Starting 27th August every Saturday at 1 pm MOVIES NOW brings you ‘The Cameron festival’, showcasing some of the masterpieces of one of Hollywood’s most noted and successful directors James Cameron! James Cameron films have not only received critical acclaim but have made a mark in cinematic history. His work is inspirational for movie makers while his ingenious creativity and love for perfection have resulted in some of the most revered films of all time.
From the moment Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey was introduced to the eyes of the young James Cameron, the director, screenwriter and producer, he hasn't been able to keep his mind off of filmmaking. The Hollywood filmmaker has written, directed and produced many successful feature films, including Terminator, Titanic, and Aliens, which show what dreams are made of.
The Cameron Festival kicks off on 27th August with one of his most meticulously crafted 1989 deep-sea close-encounter epic with utterly gorgeous special effects – The Abyss! After a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks in a remote part of the ocean floor, a team of divers on a prototype underwater oil rig are pressed into service by the U.S. Navy in a rescue attempt. When a hurricane cuts off contact between the surface and the underwater depths, the crew begin to see evidence of a strange, possibly alien intelligence at work. Watch this visual masterpiece which also went on to win the Oscar for the Best Effects and Best Visual effects come alive on your TV screens only on MOVIES NOW.
Next up on Saturday, 3rd September is his 7 times Oscar nominated, and Oscar and BAFTA awards winner for best special effects space adventure – Aliens! Sigourney Weaver returns as Ellen Ripley, the last surviving crew member of a corporate spaceship destroyed after an attack by a vicious, virtually unbeatable alien life form. Adrift in space for half a century, Ripley grapples with depression until she's informed by her company's representative, that the planet where her crew discovered the alien has since been settled by colonists and recently the company lost contact with the colony. Invited along as an advisor in the investigation, Ripley predicts disaster, and sure enough, there is much bloodbath between the humans and aliens with an explosive showdown between the alien queen and Ripley to conclude this masterpiece.
On 10th September don’t miss Solaris the story of the troubled psychologist Chris Kevin. Implored by a colleague he takes on the project of investigating the weird going-ons at the Prometheus space station. On reaching there he finds his friend has committed suicide. As he begins investigating the skeletal crew he learns that they've had unwanted "visitors," apparitions of long-dead friends, family, and loved ones who are apparently being generated by the interstellar energy source Solaris. Haunted by his past and the death of his wife, he is sceptical of the phenomenon until one night he, too, is greeted by his wife. To find out what happens to Kevin, Tune in to MOVIES NOW.
And of course The Cameron festival cannot be concluded without one of his epic films – The Titanic!
With 11 Academy award nominations, 4 Golden Globe award nominations the film went on to win the Best Picture and the Best Director award. On 17th September, tune in to the brilliant visual effects, superb dramatisation and state-of-the-art digital special effects that make this movie an all time favourite watch! Inspired by the 1985 discovery of the Titanic in the North Atlantic, the contemporary storyline involves American treasure-seeker Brock Lovett (Bill Paxton) retrieving artifacts from the submerged ship. He is looking for the priceless diamond which was supposed to have been buried under the deep blue sea when the Titanic met with its ill-timed fate. He instead discovers a picture of a woman wearing the diamond. When a 102 year old Gloria claims that she is the girl in the picture she is summoned to recount her experiences of 84 years past. Meet Jack Dawson and the high society girl Rose DeWitt, the star crossed lovers who met aboard the great ship and the heart wrenching conclusion to their love-story! A must watch!
Tune in to MOVIES NOW every Saturday at 1 pm to catch the masterpieces of Hollywood’s brilliant think tank, James Cameron who has given us some epic dramas and fuelled our imagination towards space adventures!
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