What do the movie Titanic and the real Titanic have in common?

Answer 1

The main thing they have in common is appearance. The makers of Titanic took a great deal of care to make the movie version of the ship and the costumes of the actors as authentic looking as possible.

They have a lot more than just the looks in common, James Cameron is a stickler for getting things right and although some film-makers licence had to be employed in making the film as it weaved in a fictional story (Jack and Rose) with the factual drama of that fateful night in April 1912. The individual sub-stories referenced in the film are as accurate as records allow so conversations between Capt E J Smith, desigher Thomas Andrews and White Star Line Chairman Bruce Ismay are true, other stories and characters alluded to like the Strauss's, John Jacob Astor and his wife Madeleine, Colonel Archibald Gracie and so on all have clear basis in fact.

Everything pertaining to Jack and Rose, and thus by association the De Witt Bukater family (Rose's family) and Cal (Rose's fiance) is pure fiction and has no basis in reality. The closest link you can get is that there was a genuine J Dawson (Joseph, not Jack!) who was a member of the crew and worked in the fearsome heat of the boiler room supplying the stokers with coal!

Answer 2

Oscar-wise? 1997's Titanic won 11 of 14 nominations. Gone with the Wind (1939) won 8 of 13 nominations. They both won Oscars for Best Picture, Director, Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction and Sound. Gone with the Wind was the highest grossing film of its time. Titanic is the highest grossing film of all time.

Answer 3

• They both got hit on their side
• Both of the captains were last seen on the bridge
• They both didn't have enough lifeboats to fulfill all of the passengers needs
• They both sank

Answer 4

The connection is tenuous to say the least.

Romeo and Juliet covers a romance between people from two feuding families.

Titanic describes a highly-unlikely love-affair between a woman from a rich family tavelling in First Class, and engaged against her will, and a steerage-class passenger who happens to save her from suicide.

The only link is that both romances cross some sort of social divide. The musical West Side Story is a nearer match.

Answer 5

There endings were disasters.