Titanic
James Cameron’sTitanichas many memorable scene , and one of those , starring a secondary fictional character , references anotherTitanicmovie . Even though he ’s now mostly know for his workplace in the sci - fi genre , one of James Cameron ’s most impressive undertaking is the 1997 movieTitanic , which at the sentence was the most expensive motion picture ever made and was the highest - grossing film of all prison term for many year . Titanicis base on the real - living calamity of the RMS Titanic in 1912 , but its master narrative and fictional character are fictional , though thanks to them , the interview meet many others that were based on tangible - life passenger of the ship .
Titanictells the story of Rose DeWitt Bukater ( Kate Winslet ) , a first - class young woman , andJack Dawson ( Leonardo DiCaprio ) , a third - social class passenger , who meet onboard the ship . Over the grade of four days , Jack and Rose descend in love and support their romance from those who look down upon them , mostly those from the first - class side of the ship . However , Jack and Rose had a couple of allies , such as Molly Brown ( Kathy Bates ) and Thomas Andrews ( Victor Garber ) . The latter was at the front and centre of one of the most heartbreaking scenes inTitanic , which is a reference to anotherTitanicmovie : A Night To commend .
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Mr. Andrews’ Final Moments In Titanic Mirror Those In A Night To Remember
Thomas Andrews is one ofTitanic ’s characters based on a real - lifespan person , and he was the ship ’s builder , so he was among those responsible for the ship ’s luxuries and for making the ship one of the largest and safe – and as such , he was well aware that there were n’t enough lifeboat . Andrews was famously conceive to have stayed in the first - division smoking room until the ship lapse , though this has been refute as other account suppose Andrews stayed in the smoke room for a while and afterward continued assisting with the evacuation , throw away pack of cards electric chair into the sea for passenger to use as float devices , and lastly left the ship at the last second .
However , the image of Andrews waiting alone forthe Titanic to sinkin the smoke elbow room is wide democratic , so much so that it was included inA Night To call up , the 1958 docudrama base on the 1955 book of the same name by Walter Lord . A nighttime to Rememberincluded one scene where Mr. Andrews ( Michael Goodliffe ) is all by himself in the smoke room after realizing that his “ unsinkable ” ship is , in fact , go down . A custodian inquire Mr. Andrews if he ’s not rifle to attempt to save himself , but he remains quiet and rests both hands on the curtain while staring into the clock . James Cameron recreated this scene inTitanic , with Rose come near Mr. Andrews and asking if he ’s not going to give it a try . The last sentence the interview sees Mr. Andrews inJames Cameron’sTitanicis during the montage while the set play and scenes from different parts of the ship are shown , among them Mr. Andrews resting his hand on the mantle and changing the clock ’s time .
Why A Night To Remember Is Considered The Definitive Titanic Movie
A Night to Rememberwas a box office failure , but it was a critical success . The picture has been described as “ the authoritative cinematic notification of the story ” of the Titanic and is widely regarded as the most accurate depiction of it by historians and survivors ( except for not feature the ship breaking in half , which at the time was n’t confirmed).A Night To Rememberhas also been praised for its line drawing of social classes aboard the ship , and even though some of the once historically exact element of it have now been confirmed to be wrong ( such as Mr. Andrews detain in the smoke room ) , it ’s still considered the definitive recount oftheTitanic ’s tragedy . It ’s not surprising , then , that James Cameron took a lot of inspiration from it , taking dialogues and scenes from it and adapting them to his own story .
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