Getting the Gospels

On March 23, 1998, director James Cameron made an indelible mark on Academy Award history. It wasn't because his film, Titanic , captured so many Oscars. Nor was it because of the movie's unprecedented box-office success. Rather, Cameron will forever be remembered in Hollywood's annals because, upon accepting his award for Best Director, he enthusiastically declared, "I am the king of the World!" Taken literally, Cameron's exclamation denotes a claim to absolute sovereignty. Understandably, publ