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The movie that started it all. Most of us wish they could have seen it appear in theaters ourselfs... but the next best thing are articles of the same time-period, promoting the movie. And more recent articles talking about the movie and how it changed movie making history.
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Ending The Terminator The quiet residential neighborhood in Van Nuys, California was filled with curiosity as cast and crew set up for some of the final scenes of The Terminator, a new SF adventure. Children stood at a respectful distance, watching their hero, Arnold Schwarzenegger, as her prepared to go before the cameras. Occasionally, the braver kids edged in closer, asking for autographs. Smiling and laughing, Schwarzenegger posed for pictures with them and chatted briefly. > Check full article |
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The low-budget hit that made name for Cameron "We came in on time and on budget," said producer Gale Anne Hurd of The Terminator, the low-budget success story among last fall's releases. For the spunky, enterprising Hurd (only 28 when the movie was made), and the equally talented and youthful director/writer James Cameron (just 29) the challenge of making The Terminator on a tight budget and schedule became as important for them as the film's financial pull at the box office. > Check full article |
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The Terminator - Past-perfect It was little film that was so huge it spawned two sequels and made its star the biggest name in the world. Ben Braddock looks back 19 years to the film that changed the face of the blockbuster. "I'm the king of the world!" proclaimed James Cameron, punching his fist in the air on stage at the 1998 Oscars. But even the ling of the world couldn't stop a Terminator movie happening without him. > Check full article |
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Total Film The Terminator Special Edition review Back in the days when he didn't have a budget the size of Peru's national debt to play with, James Cameron made his mark by being ferociously clever and innovative with the little he had. The result is a nerve-plungeaning, relentlessly exciting action movie masterpiece. The rest is history. > Check full article |
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Uzi Nine Millimetre, The Terminator MGM Special Edition review If the whole notion of time paradoxes gives you a headache, you should take some aspirin while watching The Terminator, since the whole plot resolves around one of those time loops where cause and effect get as muddled as John Prescott's grammar. > Check full article |
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Metal as anything - The making of the Terminator in quotes! Making of The Terminator (in quotes by the stars). How the star of Hercules In New York and the director of Piranha 2 created one of the most successful low-budget movies of all time. James Cameron, William Wisher, Bill Paxton, Stan Winston, Gale Ann Hurd, Lance Henrikson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn and Linda Hamilton reminicing about the past and future. > Check full article |
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The Terminator Special Edition DVD Booklet Before getting the 'green light' on his multi-million dollar, Academy Award-sweeping hit Titanic, creative visionary James Cameron cut his filmmaking teeth working in the special effects division at New World Pictures, the company owned by B-movie maverich Roger Corman. At Corman's company, Cameron studied his craft and learned how to get a vision across in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible. > Check full article |
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The Terminator: Special Edition In-depth Review Of all the cyborg movies I've seen, this is the best one (with the exception of 'T2', if you consider that a cyborg movie). It has characters, story and action and they all combined for a great ride. I've seen the third part, and the people who wrote the movie knew the Terminator movies well, but you can tell James Cameron had nothing to do with it. > Check full article |
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100 Years of Science Fiction - The Terminator An unstoppable robot hitman travels through time to kill the woman who will sire a son destined to change the course of Earth's history. James Cameron was burning up with fever when this nightmarish vision of The Terminator came to him. The dream became a reality and, in 1984, simultaneously cemented the careers of Cameron and star Arnold Schwarzenegger. > Check full article |
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The Terminator - More than just a lean, mean killing machine The Terminator has been an unexpected treat. Even before its release last October, word spread quickly from those who had seen sneaks, that The Terminator was a terrific surprise -- that it harkened happy memories of those "bottom-of-the-double-bill" thriller we used to love -- that it was well-directed, fun to watch, clever and exciting. > Check full article |