History Film / RaiseTheTitanic

* ArtisticLicenseMarineBiology: At a press conference, Admiral Sandecker states that the ''Titanic'' is probably very well preserved because it lies in water so deep that there are no destructive marine organisms that could have damaged it. In reality, ''Titanic'' has suffered heavy deterioration from microbial lifeforms that are slowly consuming the iron in the ship's hull, leaving behind the famous "rusticles"; likewise, wood-boring molluscs have consumed most of the wood in and on the ship.[[note]]The rate of deterioration is such that current estimates state that ''Titanic'' will collapse completely sometime in the 2030s.[[/note]] ''Titanic'' as a whole has been referred to as a deep-sea oasis, as it has been colonized by hundreds of deep-sea life forms, including some previously unknown to science. The trope is justified given that very little deep-ocean research had been done when the movie was filmed and no one knew what conditions were like on the wreck.

* ShipshapeShipwreck: The film makers can be forgiven for [[DatedHistory getting it wrong about the Titanic splitting into two before it sank]]. However, the ship re-emerges at the surface after a dramatic sinking, a two mile plunge to the bottom of the Atlantic and 68 years underwater almost completely intact, to the extent that masts, funnels and metal guidewires are still in position. Even Titanic's famous glass dome survived.
** Justified by reflecting other assumptions widely believed about the wreck at the time--that the deep, cold, oxygen-poor, salty water the ship would have (and did) come to rest in was not hospitable to the sort of marine life that could compromise it structurally and would preserve it mostly intact, as if it were in cold storage. Today, now that we know otherwise, it is seen as likely that by the mid-21st century all that will be left of ''Titanic'' will be a big rusty spot on the sea floor.

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* DoubleMeaning: Brewster's crypic last words "Thank God for Southby".

** In addition, the ''Turtle'' is at a depth of 11,000 ft and says they have ''Starfish'' in visual contact. Natural sunlight isn't able to penetrate the ocean depths beyond 3,000 ft, and most submersible lights don't have visibility beyond 10 ft.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The submersible ''Starfish'' springs a leak on the way down to ''Titanic'' and implodes after two minutes despite the crew's attempts to surface. At 12,000 ft, where the pressure is about 6000 pounds per square inch, the submersible would have imploded well before the crew was even aware of a problem; if such a leak had occurred, the water would have been forced through the breach with enough force to slice through a human body.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The searchers find a cornet belonging to a member of the ship's orchestra. However, ''Titanic'' did not have any brass musicians; the orchestra played string instruments. The only brass instrument on board was a bugle used by the ship's bugler to announce dinner for First Class, but he was not part of the orchestra.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The submersible ''Starfish'' springs a leak on the way down to ''Titanic'' and implodes after two minutes despite the crew's attempts to surface. At 12,000 ft, where the pressure is about 6000 pounds per square inch, the submersible would have imploded well before the crew was even aware of a problem.

* AlternateHistory: Of course, the Titanic was never raised, and nor could it be.

* EveryHelicopterIsAHuey: Apparently, the Soviet Navy uses Huey helicopters instead of Kamov's.

* ArtisticLicenseShips: Bigalow tells Pitt that the Byzanium was in Cargo Hold 9. ''Titanic'' only had six cargo holds, three in the bow and three in the stern.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer gives away that Pitt and co will succeed in raising the ship. (Granted, it ''is'' kind of in the name.)

* EveryHelicopterIsAHuey: Apparently, the Soviet Navy uses Huey helicopters instead of Mils.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The submersible ''Starfish'' springs a leak on the way down to ''Titanic'' and implodes after two minutes despite the crew's attempts to surface. At 12,000 ft, the submersible would have imploded well before the crew was even aware of a problem.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The searchers find a cornet belonging to a member of the ship's orchestra. However, ''Titanic'' did not have any brass musicians; the orchestra played string instruments. There was a bugle on board, used by the ship's bugler to announce dinner for First Class, but he was not part of the orchestra.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The searchers find a cornet belonging to a member of the ship's orchestra. However, ''Titanic'' did not have any brass musicians; the orchestra played string instruments.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The submersible ''Starfish'' springs a leak on the way down to ''Titanic'' and implodes after about a minute despite the crew's attempts to surface. At 12,000 ft, the submersible would have imploded well before the crew was aware of a problem.

* ShipshapeShipwreck : The film makers can be forgiven for [[DatedHistory getting it wrong about the Titanic splitting into two before it sank]]. However, the ship re-emerges at the surface after a dramatic sinking, a two mile plunge to the bottom of the Atlantic and 68 years underwater almost completely intact, to the extent that masts, funnels and metal guidewires are still in position. Even Titanic's famous glass dome survived.