| Studio executives in High Concept
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| | Leonardo's character Jack was based on an
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| Hollywood have very short attention
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| | unattractive coal miner, who never left
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| spans. When pitching a film idea, many
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| | the bottom decks, let alone met someone
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| believe if you can't do it in one
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| | like Rose.Cameron, temperamental in the
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| sentence it is an unmarketable product.
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| | best of times, was surviving on three
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| For example Planet Of the Apes (1968)
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| | hours sleep and saved most of his
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| starring Charlton Heston was pitched by
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| | screaming for the film crew. His
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| producer Arthur Jacobs as "Moses Talks To
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| | philosphy was you couldn't get great
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| Monkeys". Passenger 57( 1992) with Wesley
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| | perfomances out of the actors by yelling.
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| Snipes was known as "Diehard On a Plane."
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| | In one scene, Winslet and DiCaprio were
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| Director James Cameron, despite a strong
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| | running away from a huge wave on one of
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| track record with films like Aliens
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| | the decks and the actress was submerged
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| (1986) and True Lies (1994) knew he would
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| | and nearly drowned. Moments after she was
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| have a tough selling job after he went
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| | rescued Cameron calmly said," OK. Let's
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| deep sea diving with Dr. Robert Ballard
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| | do it again."As the costs began to mount
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| to glimpse the remains of the RMS
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| | along with the stories of the director's
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| Titanic. He became so emotionally
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| | slow pace and temper tantrums, the Fox
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| involved by the experience that the
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| | executives began to freak out. They
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| sinking of the famous luxury liner in
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| | suggested an hour of specific cuts from
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| 1912 had to be the subject of his next
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| | the three hour film. They argued the
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| picture. His pitch to the nervous
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| | extended length would mean less showings
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| executives at Twentieth Century Fox was,"
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| | thus less money. But long epics are more
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| Romeo and Juliet on a doomed ship." There
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| | likely to help directors bring home
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| was a tense pause and Cameron said," Also
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| | Oscars, and Cameron was more defiant than
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| fellas it's a period piece, it's going to
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| | DiCaprio. "You want to cut my movie?
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| cost $150,000,000 and there's not going
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| | You're going to have to fire me!" You
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| to be a sequel." Fox, a studio which had
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| | want to fire me? You're going to have to
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| known great success with both The Love
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| | kill me!" The executives, knowing that
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| Boat (1977-1986) TV show and The Poseidon
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| | starting from scratch meant their entire
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| Adventure (1972) was dubious about the
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| | investment would be gone, did neither.
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| idea's commercial prospects. But wanting
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| | They also rejected Cameron's offer of
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| a long term relationship with Cameron
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| | forfeiting his share of the profits as an
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| they gave him a green light.Previous
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| | empty gesture; they were sure there
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| movie versions of the Titanic had focused
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| | wouldn't be any.With more special effects
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| on the historical aspects of the ship
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| | being added Titanics's release date was
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| hitting the iceberg, so Cameron decided
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| | moved back from summer to Christmas 1997.
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| to play up the fictional love story.
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| | At one point Cameron visited the
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| After Gywneth Paltrow turned down the
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| | Twentieth Century Fox studio headquarters
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| female lead, Kate Winslet campaigned for
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| | to request permission to shoot additional
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| it heavily by sending Cameron daily notes
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| | footage and ran smack dab into company
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| from England stating, "I'm your Rose."
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| | chairman Rupert Murdoch (no relation to
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| Her persistence led Cameron to invite her
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| | William) in the hallway. After months of
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| to Hollywood for auditions. One of her
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| | fiercely ordering people about, the self
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| screen test partners Leonardo DiCaprio,
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| | proclaimed "King of the World" could not
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| impressed her so much she whispered to
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| | look his real boss in the eye. "Uh hi. Uh
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| Cameron," He's great. Even if you don't
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| | I know I'm not your favorite person
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| pick me, pick him." Cameron picked them
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| | spending all your money. But I guarantee
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| both, but Leonardo was harder to
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| | you the movie will be good." Murdoch,
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| convince. Playing a romantic lead in a
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| | with a glint of steel in voice, replied.
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| blockbuster just didn't seem cool.
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| | "Young man, it had be better be better
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| Cameron told him," I know what you want.
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| | than good!"Thanks largely to repeated
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| You want to play him with a deformity or
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| | viewings from young girls, the film made
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| a limp. Well, it's lot harder playing a
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| | more money than any other picture in
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| nice guy like Jimmy Stewart then one of
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| | history. It tied Ben Hur (1959) for the
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| those freaky, weirdo characters." Freaks
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| | most Oscars (11) although it was not even
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| and weird character portrayals often take
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| | nominated for Best Original Screenplay.
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| home Oscars, but DiCaprio agreed to play
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| | The Fox Executives were more relieved
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| the part.For a major Hollywood production
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| | than euphoric and promised no more
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| the star salaries were relatively low,
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| | $200,000,000 movies, they felt like they
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| DiCaprio made the most at $2,500,000. The
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| | had dodged a bullet. DiCaprio who
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| biggest expense of the film was building
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| | infuriated the studio by refusing to
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| the ship, it required the construction of
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| | promote the film and show up at the
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| a entirely new studio in Rosarito Beach.
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| | Academy Awards, became a $10,000,000 per
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| Cameron's attention to historical detail
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| | picture star, was chased down streets by
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| was evident down to the carpets, the
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| | adoring young females, and later called
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| grand staircase, the Picasso paintings
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| | the whole Titanic craze," kind of an
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| and the 1911 touring car that Jack and
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| | empty experience". Winslet, who at one
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| Rose made love in. But other aspects of
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| | point during the shoot woke up and said,
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| the film were less accurate. There was no
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| | "God I wish I was dead", moved back
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| evidence that on the real life Titanic
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| | happily into smaller independent films.
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| people in third class were blocked from
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| | Cameron got his original profit share and
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| reaching the upper decks and the
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| | continued to lose his temper, suggesting
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| lifeboats, the emphasis was on rescuing
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| | a film critic who panned Titanic be
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| the women and children, the richest man
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| | impeached. He reflected later that movie
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| on board the ship actually died. In the
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| | prices had to be raised to fifteen
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| film, First Officer William Murdoch was
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| | dollars to pay for overblown budgets.
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| portrayed as a coward who shot
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| | "People would be mad for six months and
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| passengers, in real life he was a hero
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| | then they would come back. Of course I
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| which caused James Cameron to apologize
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| | wouldn't want one of my movies coming out
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| to his surviving relatives. And
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| | during those six months.
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