Titanic Is At Number 7 On The M-Net Movies Bucket List Countdown

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The M-Net Movies Bucket List pop-up channel (109) is well under way as the channel counts down 100 popular and iconic Hollywood movies to see before you die.

Get to learn more about these iconic films with fascinating trivia and see movie critic heavyweight Leon van Nierop’s thoughts on you’re the top 10.

#07

Titanic at 19:08

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet tell a story of the eternal love shared by two people from different social classes aboard the ill-fated Titanic.

Leon van Nierop: “It has often been described as Gone With The Wind on the sea or Romeo and Juliet hit an iceberg. James Cameron wasn’t scared to show emotion neither was he scared to make it as big as possible. Titanic was the most expensive film ever made at US$200 000 000.”

The entire set was mounted on hydraulic jacks and could be tilted up to 6° intact within the depth of the tank.

After finding out that she had to be naked in front of Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet decided to break the ice, and when they first met, she flashed him.

James Cameron went on the dives to the real Titanic himself, and found it an overwhelming emotional experience to actually see it. He ended up spending more time with the ship than its living passengers did.

The studios wanted Matthew McConaughey to play Jack, but James Cameron insisted on Leonardo DiCaprio. McConaughey and DiCaprio went on to co-star in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet committed to the film even before the script was written, on the basis only of a 165-page outline James Cameron had written.

By Andrew Germishuys

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