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 His fortunes altered in 1984 when he created and directed "The Terminator," a science fiction picture starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a robot. The film was a critical and economic success.[([[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/trivia/|imdb]])] His fortunes altered in 1984 when he created and directed "The Terminator," a science fiction picture starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a robot. The film was a critical and economic success.[([[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/trivia/|imdb]])]
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 +===== Idea From A Nightmare =====
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 +During the filming of Piranha II: The Spawning, he became unwell and had a nightmare about an unstoppable robot, which inspired the Terminator.[([[https://www.facebook.com/UselessMedia/photos/director-james-cameron-quit-his-job-as-a-truck-driver-to-enter-the-film-industry/404462283784887/|Facebook]])]
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 +===== Script For Terminator =====
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 +Cameron wrote the majority of Terminator's screenplay in his automobile.[([[https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/scifi/james-cameron-sold-terminator-script-dollar-living-car.html|giantfreakinrobot]])]
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 +===== Piranha 2 =====
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 +In 1981, he was engaged as a Special Effects Director on Piranha II: The Spawning, the sequel to Piranha. However, he took over as Director after Miller Drake (the original director) abandoned the project due to a creative disagreement with the producer, Ovidio Assonitis.[([[https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0082910/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv|imdb]])]
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 +===== Aliens Success =====
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 +When he began work on a sequel to Ridley Scott's 1979 blockbuster Alien in 1986, the team was antagonistic to him. Despite this and other off-screen issues, the picture gained critical acclaim for its feminist concept and went on to be a box-office triumph. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Sound Effects Editing and Best Visual Effects.[([[https://ultimatepopculture.fandom.com/wiki/James_Cameron|ultimatepopculture]])]
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 +===== The Abyss =====
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 +The Abyss, a 1989 film, was inspired by a concept from his high school Biology class. The film was regarded one of the most costly pictures of the time (it was budgeted at $41 million).[([[https://vk.com/wall-19843704_6924|VK]])]
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 +===== Titanic =====
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 +He produced Titanic in 1997, and the rest is history. With 14 Academy Award nominations and 11 wins, this $200 million dollar picture became the first to make more than $1 billion.[([[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-camerons-titanic-wins-11-academy-awards|History]])]
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 +===== Making Titanic More Realistic =====
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 +To make Titanic (1997 film) more realistic, he dived many times to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and took video of the genuine Titanic ship underwater, which he then put into the finished film. During his dives, he penned the majority of the Titanic's dialogue.[([[https://www.titanicbelfast.com/news/titanic-movie-fact-or-fiction/|titanicbelfast]])]
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