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mildly shocked at how clumsily Titanic moves In dramatic terms it is a catastrophe With its obvious narrative schemes the ship serves as a metaphor for the failure of the Old World with its strict division of the rich who inhabit 0 the upper decks and the poor who fill the lower decks Titanic feels so onardo antique that its script could've been Wins let Bill fished from the sunken ship's vault r-ane Such an adventure is the framing mes device for the movie in fact Fort Worth's Bill Paxton plays a treasure 3xuality brief hunter who's behind the of violence "controversial" salvaging of the that may be Titanic's loot Given the peculiar younger morality that comes into play throughout the movie we're left to wonder why Paxton's efforts are so questioned by the media in the movie (Perhaps he serves as a way for Cameron to address the flood of commentary he thought Titanic's budget might provoke) Cameron may even be trying to make fun More on 'TITANIC on Page 32 a fade from the broken wreck 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Paxton efforts are so questioned by the media in the movie (Perhaps he serves as a way for Cameron to address the flood of commentary he thought Titanic's budget might provoke) Cameron may even be trying to make fun More on 'TITANIC' on Page 32 By ELVIS MITCHELL STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER In physic-al terms Titanic is impressive Director James Cameron's staging of the three-hour-plus opus is so deft the movie almost seems light on its feet You have to fight the urge to review the budget which is garnering more attention for the movie than the ship received at its launch in 1912 But most of the money seems to be up on the screen Even the peculiar unreality of some of the computer- Starring: Lei generated animation which is used to Di Kate convey motion on the water and the Paxton Billy 2 Director: Jai steamy breath that issues from the Cameron actors' mouths works The effects seem woven into the Rated story told by 101-year-old Rose nudity scenes (Gloria Stuart) who retninisces about and mayhem her voyage on the largest passenger disturbing for ship ever constructed Her ease is viewers poetic as well This actress in her 80s holds the picture together and the irony is we come to look forward more to her scenes than we do those featuring the colossal scale of the rebuilt Titanic and its expertly milling passengers When the picture does shift to the past through Starring: lec Di Kate Paxton Billy Director: Jar Cameron Rated Se nudity scenes and mayhem disturbing for viewers By ELVIS MITCHELL STAR TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER In physical terms Titanic is impressive Director James Cameron's staging of the three-hour-plus opus is so deft the movie almost seems light on its feet You have to fight the urge to review the budget In physical terms Titanic is impressive Director James Cameron's staging of the three-hour-plus opus is so deft the movie almost seems light on its feet You have to fight the urge to review the budget which is garnering more attention for the movie than the ship received at its launch 1912 in But most of the money seems to be on the screen Even the peculiar I Iliteit unreality of some of the computer- Starring: generated animation which is used to DiCaprio Kate convey motion on the water and the Paxton Billy Director steamy breath that issues from the actors' mouths works Cameron The effects seem woven into the Rated mayhem story told by 101-year-old Rose nudity scenes (Gloria Stuart) who reminisces about and may her voyage on the largest passenger disturbing for viewers ship ever constructed Her ease is her 80s -i actress in I poetic as well Th holds the picture together and the irony is we come to look forward more to her scenes than we do those featuring the colossal scale of the rebuilt Titanic and its expertly milling passengers When the picture does shift to the past through 41811 A 113 rB 0 0 11 fi 8 881188 (ft By RENEE GRAHAM THE BOSTON GLOBE James Cameron: The man who kept Titanic afloat -rL 2 is I II I 12 r)te) ICI a --4 't I a 1 (906 I 4 i "''''') i 7 1 i Ps i 4'7 i i A t- ci) 0 0 (rP 0 tb It ott 0 (7) 88 () ell 0 i 8 8 I i James Cameron: The man who kept 'Titanic' afloat 1' 8 1 k-) By RENEE GRAHAM 0 7 THE BOSTON GLOBE 1 0 ste 8 Lfj 00 0 83 8 g3 0 0 0 0 0 8 t' 0 8 NEW YORK Sitting in a sun-streaked room overlooking Central Park South director James Cameron is polite funny even downright homey in faded Jeans and l-- brown suede shoes His et' P-- 40 close-cropped 6 hair and beard '4 both liberally i sprinIdal with gray make him James cameran look more like downright homey in faded jeans and I-- brown suede ir shoes His et' a close-cropped 6' hair and beard '4 both liberally i sprinkled with '1 i erav make him NEW YORK Sitting in a sun streaked room overlooking Central Park South director James 0 4 0 0 1 I 0 the film missed its original July 4 opening date because Cameron was still editing and adding special effects The Good Ship Lollipop it wasn't On April 10 1912 the RMS Titanic left Southampton England bound for New York More than a mere ship the Titanic was a technological marvel considered proof of humankind' dominance over nature himself could not sink this ship" was a popular saying at dad time) Four days into its journey it struck an iceberg on its starboard side Considered unsipl(able the ship did not have enough lifeboats for its 2223 passengers and in the ensuing confusion some lifeboats were released from the ship less than one-third full It took less than three hours (or 34 minutes less than Cameron's More on CAMERON on Page 32 On April 10 1912 the RMS Titanic left Southampton England bound for New York More than a mere ship the Titanic was a technological marvel considered proof of humankind' dominance over nature himself could not sink this ship" was a popular saying at the time) Four days into its journey it struck the film missed its original July 4 opening date because Cameron was still editing and adding special effects The Good Ship Lollipop it uc was a technological marvel considered proof of humankind'V dominarice over nature himself could not sink this ship" was a popular saying at gad time) as fabled as the maritime disaster at the heart of Cameron's epic The film which stars Leonardo DiCaprio Kate Wmslet Billy Zane Bill Paxton and Gloria Stuart is a period romantic drama with the shildrig of the Titanic as its ominous backdrop For months the trials and tribulations of making Titanic garnered headlines and magazine covers Each week seemed to bring forth some fresh hell from Cameron's set in Rosarito Beach Mexico where he constructed a 90 percent scale model of the Titanic and a six-acre 17-millionga1lon tank in which to sink it There were the budget overruns shouldered by two studios 20th Century Fox and Paramount the shooting schedule that ballooneq from 138 days to 160 an inctclent with PCP-laced chowder thit sent cast and crew metribersanding to the hqspilal Then with the shildrig of the Titanic as its ominous backdrop For months the trials and tribulations of making Titanic garnered headlines and magazine covers Each week seemed to bring forth some fresh hell from Cameron's set in Rosarito Beach Mexico where he constructed a 90 percent scale model of the as fabled as the maritime disaster at the heart of Cameron's epic The film which stars Leonardo DiCaprio Kate slet Billy Wrn Zane Bill Paxton and Gloria Ei 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 I I I i 1 1 a hip college professor than the man responsible for some of the biggest commercial hits of the past 15 years not to mention his latest the most expensive film ever made By now everyone knows Titanic which opens Friday cost $200 million It's a figure almostL Pantonount Pia tums2021 Century Fox I LI l'.