Rose: Mr. Andrews. I saw the iceberg, and I see it in your eyes. Now tell me the truth.
Mr. Andrews: The ship will sink.
Rose: You're certain?
Mr. Andrews: Yes, in an hour, or so, all of this will be at the bottom of the Atlantic.
When Jack and Fabrizio are at the bow, the anchor well below them is black. Along with that, the foremost railing is not connected with the rest. But when Rose and Jack are there the well is white and the railing connects. Plus during the "flying" sequence the gap between the vertical bits of the railing is different in different shots of the ship. See more...
At the end when Rose is lying on the wooden door she is looking at the sky singing "come Josephine..." When you look hard you see that the stars in the sky are symmetrical. You can actually draw a line in it. [That is not exactly the case. If you look VERY carefully (this is much more effective on a big screen), you can see that the stars form the outline of the famous necklace, The Heart of the Ocean. I guess Cameron was a little bored that day.] See more...
Directed by James Cameron, starring Bernard Hill, Bill Paxton, Billy Zane, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Leonardo DiCaprio, Victor Garber (add more)
The "questions" section is for any random questions that occurred to you while watching this film, or anything you didn't entirely understand, and which Google or the IMDb can't help with. Submit them as a question, and hopefully someone will answer (the bold comments in brackets) - check back regularly. If the answer is wrong, or missing information, please use the "clarify answer" option. Don't feel limited - want to know what music played in a certain scene? Whether this was the first film to use a certain effect? Here's the place to ask!
Someone else submitted a question about a falling cow being put in one scene, and they were told that someone was probably just joking with them. I've also heard that rumor, before ever finding this site, so I'm wondering if anyone else knows whether a cow was really put in the background of any scene.
How long did this film actually take to make? because regular films go for around an hour and a half and they usually take 5 months to make. but this movie is double the length with a lot more stunts and more expensive things in it? [Principal shooting began in September 1996 and was scheduled for 138 days, though various delays extended this to 160 days. Prior to the filming, crews spent 100 days constructing the sets. Following filming, there were additional months for editing. Although the movie is twice as long as most films, it does not necessarily mean the shooting schedule was doubled. More second unit directors could have been used, filming scenes simultaneously.]
Answered by raywest
During the dinner scene Jack throws something at Cal, and then later on in the scene Cal throws it back. What were they throwing? [A box of matches. At 1:03:10, Cal is seen putting a cigarette in his mouth and then patting his coat pockets looking for a match to light it with.]
Answered by Jeff Swanson
When Rose and Ruth are sitting with Ruth's friends, Ruth comments on how Rose chose lavender for the bridesmaid dresses, even though she knows Ruth detests the colour. Why should it bother Ruth that Rose chose lavender, when after all, it's Rose's wedding and not hers? [Because some people are shallow, vain and self-centred and are bothered about such inconsequentialities as how they're going to look on somebody else's wedding day. Ruth is annoyed that, despite the fact that Rose knows that she hates lavender as a colour, she still chose it for her to wear anyway. In her self-centred way, Ruth thinks that Rose should have chosen a colour for the bridesmaids to wear that she would approve of. Some people are just like that.]
Answered by Tailkinker
What are the ages of Rose and Jack? [Per the dialogue, Rose is 17 (and about to turn 101 in the present). Jack's age is never stated.]
Answered by JC Fernandez
When Jack wins the poker game and the Titanic tickets in the bar at the start of the movie, one of the other players grabs him and says something in his own language before making as if to punch him. Does anyone know what he actually says? [The man is from Sweeden, and he said "Forbannade usling." In english, it is "You damn scoundrel" or something like that.]
Answered by chrissepia
I was wondering if the blue diamond necklace that Rose had in the movie is/was an actual necklace? [The diamond necklace in the film, known as the "Heart of the Ocean," is fictitious, although it is believed to be based on the legendary Hope diamond. However, after "Titanic" became such a huge hit, several jewelers crafted their own versions of the movie diamond. According to Wikipedia, jewelers Asprey & Garrard created a 170 carat heart-shaped sapphire necklace containing 65 diamonds. Celine Dion wore it during her performance of "My Heart Will Go On," at the 1998 Academy Awards ceremony. The necklace was later auction off for charity, fetching $2.2 million. It was bought by Céline Dion's husband, René Angélil, and it is now at the National Shipwreck Museum in Charlestown, Cornwall. Also, actress Gloria Stuart, who played the old Rose in the movie, wore a $20 million dollar blue-diamond necklace that is also called "Heart of the Ocean." Designed by jeweler Harry Winston, it was inspired by the movie.]
