My girlfriend is out of town, so I think I& #39;ll do what any self-respecting 32-year-old guy would do when left to his own devices on a Friday night: watch & #39;Titanic& #39; alone. So without further ado, welcome to my #TitanicLiveTweetingThread! I look forward to all of you muting me.
Tempted to take a left turn on this whole endeavor and watch the 1996 made-for-TV miniseries instead. It& #39;s a stacked cast, featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Marilu Henner, Tim Curry, George C. Scott and the dad from & #39;The OC.& #39; Maybe next time! #TitanicLiveTweetingThread
90 seconds in and I just remembered that Bill Paxton is in this, which is the cinematic equivalent of finding $20 in your coat pocket. #TitanicLiveTweetingThread
When casting Lewis Bodine, I assume James Cameron said, "I need someone who looks like Richard Dreyfuss in & #39;Jaws& #39; but can you ever-so-slightly up the Jerry Garcia factor?" #TitanicLiveTweetThread
A safe from the Titanic was opened on a live TV special starring Terry Savalas in 1987. Watching Kojack fake excitement for the ancient deep sea sludge it contained is the only redeeming moment of the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXaYW2JE8KI">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Celine Dion became the first Canadian to win Record of the Year at the Grammys thanks to "My Heart Will Go On." #TitanicLiveTweetThread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2S6y8ej8n4">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Man, if Philip Seymour Hoffman played Bodine, pretty much exactly as he did Dusty in & #39;Twister,& #39; I& #39;m convinced he would have taken home another Oscar. #TitanicLiveTweetThread
I picked up on some ~*chemistry~* between Rose& #39;s granddaughter and Paxton. Turns out the actress who plays her, Suzy Amis, married James Cameron a few years after the film was made. Paxton is playing a thinly disguised version of Cameron. *head explodes* #TitanicLiveTweetThread
Whenever I find someone who also likes the Titanic a lot. #TitanicLiveTweetThread
"When you got nothin& #39;, you got nothin& #39; to lose." Is this a Dylan reference? I defer to @harryhew on this!
FILM FACT CHECK: The movie totally skips the fact that Titanic nearly collided with another ship when it left port, missing each other by mere feet. That other ship& #39;s name? The New York. (OooOoO.) If they collided, maybe history would have been different. #TitanicLiveTweetThread
Despite Rose& #39;s art collection, there were no Piscassos on Titanic. The only fine art piece on board was La Circassienne au Bain by Merry-Joseph Blondel. The insurance claim was for $100,000 ($2.6 million today), making it the most highly valued item lost. #TitanicLiveTweetThread
The "Unsinkable" Molly Brown (portrayed by Kathy Bates) was credited for inventing (or at least popularizing) buffet-style eating. (Seriously.) #TitanicLiveTweetThread
Bernard Hill was cast as Captain E.J. Smith after I was cruelly passed over for the part. #TitanicLiveTweetThread
Leo& #39;s "love at first sight" scene in & #39;Romeo + Juliet& #39; is way better than when he first sees Rose. #TitanicLiveTweetThread
The Titanic is often depicted as a LOT brighter than it actually was in real life. In reality, most public areas were lit by 25 watt, and sometimes even 15 watt bulbs! #TitanicLiveTweetThread
"The fall alone will kill you!" James Cameron really borrowed a lot of lines, huh? #TitanicLiveTweetThread
All of my followers to me right now. #TitanicLiveTweetThread
The reason the dad from Jumanji wants to get to NY early is because there& #39;s a fire raging in the coal bunker. He wants to dock under cover of darkness so passengers don& #39;t see the fire trucks and discover they& #39;ve been on a burning ship. Worked out great! #TitanicLiveTweetThread
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