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De Palma: We were all struggling
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Spielberg

We were all struggling with our firstvery unsuccessful attempts to penetratethe Hollywood...

De Palma:
We were all struggling with our first
very unsuccessful attempts to penetrate
the Hollywood establishment, but Steven was working
all the time

Full Transcript

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De Palma: We were all struggling
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with our first very unsuccessful attempts
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to penetrate the Hollywood establishment,
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but Steven was working all the time.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:35:15
Uploaded
Jul 06, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Pentimento Productions,HBO Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

A documentary on Steven Spielberg, filmmaker. Includes interviews with relatives, film critics, peers and people who have worked with him.
Coppola: Steven always was a creature of the studio, - Spielberg 00:11
Coppola: Steven always was a creature of the studio,
Steven always was a creature of the studio - Spielberg 00:20
Steven always was a creature of the studio
We are going to show "Hell's Angels." - Spielberg 00:06
We are going to show "Hell's Angels."
We had that one thing that kept us all together, the one element. - Spielberg 00:04
We had that one thing that kept us all together, the one ele...
The one kind of a madness and an obsession with movies. - Spielberg 00:06
The one kind of a madness and an obsession with movies.
Spielberg: We were consulting with each other, - Spielberg 00:06
Spielberg: We were consulting with each other,
Lucas: It was very much that way, - Spielberg 00:05
Lucas: It was very much that way,
Sit down-- sit here. The sound's best here." - Spielberg 00:05
Sit down-- sit here. The sound's best here."
Everybody was sort of forced to do a better job - Spielberg 00:09
Everybody was sort of forced to do a better job
You get some real grounding and you hope an honesty-- - Spielberg 00:07
You get some real grounding and you hope an honesty--
George showed a bunch of us - Spielberg 01:16
George showed a bunch of us
Spielberg: George showed a bunch of us - Spielberg 00:06
Spielberg: George showed a bunch of us
It was just World War II, black-and-white stock footage - Spielberg 00:10
It was just World War II, black-and-white stock footage
You know, it wasn't what the other friends of mine - Spielberg 00:05
You know, it wasn't what the other friends of mine
Where do they come from? Where's the context? - Spielberg 00:04
Where do they come from? Where's the context?
Where's the backstory? It's driving me crazy." - Spielberg 00:05
Where's the backstory? It's driving me crazy."...
Brian basically said, "You need, like, an old-fashioned movie - Spielberg 00:15
Brian basically said, "You need, like, an old-fashioned...
De Palma: Steven came to visit me when I was shooting "Scarface," - Spielberg 00:10
De Palma: Steven came to visit me when I was shooting "...
De Palma: So, we were just shooting people getting shot - Spielberg 00:06
De Palma: So, we were just shooting people getting shot
We all had great respect for each other's work, - Spielberg 00:09
We all had great respect for each other's work,