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Spielberg

A documentary on Steven Spielberg, filmmaker. Includes interviews with relatives, film critics, peers and people who have worked with him.

Director

Susan Lacy

Year

Genre

documentary, biography

Box Office

N/A

Production

Pentimento Productions,HBO Documentary Films

Awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations.

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Self

Steven Spielberg

Self - Director

Martin Scorsese

Self - Segment "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

Richard Dreyfuss

Self - Cinematographer, Jaws

Self - Composer

Self - Film Critic

David Edelstein

Self - Producer

Michael Phillips

Self - Sister

Nancy Spielberg

Self - Sister

Self - Film Critic

Self - Sister

Self - Mother of Steven

Self - Father of Steven

Arnold Spielberg

Self - Director

Self - Former President, MCA Inc.

Self - Segment "Marcus Welby, M.D."

Self - Co-Founder, Dreamworks SKG

Self - College Friend

Self - TV Writer

Self - Director

Self - Director

Francis Ford Coppola

Self - Cinematographer

Vilmos Zsigmond

Self - Director

Self - Screenwriter

Self - Segment "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

Self - Segment "Saving Private Ryan"

Self (segment "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial")

Self - Segment "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"

Self - Screenwriter

Melissa Mathison

Self - Segment "Catch Me If You Can"

Leonardo DiCaprio

Self - Film Critic

Self - Producer

Kathleen Kennedy

Self - Segment "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

Self - Writer

Self - Producer

Walter F. Parkes

Self - Actor

Self - Film Critic

Self - Producer

Self - Segment "Empire of the Sun"

Self - Segment "Schindler's List"

Self - Segment "Schindler's List"

Self - Segment "Schindler's List"

Self - Cinematographer

Janusz Kaminski

Self - Film Editor

Self - Film Historian

Annette Insdorf

Self - Visual Effects Supervisor

Self - Screenwriter

Self - Segment "Jurassic Park"

Self - Segment "Jurassic Park"

Self - Production Designer

Self - Director

Robert Zemeckis

Self - Vice Chairman, NBCUniversal

Self - Producer

Laurie MacDonald

Self (segment "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull")

Self - Actor

Self - Co-Founder, Dreamworks SKG

Jeffrey Katzenberg

Self - Segment "Hook"

Self - Director

Lawrence Kasdan

Self - Segment "Lincoln"

Daniel Day-Lewis

Self - Segment "Lincoln"

Self - Author of Team of Rivals

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Self - Film Critic

Self - Segment "War of the Worlds"

Self - Segment "Munich"

Self - Segment "Munich"

Self - Assistant Director

Self - Costume Designer

Joanna Johnston

Self - Segment "Bridge of Spies"

Self - Segment "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

Self - Segment "The Sugarland Express"

William Atherton

Self - Segment "Jurassic Park"

Richard Attenborough

Self - Segment "1941"

Self - Segment "1941"

Self - Segment "1941"

Self

Self

Self

Jessica Capshaw

Self - Present Wife of Steven Spielberg

Self - Segment "Wayne's World"

Self

Self - Segment "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"

Self

Self

Self - Segment "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

Denholm Elliott

Self - Segment "Columbo"

Self - Segment "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

Self - Segment "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

Self - Segment "The Color Purple"

Self - Segment "The Color Purple"

Whoopi Goldberg

Self - Segment "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

Self - Segment "The Sugarland Express"

Self

Alfred Hitchcock

Self

Self - First Wife of Steven Spielberg

Self - Segment "The Sugarland Express"

Self - Segment "Jurassic Park"

Self - Segment "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"

Self

Self - Segment "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"

Self - Segment "Wayne's World"

Self

Self - Segment "Scarface"

Self - Maternal Grandfather

Self

Self - Segment "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

John Rhys-Davies

Self - Segment "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

Self - Segment "Poltergeist"

Self

Self - Segment "Jaws"

Self

Self - Segment "Jaws"

Self

Self

Self - Paternal Grandmother

Rebecca Spielberg

Self

Sasha Spielberg

Self

Self - Segment "Lincoln"

David Strathairn

Self - Segment "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"

Self - Segment "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

François Truffaut

Self - Segment "Duel"

Self (segment "Marcus Welby, M.D.")

