When the AFL declared bankruptcy in 2009, the league minimum was $31,000 and the average salary was $80,000, with some players hauling in six-figure contracts. On the surface, the financial situation for players is tenuous.
Titanic (1997 film) Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance-disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage.
Work started on 'Titanic', at Belfast's Harland & Wolff Shipyards, on March 31st, 1909. The ship was launched on 31st May, 1911 and fitting out was completed on March 31st, 1912. After 3 days of sea trials, 'Titanic' set out for Southampton, from where she left on her maiden voyage to New York on 10th April, 1912. 'Titanic' sank, after a collison with an iceberg at 11.40pm Sunday 14th April, at 2.20am, Monday 15th April, 1912. The RMS Titanic took more than one year to build.