Facts about the movie Titanic
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Titanic's production took 160 days of filming across 1997, making it the longest shooting schedule for a major motion picture at that time.
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Cinematographer Russell Carpenter used specially designed underwater cameras to film the wreck scenes for Titanic, requiring equipment that could withstand pressures at depths exceeding 12,500 feet.
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Approximately 20 of the 2,224 passengers and crew aboard the real Titanic were portrayed by the 14,000 extras who appeared in James Cameron's 1997 film recreation.
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James Cameron's 1997 film required composer James Horner to write 27 minutes of original orchestral music, including the iconic theme performed by Celine Dion that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
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During filming, the Titanic set in Baja California required 1.5 million gallons of water daily to maintain the 90-foot-tall replica ship used in James Cameron's production.
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet's famous door scene was filmed multiple times with different sized props to find the most cinematically convincing angle for the floating wreckage.
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Over 1,500 people died when the RMS Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, a tragedy that James Cameron's 1997 film dramatized with a budget of $200 million.