1.The Studios wanted Matthew McConaughey to play Jack,but James Cameron insisted on Leonardo DiCaprio.
2.Gloria Stuart was the only person who worked in the production of the film who was actually living in 1912.With her nomination for the Best Supporting Actress at age 87,Gloria Stuart became the oldest person to ever be nominated for an Oscar.
3.On the final night of shooting in Nova Scotia,one or more pranksters mixed PCP(angel dust)into the clam chowder served to the cast and crew.80 people were taken ill,many hospitalized with hallucinations.
4.Kate Winslet was one of the few actors who didn't want to wear a wet suit during the water scenes,as a result,she got pneumonia.
5.The cost to construct the ship in 1910-1912 was $7.5million which was about $120 to $150 million in 1997 dollars.The movie cost $200 million to make.
6.Titanic was the first film to be released on video while it was still being shown in theaters.
7.James Cameron drew all the pictures in Jack's sketchbook,in fact,the hands seen sketching Rose wearing the necklace are not Jack's but Cameron's.
8.The coat Rose wore when the ship was sinking was a size 8 while the rest of the gowns were a size 4.It was so large to make Rose seem more vulnerable in the sinking scenes.
9.The elderly couple seen hugging on the bed while water floods their room are the owners of Macy's department store in New York,Ida and Isidor Strauss,both of whom died on the Titanic.Ida was offered a seat on a lifeboat but refused so that she could stay with her husband saying,"As we have lived together,so we shall die together"There was a scene filmed that depicated this moment but was cut from the final version.
10.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.
11.The full size ship exterior set was constructed in a tank on a beach south of Rosarito,Baja California,Mexico.
12.The entire set was mounted on hydraulic jacks and could be titled up to 6 degrees intact within the depth of the tank.
13.Most of the ocean which extras were jumping into was 3 feet deep.
14.In the scene where the water comes crashing into the Grand Staircase room,the film makers only had one shot at it because the entire set and furnishings were going to be destroyed in the shot.
15.Most of the stuntmen in the engine room scenes were only about 5 feet tall to make the engine room look a lot bigger.
16.Early in production,this film's brief "decoy" working title was "Planet Ice"
17.Most of the decor on the ship was either reconstructed by or under the supervision of researchers of the White Star Line,the original company which constructed and furnished the Titanic.
18.The piece of wooden paneling that Rose floated on after the sinking is based upon a genuine artifact that survived the sinking and is on display at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax,Nova Scotia.
19.When Jack(Leonardo DiCaprio)is preparing to draw Rose(Kate Winslet),he tells her to "Lie on that bed,uh i mean couch"The line was scripted "Lie on that couch",but DiCaprio made an honest mistake and James Cameron liked it so much he kep it in.
20.James Cameron was adamant about not including any song in the film.Composer James Horner secretly arranged with lyricist Will Jennings and singer Celine Dion to write "My Heart Will Go On"and record a demo tape which he then presented to Cameron,who responded very favorably and included the song over the closing credits.
21.The most expensive first-class suite on the Titanic cost $4,350,the equivalent of about $75,000 today.
