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James Cameron Reveals He Rejected 20th Century Fox's Demand To Keep 'Avatar' Short
Los Angeles, September 20 - The Oscar-winning filmmaker James Cameron revealed in a recent interview that he had to disagree with 20th Century Fox Studio to keep his all-time biggest blockbuster Avatar 162 minutes long. ## The filmmaker, in an interview with New York Times, revealed that 20th Century Fox Studio wanted him to trim the movie's flying sequences to keep it shorter. Cameron, however, obviously rejected the studio's notes by telling executives that he directed "Titanic" and thus paid for a large portion of the 20th Century Fox studio lot.## "I think I felt, at the time, that we clashed over certain things", Cameron said to NYT (via Variety). "For example, the studio felt that the film should be shorter and that there was too much flying around on the ikran — what the humans call the banshees. ## "Well, it turns out that's what the audience loved the most, in terms of our exit polling and data gathering. And that's a place where I just drew a line in the sand and said, 'You know what? I made 'Titanic'. This building that we're meeting in right now, this new half-billion dollar complex on your lot? 'Titanic' paid for that, so I get to do this", he said.## After "Avatar" became a massive hit and grossed over $2 billion worldwide, the 20th Century Fox Studio thanked James Cameron, the filmmaker revealed and added that "I felt pretty good about the creative decisions that were made back then".## "Avatar" is returning to theaters on September 23 in IMAX and 3D formats ahead of the upcoming release of "Avatar: The Way of Water", the long-awaited sequel that opens in theaters on December 16. ## Stay tuned...
