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The nineteen ninety-seven movie “Titanic”/ is a record breaker/ in several ways. Ten years ago, it was the most costly movie/ ever made. "Titanic"/ has earned more money/ than any other movie/ in history. And, it received eleven Academy Awards.

The film/ tells the tragic story/ of the huge British passenger ship/ that sank/ in nineteen twelve. The Titanic/ was built/ to be a fine example/ of modern technology. It was the largest ship/ ever made. It was considered/ unsinkable. It was sailing/ on its very first trip/ from England/ to New York/ with many rich and famous people/ on board. The Titanic/ hit a huge piece of ice/ near Newfoundland, Canada. The ship sank/ to the bottom/ of the Atlantic Ocean.

More than one thousand five hundred/ of its two thousand two hundred passengers/ died. Many movies, books, and plays/ have been produced/ about the disaster.

The movie "Titanic"/ is loosely based/ on historical facts. The director James Cameron/ worked hard/ with the movie crew/ to recreate historically correct clothing and rooms. Experts/ helped recreate the ship/ and the action/ of its sinking/ in as truthful a way as possible.

The images/ of the shipwrecked Titanic/ at the bottom of the ocean/ are real. And several of the people/ in the movie/ were real people, such as the boat’s captain/ and Molly Brown, who survived the disaster. She later became known/ as the “Unsinkable” Molly Brown. It is also true/ that the watchman/ did not see the large iceberg/ in time/ to save the ship. And it is true/ that there were not enough lifeboats/ on the ship/ to save all the passengers.

What most people/ like best/ about the movie/ is its love story. But the two lovers, Rose and Jack, were not real people. There was also no diamond/ called the Heart of the Ocean.

However, another small love story/ in "Titanic"/ is based on fact. The movie/ shows an older man and woman/ who chose to die together/ instead of being separated. Isador and Ida Straus/ were offered a place/ on a lifeboat. Isador would not get in the boat/ as long as there were women/ on the Titanic/ who could be saved. So, Ida/ refused to leave her husband.

Witnesses/ remember hearing her/ say to her husband, “Where you go, I go." The two/ were last seen/ sitting side by side/ on a chair/ on the ship/ holding hands.
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