Podcast | James Cameron’s Titanic (1997), the two battling studios, and drugs in the chowder

Podcast | James Cameron’s Titanic (1997), the two battling studios, and drugs in the chowder




Podcast | James Cameron’s Titanic (1997), the two battling studios, and drugs in the chowder | Film Stories




















Titanic

The incredible story behind James Cameron’s 1997 Titanic, from the crew being drugged to the film’s budget heading north at speed…


James Cameron knew as he pitched Titanic to 20th Century Fox that it wasn’t likely to be as commercial a film as the one he’d just done, True Lies. The budget was set to be lower, the release date was initially set for just a year after the start of filming, and there was to be no song.

What happened changed his career and many others. From the unhappy crew member drugging the food table, to press reports of a production out of control, Simon Brew digs into the extraordinary story behind one of the biggest movies of all time…


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