Titanic (1997 film) the movie". Cameron also wanted to appease anxious studio executives and "saw that a hit song from his movie could only be a positive factor in guaranteeing its completion". 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures co-financed "Titanic", with Paramount handling the North American distribution and Fox handling the international release. They expected Cameron to complete the film for a release on July 2, 1997. The film was to be released on this date "in order to exploit the lucrative summer season ticket sales when blockbuster films usually do better". In April, Cameron said the film's special effects were too complicated
James Cameron (journalist) featured him and other commentators talking to the camera about topics of interest to them. Cameron also wrote a radio play, "The Pump" (1973), based on his experience of open heart surgery, which won a Prix Italia award in 1973. In his last years, he wrote a column for "The Guardian". Cameron wrote two volumes of autobiography: "Point of Departure", a chronicle of his life, and "An Indian Summer", about his relationship with India; his marriage to his third wife, Moni, originally of Indian nationality, and his serious car accident and near death in Calcutta. Cameron's first wife, Elma, died