Titanic Fan Collects 159 Copies on VHS To Create Wild Movie Display
ATitanic fan has collected a massive amount of Titanic VHS copies and created an enormous movie display. Titanic was directed by James Cameron and released in 1997. Based on the tragic sinking of the titular boat, the film followed the story of two unlikely lovers, Rose (Kate Winslet) and Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio), who come from different social classes and fall in love only for that budding romance to be brutally squashed when the ship sinks.
For over a decade, Titanic was the highest-grossing film of all time, before it was surpassed in 2009 by another Cameron film, Avatar. Both films later lost out to Avengers: Endgame for the record. Nonetheless, Titanic’s release was incredibly impressive and prominent. The film stayed in theaters for 10 months, far longer than the average theatrical run of 4 weeks. Given the longevity of this stay in theaters, the movie was released to VHS at the same time that it was still playing in theaters, an unheard-of release strategy at the time.
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Though VHS tapes are now largely obsolete, one fan has collected 159 VHS copies ofTitanic. TikTok user titanicfan97 collected the VHS tapes from thrift stores that still sold the infrequently-bought movies. They also purchased a cheap video player and a small TV and hooked those both up in the middle of an insane display. The display includes the Titanic VHS tapes on a 5-level bookshelf, with even more Titanic copies stacked on top including two rotating displays that bookend a model Titanic boat.
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While few fans are as obsessed with Titanic’s physical media as much as this, the buzz about Titanic has not died. Titanic is still touted as
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