Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger as Terminator points his gun in a diner during a scene in 'The Terminator', 1984. (Photo by Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images) The Terminator director James Cameron ...
In 1984, an unknown director made a tiny independent sci-fi movie for a shoestring budget of $6.4 million, and promptly launched a blockbuster franchise. That movie was The Terminator, and that ...