History of film became famous. These Hong Kong action trends were later adopted by many Hollywood action films in the 1990s and 2000s. The early 1990s saw the development of a commercially successful independent cinema in the United States. Although cinema was increasingly dominated by special-effects films such as "" (1991), "Jurassic Park" (1993) and "Titanic" (1997), the latter of which became the highest-grossing film of all time at the time up until "Avatar" (2009), also directed by James Cameron, independent films like Steven Soderbergh's "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" (1989) and Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" (1992) had significant commercial success both at the
Titanic Historical Society notable ships from the "Golden Age" of transatlantic steamship travel. At the time of the production of James Cameron's film, "Titanic", the "Commutator" provided extensive, behind-the-scenes coverage of set construction and details not shown in the final movie release. Titanic Historical Society The "Titanic" Historical Society, Inc. (THS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1963, whose purpose is the preservation of the history of the famous ocean liner RMS "Titanic", which sank in 1912, in one of the greatest maritime disasters in history. Headquartered in Indian Orchard, Massachusetts, (United States), its founder and president was Edward S. Kamuda, who died