Titanic – the most expensive film ever made

In April 1912, the Titanic, left Southampton on its maiden voyage to New York. On the night of 14^th April, in the icy waters of the North Atlantic, the supposedly unsinkable ship hit an iceberg. 1,513 of the 2,300 people on board were killed.

In 1985, film director James Cameron saw a television documentary about the Titanic.

The documentary, contained haunting images of the giant ship lying in pieces on the bed of the North Atlantic. Cameron was busy with other projects at the time, but ten years later, he put together a script idea which would combine the real disaster with a fictional love story between characters from completely different backgrounds.

Cameron presented his idea to 20^th Century-Fox in March 1995. the director had already spent an enormous £125 million on his film True Lies, and told the studio that he estimated Titanic would cost no more than £80 million. ‘I anticipate that it will be less expensive than my last two films’, he told Hollywood reporters. Studio bosses were interested and offered Cameron a contract to make the film.

Next, Cameron decided that he needed footage of the actual wreck itself, and chartered the Academic Mstislav Keldysh. The brilliant underwater images impressed the studio, and in May 1996, they told Cameron that he could proceed with the movie. Cameron told them that the costs had increased and would now be about $125 million,. The studio chief objected and told him not to let the costs get out of hand. Had they known what was going to happen, they would probably have killed the project off there and them.

*** Do Not Believe the Flatterers

Abai Kunanbaev

Do not believe the flatterers, for they

Are certain to betray you one fine day.

Trust only in yourself. A sober mind and toil

Will happiness and weal for your purvey.

Do not believe in sweetly flowing prise

Lest it should make you blind and leave you dazed,

And vainly proud of your ostensible success.

Your worth you should be able to apprise.

If trouble comes, stand up to it, be strong,

If happiness-then welcome it with song.

Look deep into your heart, you will discover pearls,

To you alone these precious gems belong.

Translated by Olga Shartse

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