James Cameron's Titanic movie was a both major success and was also thought on the same note by the media to possibly be a major flop due to the fact of its late arrival. The film was a major accomplishment for both Cameron and Fox Studios whom acquired the area needed to build the set itself.
Production began on the modern day scenes with the actual Titanic ship under water. The ship used is called the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh and is an actual Russian scientific research vessel. Cameron had gone to Fox Studios to get the movie under way and they had gone out and purchased an area in which the recreation of the ship was built in Playas de Rosarito
Russian scientific research vessel used in the film
The set is basically a few buildings surrounding a hugh water tank. However, due to keeping cost down the ship was more or less a shell and was dismantled and sold as scrap after the sinking scenes.
Reconstructed set for sinking of the ship
The undertaking of such a project was a great big responsibility and there where a few stunt men that did get hurt in the production along with a few actors including Kate Winslet and Leonardo de Caprio that got sick during filming.
Below are some videos of the actual making of the film.
