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Titanic

starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Jason Barry, Kathy Bates, Nicholas Cascone

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0097361552248
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, THX, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 31, 1999
Running Time: 194 minutes
Sales Rank: 2122
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: December 19, 1997



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Kate winslet and leonardo dicaprio play ill-fated lovers in this epic romance set against the backdrop of an unforgettable disaster. Their budding romance is scuttled when the luxury liner on which they are traveling strikes an iceberg and plummets to the ocean floor on april 15 1912. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/23/2006 Starring: Leonardo Dicaprio Kate Winslet Run time: 194 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: James Cameron

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When the theatrical release of James Cameron's Titanic was delayed from July to December of 1997, media pundits speculated that Cameron's $200 million disaster epic would cause the director's downfall, signal the end of the blockbuster era, and sink Paramount Studios as quickly as the ill-fated luxury liner had sunk on that fateful night of April 14, 1912. Some studio executives were confident, others horrified, but the clarity of hindsight turned Cameron into an Oscar-winning genius, a shrewd businessman, and one of the most successful directors in the history of motion pictures. Titanic would surpass the $1 billion mark in global box-office receipts (largely due to multiple viewings, the majority by teenage girls), win 11 Academy Awards including best picture and director, produce the best-selling movie soundtrack of all time, and make a global superstar of Leonardo DiCaprio. A bona fide pop-cultural phenomenon, the film has all the ingredients of a blockbuster (romance, passion, luxury, grand scale, a snidely villain, and an epic, life-threatening crisis), but Cameron's alchemy of these ingredients proved more popular than anyone could have predicted. His stroke of genius was to combine absolute authenticity with a pair of fictional lovers whose tragic fate would draw viewers into the heart-wrenching reality of the Titanic disaster. As starving artist Jack Dawson and soon-to-be-married socialite Rose DeWitt Bukater, DiCaprio and Kate Winslet won the hearts of viewers around the world, and their brief but never-forgotten love affair provides the humanity that Cameron needed to turn Titanic into an emotional experience. Present-day framing scenes (featuring Gloria Stuart as the 101-year-old Rose) add additional resonance to the story, and although some viewers proved vehemently immune to Cameron's manipulations, few can deny the production's impressive achievements. Although some of the computer-generated visual effects look artificial, others--such as the sunset silhouette of Titanic during its first evening at sea, or the climactic splitting of the ship's sinking hull--are state-of-the-art marvels. In terms of sets and costumes alone, the film is never less than astounding. More than anything else, however, the film's overwhelming popularity speaks for itself. Titanic is an event film and a monument to Cameron's risk-taking audacity, blending the tragic irony of the Titanic disaster with just enough narrative invention to give the historical event its fullest and most timeless dramatic impact. Titanic is an epic love story on par with Gone with the Wind, and like that earlier box-office phenomenon, it's a film for the ages. --Jeff Shannon



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Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - che polpettone!!
penso sia il più grande polpettone di tutta la storia del cinema! Di caprio sembra un cicciobello ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - 10th ANIVERSARY EDITION DISAPPOINTING

The movie was great, but the 10th aniversary edition is a disappointment as there are very little ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - titanic
I am glad to have this for my collection I love this movie but I bought it for my husband for christmas, ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Titanic: Special Collector's Edition 1997
I am so glad I bought this product! It's got so much information on the making of the movie and behind the ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Titanic Movie is A Hit!
This was a great movie to see in the theater, which is not a typical thing for me to say, and so it is even ... Read More

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