Titanic (1997 film) on December 19, 1997, "Titanic" achieved critical and commercial success. Nominated for 14 Academy Awards, it tied "All About Eve" (1950) for the most Oscar nominations, and won 11, including the awards for Best Picture and Best Director, tying "Ben-Hur" (1959) for the most Oscars won by a single film. With an initial worldwide gross of over $1.84 billion, "Titanic" was the first film to reach the billion-dollar mark. It remained the highest-grossing film of all time until Cameron's "Avatar" surpassed it in 2010. A 3D version of "Titanic," released on April 4, 2012, to commemorate the centennial of the
Blind Date (1959 film) Blind Date (1959 film) Blind Date (U.S. title: Chance Meeting) is a 1959 British murder mystery film by director Joseph Losey, in which a police inspector investigates a woman's death, with her lover being the prime suspect. Ben Barzman and Millard Lampell were nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay. The film was one of star Stanley Baker's favourites. Jan Van Rooyer, a young painter working in an art gallery, has been an art teacher to Jacqueline Cousteau, a wealthy woman who eventually becomes his lover. But when she turns up dead, Van Rooyer must explain their relationship