And during filming, it kinda revealed what happened to the Grand Staircase when Titanic sank. If you see images of the area it should be on the wreck, it's gone, leaving behind a great 100ft pit (which also makes it a popular entry way for deep sea divers). Because the sets were built with the exact specifications as the original Titanic herself, right down to the source materials and graphic design on the china, then filming was like doing a $200 million Mythbusters episode on what happened during the sinking. When filming the Flooding of the Grand Staircase sequence, the wooden parts of the Staircase came apart in chunks or disintegrated (and no one expected this to happen because some of the actors wound up getting pinned to the set by the floating wooden debris). This wound up corroborating with witness accounts of wooden debris floating to surface as the ship disappeared into the sea.
The engineers were dying. Fighting against impossible odds to keep that power on until the last second possible. They could have left their posts if they wanted. They chose to stay and die. They gave the ship 2 hours of lights, when if they all left earlier it would have likely been in darkness an hour into the sinking with just emergency lighting from the generators. True hero's. Often forgotten. Many people survived thanks to their bravery able to find their way through corridors and up stairs etc in the light.
@@shanehughes3511It was also so that the wireless would still have power to transmit the SOS. They kept transmitting until the ship lost power for good.
It was great that it kept its power on long enough to help people evacuate the ship too. There were ships that lost power much faster than the Titanic which really trapped people inside.
@@samalvey8168They didn't transmit right up to the moment they lost power. The wireless room, just behind the bridge, was fully submerged before the ship lost power.
0:21, 0:29, and 0:35 All those shots, the dome shattering, the girl screaming for her life and the water destroying the hallway, always put me in tears. Tears for the souls lost and for Titanic.
Especially the dramatic score as soon as the water crashes through the dome and the way the water rips the doors off the hinges. I can only imagine what those people went through that night!
@@aliciacleeland2257then there is the deleted scene that was meant to play during it as well with Cora. Played after the hallway flooding, before the propeller lifting.
0:35 everyone's talking about the grand staircase and the propellors and rightly so, but this shot right here is my favorite. It really shows the power and force of the water and looks so damn realistic. You won't find a more impressive shot than this, even today. Real life >> CGI
@@supermiimiI've heard that too, idk why they dont use more miniature stuff these days if it looks this realistic. I guess cause they rather play it safe cost-wise and do cgi
@@Overhemd it was done on a miniature and then slowed down to make it realistic, behind the scenes of this shot was included in some DVD extra. Other scenes made on minatures were water gushing into the luggage storage during the collision and lounge being destroyed during break up scene. Also, all other scenes in the lounge were a montage of miniature set and the green screen (like the ,,Rose decided she wants it laveneder,, scene). Cameron said in one of these extras that building entire full scale lounge would be the cost they would not afford or something like that.
The actor who portrayal of John Jacob Astor was an actual survivor along with his mom of the Wilhelm Gusloff disaster in January 1945, he was only 5 at the time.
This is if not is the most Dangerous scene filmed in the entire movie. Not only did those stunt actors have to deal with thousands of gallons of rushing water, they were at huge risk of electric shock as well. Those sparks you see flying around everywhere are from the artificial lights that were inside the dome being ruined from water damage.
@@tomgallowitz what amazing is that BTS scene gave alot of enthusiasts insight on how the grand staircases may of disappeared from the titanic when it was hitting the bottom
James Cameron has always made safety his first priority in films, and in commentaties has regretted instances where a stunt may have posed even the slightest risk. I doubt he would have used anything but some kind of waterproof lighting that merely had to flash and dim to simulate a short circuit for this particular scene, and sparks arent gonna hurt anyone. Also keep in mind that these are stunt players; they are trained very well to survive in case anything goes wrong.
Eric Braeden was actually on set when this happened - no stuntman for him! He was quoted as saying “I was scared sh*tless.” The actor said that during the scene, “The water got higher and higher. I was panicked. Really panicked!”
When watching disaster films it's easy to think to yourself: "It's only a movie, this isn't real" BUT then you remember: this happened for real! This was a real tragedy which claimed at least 1,500 lives. Everybody and their grandmother weeps over Jack's death in this movie. But the shots with the dome shattering and the woman screaming for her life, and especially the scene with the Strauses in bed together and the mother tucking in her children as the ship sinks, that shit gets me every time!
0:35 The water rushing through and tearing apart the beautifully made interior is terrifying and saddening at the same time. This glorious ship as as much a character as the humans in the film are and she's dying along with them.
I recently learned that Eric Braeden, the actor that played John Jacob Astor, was a survivor of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff, a German military transport ship, that was mainly filled with German refugees was torpedoed by a soviet sub and it killed 9,343 out of the 10,600 onboard. I think he was around 3 years old. I'm not sure why he'd act in a movie about something so similar...maybe it was therapeutic for him? I have no idea. It's possible that he wasn't really acting right here and was getting triggered AF. Really study him in this scene. It kinda takes on a different meaning.
