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Features: Checkpoint, DVD
Kate winslet and leonardo dicaprio play ill-fated lovers in thisepic romance set against the backdrop of an unforgettabledisaster. Their budding romance is scuttled when the luxuryliner on which they are traveling strikes an iceberg andplummets to the ocean floor on april 15, 1912.
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 | Region 1 | | Keep Case | | Checkpoint | | Dual Layer | | Widescreen - 2.35:1 | | Audio: | | Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English | | Dolby Digital Surround - English | | Dolby Digital Surround - French | | Trailer - Theatrical | | Motion Menus | | Interactive Features:
| Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
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| Technical Info
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Ingram Entertainment |
| Release Date: 5/23/2006 |
| Running Time: 194 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1997 | | Catalog ID: 155222 | | UPC: 00097361552224 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Academy Awards (1997) |  | Winner, Best Picture | | James Cameron, Winner, Best Director | | James Horner, Winner, Best Original Score | | James Horner, Winner, Best Original Song | | Russell Carpenter, Winner, Best Cinematography | | Will Jennings, Winner, Best Original Song |
| 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 |
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