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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"

Anne:
Steve had a feeling
that family should be - Spielberg

Anne: Steve had a feeling that family should be

We just kind of were bohemians
growing up in suburbia. - Spielberg

We just kind of were bohemians growing up in suburbia.

I went to a pet store one day,
and there was a monkey - Spielberg

I went to a pet store one day, and there was a monkey

And the shopkeeper said
the monkey was dying. - Spielberg

And the shopkeeper said the monkey was dying.

He had been
taken away from his mother
and he was depressed. - Spielberg

He had been taken away from his mother and he was depressed.

So, I come home,
driving my jeep - Spielberg

So, I come home, driving my jeep

Steve said, "You know,
in a normal household, - Spielberg

Steve said, "You know, in a normal household,

I liked the monkey - Spielberg

I liked the monkey

( birds chirping ) - Spielberg

( birds chirping )

He did not
like me getting Cs, - Spielberg

He did not like me getting Cs,

Nancy:
Steve was a kid that was
sort of watchful and tentative - Spielberg

Nancy: Steve was a kid that was sort of watchful and tentati...

Most of my demons
were self-inflicted wounds. - Spielberg

Most of my demons were self-inflicted wounds.

I didn't have a lot
of high esteem for myself, - Spielberg

I didn't have a lot of high esteem for myself,

J.J. Abrams:
I think that explained a lot - Spielberg

J.J. Abrams: I think that explained a lot

It was not just a means
of expression, - Spielberg

It was not just a means of expression,

And when I was able to say
"action" and "cut," - Spielberg

And when I was able to say "action" and "cut,...

Spielberg:
I love films like
the "Sands of Iwo Jima," - Spielberg

Spielberg: I love films like the "Sands of Iwo Jima,&qu...

And I would watch
these things over and over
and over again. - Spielberg

And I would watch these things over and over and over again.

I was really influenced
by all that stuff, - Spielberg

I was really influenced by all that stuff,

There was
an airport with a bunch
of World War II airplanes - Spielberg

There was an airport with a bunch of World War II airplanes

( explosion ) - Spielberg

And made a movie
that looked like - Spielberg

And made a movie that looked like

( music playing ) - Spielberg

( music playing )

His use
of primitive special effects
was spectacular. - Spielberg

His use of primitive special effects was spectacular.

You know, he'd have
big bullet hits, - Spielberg

You know, he'd have big bullet hits,

There was something
in the DNA of it that, - Spielberg

There was something in the DNA of it that,

But I didn't know
anything about whether - Spielberg

But I didn't know anything about whether

I just knew that it filled up
the time and it gave me - Spielberg

I just knew that it filled up the time and it gave me

And the second
I finished a movie,
I wanted to start a new one - Spielberg

And the second I finished a movie, I wanted to start a new o...

But when I had
too much time to think, - Spielberg

But when I had too much time to think,

It was not fun to be me in between ideas or projects - Spielberg

It was not fun to be me in between ideas or projects

Sid Sheinberg:
The lore has it
that as a young man, - Spielberg

Sid Sheinberg: The lore has it that as a young man,

He would literally
get on the lot - Spielberg

He would literally get on the lot

Spielberg:
I got on the studio
tour bus, - Spielberg

Spielberg: I got on the studio tour bus,

And then at one point
they give you a bathroom break, - Spielberg

And then at one point they give you a bathroom break,

I waited till
I could hear a pin drop,
and then came out. - Spielberg

I waited till I could hear a pin drop, and then came out.

James Brolin:
Word was that he went upstairs - Spielberg

James Brolin: Word was that he went upstairs

Dreyfuss:
The story was
he requisitioned an office, - Spielberg

Dreyfuss: The story was he requisitioned an office,

Eh, I don't believe it,
but you know what they said - Spielberg

Eh, I don't believe it, but you know what they said

Roger Ernest:
One time he sneaked
onto Alfred Hitchcock's set - Spielberg

Roger Ernest: One time he sneaked onto Alfred Hitchcock'...

Steve was
constantly learning, - Spielberg

Steve was constantly learning,

It was like Spielberg 101
in overdrive. - Spielberg

It was like Spielberg 101 in overdrive.

Spielberg:
I tried very hard
to get into USC Film School, - Spielberg

Spielberg: I tried very hard to get into USC Film School,

And I even had
a personal interview at USC, - Spielberg

And I even had a personal interview at USC,

( music playing ) - Spielberg

( music playing )

He never lost sight
of the fact that the audience
early on, for him, - Spielberg

He never lost sight of the fact that the audience early on, ...

