Titanic (1998)

At last, it's here. James Cameron's leviathan labour of love finally steams into cinemas, more than two years since the first footage was filmed - epic, audacious, awe-inspiring and unbelievably, incredibly long. It's an unashamed event movie, and a project that has endured far more than its fair share of controversy: from somebody spiking the crew's food with LSD, through technical problems with the 775-foot set, to the simple matter of the whopping $280 million it's taken to bring the story to the screen. This makes Titanic the most expensive movie ever made. Only one lingering question remains, pushing all the making-of gossip aside: has the effort been worth it?

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