Titanic is a 1997 romance disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Titanic tells the story of of the RMS Titanic's ill-fated maiden voyage from the perspective of fictional characters, Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater and shows the two passengers from different social classes meeting and falling in love on the Titanic before it sinks after colliding with an ice berg. A 3-D version of Titanic was released in theaters on April 4th, 2012 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking.