"Titanic" Gets a Record 14 OSCAR Nominations!!

"Titanic" playing in Los Angeles in 70mm. Click to see enlargement

On Tuesday February 10, 1998 it was announced that "Titanic" has been nominated to a record 14 Academy Awards. The categories are:

Best Picture. Best Actress (Kate Winslet). Best Director (James Cameron). Best Supporting Actress (Gloria Stuart). Best Art Direction (Art Direction: Peter Lamont. Set Decoration: Michael Ford). Best Cinematography (Russell Carpenter). Best Costume Design (Deborah L. Scott). Best Editing (Conrad Buff, James Cameron and Richard A. Harris). Best Makeup (Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom and Simon Thompson). Best Original Dramatic Score (James Horner). Best Original Song ("My Heart Will Go On" Music by James Horner. Lyric by Will Jennings). Best Sound (Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers and Mark Ulano). Best Sound Effects Editing (Tom Bellfort and Christopher Boyes). Best Visual Effects (Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer).

The winners will be announced March 23, 1998.

"Titanic" wins 4 Golden Globes

Best Film. Best Director (James Cameron). Best Original Dramatic Score (James Horner). Best Original Song ("My Heart Will Go On" Music by James Horner).

News about DTS 70mm

"Tomorrow Never Dies" will be in DTS 70mm in Europe only. "Titanic" will be in DTS 70mm in the USA and Europe. To my knowledge, there were 10 prints made. As of December 12, "Titanic" will be playing in DTS 70mm at the following theaters:

• Mann Chinese in Hollywood, CA, USA
• Mann Village in Los Angeles (Westwood), CA, USA
• Astor Plaza in NYC, USA (maybe three theatres total. The number of screens is questionable)
• Century 22 in San Jose, CA, USA (Maybe two 70mm prints)
• GCC North Park Mall in Dallas, TX, USA

Karen Hultgren, Digital Theater Systems, California, USA