appearance in "chain reaction" (1996) when she auditioned for the role of Rose, it may not have been in the cards for her but she would rise into fame quickly in the states shortly afterwards

15. Gwyneth paltrow as Rose 

having just risen to fame for her roles in "seven" and "emma", the burgeoning gwyeth paltorw showed she could handle both action and period pieces, which is perhaps why she was offered for the role of Rose, she may have turned it down but in 1998 she won an oscar and golden globe award for her role in "shakepoeer in love" although she did star in "contagion" with kate winslet in 2011 

16. johnny depp as Jack

having risen from to fame in the 80's, johnny depp was one of the biggest stars in the 90's (and still is), he apparently read the script a, but hd considered playing jack, but it was likely too mainstream of a role for his taste at the time,  

17, drew Barrymore as Rose 

already quite an established actress, drew Barrymore was one of the first picks for Rose by James cameron, but she turned him down as she thought it was a miscast 

18. Christina appelgate as Rose

probably best known for her role as kelly bundy on "married... with children", Christina appelgate had a number of both film and television roles to her name by the time "titanic" began casting, with her fame and experience probably being a reason why she was considered for the part, but she also appeared on friends as rachel green's (jenifer anniston) other sister amy green on 2002 and 2003 

19. stephen dorff as Jack 

while not as big as a name as many of the other actors consdiered, it didnt stop himn from auditioing for Jack. he was turned down, but in 1998 lucked out with a role in 'blade" 

20. Claire Danes as Rose 

having just starred alongside leonardo dicaoprio in "romeo and juliet" (1996), claire danes once again tried to spark an onscreen historical romane when she auditioned as Rose 

21. geena davis as Rose 

with huge hits such as "beetlejuice" (1988) and "a league of their own" (1992) under her belt, geena davis was still in thje height of her acting career when she was offered for the part of Rose 

22. billy crudup as Jack

billy crudup was just starting his career when he was considered for the role of Jack, he may not have gotten it, but would soon gain fame through his memorable  roles in "almost famous" (2002) and "big fish" (2003) 

Titanic 2 trailer! -By Neha

   Hey guys it’s me Neha and the actual plan was that @suhanashetty and I were going to collaborate and we didn’t do that because it wasn’t right. So I’m going to be doing this on my own. And she’s going to be doing something else! 

also, guys, this was supposed to be a blog movie before but I got a far better (OR worse nobody knows) idea to write a book! I have no what happened to the blog, the story was just really big and I thought why not make it into a book! SO here I am, writing a book! I'm just telling you guys that I'm writing a book! there's a different title, and no it's not titanic 2, so maybe drop some guesses in the comment section! 

but surprisingly since this is a book and not a blog movie, but these are actually the characters in the book! so you guys can check it out and maybe guess the movie! also watch the trailer, cause it's the trailer, and once again no! it's not called titanic 2, I mean it was when it was a blog movie, but it's a freakin book now! so the title's different anyway stay tuned! 

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And these are the characters:

Roseanne Edward white: Roseanne Is a 17-year-old shy and quirky girl and she is a bit arrogant and also complicated at times

Gloria  Williams: Gloria is a very naïve girl. Who is also 17 years old. And she’s very rough at times.. but she can also be sweet sometimes and she’ll do anything to make you happy!

 

Annebelle smith: Annebelle smith is Roseanne’s granddaughter (not the doll😂😭) and she is a 15-year-old girl who is suffering from cancer. She is a very happy girl who always does anything to make you happy.. kinda like her aunt! 

 Elizabeth  Williams: Emma is Lina granddaughter and she is also best friends with Anne who is also her cousin and she is a very happy girl and she’s also very sad since her best friend has cancer and she’s afraid that she’s gonna die. 

 

Jake Miller: jake is Roseanne’s husband and Anne’s grandfather. 

 

Eva: side characters. Not important 

 

Lili: side characters not important 

 

Emma  Williams: she is Lina  daughter and she is just a bit nice but she is also very rough and tough like her mother. The genes pass ON. And she is also dramatic and she died in a house fire and that’s why Elizabeth is taken care by Lina and Jacob 

 

Rachel Smith: Rachel Is Roseanne’s daughter. She is a balanced and extroverted woman and she is very confident and she is very sad since her daughter has cancer and she goes to any extent to make her kids happy. 

Harry Smith: he is Rachel’s husband and he was Rachel’s childhood best friend. And he is also Anne’s father. 

 

Mark Nicole: he’s Emma’s husband and he died in the same house fire as Emma 

 

Jacob miller: Jacob is Jake’s brother and Lina’s husband and Elizabeth’s grandfather 

 

Mary: Roseanne’s mom 

Gary: Roseanne’s dad 

How I am obsessed with TITANIC!! By Neha

  hello everyone... I'm Neha and it's been a while since I've posted and I thought it would be nice to let you know about my experience watching the movie "TITANIC" I watched on the projector in my home and in 3D and it was amazing it all felt so real.. and I'm head over heels with the movie. I did watch the movie once when I was 8 years old and I didn't really understand what the movie was about so I didn't really notice and care about the movie so much. But now that I'm older and I understood the movie and truly loved it, it's an old movie it was released 23 years ago! it's so crazy because a lot of people are still talking about a movie that was released 23 years ago.. and it is really inspiring a new generation and it's just beautiful how the movie was shot... James Cameron as the director has done an amazing job. Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio have also done an amazing job as their characters (Jack and Rose).. and my dad being such a movie buff. He told me a lot of things that I didn't know about the movie and he was 19 years old when he watched the movie and he also fell head over heels with the movie and watched it in the theatre 4 times!! and also my mom says that my dad watched the movie over 50 times! and I have already watched it on Hotstar over 30 times! I also started to listen to a podcast called @titanicscenebyscene and I truly loved the podcast a lot too I learned a lot from the podcast too. It's like even though you've watched the movie a million times you're still discovering something new! it was the same with me. When I was listening to the podcast I learned a lot and saw the scene from that perspective and it really made sense like when the iceberg hits and the music that is played is the same music that is played when "leaving port" except that "leaving port" is a lot more relaxed But when the iceberg hits its more of panic music.

I even up a poster of the titanic on my bedroom wall and that explains how much I love this movie and also time to talk about the beautiful song "my heart will go on..." by Celine Dion and this is my favorite song and also my favorite movie... "SPOILER ALERT" I also teared up when jack dies and it's just so sad and even after finishing the movie the next day wen watched all of the topics related to titanic and behind the scenes and all of the deleted scenes and we watched it on the projector again.. this will always remain my favorite movie ever!!! so that's it for this post. I'll see you guys in the next one... CIAO! 

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