Titanic

Titanic is a poignant retelling of the 1912 sinking of the luxury liner and of the lives that were lost during its slow descent into the Atlantic.  The film is a feast for the eyes, with lavish production values and a painstaking attention to detail, in particular to the authenticity of the design of the ship.  The film's Oscar-winning screenplay is a deft blending of fact and fancy that poignantly explores the lives of those aboard this doomed vessel. The sinking of the Titanic serves as the backdrop for a several fictional subplots, chief of which involves snobby socialite Richard Sturges and his wife, Julia.  Mrs. Sturges has booked passage on the ill-fated passenger ship with her daughter and son, leaving her husband far behind.  Richard manages to board the ship at the last minute, but to no avail: immediately Julia reveals her plans to divorce him...