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Only joking, of course as e have already discovered, Bruce ismay was in Rose's stateroom. And of course, the dining room seating arrangements were somewhat different.LOL.
Paddy.
[This message has been edited by Joe at PwC (edited 06-01-2000).]
Terry
Yes, you are right about the flashlight, the 'cell' (battery) had not been invented then! James Cameron knew this, but when asked he said "I had to light the scene somehow".
There are more errors...
As the ship was sinking the funnels were all lit up...Titanic didn't have big spot lights shining up at the stacks like on many modern ships. The funnels would have been dark, except for the reflection from the lights shining onto the decks.
The Near-mis with the New York just as she was leaving the Southampton dock was not depicted. I think that would have been exciting to see.
The scene where Jack is playing cards in some Southampton pub. You can see TITANIC in the distance, but it looks fake, too "perfect".
And the second class passengers were all but ignored in this film.
IMHO, NOT the masterpiece Cameron likes to think it is...
I've watched the video again but can't come up with anything definite.
One thing, Rose and Jack shown entering the hold where the beautiful old automobile is being stored through a door in the watertight bulkhead. Such doors didn't exist.
If you look very hard at the begininng during the Southampton dock scene you can just make out the South Western Hotel on the skyline. They must have used an old photograph somehow, because it's accurate down to the time ball on the top of the building.
I still think it's a great film. I feel in love with Kate Winslett too (But don't tell my wife!) The scenes of the ship still take my breath away! Many of the historical errors (Dolphins, Flashlight etc) were in fact not so much errors, but artistic licence.
The earlier Titanic film 'A Night To Remember' was a lower-tech. film, but still very good - and you don't have to endure a love story.
All the actors had two costumes one with the buttons on the right, and one with them on the left. The crew had two hats one which said 'White Star Line', and the the other had it printed backwards.
(Picture borrowed from: www.titanicmovie.com )
[This message has been edited by Malcolm (edited 06-04-2000).]
I hope that's not too anarakish !!
Once again, Cameron probably thought that having the passengers using the upper walkway was more visually exciting!
It one scene in the film a little boy plays with a 'spinning top' on the deck of the Titanic. This was inspired by one of Father Brown's photograph's, showing the same.
[ 07-26-2001: Message edited by: Malcolm ]
In this scene, time has meant to elapse between the meal and Rose running to jump off the ship. She had removed the necklance and let her hair down...hmmm
Don't do it Rose! Have a cup of tea with me in my cabin, instead.
[ 07-28-2001: Message edited by: Malcolm ]
Actually, Murdoch gave the order to have wheel put to starboard - not turn the ship to starboard. On Titanic and other ships of the era, the steering mechanism turned the rudder in the opposite direction of the wheel on the bridge. Therefore when the wheel was put hard to starboard the effect was that the rudder was angled to port. This would cause the ship to turn to port which is what Titanic did as she approached the iceberg.
Ironically, had the lookouts not seen the iceberg until much later, or the bridge not responded as quickly, the ship likely would have rammed the iceberg head-on and only suffered damage to a limited number of forward compartments. While the damage would have been significant it would likely not have been enough to sink the ship.
Joe at TravelPage.com
I think the wheel still turned the rudder in the right direction. What was different was the HELM orders. This was a throwback to sailing ship days when Helm a'starboard ment the bow turned to port. With a wheel the helmsman responded to Helm a'starboard by turninh the wheel to port and hence the bow turned to port.
Also, what did Rose do after the sinking that allowed her to pilot a plane, etc. without selling the necklace? And, if she was an actress in the theatre, no one noticed that Rose Dawson had a striking resemblance to Rose deWitt Bukater?
When I emigrated to Canada from Southampton in 1965 it was late May and hardly anyone went on deck due to the bitterly cold winds.Of course,it didn't make me feel any warmer with having small ice-floes hitting the side of the ship!!!!!!Scary!!
So Mr.Cameron must excuse my chortle at the thought of Rose on deck like that with not even a scarf around her bare neck!!(and she certainly would never use her finger that way....that gesture wasn't started until many,many years later.)
BTW the real Jack Dawson was a member of the crew and not a passenger.
TL
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