James Cameron

Does the story of ‘Avatar‘ seem eerily familiar to you? For student Randy Szuch, the answer is a resounding yes. In this genius mashup, Szuch matches the audio of ‘Avatar’ with scenes from a beloved Oscar-winningDisney filmfrom 1995. ‘Avatar’ is up for nine Oscars on Sunday, including Best Picture. James Cameron, the creative mind behind […]

“I’m the king of the world!” James Cameron proclaimed upon accepting his best director Oscar for “Titanic.” In 1997 it was the most technically ambitious (and lucrative) movie ever made. This week an even more titanic Cameron film is headed for theaters: “Avatar.” It cost nearly $400 million to make. Kurt asks Cameron how he […]

Joseph Goebbels commissioned a movie, titled Titanic, that was to serve as a piece of anti-British Nazi propaganda. It was dramatized and fictionalized, but based on the same series of events that led to the famous ocean liner’s sinking in the North Atlantic.

James Cameron traveled some seven miles down into the ocean, as many miles below the Earth’s surface as miles modern jetliners fly above the surface. He engineered a new deep sea submersible for the journey.