Wisconsin On Screen: "Titanic"
This month marks the 101st anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
It has been 16 years since James Cameron’s epic film of that fateful
voyage. I caught the movie on TV recently, and noticed that the main
character, Jack, is from Wisconsin. Naturally, this piqued my interest
and I investigated.
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Photo: Smithsonian |
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Photo: Titanic Wiki |
Leonardo
DiCaprio plays the young Jack Dawson. In the film, Jack is from
Chippewa Falls. A good Wisconsin town full of good people. Who knows,
maybe his family worked at Leinenkugel’s Brewery? But then the shimmer
of a Wisconsin character without a “Fargo” accent wore off. Jack claims
to have swum in the waters of Lake Wissota. Lake Wissota is a real
lake, but it is man-made. In 1917. Five years after the Titanic sunk
and our man freeze-drowns in the north Atlantic. Again, we find that
Hollywood tries to use the charm of Wisconsin without doing their
research. While I’m pleased that Wisconsin was chosen as the home of
the honest and heroic Jack, I sure wish they’d start doing their
homework.To all the Hollywood producers out there: I’ll gladly be a consultant! Just don’t make me drink any of your California milk...
Titanic was surely one of the best movies ever made. Leonardo DiCaprio is without any doubt, one of the best actors in the world and he absolutely killed it in the movie.
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