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Titanic

Movie

The film Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance-disaster movie directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. The movie is set in 1912 and is based on the real-life story of the RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of April 15, 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage. The movie's narrative explores themes of class, love, and tragedy as the ship's passengers and crew struggle to survive the disaster. The film's visual effects, cinematography, and production design were widely praised, and it became one of the highest-grossing films of all time, winning 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film's soundtrack, composed by James Horner, also won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "My Heart Will Go On."