Agence-France Presse
September 7, 2012
September 7, 2012
"Titanic" director James Cameron hailed the "unsung heroes" who designed the doomed vessel as he visited Belfast, the city where it was built, on Friday.
Cameron, who is in the city to launch a new exhibition at the Titanic Belfast visitor center, hailed the designers whose work meant the ship did not roll over as it sank. This meant that its lifeboats could be lowered, and more lives saved. "I believe firmly that they are the unsung heroes of Titanic, that kept that ship upright, the stately image that we all think of when we think of Titanic sinking," Cameron said. "It is important for us to continue to look back at history. There are still lessons to be learned, there were heroes on board the ship that we did not even realize how important they were... and they were Belfast men." Cameron and producer Jon Landau opened the first exhibit dedicated to the film at the Titanic Belfast Museum which is located just 100 yards from where the passenger liner's hull was launched. Cameron's 1997 blockbuster "Titanic" starred Kate Winslet and Leonardo Di Caprio and was the most successful movie ever made until the release of Cameron's "Avatar" in 2009. Canadian film director James Cameron addresses the media as he visits the Titanic Belfast Museum in Belfast. Cameron paid tributes to the ship's builders as he paid a visit to the liner's birthplace in Belfast.