Titanic

For Libby Welsh, Jake Smith and Guillaume Gougeon :)

 

    Who doesn't know this poster? The poster of the 15 year-old film that made history, won Oscars and broke our hearts. It was based, of course, on a true story (with a touch of fiction)...

    The RMS Titanic was one of the finest ocean liners of the White Star Line, having every luxury and comfort and being called unsinkable" by her engineers. Many rich and famous Europeans went aboard the ship, hoping for a better life in the United States.  The Titanic sank during it's mayden voyage from Southampton to New York. After less than a week at sea, the Titanic hit an iceberg; the ship then began to fill up with water, and because of the limited number of lifeboats, many people either drowned or died from hypothermia. Out of 2,224 passengers, only around 705 survived. The Titanic sank on 15th April 1912.

   Another interesting fact is that, 14 years before the Titanic sank, a man named Morgan Robertson wrote a book called "Futility", which was about a ship named "the Titan", which also had a lot of rich and famous passengers on board, was considered "unsinkable" and also sank hitting an iceberg. Coincidence?

   And, of course, 85 years later, the famous film "Titanic" was produced. It was directed by James Cameron and starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, amongst others. "Titanic" got 14 Academy Award nominations, and won 11 (including Best Picture and Best Original Song), and also won a number of other awards...

    The Titanic was one of the deadliest accidents that ever happened at sea, and even now, a century after it sank, people still remember it...