Ken Gargett Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 no googling. what was james cameron's first film as a director? some clues, he apparently also did the screenplay under the alias H. A. Milton - i wonder if that was meant to be HAM? he took over when the former director was sacked and he also was later sacked although his name remained on it as the contract with production demanded a non-italian name as director. most of the crew were italian and spoke no english. cameron apparently subsequently purchased the cuttings and re-did them as he wished. it was a sequel. the entire budget was under $150,000 and it has been described as a strong candidate for the worst film ever. the kindest review i could find suggested it was "abject". surprisingly, the original film was a lot of fun and one of the very best films in the category of B grade schlock.
zeedubbya Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 Pirhana 2, but I can't remember the name after that because I can't google it. Uprising or something like that?
Fuzz AI Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 Wasn't his first that short film he did in the 70's?
Ken Gargett Posted February 10, 2016 Author Posted February 10, 2016 Pirhana 2, but I can't remember the name after that because I can't google it. Uprising or something like that? that was quick. well done. i had no idea. just happened across it. i think that was the name but in some places it was called 'the spawning' or pirahna 3DD. also described as "the finest flying killer fish horror/comedy ever made".
zeedubbya Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 The Spawning--what did I win? Only reason I knew was I had a friend in college who love loved James Cameron and claimed he has seen all his films but found out about this one day and had a hard finding a copy of it at the time.
zeedubbya Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 How about a test tube of a great wine from my birth year! Haha!
Ken Gargett Posted February 10, 2016 Author Posted February 10, 2016 The Spawning--what did I win? you mistake me for someone of influence on this site. but may i suggest you ring rob in about ten hours to check - don't worry about the time difference.
JohnS Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 The adage, "if at first you don't succeed, try, try again!" proves true!
zeedubbya Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 Not a person of influence--I saw the New Years pics Ken. I want my prize! Haha!
Ken Gargett Posted February 10, 2016 Author Posted February 10, 2016 Not a person of influence--I saw the New Years pics Ken. I want my prize! Haha! fair enough - as i said, ring rob. better still, sue him. his site! i'm happy to act as your leading witness (for a fee). actually, your prize is to sit and watch the film. you'll thank me. my favourite scene is where two boats crash into each other. unfortunately one explodes when it is still about 6 yards from the other. i assume special effects got excited and pressed the trigger a smidge early.
zeedubbya Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 You've got a deal. 1.) PM me his phone number 2.) I just hope your fee isn't as high as the previous expert witnesses I used to hire when I practiced Website Tort. and 3.) I will watch it in your honor.
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