 The film was converted into 3D and re-released on 4 April 2012 to coincide with the centenary of the sinking.Cameron's film is the only "Titanic" drama to have been partially filmed aboard the vessel, which the Canadian director visited in two Russian submersibles in the summer of 1995.With the advent of television, the themes and social microcosm provided by the "Titanic" scenario inspired TV productions, from expansive serial epics to satirical animated spoofs.