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My girlfriend is out of town, so I think I'll do what any self-respecting 32-year-old guy would do when left to his own devices on a Friday night: watch 'Titanic' 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's a stacked cast, featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Marilu Henner, Tim Curry, George C. Scott and the dad from 'The OC.' 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
WTF, Paxton ACTUALLY dove on Titanic!? That's some next level Method
technique.
https://blog.chron.com/celebritybuzz/2012/05/bill-paxton-denied-insurance-coverage-for-titanic-dive/#:~:text=Bill%20Paxton%20took%20a%20huge,insurance%20coverage%20for%20the%20trip.
technique. https://blog.chron.com/celebritybuzz/2012/05/bill-paxton-denied-insurance-coverage-for-titanic-dive/#:~:text=Bill%20Paxton%20took%20a%20huge,insurance%20coverage%20for%20the%20trip.
When casting Lewis Bodine, I assume James Cameron said, "I need someone who looks like Richard Dreyfuss in 'Jaws' but can you ever-so-slightly up the Jerry Garcia factor?" #TitanicLiveTweetThread
FILM FACT CHECK: Items from inside the wreck are not allowed to be disturbed. Salvagers are only recently considered allowing the wireless telegraph to be brought up. So Paxton would definitely not be allowed to take that safe... #TitanicLiveTweetThread https://www.npr.org/2020/05/20/859960432/expedition-to-salvage-titanics-wireless-telegraph-gets-the-go-ahead
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.
Celine Dion became the first Canadian to win Record of the Year at the Grammys thanks to "My Heart Will Go On." #TitanicLiveTweetThread
Man, if Philip Seymour Hoffman played Bodine, pretty much exactly as he did Dusty in 'Twister,' I'm convinced he would have taken home another Oscar. #TitanicLiveTweetThread
I picked up on some ~*chemistry~* between Rose'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', you got nothin' 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's name? The New York. (OooOoO.) If they collided, maybe history would have been different. #TitanicLiveTweetThread
Despite Rose'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's "love at first sight" scene in 'Romeo + Juliet' 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's a fire raging in the coal bunker. He wants to dock under cover of darkness so passengers don't see the fire trucks and discover they've been on a burning ship. Worked out great! #TitanicLiveTweetThread
