Production note Titanic was number one at the box office for 16 straight weeks.
Production note Leonardo DiCaprio was 23 when Titanic came out, and Kate Winslet was 22.
Production note The movie was nominated for 14 Oscars and won 11.
Production note Titanic was the first film to make over $1 billion.
Production note James Cameron produced, directed, wrote, and edited the film.
Production note The film’s runtime mirrors the real sinking timeline of about 2 hours and 40 minutes.
Production note Cameron made 12 dives to the wreck and became obsessed with it.
Production note The actual Heart of the Ocean necklace prop was auctioned for $2.2 million for Princess Diana’s charity.
Production note Cameron’s code name for the movie was 'Planet Ice.'
Production note The crew nicknamed Cameron 'the midge' and made T-shirts about it.
The Town Bill plugs Matt Bellany’s new show at the top of the episode.
Crohn’s disease / Tremphia Ad read at the top of the episode.
Angry Orchard Halloween ad read referencing scary movies.
Gone with the Wind Used as a comparison for Titanic’s generational cultural status.
The Godfather Used as another example of a movie with huge cultural and historical weight.
Waterworld Referenced as a disaster-production cautionary tale that Titanic was expected to resemble.
Love Jones Van uses it as another defining love story from that era of his life.
The Shining Compared to Titanic in the way the movie shifts from one mode to another.
The Departed Used as a possible apex mountain for DiCaprio.
Catch Me If You Can Van calls it his favorite DiCaprio movie and says it’s a different kind of performance from Titanic.
Boogie Nights Discussed as the alternative role Leo turned down.
The Offer Referenced as a show about the making of The Godfather.
My Heart Will Go On Cited as part of the movie’s full pop-cultural takeover.
Independence Day Mentioned as another disaster/spectacle benchmark in the same era.
Terminator 2 Used in discussion of James Cameron and of the actress playing Molly Brown’s mother.