The audience were
the studio executives. - Spielberg

The audience were the studio executives.

And he figured out
how to make a film - Spielberg

And he figured out how to make a film

Sheinberg:
I looked at this film,
and I was very taken with it. - Spielberg

Sheinberg: I looked at this film, and I was very taken with ...

I had
a very strong feeling - Spielberg

I had a very strong feeling

Spielberg: Sid Sheinberg,
who was President of Universal
Television at the time, - Spielberg

Spielberg: Sid Sheinberg, who was President of Universal Tel...

I'd like to offer you
a seven-year contract - Spielberg

I'd like to offer you a seven-year contract

And that was the beginning
of the most important
relationship - Spielberg

And that was the beginning of the most important relationshi...

Steven was known as the uncrowned prince - Spielberg

Steven was known as the uncrowned prince

Dreyfuss:
Steven was known
as the uncrowned prince. - Spielberg

Dreyfuss: Steven was known as the uncrowned prince.

I want to see something! - Spielberg

I want to see something!

Trees, concrete, buildings,
grass, airplanes, color! - Spielberg

Trees, concrete, buildings, grass, airplanes, color!

It was Cassavetes who said If you want to be a real filmmaker - Spielberg

It was Cassavetes who said If you want to be a real...

And he's gotta shoot
and be on schedule
and be good, - Spielberg

And he's gotta shoot and be on schedule and be good,

But after Night Gallery came out - Spielberg

But after Night Gallery came out

Spielberg:
But after "Night Gallery"
came out, - Spielberg

Spielberg: But after "Night Gallery" came out,

You know, they looked at me
as sort of Sheinberg's folly. - Spielberg

You know, they looked at me as sort of Sheinberg's foll...

He underwrote me.
Let him find me work. - Spielberg

He underwrote me. Let him find me work.

( music playing ) - Spielberg

( music playing )

Steven's able to walk into a room - Spielberg

Steven's able to walk into a room

Scorsese:
Steven's able
to walk into a room, - Spielberg

Scorsese: Steven's able to walk into a room,

Move that here.
Give me a 25mm here. - Spielberg

Move that here. Give me a 25mm here.

Steven Bochco Steven had a gear in his brain - Spielberg

Steven Bochco Steven had a gear in his brain

Steven Bochco:
Steven had a gear
in his brain - Spielberg

Steven Bochco: Steven had a gear in his brain

My early themes always had the underdog being pursued - Spielberg

My early themes always had the underdog being pursued

Spielberg:
My early themes always had
the underdog being pursued - Spielberg

Spielberg: My early themes always had the underdog being pur...

And a lot of that
comes just from - Spielberg

And a lot of that comes just from

I was always the kid
with the big bully, - Spielberg

I was always the kid with the big bully,

The truck was the bully,
and the car was me. - Spielberg

The truck was the bully, and the car was me.

( horn honks ) - Spielberg

George Lucas I was over at Francis Coppola's - Spielberg

George Lucas I was over at Francis Coppola's

And for the rest of us,
we were all rough-edged, - Spielberg

And for the rest of us, we were all rough-edged,

So, I thought,
"Well, I'll watch
the first half hour - Spielberg

So, I thought, "Well, I'll watch the first half ho...

You really gotta look
at this film." - Spielberg

You really gotta look at this film."

Right off the bat it was clear - Spielberg

Right off the bat it was clear

Edelstein:
Right off the bat,
it was clear - Spielberg

Edelstein: Right off the bat, it was clear

But the way
that Spielberg's camera - Spielberg

But the way that Spielberg's camera

Francis Ford Coppola:
"Duel" was a composition - Spielberg

Francis Ford Coppola: "Duel" was a composition

Francis Ford Coppola Duel was a composition - Spielberg

Francis Ford Coppola Duel was a composition

And here he took this
and made it into a parable. - Spielberg

And here he took this and made it into a parable.

( horn honking ) - Spielberg

( horn honking )

When ABC saw Duel - Spielberg

When ABC saw Duel

Spielberg:
When ABC saw "Duel," - Spielberg

Spielberg: When ABC saw "Duel,"

The fan still going,
but the truck's dying. - Spielberg

The fan still going, but the truck's dying.

This criminal element
paying-- - Spielberg

This criminal element paying--

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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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