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C A S Q U A R T E R L Y I W I N T E R 2 0 2 3 67 recommended [for supervising sound editor] by Gloria Borders, head of Skywalker Sound. She had been the sound supervisor on Jim's [James Cameron] Terminator 2. Her recommendation carried weight, and based on that, Jim hired me. Mark Ulano CAS (production sound mixer): I had just wrapped the first Austin Powers film and I was loading our equipment into our storage facility when I got a phone call from the Titanic production office in Rosarito Beach, Mexico. This was on a Tuesday and they wanted to know if I could be there as soon as the next day to mix the film! This was certainly a red flag in my line of work. I said that I needed more information and the next day was not feasible, but I could be ready by the coming weekend. I wanted to know who had referred me to the project and what was really happening. I asked for a script and when would they begin filming? Well, they had already been filming for about two weeks, so none of my ordinary intensive prep routine would apply and more importantly, why were they making a change? As far as a script was concerned, I could read it when I got there! The phone call ended with them saying, we'll get back to you. It sounded like they were making multiple calls and I didn't take it too seriously. Still, I started shaking the bushes to get what the word on the street was about the film. Who was on it, what was known, etc.? When I hadn't heard from them by the next day, I assumed they had solved their search and returned to settling into my much-needed rest after finishing Austin Powers. Then, on Thursday, the phone rang again and the producer pushed for me to say yes and begin getting Gary Rydstrom CAS Tom Bellfort CAS Mark Ulano CAS