Titanic
Cameron, James
Deep-sea explorer Brock Lovett has at last reached the most famous shipwreck of all--the Titanic. Emerging with a safe believed to hold "The Heart of the Ocean"--A legendary diamond--he finds only a drawing of a beautiful woman
wearing it. During a television interview
Brock shows the drawing on camera
and a 100-year-old woman named Rose Calvert recognizes the woman in the drawing--herself! Brock invites Rose to visit his ship over the wreck
and she tells the story of her experience on Titanic's ill-fated voyage. Rose and her mother are penniless
so Rose's engagement to steel magnate heir Cal Hockley represents their salvation
but Rose has come to loathe him. They board Titanic at Southampton
to return to America and a society wedding. Jack Dawson and his friend Fabrizio are in 3rd class
after winning their tickets in a poker game. When Jack dissuades Rose from committing suicide
it forges a bond between them. Later
Rose commissions a portrait
wearing the priceless blue diamond Cal has given her
which Jack draws. Hockley resorts to desperate measures to keep them apart
but the collision with an iceberg
and the sinking of the 'unsinkable' ship seals the fate of all aboard.
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