1. The scene in which Ruth is tying Rose's corset was originally written
the other way around? However, Cameron and the actors decided the
scene would be more powerful if Rose was the one getting the corset tied.
It is suppossed to symbolize Ruth "tightening both the laces and the
confines of Rose's gilded cage."
3. Everything at the Southampton Pier was filmed "mirror image reversed."
Words on the sides of vehicles were written backwards and on the seamen's
hats the words read "ENIL RATS ETIHW." Filming these scenes became
confusing for the actors as well as the director because they were always
wondering if they were looking the right way.
4. The room which Cal, Rose, and Ruth occupy were actually commissioned
for J.P. Morgan. This room is only one of two "Millionaire Suites." The
other suite was occuppied by John Jacob Astor.
5. A first class dog had a better chance of surviving then a third class
passenger.
6. If the TITANIC had struck the iceberg head-on, it would not have sunk.
7. Kate Winslet had to lobby very hard for the part of Rose because James
Cameron was originally skeptical of her playing the part. However, he saw
how passionate she was about the part and gave it to her.
8. At the end of the movie, when Rose joins Jack in the afterlife, the
hands on the clock Jack is looking at are stopped at 2:20 a.m., a very
significant time for it was the time that TITANIC sank.
9. James Cameron is the one who actually drew the sketch of Rose. He is
also the artist of all Jack's other drawings.
15. James Cameron vowed not to make this film "unless he could successfully
dive to the wreck himself and bring back motion picture footage for use in
the film."
16. Gloria Stuart, who plays Old Rose, actually retired from films in 1939
and had been working as a printer and a painter before she got this role of
a lifetime. She says "I don't think I'll act after this. After all the
years and all my films, this one is the frosting on the cake.
17. Most of TITANIC'S victims did not drown, they froze to death.
18. In the scenes where the ship was sinking, breath from the passengers
had to be added by computer. This was because they had to create the
feeling that it was absolutely freezing and filming had actually been done
in 80 degree weather in Mexico.
19. The doll that Little Cora has throughout the film is identical to the
one seen at the beginning of the film in the wreckage.
20. Cameron found the companies that made the original lifeboat davits and
carpet pieces and had the recreate it for the film. The company took original
blueprints of the davits and got a very close to the original recreation.
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