The Oscars, awarded annually by the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, showcase the best in movies, honoring films released in the previous year.
This year’s nominee is Titanic.
Presented by: Allegra Jacobs
Project #14: Nominate a Movie for an Academy Award
6/4/11

- Meet the Cast
- Meet My Favorite Actor
- Titanic Review
- A “Must See” Movie
- Also In The Running…

Leonardo DiCaprio as
Jack Dawson
Kate Winslet as
Rose Dewitt-Bukater
Billy Zane as
Cal Hockley
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Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio was born on November 11 th , 1974 and is 36 years old. An only child, he is currently single and lives in Los Angeles, California.
Leo’s career highlights include the infamous Titanic and Romeo
and Juliet from the ’90s, as well as more recent titles like
Inception. He’s dated several models, is very committed to the environment, and has an unbreakable bond with Titanic co-star Kate Winslet, even after
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almost 15 years.

Titanic tells the story between a first class girl and a third class boy in 1914. Both join the ship’s fatal journey across the ocean and soon meet and fall in love. Rose Dewitt Bukater, the high society girl, is misunderstood by her family and engaged to Cal, who is 20 years older than her. She wants to be treated like an actual person, and soon finds that the only one who will do so is
Jack Dawson, who won his ticket on the Titanic through a game of poker ten minutes before the ship left the dock. As the ship hits the iceberg, the two suffer through the treacherous peril as
Titanic slowly sinks. As the entire boat goes underwater, Jack and Rose go down with it, where she watches him slowly die of hypothermia. There, she promises to fulfill his request to stay strong and make it out of the wreck alive. Widowed at 70 years old, Rose tells her story for the first time to tourists in a museum, where the world finally hears of Jack Dawson, her deceased soul mate.
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I loved Titanic because it was an exciting yet accurate portrayal of a tragedy that will mark history forever. Leo and Kate worked well together and made the chemistry between their characters come alive. Woven into the drama of a ship sinking were some funny one liners and cute scenes between the main characters, having fun and being young.
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Titanic is worthy of an Academy Award because the fictional story created around the actual event in history was done very well. The effects and measures taken to make sure the events in time were accurate and realistic were great, and the actors put their hearts and souls into production to really make the
Titanic sinking come alive once again.
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Below are five other movies that should also be considered for an Academy Award.
Movie
Title
Release
Date
Gross
Earnings
Rat Race 8/17/01 $56,618,
055
Big Fat
Liar
2/8/02 $48,360,
547
The
Parent
Trap
7/31/98 $66,308,
518
Freaky
Friday
The Pink
Panther
8/6/03 $110,23
0,332
2/10/06 $82,226,
474
Type of
Film
Rating
Comedy PG-13
Family
Comedy
Family
Comedy
Fantasy
Comedy
Comedy
PG
PG
PG
PG
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