No, I don't mean the 1997 movie that was recently re-released in 3D starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The Titanic I'm referring to is the 2012 miniseries written by Julian Fellowes, known for creating Downton Abbey. I found out about this miniseries some time ago before it was released in America. I was interested in it since Julian Fellowes wrote the screenplay. I didn't know all that much about the Titanic (other than it sank after it struck an iceberg) and I had heard that the 1997 movie Titanic was not as accurate as it could have been. But I had heard that Julian Fellowes pays close attention to period correctness (though, we must allow, that some artistic license must have been taken), so I thought I would give this miniseries a try after finding it on Netflix.
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Synopsis
Told in a nonlinear format, this miniseries follows the finishing touches that were put on the Titanic towards the end of it's construction, the boarding of its passengers (some wanting to take a trip to America, others searching for a better life), and the fateful night that it struck an iceberg and sunk. Multiple subplots are followed including the voyage of Lord and Lady Manton and their daughter Georgiana Grex, the Batleys (a middle class couple) and the Maloneys (an Irish family seeking a better life in America).