Rose & Cal being on opposite ends of the ship as it sinks is actually very good symbolism. It shows how Rose & Cal are poles apart from each other. While Rose is in danger, she would rather die with Jack instead of marrying a snobbish person who only used her for 'property' while Cal would rather save his own skin & doesn't give a toss about others, even taking advantage of a lost child to escape the ship.
0:40 That shot of those *enormous* propellers rising out of water will always haunt me. I have Megalophobia, so the sense of incredible scale, especially during the last 10 minutes or so of the sinking, was almost PTSD inducing as a child. Strangely enough though, despite having Megalophobia, This is one of my all-time favorite movies, and I will always have a deep fascination/obsession with the titanic, and all ships for that matter.
I don’t know if this is true or just my imagination, but in some scenes of the film, Titanic's propellers look much larger than they really are, including this one.
0:20 Only issue with this scene is that apparently John Jacob Astor was crushed by the collapsing funnel (as his body was recovered and was unrecognizable due to some large weight falling on him and it was also covered with soot.They were able to recognize him due to the suit which he had worn which had his initials)
actually, there is some dispute about the "collapsing funnel" theory as some of the accounts about his body are contradicting with others saying he was in perfect condition.
To have all that freezing water breaking through the dome and relentlessly pouring down on all those people, thousands of gallons at a time.... That's a horrible way to go. I have the horrible feeling that tells me that's exactly what happened at the Grand Staircase during the sinking.
Yes, the force of the water was so powerful that the grand staircase was ripped from the floor during filming the scene. They learned things about what actually happened during the sinking while making the movie.
@@cuteladybug8622 yeah, it was at most terrifying for the actors because the directors never knew that the grand staircase was gonna move. It literally pinned the actors to the railings putting many is differcult situations with tons of water pouring on them as well.
The muffled explosion sound we hear right at the beginning truly happened a lot of survivors reported hearing it and we're not quite sure what it was to this day.
Not really. The people at Titanic HG theorize those "explosion" sounds heard by the survivers when the bridge was flooding were actually groans from the ship starting to part and buckle from stress.
..to theorize, is to take evidence and use that try and piece together a possible scenario. I wasn't trying to argue, just trying to state the conclusion a small group of people who've done extensive research about the subject have come to.
What was very dark about the life jackets the passengers wore was that they were built very sturdy and stiff unlike modern day life jackets. So when the passengers jumped at big heights it was likely a death sentence because the life vests would break their necks on impact
@@Testmp-eg6ipit especially did not protect the 20 so flippy guy, the only funny part during the sinking scene cause that dude did sooo man flips it was impressive.
I don’t care what anyone says this movie is better than Avatar by every measure, character development, special effects, plot, music, costume( although avatar didn’t really have that anyways) and the simple fact that it makes you feel something every time you watch it because it’s based on truth and real events.
0:08 the look on their faces, I know in the movie they're just acting but in reality the faces likely grimaced the same, must have been horrifying knowing your time on earth was very limited at that point
This is around the time Thomas Andrews Jr was last seen alive and subsequently died (no! He was not last seen in the First Class Smoking Room - that has been debunked)
The water surging through the hall. First saw this movie when I was 10. I had studied the history of Titanic, for a 10 year old, it was as if I was really there.
Watching this and imagine that this all basically did happen for real… good lord, even if any of those people survived they are probably going to have PTSD for life.
One survivor hated hearing the sound of people cheering at sports games, because it reminded him of Titanic's passengers screaming in the water after the ship sank.
in reality, there's no accounts or eye witness how the grand staircase sank, but there's a survivor, (I forgot his name) said that he experienced too much suction near the roof of officer's quarter near the dome housing of the staircase
Fun fact: the rumble heard at 0:20 is from water getting dumped from a huge box on set, if you watch the behind the scenes you will see what was going on
At 00:40 there was originally a scene there of a little girl and her parents running up the stairs and then they come across a locked gate in the way but it got deleted for being too disturbing.
Interesting. I mean, they show the Albanian (?) boy getting killed with his father, and later, they show a dead child in the water. Was it because Cora was liked that that scene was deleted?
Interesting biblical flood reference. The glass dome firmament above the flat earth breaking and letting the waters above rush in to flood the whole earth.
Why wouldn't Mr. Guggenheim moves to the aft section/find a safest place to stay afloat, rather standing in already-underwater dome behind first funnel?
@@user-fo2ik1vt4b your pointing is Mr. Astor, I know. No, I’m asking Guggenheim who chose to sit with brandy under the big dome, when it explode, wasn't it same as suicide... Bro...?
For me that scene has an error. How does the water enter the dome, if the water barely enters through the windows? Explain if I'm wrong, 0:26 I think the set is seen in the windows.
@@gabogm8653 no if you look at 0:32 the glasses are clearly off and gone and only the iron is left like it's supposed to be, water won't break iron or is that what you mean, there is not error on that one though
In real life, someone filmed the part where the water came in through the dome. Sadly they drowned, but then their camera was discovered during an excavation.
