Titanic
...s, will be a landmark in the film industry - not only for the cost but its remarkable, brilliant special effects. I�m one of the lucky few to have previewed the stunning film and its special effects are, indeed, stupendous. If the response of the Tokyo Film Festival last month is any guide, Titanic will be titanic at the box office and for the careers of Cameron, who has dabbled with costly special effects in Terminator 2 and True Lies, Winslet and, especially, DiCaprio. At the Tokyo premiere the 22-year-old actor�s arrival was blocked by 2000 frenzied fans - most of them young women. Organisers had to hustle him through a back door. His stage remarks were drowned by cries of "Leo" and "Romeo", a reference to his hit role in Aussie Baz Luhrmann�s Romeo and Juliet. DiCaprio told the crowd the 183-minute Titanic was "a long journey - it made a man out of me". The crowd cheered. It was a sensational moment for the young actor, who began his career at three in an American TV version of Romper Room, was nearly kicked off for uncontrollable behaviour and once said he wanted to become an actor so he could be cool and all the girls would see him. It would appear that moment is at hand. Since the huge success of Romeo, DiCaprio, the hottest star in Hollywood, sifted through the big scripts, sorting out what to reject first. After six-and-a-half months of filming, Titanic was not what he and his agent had in mind. "Going into the movie I knew there was the unknown of how far over budget or how far over schedule the film would go," says DiCaprio. "It was almost...