Oscar winning production designer, Peter Lamont, visited Titanic Belfast, the world-leading attraction located on the exact spot the famous ship was built in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The legendary set decorator, art director and production designer, who is also famous for working on eighteen James Bond films, from Goldfinger to Casino Royale, as well as James Cameron’s Aliens and True Lies, visited Titanic Belfast 20 years after winning his Oscar Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration for ‘Titanic’ the film at the 1998 Academy Awards.
He is the now the third ‘Titanic’ Oscar winner, alongside producer Jon Landau and director James Cameron to visit Titanic Belfast, which the legendary director described as ‘magnificent and dramatic’. He was accompanied by local author and historian, Dr. Tom McCluskie MBE, who consulted on the movie due to his role leading Harland and Wolff’s archiving and administration for over 30 years.
Their visit coincided with the 21st anniversary of when the film ‘Titanic, which tells the story of the luxury liner’s fateful maiden voyage through the love story of passengers Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose (Kate Winslet), premiered on screens and became one of the top grossing films of all time. The story lives on in hearts and minds across the world but nowhere more so than in Belfast – the birthplace of the world’s most famous ship.
To mark the anniversary of the movie, Titanic Belfast, is hosting a blockbuster Titanic Tea and Movie Experience on 18th November, where guests can enjoy the movie in Oscar winning style whilst being treated to a red-carpet Afternoon Tea with a themed cocktail or a glass of fizz by the replica Grand Staircase.
Titanic Belfast was voted the World’s Leading Tourist Attraction at the prestigious World Travel Awards, bringing the title to Ireland for the first time in the awards history. It also recently received TripAdvisor’s 2018 Travellers’ Choice Award, which has been exclusively given to only 1% of all museums that are listed on TripAdvisor. For more information, visit www.titanicbelfast.com.
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Photo 1: Oscar-winning Art Director Peter Lamont and local author and historian, Dr. Tom McCluskie MBE are reunited 21 years after TITANIC, the movie, was launched at Titanic Belfast in Northern Ireland.
About Titanic Belfast
Titanic Belfast is an iconic six-floor building featuring nine interpretive and interactive galleries that explore the sights, sounds, smells and stories of Titanic, as well as the City and people which made her. It is the World’s Largest Titanic exhibition.
The building houses temporary exhibits, a banqueting suite, education and community facilities, catering and retail space, and a basement car park. Visitors learn about the construction of RMS Titanic and the wide and rich story of Northern Ireland’s industrial and maritime heritage.
Supported by the Northern Ireland Executive, Titanic Belfast is a unique public/private partnership funded by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, Belfast City Council, Belfast Harbour and Titanic Quarter Ltd. It is operated by Titanic Belfast Ltd and owned by the Titanic Foundation Ltd.
Useful links:
• Titanic Belfast: www.titanicbelfast.com
• Belfast City Council: www.belfastcity.gov.uk
• Visit Belfast: www.visitbelfast.com
• Titanic Quarter: www.titanic-quarter.com/news-events
• Northern Ireland Tourist Board: www.tousimni.com
• Titanic Foundation Limited: www.titanic-foundation.org
For information on Titanic Belfast please contact:
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