Answered by raywest
During the scene when the Titanic's engines are reversed as soon as the iceberg is in sight, the stokers close all the dampers to the boilers just before the engines are reversed, why is this? [Not closing the dampers would make the boilers still burn and keep the Titanic going forward.]
Did some otherwise fine young ladies like Rose flip the bird back in 1912? [No particular reason why they couldn't if they wanted to. The gesture goes back into antiquity - the origins of the gesture are completely unknown, so they would be aware of it. It certainly wouldn't be the done thing for a well-brought-up young lady to do, but that doesn't mean that they couldn't if the situation appeared to warrant it.]
Answered by Tailkinker
In the scene right after Jack hustles Rose into the Gymnasium, she is at tea with her mother and some other women, looking at a little girl. As she stares, her face and the background seem to turn very luminescent, like a painting. Is it just me, or did they film it in a certain way or do something in post-production to make it look like that? [In the special edition DVD, they actually made a scale model of the room in question and filmed the actors against a green screen. The lighting of the shot didn't match up correctly with the footage of the scale model.]
What does Rose's mother mean when she says that Rose's father left them bad "decks"? [She actually says "Your father left us nothing but a legacy of bad debts hidden by a good name" - bad debts meaning debts he would never be able to pay.]
Answered by Sierra1
Is there ANY chance of them making a film based on the trailer Titanic Two the Surface? It seems like a really good idea for a sequel. [None whatsoever. While the trailer's a clever example of an editing job, the actual concept is absurd to a truly spectacular degree, and would undoubtedly be seen as a completely shameless cash-in on the original, to the extent where even studio executives might well balk at the idea.]
Answered by Tailkinker
Before dinner, when Rose is telling Jack the name of people who are gathered downstairs, she points out a man who has a wife who is Rose's age, and says that his wife is in "delicate condition". If the couple is married, why does the woman want to hide her pregnancy? [Attitudes about women and pregnancy were very different than they are today. For the most part, anything concerning a woman's personal life was usually kept quiet or obliquely referred to, and it was considered ill-mannered to even acknowledge that a woman was expecting or to speak about anything related to sex. This was considered an extremely delicate subject, and therefore off-limits in a conversation.]
Answered by raywest
What religion were the first class passengers practicing in the church scene? If it were Catholic, it would be in Latin in 1912. [The services on board a ship are all non-sectarian so that all who wish to worship can come.]
Answered by Boobra
When Rose comes down the staircase, and Jack kisses her hand, does he say, "I saw that on Nickelodeon once and I always wanted to try it." Why does he say this? [He does NOT say "on Nickelodeon" he says "I saw that on A Nickelodeon". A Nickelodeon was a turn of the century entertainment device where a user, for a nickel, could look through a viewfinder and watch a very should film, usually projected using flip cards.]
Answered by wizard_of_gore
My friend an I have been having an argument. Whose hand hits the car window in the sex scene? [Although Leonardo DiCaprio has some femine looking hands for a guy, this is Rose's hand hitting the window and sliding down. Pay attention to the fingernails, and you will notice it is a woman's hand.]
Answered by Jazetopher
What is so interesting about the number of times that Jack and Rose's names were said in the movie? Is there some meaning behind the numbers? [There's absolutely nothing interesting about it. Probably the only reason that this information appears anywhere is that they do say the names rather a lot - somebody, for reasons unknown, decided to count them.]
Answered by Tailkinker
Is is ever explained why Rose kept the Heart of the Ocean all those years? It doesn't seem probable that she assumed she would have the opportunity to travel to the site of the sinking and throw it back into the water. [It doesn't have to be explained. She probably kept it as a physical memento of a historical event that she was personally involved in. She threw it into the water because she knew she was going to die, and wanted the necklace to be reunited with the ship.]
Answered by wizard_of_gore
How many times were the names Jack and Rose said during the film? [According to IMDB's trivia section, Rose says Jack's name 80 times, whilst Jack says Rose's name 50 times.]
Answered by Lummie
When you see the baker on the ship when it is sinking, he climbs over the railings. Surely when the ship split in half, the force should have knocked him off? [The baker is a real person who was the last live person to be pulled from the water. He was drunk and from his account of what happened he held on with all his might as the ship broke in half and then he rode the ship down, he even said he didn't even get his head wet. Because he was drunk no one knows the real story but the filmmakers put that in there to show his story. So no the force didn't knock him off, it didn’t knock Jack or Rose off either.]
Answered by Disney-Freak
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