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]]>Obviously, we couldn’t imagine anyone else in the roles of Jack and Rose now. However, this was a real possibility. Before landing on Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, Cameron considered Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt for Jack and Madonna for Rose.
Despite the film requiring him to spend a lot of time in the water or at least in soaked clothes, Leonardo DiCaprio absolutely hated it. He would constantly complain, and the crew had to pour buckets of warm water on him during shootings in order to make him feel more comfortable.
Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” is, of course, one of the most memorable movie soundtracks of all time. But the truth is that the song almost wasn’t recorded. Cameron wanted to only use instrumental tracks, not wanting his movie to be too commercial. However, composer James Horner went behind his back, teaming up with Will Jenning and writing “My Heart Will Go On” for Dion to sing. Once Cameron heard the song, he knew it needed to make the movie.
As it turns out, it cost Cameron more to film Titanic than it cost to make the ship the movie was based on. RM Titanic cost $7.5 million to build, which, adjusted for inflation, came at around $180 million in the ‘90s. On the other hand, Cameron spent $200 million during filming.
Titanic ends with the elderly Rose throwing her precious necklace into the ocean and then returning peacefully to her cabin. However, there was another ending that was filmed but wasn’t used. In that ending, Brock Lovett sees Rose wanting to throw the necklace, and the two have an eye-opening conversation. The necklace still finishes on the ocean floor, however.
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]]>This isn’t the first menu from Titanic that went up for auction, but it is currently the only one in existence with this specific date. It gives an insight into the dinner options that the first-class passengers had on the first day of their sail.
The meals included oysters, spring lamb in mint sauce, Mallard duck in Port Wine sauce, and desserts like Victoria pudding and French ice cream.
“Having spoken to the leading collectors of Titanic memorabilia globally and consulted with numerous museums with Titanic collections, we can find no other surviving examples of a first-class April 11 dinner menu, “auctioneer Andrew Aldridge told BBC.
The menu was discovered among the personal possessions of a Canadian historian based in Nova Scotia, where some of the Titanic victims were buried. After the historian passed in 2017, his family found the item inside a photo album dated back to the 1960s. It remains unknown how the menu ended up in his possession.
The auction organized by Henry Aldridge and Son Ltd. had several other items from Titanic, including a pocket watch from one of the deceased passengers, which sold for £97,000 (around $118,700), and a deck blanket, which fetched £96,000 (around $117,500).
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]]>The post 5 Facts About “Titanic” That Will Surprise You appeared first on History Chronicle.
]]>Obviously, we couldn’t imagine anyone else in the roles of Jack and Rose now. However, this was a real possibility. Before landing on Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, Cameron considered Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt for Jack and Madonna for Rose.
Despite the film requiring him to spend a lot of time in the water or at least in soaked clothes, Leonardo DiCaprio absolutely hated it. He would constantly complain, and the crew had to pour buckets of warm water on him during shootings in order to make him feel more comfortable.
Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” is, of course, one of the most memorable movie soundtracks of all time. But the truth is that the song almost wasn’t recorded. Cameron wanted to only use instrumental tracks, not wanting his movie to be too commercial. However, composer James Horner went behind his back, teaming up with Will Jenning and writing “My Heart Will Go On” for Dion to sing. Once Cameron heard the song, he knew it needed to make the movie.
As it turns out, it cost Cameron more to film Titanic than it cost to make the ship the movie was based on. RM Titanic cost $7.5 million to build, which, adjusted for inflation, came at around $180 million in the ‘90s. On the other hand, Cameron spent $200 million during filming.
Titanic ends with the elderly Rose throwing her precious necklace into the ocean and then returning peacefully to her cabin. However, there was another ending that was filmed but wasn’t used. In that ending, Brock Lovett sees Rose wanting to throw the necklace, and the two have an eye-opening conversation. The necklace still finishes on the ocean floor, however.
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]]>The post Rare Titanic First-Class Menu Sells for $102K at an Auction appeared first on History Chronicle.
]]>This isn’t the first menu from Titanic that went up for auction, but it is currently the only one in existence with this specific date. It gives an insight into the dinner options that the first-class passengers had on the first day of their sail.
The meals included oysters, spring lamb in mint sauce, Mallard duck in Port Wine sauce, and desserts like Victoria pudding and French ice cream.
“Having spoken to the leading collectors of Titanic memorabilia globally and consulted with numerous museums with Titanic collections, we can find no other surviving examples of a first-class April 11 dinner menu, “auctioneer Andrew Aldridge told BBC.
The menu was discovered among the personal possessions of a Canadian historian based in Nova Scotia, where some of the Titanic victims were buried. After the historian passed in 2017, his family found the item inside a photo album dated back to the 1960s. It remains unknown how the menu ended up in his possession.
The auction organized by Henry Aldridge and Son Ltd. had several other items from Titanic, including a pocket watch from one of the deceased passengers, which sold for £97,000 (around $118,700), and a deck blanket, which fetched £96,000 (around $117,500).
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