The Titanic's tragic past has also been depicted in many films, including James Cameron's 1997 film, which set many box office records.
The director of Titanic: 25 years later with James Cameron has been revealing a number of details about the film's production and filming.
According to Entertainment Weekly, James Cameron used replica models, pyrotechnics, and computer simulations to determine the main components of the ship's sinking.
The Titanic's bow fell off when colliding with an iceberg, but as the angle of the sinking became more severe, the ship's rear half broke off and fell horizontally into the ocean.
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So the bow's sinking pushed the ship down so that it sank vertically.
James Cameron explains everything that was discussed prior to the sinking.
"The film Titanic depicts what we believed to be a true representation of the ship's final hours," says Cameron. "We show her sinking bow first, then her sheer weight thrusts the ship into the air."
"I have no way of confirming that this was the case, but I wish I could rule it out as an option so I wouldn't have to redo the damn film again," he adds.
"We found that you can have the stern sink vertically and the stern drop back, but you can't have both." "I tend to think she's wrong on'stern retreat' because of what we see at the bow of the wreck," she says.
"I think we can rule out the possibility of the vertical stern sinking," he adds. "In the film, we were half right."
Although the crew attempted to be as exact as possible, it is probable that the sinking was not 100% accurate. In any event, the search for precision was more to honor the 1,500 lives that were lost in the tragedy.
