Titanic Anecdotes

Written by Stephen Schochet


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Cameron, temperamental inrepparttar best of times, was surviving on three hours sleep and saved most of his screaming forrepparttar 120807 film crew. His philosphy was you couldn't get great perfomances out ofrepparttar 120808 actors by yelling. In one scene, Winslet and DiCaprio were running away from a huge wave on one ofrepparttar 120809 decks andrepparttar 120810 actress was submerged and nearly drowned. Moments after she was rescued Cameron calmly said," OK. Let's do it again."

Asrepparttar 120811 costs began to mount along withrepparttar 120812 stories ofrepparttar 120813 director's slow pace and temper tantrums,repparttar 120814 Fox executives began to freak out. They suggested an hour of specific cuts fromrepparttar 120815 three hour film. They arguedrepparttar 120816 extended length would mean less showings thus less money. But long epics are more likely to help directors bring home Oscars, and Cameron was more defiant than DiCaprio. "You want to cut my movie? You're going to have to fire me!" You want to fire me? You're going to have to kill me!" The executives, knowing that starting from scratch meant their entire investment would be gone, did neither. They also rejected Cameron's offer of forfeiting his share ofrepparttar 120817 profits as an empty gesture; they were sure there wouldn't be any.

With more special effects being added Titanics's release date was moved back from summer to Christmas 1997. At one point Cameron visitedrepparttar 120818 Twentieth Century Fox studio headquarters to request permission to shoot additional footage and ran smack dab into company chairman Rupert Murdoch (no relation to William) inrepparttar 120819 hallway. After months of fiercely ordering people about,repparttar 120820 self proclaimed "King ofrepparttar 120821 World" could not look his real boss inrepparttar 120822 eye. "Uh hi. Uh I know I'm not your favorite person spending all your money. But I guarantee yourepparttar 120823 movie will be good." Murdoch, with a glint of steel in voice, replied. "Young man, it had be better be better than good!"

Thanks largely to repeated viewings from young girls,repparttar 120824 film made more money than any other picture in history. It tied Ben Hur (1959) forrepparttar 120825 most Oscars (11) although it was not even nominated for Best Original Screenplay. The Fox Executives were more relieved than euphoric and promised no more $200,000,000 movies, they felt like they had dodged a bullet. DiCaprio who infuriatedrepparttar 120826 studio by refusing to promoterepparttar 120827 film and show up atrepparttar 120828 Academy Awards, became a $10,000,000 per picture star, was chased down streets by adoring young females, and later calledrepparttar 120829 whole Titanic craze," kind of an empty experience". Winslet, who at one point duringrepparttar 120830 shoot woke up and said, "God I wish I was dead", moved back happily into smaller independent films. Cameron got his original profit share and continued to lose his temper, suggesting a film critic who panned Titanic be impeached. He reflected later that movie prices had to be raised to fifteen dollars to pay for overblown budgets. "People would be mad for six months and then they would come back. Of course I wouldn't want one of my movies coming out during those six months."

Stephen Schochet is the author and narrator of the audiobooks "Fascinating Walt Disney" and "Tales Of Hollywood". The Saint Louis Post Dispatch says," these two elaborate productions are exceptionally entertaining." Hear realaudio samples of these great, unique gifts at www.hollywoodstories.com.


Market Your Book on Manhattan's Museum Mile

Written by Francine Silverman


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At Cooper-Hewitt’s gift shop, there are books ranging from etchings ofrepparttar 16th century to modern day design – be it textiles, table settings or castles. Moreover, unique book jackets are always welcome. According torepparttar 120806 salesman, “The subject ofrepparttar 120807 book doesn’t matter if it has an unusual design concept.” These include children’s pop-up books and padded book jackets. A non-three-dimensional book hasrepparttar 120808 text beginning onrepparttar 120809 front cover. Self-published and small press accepted. The book buyer is Chris Masaoay. (212-849-8355). http://ndm.si.edu.

The museum shop atrepparttar 120810 Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128 (89th Street), 212-423-3500, has books on early European to contemporary artists and architects who are inrepparttar 120811 permanent collection or have been featured in an exhibition atrepparttar 120812 museum. All books that fit in this category, regardless of publisher, are considered by book buyer Ed Fuqua. Send to him at 575 Broadway, New York, New York 10012. (212-423-3852). www.guggenheim.org.

The mother of all museum shops is atrepparttar 120813 Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028 (main entrance on 82nd Street), 212-535-7710. This enormous bookstore carries books about artists and art history, travel, women’s studies, gardening, and costumes, plus a small New York City corner. According to book buyer Marilyn Jensen,repparttar 120814 majority of books come from major publishers. However, she will accept books from small publishers (no vanity press). Send to her at 6 E. 82nd Street, New York, NY 10028 (212-396-5535). Most ofrepparttar 120815 books reflectrepparttar 120816 various departments inrepparttar 120817 museum, i.e., medieval art, ancient Egypt. www.metmuseum.org/store Not on Museum Mile but one block east between 74th and 75th Streets isrepparttar 120818 Whitney Museum. Allrepparttar 120819 books in its gift shop are related to art, including technology, new media, film, video, audio, performance art, theory and criticism. Books by small publishers are welcome, but self-published books are doubtful. Send to book buyer, Michael Lagios (212-570-3613), at Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10021-2790. www.whitney.org.



Francine Silverman publishes a free online newsletter for authors of all genres. http://www.bookpromotionnewsletter.com


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