25 Interesting facts about the making of the movie “Titanic” that you didn’t know
11 There was a real J.Dawson on RMS Titanic. “J.Dawson or Joseph Dawson” was a trimmer aboard the RMS Titanic. He was buried in the Fairview Lawn cemetery in Nova Scotia. Today, his gravestone is the most widely visited one in the cemetery.
When James Cameron was writing the script, he intended to create a fictionalized Rose and Jack Dawson. It was after he finished his script, he found out that there was a real “J. Dawson” who died aboard the Titanic. The trimmer Dawson was buried at Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Nova Scotia. Post-release of the movie, his gravestone is the most visited in the cemetery.(source)
12 James Cameron chose to build only the starboard side of his RMS Titanic. All shots were reversed to show the ship docked on the port side at Southampton. The crew managed the illusion by reversing the signs and the costumes.
James Cameron opted to construct the starboard side of the ship as weather reports (for 1912) indicated north- to- south wind which blew the funnel smoke aft. This proved a problem for the crew who needed to show the departure of the ship from Southampton ( the ship was docked on the port side). The production crew managed to overcome this obstacle by writing/doing everything in reverse, if someone walked on the right side in the script, they were made to walk on the left during the filming. In post-production, the film was flipped to the correct direction.(source)
13 It is actually James Cameron hand that is seen sketching the nude picture of Rose. He also drew other pictures in jack’s portfolio.
The picture of nude Rose was drawn by James Cameron. It is his hand you see in the movie. Cameron also drew all the pictures Jack’s portfolio that Rose was looking at on the ship’s deck.(source)
14 The studios wanted Matthew McConaughey to play Jack Dawson but James Cameron insisted on Leonardo DiCaprio.
The production studio wanted Mathew McConaughey to play Jack Dawson but Cameron insisted on Leonardo DiCaprio for the role.(source)
15 Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist informed James Cameron that the night sky was wrongly set for April 15, 1912 (when Titanic Sinks). The error was corrected in the 3D release of the movie.
Neil deGrasse Tyson was hounding Cameron for more than a decade to have a historically accurate night sky – in the scenes after the Titanic sank. He got his wish fulfilled when James Cameron released a corrected sky in the 3D version of the movie.(source)
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