"Titanic" Gets a Record 14 OSCAR Nominations!!

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Issue 52 - March 1998

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 in North Park, Texas, USA

Karen Hultgren, Digital Theater Systems, California, USA

"Titanic" DTS 70mm Prints

I was working on the color timing of my 35mm short "Sentinels of the Twilight" at the same time "Titanic" was doing the same. I was told by my color timer Bill Mochon [DeLuxe Laboratories, Ed], that 12 70mm prints were made for US distribution and 1 additional 70mm print was made for Jim Cameron. Of course, bearing the phenomenal succes of "Titanic" in mind, I don´t know if they made any more. When I was there was during late November 1997. John O`Callaghan, Corona, CA, USA.

"Titanic" is a World Record

"After 9 weeks of release "Titanic" is the 4th biggest grosser of all time in the US alone", writes Variety Monday, February 9th, 1998. "Titanic" has grossed USD 337.500.000 since its December 17, 1997 release in America.

"Titanic" rivals "E.T." and "Star Wars" at the Boxoffice!

Washington Post writes February 17, 1998: "Titanic" is the third highest grosser in North America at the moment! It knocked "Jurassic Park" down to a fourth place.

1 "Star Wars" USD 460.900.000 70mm
2 "ET - The Extra Terrestrial" USD 399.804.539 70mm
3 "Titanic" USD 370.900.000 70mm
4 "Jurassic Park" USD 356.839.725 -
5 "Forrest Gump" USD 329.690.974 -
6 "The Lion King" USD 312.855.561 70mm
7 "Return of the Jedi" USD 309.100.000 70mm
8 "Independence Day" USD 306.052.958 70mm
9 "The Empire Strikes Back" USD 290.200.000 70mm
10 "Home Alone" USD 285.016.000 -

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