Every good epic needs a villian, and this character is TITANIC'S. Caledon
Hockley is the rich, arrogant heir to a steel fortune. He is engaged to
Rose at the beginning of the film, that is before Jack steals her heart.
He will do anything to keep Rose in his clutches, but she ultimatly breaks
free.
Molly Brown......KATHY BATES
Countess of Rothes....ROCHELLE ROSE
Ruth Dewitt Bukater...FRANCES FISHER
In this scene, Molly, Ruth, and the Countess are walking along the deck
of TITANIC gossipping and catching up on the times. As they are walking
they run into Jack and Rose, who are spitting off the side of the ship.
Ruth is horrified to not only see her daughter behaving this way, but also
to see her with Jack. The other women, however, are very interested in
Jack and in the way that he saved Rose's life the previous evening.
Second Officer Lightoller....JONATHAN PHILLIPS
Fourth Officer Boxhall.......SIMON CRANE
First Officer Murdoch........EWAN STEWART
Captain Smith................BERNARD HILL
Third Officer Pittman........KEVIN DE LA NOY
Fifth Officer Lowe...........IOAN GRUFFUDD
The crew of TITANIC were responsible for keeping their passengers safe
and keeping the ship afloat. However, on the fourth day of the journey
things went horribly wrong and the ship struck an iceberg. In the film,
the portrayers of the crew members were chosen because they looked a lot
like the actual person. This is especially true for the captain. Bernard
Hill is a dead ringer for the actual Captain Smith.
Brock Lovett.....BILL PAXTON
Old Rose.........GLORIA STUART
Lizzy Calvert....SUZY AMIS
Bill Paxton, Gloria Stuart and Suzy Amis make up a large part of the present
day cast. Stuart stars as the old Rose who is determined to bring her past
to light. She tells us the story of TITANIC as she saw it 84 years before.
Everything we see in the 1912 part of the story is strictly from old Rose's
memory. She is speaking of the TITANIC accident for the first time since it
happened. Lizzy was never aware that her grandmother sailed on this great
ship before the day she tells all to TITANIC explorer Brock Lovett.
Forget Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, the real star of this epic
movie was the ship herself. The 1912 ship that is, in all her regal
glory. Here she proudly floats across the ocean as the people on her
are oblivious to the danger that awaits them.
