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Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg 1947-, American film director, b. Cincinnati, Ohio. Spielberg began his career as a television director, admired for his understanding portrayal of human character. His film Jaws (1975) was the first to earn more than $100 million, a record he surpassed first with E.T. (1983)... Read more |
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DreamWorks L.L.C
DreamWorks SKG 1000 Flower StreetGlendale, California 91201U.S.A.Telephone: (818) 733-7000Fax: (818) 733-9918Web site:http://www.dreamworks.com Private CompanyIncorporated: 1994Employees: 1,500 (2000)Sales: $1,242 million (est.2000)NAIC: 512110 Motion Picture and Video Production; 512120 Motion... Read more |
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND USA, 1977 Director:Steven Spielberg Production:Steven Spielberg Film Productions for Columbia Pictures; Metrocolor, 70mm, Dolby; running time: 134 minutes. Released 9 November 1977; re-released 1980 with additional footage... Read more |
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Frank Marshall
MARSHALL, Frank Producer and Director. Nationality:American. Born:Los Angeles, 13 September 1946. Education:Attended University of California, Los Angeles, as political science major. Family:Married the producer Kathleen Kennedy. Career:Protégé... Read more |
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Carol Littleton
LITTLETON, Carol Editor. Nationality:American. Born:Oklahoma, c.1948. Education:Attended University of Oklahoma. Family:Married the cinematographer John Bailey. Career:1972–77—owned company which made commercial ad spots; 1977—began as editor... Read more |
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Mickey Rourke
ROURKE, Mickey Nationality:American. Born:Philip Andre Rourke Jr., in Schenectady, New York, 16 September 1956; at age seven, moved to Miami. Education:Studied acting with Sandra Seacat in New York. Family:1) Married the actress Debra Feuer, 1980 (divorced);... Read more |
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Christian Bale
Christian BaleJanuary 30, 1974 • Pembrokeshire, WalesActorChristian Bale has performed a feat that is astonishing for most Hollywood actors. Although he became a professional performer at age ten and a star at age thirteen when he played the lead in Steven Spielberg's World War II epic Empire of the... Read more |
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Brno
Brno , Ger. Brünn, city (1991 pop. 388,296), SE Czech Republic, at the confluence of the Svratka and Svitava rivers. It is the second largest city of the Czech Republic and the chief city of Moravia . Brno is an industrial center known for its international trade fairs and for its textile... Read more |
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Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael , 1919-2001, American film critic, b. Petaluma, Calif. Possessed of an extensive knowledge of the technical aspects of moviemaking and a feisty, pop-inflected style, Kael was noted for her provocative, passionate, and tough-minded film criticism. An extremely influential figure, she... Read more |
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Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey 1954-, African-American television host, actress, and media magnate, b. Kosciusko, Miss., as Orpah Gail Winfrey, grad. Tennessee State Univ. (1976). She began her career as a Nashville radio reporter at age 17, worked in television news at 19, and moved (1976) to Baltimore to coanchor... Read more |
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SAVING PRIVATE RYAN: STEVEN SPIELBERG INTERVIEW
...Star Interviews 01-01-1998 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN: STEVEN SPIELBERG INTERVIEW* By Prairie Miller...Steven Spielbergabout Saving Private Ryan is, how did he grasp such a...to tell?SS: These kids who hit Omaha Beach, seventy per cent... |
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Film: The man who is directing the war Saving Private Ryan is Steven...
...re-created in Saving Private Ryan. There...the soldiers were hit... he'd put...battle scenes of Saving Private Ryan are...resemblances to Saving Private Ryan), a film notable...special effects earned Spielberg an amateur film... |
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THIS IS WAR; SPIELBERG'S STUNNING D-DAY EPIC IS A LANDMARK IN CINEMA making...
...the recent $100m hit 'slasher' film...source - Steven Spielberg - that he has had...he didn't make Saving Private Ryan - the moving story...stilmpassioned Spielberg tells me. "A...devastation in Saving Private Ryan leaves everyone... |
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Saving Private Ryan' from its admirers: even though Spielberg describes the...
...commented on Steven Spielberg's remarkable film ``Saving Private Ryan,'' there is ostensibly...Some never knew what hit them. In the end...gore? ``Saving Private Ryan'' is a period...could survive. If Spielberg simply wanted to... |
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Save an Oscar for 'Private Ryan' Spielberg's World War II epic looks like a...
...picks for the Oscars Best picture: "Saving Private Ryan" Best director: Steven Spielberg, "Saving Private Ryan" Best actor: Nick Nolte, "Affliction...The 71st annual Academy Awards show hits the local airwaves at 8 p.m. Sunday... |
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`Private Ryan': Steven Spielberg's Unflinching Tribute To the Men Who...
...Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan." Searing, heartbreaking...they saw and did, and Spielberg shows us why. In the...pictured in "Saving Private Ryan" is based on the craft...cameraman's fear of getting hit) and the sensation of... |
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`PRIVATE RYAN' STAR DAMON SALUTES SPIELBERG'S...
...Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan felt the same impact...worked on the film - Private Ryan became an education...admiration and awe about Spielberg's skill. ``We figured...set and you've got to hit this mark because there... |
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Spielberg's Private Ryan Grabs 2 Golden 'Oscars' Irish soldiers celebrate...
...helping Steven Spielberg win two Golden...were used to make Saving Private Ryan, one of the most...more realistic, Spielberg paid disabled...one of the smash hits of the decade...saved the day. Spielberg's production... |
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so many of my friends died in the sea before theirfeet hit the beaches of...
...Byline: KEN OAKLEY STEVEN SPIELBERG'S Saving Private Ryan has been hailed as one of...before their feet could hit the beaches of occupied...will for me to see Saving Private Ryan, the acclaimed new Spielberg film, although it is already... |
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Saving Private Ryan
...most people are aware that "Saving Private Ryan," Steven Spielberg's new World War II epic about...movies. He creates events that hit the country with the force of...inundated by publicity for "Saving Private Ryan," a blitz that's equal parts... |