Self - Segment "The Color Purple"

Self - Segment "The BFG"

Self - Segment "The Godfather"

Self - Segment "Saving Private Ryan"

Self - Segment "1941"

Self - Segment "Lincoln"

David Costabile

Self - Segment "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

Self - Segment "War of the Worlds"

Self - Segment "Amistad"

Self - Segment "Saving Private Ryan"

Self - Segment "Star Wars: A New Hope"

Self - Segment "Star Wars: A New Hope"

Self - Segment "Lincoln"

Self - Segment "Amistad"

Anthony Hopkins

Self - Segment "Amistad"

Self - Segment "Lincoln"

Self - Segment "Lincoln"

Tommy Lee Jones

Self - Segment "Hook"

Self - Segment "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

The Brain

Maurice LaMarche

Self

Self - Segment "Jurassic Park"

Joseph Mazzello

Self - Segment "Minority Report"

Samantha Morton

Self - Segment "Jurassic Park"

Self - Segment "A.I. Artificial Intelligence"

Frances O'Connor

Self - Segment "Amistad"

Kevin J. O'Connor

Self - Segment "Lawrence of Arabia"

Self - Segment "A.I. Artificial Intelligence"

Haley Joel Osment

Self - Segment "Saving Private Ryan"

Self - Segment "Saving Private Ryan"

Giovanni Ribisi

Self - Segment "Jurassic Park"

Ariana Richards

Self - Segment "Empire of the Sun"

Miranda Richardson

Self - Segment "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

Self - Segment "Munich"

Self - Segment "Bridge of Spies"

Self - Segment "Lawrence of Arabia"

Jiminy Glick

Self - Segment "Saving Private Ryan"

Self - Segment "1941"

Self - Segment "Catch Me if You Can"

Christopher Walken

Self - Segment "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"

Self - Segment "Hook"

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Herself - Film Critic Self - Segment "empire Of The Sun"Self - Present Wife Of Steven Spielberg Self - Producer Self - Screenwriter Self - Father Of Steven Self - Segment "munich"

( camera rolling ) - Spielberg

( camera rolling )

Steven Spielberg I started making movies when I was a young kid - Spielberg

Steven Spielberg I started making movies when I was a young...

Steven Spielberg:
I started making movies
when I was a young kid, - Spielberg

Steven Spielberg: I started making movies when I was a young...

Spielberg:
A movie came into town
called "Lawrence of Arabia," - Spielberg

Spielberg: A movie came into town called "Lawrence of A...

Premium ticket price,
70mm projection, - Spielberg

Premium ticket price, 70mm projection,

And he walked
around laughing - Spielberg

And he walked around laughing

( roaring ) - Spielberg

Every time I start a new scene I'm nervous - Spielberg

Every time I start a new scene I'm nervous

The more
I'm feeling confident - Spielberg

The more I'm feeling confident

The more I'm feeling,
"Uh-oh, this could be
a major problem - Spielberg

The more I'm feeling, "Uh-oh, this could be a majo...

Spielberg:
And so, I hate the feeling
of being nervous, - Spielberg

Spielberg: And so, I hate the feeling of being nervous,

The more I feel backed into a corner - Spielberg

The more I feel backed into a corner

( yelling ) - Spielberg

( screams ) - Spielberg

Richard Dreyfuss Jaws started filming on May 2nd - Spielberg

Richard Dreyfuss Jaws started filming on May 2nd

Richard Dreyfuss:
"Jaws" started filming
on May 2nd. - Spielberg

Richard Dreyfuss: "Jaws" started filming on May 2n...

