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Oct 6, 2021 · James Cameron ’s 1997 blockbusting tearjerker, Titanic, puts an epic love story in the middle of the greatest maritime disaster in the history of the North Atlantic. On April 15, 1912, midway...
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It’s Jack and Rose’s movie, but a lot of the people they meet had their own incredible stories.
You probably already knew that Jack and Rose, the main characters in the 1997 movie Titanic, weren’t real. Like all films “based on a true story,” the movie added its own fictional elements to historical events. But during the film, Jack and Rose do run into several characters based on real people—some of whom have far more interesting stories than the film addresses.
The movie’s writer and director, James Cameron, “wanted to surround [the roles played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet], particularly in first class, with real passengers,” says Paul Burns, vice president and curator for the Titanic Museum Attractions in Missouri and Tennessee.
Don Lynch, the historian for the Titanic Historical Society who also served as the 1997 film’s historian, says Cameron picked out these people in advance when he wrote the script. On set, Lynch advised the actors about their historical characters’ accents, behaviors, and personalities.
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
One of these real-life characters was Margaret Brown, who was played by Kathy Bates in the film. Brown became known as the “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” because of her role during and after the Titanic disaster in April 1912. Once the Carpathia rescued the Titanic survivors who’d escaped in the lifeboats, Brown coordinated with other first-class passengers to help the lower-class survivors. In one of her most memorable scenes in the movie, she tries, unsuccessfully, to persuade her under-filled lifeboat to row back and save more people. “There are true accounts saying that she did that,” notes Burns.
In August 2005, a Titanic wreckage expedition found two large, extraordinarily well-preserved sections of the bottom of the ship's hull. Will this discovery change our understanding of Titanic's final moments?
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Oct 10, 2021 · The real-life Astor ensured that his wife got in a lifeboat and then stood on the ship's deck as it disappeared into the ocean. Astor did not survive and his body was recovered 10 days after the sinking.
Dec 19, 2021 · Lew Palter and Elsa Raven made viewers collectively sob as the older couple seen holding each other as the Titanic sinks further underwater. The real Isidor Straus was a co-owner of R. H. Macy ...
Adelina Anthony. Director: The Serenade. Adelina Anthony (she/they) is originally from the Payaya Territories (San Antonio, Tejas). She is a critically acclaimed and award-winning Two Spirit Xicana lesbian actor, writer, director, producer, and teaching artist. Along with Marisa Becerra, they co-founded AdeRisa Productions in 2012 as vehicle to ...
Titanic is a 1997 American epic romantic disaster film directed, written, co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron. Incorporating both historical and fictionalized aspects, it is based on accounts of the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912.
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Jun 6, 2024 · Characters like Jack, Rose, and Cal Hockley brought to life the drama and romance of the ill-fated voyage. Real figures like J. Bruce Ismay, Margaret Brown, and Thomas Andrews added depth to the story of the Titanic's tragic sinking.
