Titanic replica (Sichuan) trademark has been abandoned. James Cameron's 1997 "Titanic" movie enjoys great and lasting popularity in China, and introduced the Chinese masses to the Titanic story. The importance of this movie as a reference point for the Chinese developers is indicated by the fact that actor Bernard Hill, who portrayed Captain Edward Smith in Cameron's film, was present at the launch of the project and was named the "honorary captain" of the vessel to be constructed. The investors behind the Sichuan replica approach the 1912 tragedy primarily as a story of heroic self-sacrifice in the face of disaster. The CEO of
RMS Titanic in popular culture May 1912 and subsequently shown internationally, it was a major success. However, it is now considered a lost film, as the only known prints were destroyed in a fire in March 1914. Gibson's film competed against the German film "In Nacht und Eis" ("In Night and Ice"), directed by the Romanian Mime Misu, who played the "Titanic"s Captain Smith. It was largely shot aboard the liner SS "Kaiserin Auguste Victoria". The fatal collision was depicted by ramming a model of "Titanic" into a block of floating ice. The impact knocks the passengers off their feet and causes pandemonium on board.