00:00James Cameron is one of the biggest names in cinema.
00:03Terminator, Aliens, Titanic, Avatar, he's a master of blockbuster movies.
00:08But do you know about his insane pitch that got Terminator made?
00:12The podcast Blockbuster details the strategy for the pitch.
00:15Cameron, at an early point in his career with only his directorial debut Piranha 2,
00:20The Spawning Under His Belt, knew that he had to win over producer John Daly at Hemdale Pictures in London.
00:26Cameron recruited his friend Lance Hendrickson and dressed him up in a leather jacket,
00:31gold foil on his teeth and fake cuts on his face.
00:34A prototype Terminator.
00:36Hendrickson then kicked the door open at Hemdale Pictures and marched into the office without saying a word,
00:42startling the workers inside, which then Cameron and his producer Gail Ann Hurd
00:46followed shortly after and explained that this is the Terminator.
00:50Daly liked it so much that he agreed to make the Terminator with Cameron.
00:54Can you imagine today?
00:56Daly's a new one.
00:57Daly's a new one.
00:57Daly's a new one.
00:58Daly's a new one.
00:58Daly's a new one.
00:58Daly's a new one.
00:58Daly's a new one.
00:58Daly's a new one.
00:59Daly's a new one.
00:59Daly's a new one.
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