I was hired,
I think, on May 3rd, - Spielberg

I was hired, I think, on May 3rd,

We were
rewriting the script - Spielberg

We were rewriting the script

You know, it's scary
for a director to not know - Spielberg

You know, it's scary for a director to not know

Spielberg:
This is my second day
at sea - Spielberg

Spielberg: This is my second day at sea

And if I survive this, - Spielberg

And if I survive this,

Bill Butler: Well, the studio
had never shot a film
on the ocean before. - Spielberg

Bill Butler: Well, the studio had never shot a film on the o...

They would--
everything would be so easy - Spielberg

They would-- everything would be so easy

But Steven said,
"I'm gonna shoot
in the open ocean." - Spielberg

But Steven said, "I'm gonna shoot in the open ocea...

Spielberg:
This was supposed
to be a thriller - Spielberg

Spielberg: This was supposed to be a thriller

This was supposed to be a thriller - Spielberg

This was supposed to be a thriller

That needs a level
of authenticity - Spielberg

That needs a level of authenticity

Spielberg:
I thought it was
gonna be a cakewalk, - Spielberg

Spielberg: I thought it was gonna be a cakewalk,

I didn't know
about how the wind
affects the water, - Spielberg

I didn't know about how the wind affects the water,

It was one nightmare,
worst-case scenario
after the other. - Spielberg

It was one nightmare, worst-case scenario after the other.

We were isolated in the middle of the ocean 12 miles offshore - Spielberg

We were isolated in the middle of the ocean 12 miles...

Just trying to hold a whole movie story in my head - Spielberg

Just trying to hold a whole movie story in my head

Just before I went off
to make "Jaws," I got to meet
Henry Hathaway. - Spielberg

Just before I went off to make "Jaws," I got to me...

He was kind of
a tough-guy director,
and he said, - Spielberg

He was kind of a tough-guy director, and he said,

You've gotta
guard that secret
with your life. - Spielberg

You've gotta guard that secret with your life.

Let no one see
when you're unsure
of yourself. - Spielberg

Let no one see when you're unsure of yourself.

Hide that
from everybody, - Spielberg

Hide that from everybody,

Absolutely everything
was falling apart. - Spielberg

Absolutely everything was falling apart.

( vocalizing )
Like that. - Spielberg

( vocalizing ) Like that.

Spielberg:
I knew that it's gonna take - Spielberg

Spielberg: I knew that it's gonna take

Spielberg:
The barrels were a godsend, - Spielberg

Spielberg: The barrels were a godsend,

What you don't see is generally scarier than what you do see - Spielberg

What you don't see is generally scarier than what you...

( boat engine starting ) - Spielberg

( boat engine starting )

( music playing ) - Spielberg

( music playing )

When the shark is just about
to attack, it's very close
and it's very loud. - Spielberg

When the shark is just about to attack, it's very close...

Williams: We can advertise
the shark's presence
or his attitude - Spielberg

Williams: We can advertise the shark's presence or his ...

Dreyfuss:
You are in a state of anxiety
without seeing a shark. - Spielberg

Dreyfuss: You are in a state of anxiety without seeing a sha...

Dun-dun.
Dun-dun, dun-dun. - Spielberg

Dun-dun. Dun-dun, dun-dun.

Dun-dun, dun-dun, dun-dun,
bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom. - Spielberg

Dun-dun, dun-dun, dun-dun, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom.

David Edelstein:
It is a perfect exercise
in suspense - Spielberg

David Edelstein: It is a perfect exercise in suspense

Spielberg: I knew I was using
an electric cattle prod
on the audience - Spielberg

Spielberg: I knew I was using an electric cattle prod on the...

Michael Phillips:
Like Hitchcock, he knows
how to get you - Spielberg

Michael Phillips: Like Hitchcock, he knows how to get you

He doesn't show you
what you want to see, - Spielberg

He doesn't show you what you want to see,

- ( screams )
- J. Hoberman: He certainly
likes torturing the audience. - Spielberg

- ( screams ) - J. Hoberman: He certainly likes torturing th...

