匿名使用者 1級 2008-06-24 回答

《泰坦尼克號》商業是左膀，愛情是右臂，對於愛情的大膽歌頌，超越了那個年代觀眾對愛情片尺度所能想象的範圍，要知道，這可是在大銀幕上看一男一女彼此追逐、親吻、大膽表示愛意。影片所表現的愛情，沒有貧富差距限制，看重一見鍾情，渴望瞬間燃燒。

這是放之全球而皆準的愛情普世價值，當然中國觀眾也樂得接受，在別人痛痛快快的愛情中過一把癮。《泰坦尼克號》之後愛情片如過江之鯽，但每當它的主題音樂響起，你仍會覺得，它的經典地位很難被取代。（《鳳凰網娛樂》評）

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主要劇情：1912年4月10日，號稱 “世界工業史上的奇蹟”的豪華客輪泰坦尼克號開始了自己的處女航，從英國的南安普頓出發駛往美國紐約。富家少女羅絲（凱特•溫絲萊特）與母親及未婚夫卡爾坐上了頭等艙；另一邊，放蕩不羈的少年畫家傑克（萊昂納多·迪卡普里奧）也在碼頭的一場賭博中贏得了下等艙的船票。

羅絲厭倦了上流社會虛偽的生活，不願嫁給卡爾，打算投海自盡，被傑克救起。很快，美麗活潑的羅絲與英俊開朗的傑克相愛，傑克帶羅絲參加下等艙的舞會、為她畫像，二人的感情逐漸升溫。

1912年4月14日，星期天晚上，一個風平浪靜的夜晚。泰坦尼克號撞上了冰山，“永不沉沒的”泰坦尼克號面臨沉船的命運，羅絲和傑克剛萌芽的愛情也將經歷生死的考驗。

匿名使用者 1級 2008-06-24 回答

RMS Titanic was an Olympic class passenger liner that collided with an iceberg and sank in 1912。 The second of a trio of superliners， she and her sisters， RMS Olympic and HMHS Britannic， were designed to provide a three-ship weekly express service and dominate the transatlantic travel business for the White Star Line。［1］ Built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast， Ireland， Titanic was the largest passenger steamship in the world at the time of her sinking。 During Titanic‘s maiden voyage （from Southampton， England； to Cherbourg， France； Queenstown （Cobh）， Ireland； then New York）， she struck an iceberg at 11：40 p。m。 （ship’s time） on Sunday evening April 14， 1912， and sank two hours and forty minutes later， after breaking into two pieces， at 2：20 a。m。 Monday morning April 15。

Construction

Harland and Wolff shipyard

Titanic was a White Star Line ocean liner built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast and was designed to compete with rival company Cunard Line‘s Lusitania and Mauretania， known for being the fastest liners on the Atlantic。 Titanic， along with her Olympic class sisters， Olympic and the soon-to-be-built Britannic （originally to be named Gigantic［2］）， were intended to be the largest， most luxurious ships ever to operate。 Titanic was designed by Harland and Wolff chairman Lord Pirrie， head of Harland and Wolff’s design department Thomas Andrews and general manager Alexander Carlisle， with the plans regularly sent to White Star Line‘s managing director J。 Bruce Ismay for suggestions and approval。 Construction of Titanic， funded by the American J。P。 Morgan and his International Mercantile Marine Co。， began on March 31， 1909。 Titanic No。 401， was launched two years and two months later on May 31， 1911。 Titanic’s outfitting was completed on March 31 the following year。

Titanic was 882 ft 9 in （269 m） long and 92 ft 6 in （28 m） at its beam， it had a Gross Register Tonnage of 46，328 tons， and a height from the water line to the boat deck of 60 ft （18 m）。 It contained two reciprocating four-cylinder， triple-expansion， inverted steam engines and one low-pressure Parsons turbine。 These powered three propellers。 There were 25 double-ended and 4 single-ended Scotch-type boilers fired by 159 coal burning furnaces that made possible a top speed of 23 knots （43 km/h）。 Only three of the four 63 foot （19 m） tall funnels were functional； the fourth， which served only as a vent， was added to make the ship look more impressive。 Titanic could carry a total of 3，547 passengers and crew and， because she carried mail， her name was given the prefix RMS （Royal Mail Steamer） as well as SS （Steam Ship）。

