#10 | The Titan

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Tv & Film, Drama, Film History, Fiction

5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Finale. Press swarm to criticize Titanic after a bleak opening weekend at the box office. A humiliated James escapes to the desert to get away, and contemplate how to restart his career. Titanic refuses to sink.

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0:00.0	We're behind schedule and over budget.
0:04.0	The variance reports
0:05.0	this is the key.
0:07.0	Spring 1997.
0:09.0	Los Angeles,
0:10.0	Titanic is now on pace to top $230 million and executives were panicked.
0:17.0	Filming wasn't yet finished and special effects shots were starting to come in.
0:21.0	James had just stepped into Annette Bay for a few hours of work with his two co-editors, Conrad Buff, and Richard Harris.
0:27.0	Why did I do this?
0:31.0	Huh?
0:32.0	Richard spun around in his chair.
0:33.0	Hey Jim, come on in.
0:35.0	Hey, how's it going Richard?
0:37.0	Oh, good, good.
0:38.0	James looked weathered, anxious, wound up, and worn down.
0:43.2	Conrad just stepped out for a moment, we got it all laid out.
0:47.0	James tried to relax, finally able to seal off the pressure and criticism of the outside world in this dark sound-proofed
0:54.1	edipae where he could focus on the creative. His cell phone didn't work well in here
0:59.2	so the vortex of gossip and studio pressure couldn't reach him. of
1:03.0	Gossip and studio pressure couldn't reach him.
1:05.0	Oh, hey Jim.
1:07.0	It was James other editor, Conrad Buff.
	...

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