Sunday, September 19 2004

NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK --(7:00PM-11:10PM) --(TV-PG)

"Titanic"

Oscar and Golden Globe nominees Leonardo DiCaprio ("The Beach," "What's Eating Gilbert Grape") and Kate Winslet ("Holy Smoke," "Sense and Sensibility") light up the screen in this Oscar-winning blockbuster as Jack and Rose, young lovers who find one another on the maiden voyage of the R.M.S. Titanic ? the ship considered to be "unsinkable." But when the ill-fated luxury liner collides with an iceberg in the frigid North Atlantic, their heated love affair becomes a thrilling race for survival ? and a poignant memory for one of them. Oscar nominee Gloria Stuart ("The Love Letter"), Billy Zane ("Claim"), Oscar and Golden Globe winner Kathy Bates ("Misery," "Fried Green Tomatoes"), Frances Fisher ("Gone in Sixty Seconds"), Golden Globe nominee Bill Paxton ("U-571," "Twister"), and Victor Garber ("Annie") also star. In addition to Oscar and Golden Globe winning director/producer James Cameron ("The Terminator," "The Abyss"), the Oscar winning production team also includes John Landau ("Dick Tracy"), Al Giddings ("The River Wild"), Grant Hill ("The Thin Red Line") and Sharon Mann ("Top Gun") who produced the screenplay written by Cameron.