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Features: DVD, Color, B&W, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Featurettes, Photo Galleries, TV Specials, Deleted Scenes, Music Clips, Short Films, Biographies, Newsreel, English, Spanish, French Subtitled, 3 Discs
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet light up the screen as Jack and Rose, the young lovers who find one another on the maiden voyage of the "unsinkableÓ R.M.S. Titanic. But when the doomed luxury liner collides with an iceberg in the frigid North Atlantic, their passionate love affair becomes a race for survival.
"Titanic is a film that sweeps us away into a world of spectacle, beauty and excitement." Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
"The last hour of Titanic is huge and staggering..." Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Editor's Note
Featuring spectacular special effects set amidst the backdrop of one of the most tragic events of the 20th Century, James Cameron's award-winning TITANIC stands as one of the greatest Hollywood spectaculars of all time. Beginning with an undersea expedition in the 1990s, in which scuba divers are searching the sunken ship for lost relics, a painting of young Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) is found. This triggers a flashback to the young woman's story as it happened on the doomed Titanic. Rose is a daughter of privilege on her way to be married to an arrogant but wealthy young man (Billy Zane). Despairing, Rose finds herself falling in love with Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio), a carefree and poor young artist who is also aboard. When the great ship strikes an iceberg and begins to sink, Rose and Jack have only each other as their world falls apart around them.Director James Cameron spared no expense in bringing his simple yet powerful love story to life, building a 90% scale model of the ship, fussing over the tiniest details, and ultimately spending some $200 million dollars. A worldwide smash, TITANIC received fourteen Academy Award nominations and 11 wins, including Best Picture. Despite all the lavish sets and special effects, the film would be nothing without the emotional core provided by stars Winslet and DiCaprio, who give star making performances as the tragic young lovers.
| Features | Incredible Alternate Ending - Brock's Epiphany
| | 29 Never-Before-Seen Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary | | Commentary by Academy Award-Winning Director James Cameron | | Cast and Crew Commentaries by Stars Kate Winslet and Gloria Stuart and Oscar-Winning Producer Jon Landau and Executive Producer Rae Sanchini
| | Historical Commentary
| | Visual Effects Breakdown of the Unforgettable Stunts | | Music Video "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion
| | Widescreen Presentation | | Actor Commentary | | Director Commentary | | Historical Commentary | | Incredible Alternate Ending - "Brock's Epiphany" | | Interactive Menus | | Music Video "My Heart Will Go On" By Celine Dion | | Scene Selection |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 1/2/2007 |
| Running Time: 194 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1997 | | Catalog ID: 031354 | | UPC: 00097360313543 | | Number of Discs: 3 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1998) |  | James Cameron, et. al., Winner, Best Picture | | James Cameron, Winner, Best Director | | | Kate Winslet, Nominee, Best Actress | | | Gloria Stuart, Nominee, Best Supporting Actress |
| Memorable Quotes| "I'm the king of the world!" Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...Kate Winslet creates one of the most all-around attractive characters in years in an epic that won 11 Oscars..." -- 4 out of 4 stars 04/03/1998 p.5EEntertainment Weekly
"...[Cameron] touches the deepest levels of popular movie-making..." -- Rating: A 03/27/1998 p.49 New York Times
"...Magnificent....A huge, thrilling three-and-a-quarter-hour experience that unerringly lures viewers into the beauty and heartbreak of its lost world..." 12/19/1997 p.E1 Box Office
"...Sumptuous, stunningly believable sets and visual effects....It is an intimate epic with a moving and resonant love story at its core..." -- 5 out of 5 stars 01/01/1998 p.45 Chicago Sun-Times
"...It is flawlessly crafted, intelligently constructed, strongly acted and spellbinding..." 12/19/1997 p.37 Rolling Stone
Ranked #14 in Rolling Stone's 'Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- "TITANIC is simply the greatest romantic epic since GONE WITH THE WIND..." 12/01/2005 p.98 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 10 of 10
Short of climbing aboard a time capsule and peeling back eight and one-half decades, James Cameron's magnificent Titanic is the closest any of us will get to walking the decks of the doomed ocean liner. Meticulous in detail, yet vast in scope and intent, Titanic is the kind of epic motion picture event that has become a rarity. You don't just watch Titanic, you experience it -- from the launch to the sinking, then on a journey two and one-half miles below the surface, into the cold, watery grave where Cameron has shot never-before seen documentary footage specifically for this movie. - James Berardinelli
Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
James Cameron's 194-minute, $200 million film of the tragic voyage is in the tradition of the great Hollywood epics. It is flawlessly crafted, intelligently constructed, strongly acted and spellbinding. If its story stays well within the traditional formulas for such pictures, well, you don't choose the most expensive film ever made as your opportunity to reinvent the wheel. - Roger Ebert
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