Titanic: why the length of the film is not by chance

Titanic: the film of all records

Titanic was released in 1997. James Cameron’s film is based on the story of the sinking of the RMS Titanic and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Real success, the film wins 11 Oscars and becomes such a cultural phenomenon that it remains twelve years the greatest success in the history of cinema at the global box office, with revenues of around $ 1.8 billion in the whole world. Combining fiction and reality, the scenario also relates the love story of two passengers of the liner. Working-class teenager Jack Dowson meets Rose, a young woman from the aristocracy as she attempts to kill herself. From then on, the two teenagers will get closer to the point of becoming inseparable. A forbidden relationship that they will have to defend before arriving at the fateful night of the shipwreck.

James Cameron: a perfectionist

If the film brought in a small fortune, it also cost quite a bit. James Cameron, who had greatly underestimated the necessary budget, finally had to spend $ 300 million to reproduce the most famous shipwreck in history. Five years of preparation, seven months of filming and some technical prowess later, the masterpiece was completed. Known for his attention to detail, the famous director who himself dethroned the Titanic of the greatest cinema successes thanks to Avatar, never skimp on the means. It must be said that he thinks of everything! In addition to having hired historians to participate in the filming, James Cameron made sure that the duration of the film coincides perfectly with the time that the real liner took to sink.

April 14, 1912 at 11:40 p.m., one of the officers sees an iceberg straight ahead. Less than 40 seconds later, the liner collided with the latter. The future of the Titanic is then sealed! Two hours and forty minutes later, either the exact duration of the film adaptation, the ship sank, carrying 1,500 people.