As a result, it looked and in actuality was a legitimate room. He wanted to make an exact replica of the unsinkable liner in order to best recreate the terrifying final hours to make filmgoers believe they were actually there at the time of the tragedy. Throughout the mass chaos, people are fighting, shooting at each other, plunging to their watery deaths, and in some cases, even committing suicide. State of titanic movie set encyclopedia titanica message. The set, located at foxs baja studios in rosarito beach, mexico, still exists. Art director martin laing quotes, were actually building this. The item was created by james camereons art department for the 1997 movie titanic and was part of the beautiful grand staircase. On the newly acquired 40 acres of land in mexico, the trenches were dug on the beachfront so that filming from set angles would provide viewers and the camera crew with the illusion of over 250 degrees of open ocean views.
In 1997, the titanic film set hollywood ablaze, mainly thanks to its sweeping drama wrapped around a neverbeforeseen love story. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Dicaprios body double shares stories from the titanic set brett baker is seven years older and three inches shorter than leo, but the back of his head was a perfect match. Find great deals on ebay for titanic movie memorabilia and titanic peterman. Apr 02, 2012 clockwise from top left cameron, winslet and dicaprio get wet. Titanic movie prop grand staircase newell face salvaged. James camerons full scale titanic and 5 other incredible. Fourteen academy award nominations, eleven wins tying with william wylers benhur for top oscar winner of all time the vast titanic set was constructed, in 100 days, as a fullyfunctioning studio at rosarito beach, 18 miles south of tijuana on the mexican coast of baja california, though not without a wave of protest from local residents. The titanic ended up uninvited on a huge piece of a real estate developers property. It was a fictionalized account of the sinking of the rms titanic and followed the forbidden romance of a beautiful firstclass woman kate winslet. The staircase was built out of solid oak in mexico city. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Other scenes were filmed at the churubusco studios in mexico city, the movie studio that has provided services to around 95% of the films produced in mexico since 2000. Apr 04, 2012 on the mexican set in 1997 for time, the hollywood reporters kim masters recounts the drama, budget woes and blown deadlines that had the town running scared and media calling failure.
Mexico, where cameron had built a gigantic water tank and multilevel sets on a 24acre piece of land. From casting to the decoy title the movie filmed in, here are titanic movie facts every super fan should know. The nearly fullscale titanic replica created for the film was badly damaged when the filmmakers submerged it underwater to recreate the sinking. After the 20th century fox movie titanic was finishing up shooting in rosarito, mexico, james cameron hired a company to remove the 34 scale titanic from the baja studios movie set. Dec 19, 2017 titanics greatest unsolved mystery involves a. Parts of eight movies, as well as numerous tv productions, commercials and music videos, have been filmed at the 46acre selfcontained production facility.
On the mexican set in 1997 for time, the hollywood reporters kim masters recounts the drama, budget woes and blown deadlines that had the town running scared and media calling failure. It has been know that most of the movies were shot in baja mexico for its proximity from california. A series of 360 photos compiled into a video touring the movie set of titanic. Since the completion of filming titanic, more than 300,000 people have called fox asking for a tour of the set in mexico. He had considered locations all over the world, and ultimately decided on a spot 15 miles south of the border, in rosarito, mexico. May 04, 2012 the town that built the titanic is sinking business in rosarito, mexico was booming when the titanic was filmed there. Rare photos of titanic movie behind the scenes photos filmibeat jack saving rose on the set of titanic, titanic behind the scenes. Its believed that the complex is currently abandoned see history at the bottom of this page for more details. Fox is here to stay, the movie industry is here to stay, and titanic is just the start.
Titanics greatest unsolved mystery involves a conga line, p. Titanic did so well with international audiences because of the realistic elements that james cameron carefully planned out that infatuated millions of people around the world. Incredibly beautiful and custom designed for the ths by maritime artist stephen card. The full scale titanic built for james camerons titanic. Titanic facts every super fan should know titanic movie. State of titanic movie set encyclopedia titanica message board. The town that built the titanic is sinking business in rosarito, mexico was booming when the titanic was filmed there. Part of that lasting effect is due to the filming techniques used in the making of titanic. Originally built for the twentieth centuryfox epic titanic, baja studios was a completely selfcontained production facility. For most members of the cast and crew, titanic began in. Paramount picturesbig budget films and cgi go hand in hand. Creating movie magic digitally is cost effective, and can cut production.
Many of the exterior shots were shot at the samalayuca dune fields in the northern city of ciudad juarez. The movie may largely have been set in 1912, but it was utterly contemporary in its feel. David lynchs sprawling scifi effort was filmed entirely in mexico. The ship was actually a woodcovered framework that was constructed in a tank dug specifically for the movie on a lot south of rosarito beach, mexico. Titanic is a 1997 epic romance, drama and disaster film starring leonardo dicaprio, kate winslet, and billy zane. Titanic of course is a fictionalized tale set during the very real sinking of the rms titanic, but unbeknownst to james cameron when he was making it, there was a real. Apr 19, 2019 a series of 360 photos compiled into a video touring the movie set of titanic. A titanic historical society exclusive a set of two exquisitely detailed dutch tiles.
Built in 1996 for the filming of the 20th century fox movie titanic. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in store pickup. Ultimately, in constructing the grand staircase, the film crew didnt see it as a set at all. The titanic movie set is in mexico and can be visited. Titanic of course is a fictionalized tale set during the very real sinking of the rms titanic, but unbeknownst to james cameron when. The movie set is now a restaurant on puerto vallartas mismaloya beach. Incorporating both historical and fictionalized aspects, the film is based on accounts of the sinking of the rms titanic, and stars leonardo dicaprio and kate winslet as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its illfated maiden voyage. Clockwise from top left cameron, winslet and dicaprio get wet. Dec 11, 2017 from casting to the decoy title the movie filmed in, here are titanic movie facts every super fan should know. Its the epic titanic sinking scene that may make this movie too intense for younger kids. The 9 best movie sets of all time architectural digest. It only take at least 30 minutes to drive to the location from the border. Titanic movie prop grand staircase newell face salvaged from. Partly in response to this huge public interest in titanic, fox opened xploration adjacent to studios baja.
The set was built on a platform that tilted the entire set for the sinking sequences. Titanic film prop rivet section salavaged from mexico film site. The set for this movie was created in 100 days in baja, mexico. When the film starts, we see footage of the real titanics wreck located somewhere in the north atlantic ocean otherwise, the filming of titanic was pretty much an indoor affair with most of the scenes having been shot in film studios. The only reason that we made the trip to rosarito beach was to visit the film set theme park called foxploration. Titanic is a 1997 american epic romance and disaster film directed, written, coproduced, and coedited by james cameron. James camerons titanic in 1997 james cameron was given the green light to make a blockbuster disaster movie based on the facts of the titanic. Apr 24, 2017 the movie may largely have been set in 1912, but it was utterly contemporary in its feel. More than 20 years later, the stars, director james cameron and his movie are still part of our collective memory.