'Terminator' selected for national film registry
WASHINGTON — One of Arnold Schwarzenegger's most famous one-liners will be back for generations to come, now that 1984's "The Terminator" has been selected for preservation in the nation's film archive.
The low-budget film directed by James Cameron set a new standard for science-fiction and made Schwarzenegger, now California's governor, a star. The Library of Congress announced this morning that it's one of 25 films being added to the National Film Registry.
In that movie, Schwarzenegger deadpanned, "I'll be back."
Other titles being added to the registry include the groundbreaking all-black-cast film "Hallelujah" from 1929; Richard Brooks' 1967 film adaptation of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood;" and the 1972 film "Deliverance," based on James Dickey's novel about four businessmen on a nightmarish canoe trip in Georgia.
With today's additions, the total number of films in the registry will reach 500.
The registry, established by Congress in 1989, works with film archives and movie studios that own the rights to the selected films to ensure original copies are kept safe.
By The Associated Press
