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Titanic
was
by
James
Cameron
and
is
one
of
the
most
successful
ever
made
,
at
least
,
in
commercial
terms
,
and
has
grossed
more
than
one
billion
dollars
for
its
makers
.
It
Leonardo
DiCaprio
and
Kate
Winslet
with
Gloria
Stuart
and
Billy
Zane
in
supporting
.
It
was
the
film
that
made
DiCaprio
famous
.
It
is
aboard
the
ill
-
fated
liner
Titanic
than
sank
on
14
April
,
1912
after
hitting
an
iceberg
in
the
north
Atlantic
.
It
is
not
,
however
,
a
true
-
to
-
life
account
of
the
disaster
,
focusing
instead
,
on
an
on
-
board
between
two
entirely
fictional
.
DiCaprio
Jack
,
a
young
artist
,
leaving
England
for
a
better
life
in
the
United
States
.
He
is
poor
and
travelling
in
the
cheapest
part
of
the
ship
.
Rose
,
by
Kate
Winslet
,
is
a
rich
young
woman
engaged
to
be
married
and
travelling
in
the
luxury
of
a
first
class
cabin
.
They
meet
by
chance
and
are
immediately
attracted
to
each
other
.
Jack
is
handsome
,
lively
,
and
above
all
,
good
fun
.
By
contrast
,
Cal
Hockley
,
the
wealthy
man
that
Rose
is
engaged
to
,
is
pompous
and
arrogant
.
Rose
and
Jack
quickly
fall
in
love
after
Jack
saves
Rose's
life
when
she
nearly
falls
over
the
side
of
the
ship
.
The
film
was
a
huge
-
success
when
it
was
in
1997
,
although
some
were
less
enthusiastic
,
seeing
the
as
over
-
sentimental
.
Nonetheless
,
it
managed
to
win
no
less
than
11
Academy
including
those
for
Best
,
Best
Score
,
Best
Visual
and
Best
Design
.