Titanic was considered a pinnacle of naval architecture and technological achievement， and was thought by The Shipbuilder magazine to be “practically unsinkable”。 She was divided into 16 compartments by doors held up， i。e。 in the open position， by electro-magnetic latches and which could be allowed to fall closed by means of a switch on the bridge。 However， the watertight bulkheads did not reach the entire height of the decks， only going up as far as E-Deck。 Titanic could stay afloat with any two of her compartments flooded， or with eleven of fourteen possible combinations of three compartments flooded， or with the first/last four compartments flooded： any more and the ship would sink。

Unsurpassed luxury

For her time， Titanic was unsurpassed in luxury and opulence。 She offered an onboard swimming pool， a gymnasium， a Turkish bath， a library and a squash court。 First-class common rooms were adorned with elaborate wood paneling， expensive furniture and other elegant decorations。 In addition， the Café Parisienne offered superb cuisine for the first-class passengers with a delightful sunlit veranda fitted with trellis decorations。

Second-class and even third-class accommodation and common rooms were likewise considered to be as opulent as those in the first-class sections of many other ships of the day。 Titanic had three lifts for use of first-class passengers and， as an innovation， offered one lift for second-class passengers。

The crown jewels of the ship‘s interior was undoubtedly her forward first-class grand staircase， between the forward and second funnels。 Extending down to E-Deck and decorated with oak paneling and gilded balustrades， it was topped by an ornate wrought-iron and glass dome which brought in natural light。 On the uppermost landing was a large panel containing a clock flanked by the allegorical figures of Honour and Glory crowning Time。 A similar， but less ornate staircase， complete with matching dome， was located between the third and fourth funnels。

Comparisons with the Olympic

Titanic was almost identical to her older sister， Olympic， but there were a few differences， some suggested by Bruce Ismay and based on observations he had made of Olympic。 The most noticeable were that half of Titanic’s forward promenade A-Deck （below the lifeboat deck） was enclosed， and her B-Deck configuration was completely different from Olympic‘s。 Titanic had a specialty restaurant called Café Parisienne， a feature that Olympic wouldn’t be provided with until 1913。 Some of the flaws found on Olympic， such as the creaking of the aft expansion joint， were corrected on Titanic。 Other differences such as Titanic‘s skid lights， that provide natural illumination on A-deck， were round while on Olympic they were oval。 Titanic’s wheelhouse was made narrower and longer than Olympic‘s。 ［3］ These and other modifications made Titanic 1，004 tonnes larger than Olympic。

Passengers

On Titanic’s maiden voyage， some of the most prominent people in the world were on board in first class。 These included millionaire John Jacob Astor IV and his pregnant wife Madeleine； industrialist Benjamin Guggenheim； Macy‘s department store owner Isidor Straus and his wife Ida； Denver millionaire Margaret “Molly” Brown； Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon and his wife， couturiere Lady Duff-Gordon； streetcar magnate George Dunton Widener， his wife Eleanor and their 27-year-old son， Harry Elkins Widener； Pennsylvania Railroad executive John Borland Thayer， his wife Marion and their seventeen-year-old son， Jack； journalist William Thomas Stead； the Countess of Rothes； United States presidential aide Archibald Butt； author and socialite Helen Churchill Candee； author Jacques Futrelle， his wife May， and their friends， Broadway producers Henry and Rene Harris； pioneer aviation entrepreneur Pierre Maréchal Sr。［3］； and silent film actress Dorothy Gibson。 Also in first class were White Star Line’s Managing Director J。 Bruce Ismay （who survived the sinking） and， from the ship‘s builders， Thomas Andrews， who was on board to observe any problems and assess the general performance of the new ship。

Among the second-class passengers was Lawrence Beesley， a journalist who wrote one of the finest first-hand accounts of the voyage and the sinking。 He left the ship on Lifeboat #13。 Also in second class was Michel Navratil， a Frenchman kidnapping his two sons， Michel Jr。 and Edmond and taking them to America。

Both J。P。 Morgan and Milton Hershey［4］ had plans to travel on the Titanic but cancelled their reservations before the voyage。

Disaster

There are several figures regarding the number of passengers lost。 The United States senate investigation reported 1，522 people perished in the accident， while the British investigation has the number at 1，490。 Regardless， it ranks as one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters in history and by far the most famous。 Titanic’s design used some of the most advanced technology available at the time and the ship was popularly believed to be “unsinkable。” It was a great shock that， despite the advanced technology and experienced crew， Titanic sank with a great loss of life。 The media frenzy about Titanic‘s famous victims， the legends about what happened on board the ship， the resulting changes to maritime law， and the discovery of the wreck in 1985 by a team led by Robert Ballard and Jean Louis Michel have made Titanic persistently famous in the years since。