( thunder rumbling ) - Spielberg

( thunder rumbling )

- 1, 1,000;
2, 1,000;
3, one...
- ( thunder rumbling ) - Spielberg

- 1, 1,000; 2, 1,000; 3, one... - ( thunder rumbling )

Spielberg:
I was filled
with so much fear - Spielberg

Spielberg: I was filled with so much fear

And what better audience
to exorcise myself
of my demons - Spielberg

And what better audience to exorcise myself of my demons

( music playing ) - Spielberg

( music playing )

I'd blindfold them
one at a time, - Spielberg

I'd blindfold them one at a time,

They'd take
their blindfold off, - Spielberg

They'd take their blindfold off,

I mean, telling
this story now... - Spielberg

I mean, telling this story now...

I was gonna say,
"I hate myself for that." - Spielberg

I was gonna say, "I hate myself for that."

At first he just scared us - Spielberg

At first he just scared us

- ( screaming )
- Dan Rather:
The blockbuster movie - Spielberg

- ( screaming ) - Dan Rather: The blockbuster movie

And that movie's release
was well timed - Spielberg

And that movie's release was well timed

I was with Steven.
He said, "Let's go
and see the lines." - Spielberg

I was with Steven. He said, "Let's go and see the ...

This is gonna be
a major change." - Spielberg

This is gonna be a major change."

And the car
went around the corner, - Spielberg

And the car went around the corner,

And his whole life changed
in that couple of minutes. - Spielberg

And his whole life changed in that couple of minutes.

Spielberg:
"Jaws" went
triple its budget - Spielberg

Spielberg: "Jaws" went triple its budget

We wound up shooting
the movie in 159 days. - Spielberg

We wound up shooting the movie in 159 days.

But my hubris
was I actually thought - Spielberg

But my hubris was I actually thought

Steven shook the very bones
of Hollywood. - Spielberg

Steven shook the very bones of Hollywood.

"Jaws" made more money - Spielberg

"Jaws" made more money

The success of that changed my life - Spielberg

The success of that changed my life

So "Jaws" was a free pass
into my future. - Spielberg

So "Jaws" was a free pass into my future.

- ( music playing )
- ( applause ) - Spielberg

- ( music playing ) - ( applause )

- ( applause )
- ( music playing ) - Spielberg

- ( applause ) - ( music playing )

I did it--
like some people paint - Spielberg

I did it-- like some people paint

I didn't realize
there was 50 years
of filmmaking before me. - Spielberg

I didn't realize there was 50 years of filmmaking befor...

And I lived
in Phoenix, Arizona, - Spielberg

And I lived in Phoenix, Arizona,

- Yeah.
- And I took
a movie camera - Spielberg

- Yeah. - And I took a movie camera

Spielberg:
I really wanted
my childhood to be - Spielberg

Spielberg: I really wanted my childhood to be

My dad was this computer genius
that was on the team
that invented - Spielberg

My dad was this computer genius that was on the team that in...

But most of my formative years
took place in Phoenix, Arizona. - Spielberg

But most of my formative years took place in Phoenix, Arizon...

My father was the American man
who worked very hard. - Spielberg

My father was the American man who worked very hard.

His career demanded
a lot of time away
from the family. - Spielberg

His career demanded a lot of time away from the family.

She was a sibling,
not a parent, - Spielberg

She was a sibling, not a parent,

And she got into trouble
like we got into trouble. - Spielberg

And she got into trouble like we got into trouble.

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A documentary on Steven Spielberg, filmmaker. Includes interviews with relatives, film critics, peers and people who have worked with him.

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Director: Susan Lacy

Writer: N/A

Production: Pentimento Productions,HBO Documentary Films

Genre: documentary, biography

Year: 2017

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 07 Oct 2017

Awards: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations.

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