Jack: "I'm the king of the world!"
The tragic events that sent the celebrated White Star liner to the bottom of the Atlantic are dramatised by director James "King of the World!" Cameron with Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio as the doomed lovers.
Made on a mega-budget ($200million); taking a record $1.5billion world-wide; showered with 11 Oscars (including Best Film, Best Director, Best Visual Effects, Best Cinematography and Best Score), Titanic is about as big as movies get.
The "full-size" ship exterior set was constructed in a tank on a Mexican beach south of Rosarito with costs kept down by reducing the size of some components. An enclosed 19,000,000 gallon tank was used for the sinking interiors, in which the entire set could be tilted into the water.
Apparently, Cameron made so many submarine trips to the real wreck of the Titanic he actually spent more time aboard than the doomed passengers managed to.
