Steven Spielberg (123 page)

1968
(begun in 1965)
Faces
.
DIST
: Walter Reade Organization.
P
: Maurice McEndree.
D-SCR
: John Cassavetes.
CAM
: Al Ruban.
WITH
: John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, Seymour Cassel, Fred Draper.
R
: October 1968.
L
: 130 min. (S was an uncredited
production
assistant.)

1964
Firelight
(see credits above).

1972
Duel
(expanded theatrical version of 1971 TV movie; see above).

1974
The Sugarland Express
.
DIST
: U.
P
: Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown.
D
: S.
SCR
: Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, from a story by S, Barwood, Robbins.
CAM
: Vilmos Zsigmond.
WITH
: Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton, Louise Latham.
R
: April 5, 1974.
L
: 109 min. (Working title:
Carte Blanche
.)

1975
Jaws
.
DIST
: U.
P
: Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown.
D
: S.
SCR
: Carl Gottlieb, Peter Benchley (and Howard Sackler, John Milius, Robert Shaw, uncredited), from the novel by Benchley.
CAM
: Bill Butler.
WITH
: Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton.
R
: June 20, 1975.
L
: 125 min. (Additional footage included as supplement to 1995 MCA Home Video laserdisc edition.)

1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
.
DIST
: Columbia.
P
: Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips.
D
: S.
SCR
: S (and Paul Schrader, John Hill, Jerry Belson, David Giler, Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, uncredited).
CAM
: Vilmos Zsigmond (additional photography by William A. Fraker, Douglas Slocombe, John A. Alonzo, Laszlo Kovacs, Frank W. Stanley).
WITH
: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Cary Guffey.
R
: November 16, 1977.
L
: 135 min. (Working titles:
Watch the Skies, Close Encounter of the Third Kind
.) (On July 31, 1980, Columbia released
The Special Edition of Close Encounters of the Third Kind
, a reedited, 132-min. version with additional scenes directed by S, photographed by Michael Butler and Allen Daviau. Both versions are
included
in the 1990 Voyager laserdisc edition.)

1979
1941
.
DIST
: U/Columbia.
P
: Buzz Feitshans.
D
: S.
SCR
: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, from a story by Zemeckis, Gale, and John Milius.
CAM
: William A. Fraker.
WITH
: Bobby Di Cicco, Dianne Kay, Wendie Jo Sperber, Robert Stack, John Belushi.
R
: December 14, 1979.
L
: 118 min. (Working titles:
The Night the Japs Attacked, The Night the Japanese Attacked, The Rising Sun
.) (A 146-min. restored version, including additional scenes previously shown in an expanded TV version of the film, was released on laserdisc in 1996 by MCA Universal Home Video.)

1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark
.
DIST
: Paramount.
P
: Frank Marshall (for Lucasfilm).
D
: S.
SCR
: Lawrence Kasdan, from a story by George Lucas, Philip Kaufman.
CAM
: Douglas Slocombe.
WITH
: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John
Rhys-Davies
.
R
: June 12, 1981.
L
: 115 min.

1982
Poltergeist
.
DIST
: MGM/UA.
P
: S, Frank Marshall.
D
: Tobe Hooper (and S, uncredited).
SCR
: S, Michael Grais, Mark Victor, from a story by S.
CAM
: Matthew F. Leonetti.
WITH
: Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Heather O’Rourke.
R
: June 4, 1982.
L
: 114 min.

1982
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
.
DIST
: U.
P
: S, Kathleen Kennedy.
D
: S.
SCR
: Melissa Mathison.
CAM
: Allen Daviau.
WITH
: Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert Macnaughton, Drew Barrymore.
R
: June 11, 1982.
L
: 115 min. (Working titles:
E.T. and Me, A Boy’s Life
.) (Additional footage included as supplement to 1996 MCA Home Video laserdisc edition.)

1983
Twilight Zone—The Movie
.
DIST
: WB.
P
: S, John Landis.
D
: S (“Kick the Can” segment), Landis, Joe Dante, George Miller. Additional credits for “Kick the Can”:
SCR
: George Clayton Johnson, Richard Matheson, Josh Rogan (Melissa Mathison), from a story by George Clayton Johnson (originally filmed for
The Twilight Zone
CBS-TV series
and aired February 9, 1962).
CAM
: Allen Daviau.
WITH
: Scatman Crothers, Bill Quinn, Martin Garner, Selma Diamond, Priscilla Pointer.
R
: June 24, 1983.
L
: 102 min. (“Kick the Can”: 23 min.).

1984
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
.
DIST
: Paramount.
P
: Robert Watts (for Lucasfilm).
D
: S.
SCR
: Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz, from a story by George Lucas.
CAM
: Douglas Slocombe.
WITH
: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth.
R
: May 23, 1984.
L
: 118 min. (Working title:
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Death
.)

1985
The Color Purple
.
DIST
: WB.
P
: S, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones.
D
: S.
SCR
: Menno Meyjes, from the novel by Alice Walker.
CAM
: Allen Daviau.
WITH
: Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Willard Pugh.
R
: December 18, 1985.
L
: 152 min. (Working title:
Moon Song
.)

1987
Empire of the Sun
.
DIST
: WB.
P
: S, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall.
D
: S.
SCR
: Tom Stoppard (and Menno Meyjes, uncredited), from the novel by J. G. Ballard.
CAM
: Allen Daviau.
WITH
: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Joe Pantoliano, Rupert Frazer.
R
: December 9, 1987.
L
: 152 min.

1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
.
DIST
: Paramount.
P
: Robert Watts (for Lucasfilm).
D
: S.
SCR
: Jeffrey Boam, from a story by George Lucas, Menno Meyjes.
CAM
: Douglas Slocombe.
WITH
: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Alison Doody, River Phoenix.
R
: May 24, 1989.
L
: 127 min.

1989
Always
.
DIST
: U/United Artists.
P
: S, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy.
D
: S.
SCR
: Jerry Belson (and Diane Thomas, Ronald Bass, uncredited), based on the 1943 film
A Guy Named Joe
, written by Dalton Trumbo from a story by Chandler Sprague and David Boehm, adapted by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan.
CAM
: Mikael Salamon.
WITH
: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson, John Goodman, Audrey Hepburn.
R
: December 22, 1989.
L
: 123 min. (Working title:
A Guy Named Joe
.)

1991
Hook
.
DIST
: TriStar.
P
: Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gerald R. Molen.
D
: S.
SCR
: Jim V. Hart, Malia Scotch Marmo (and Carrie Fisher, uncredited), from a story by Hart and Nick Castle, based on the play
Peter Pan
and the novels
The Little White Bird, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
, and
Peter and Wendy
by J. M. Barrie.
CAM
: Dean Cundey.
WITH
: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith.
R
: December 10, 1991.
L
: 142 min.

1993
Jurassic Park
.
DIST
: U.
P
: Kathleen Kennedy, Gerald R. Molen.
D
: S.
SCR
: Michael Crichton, David Koepp (and Malia Scotch Marmo, uncredited), from the novel by Crichton.
WITH
: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Joseph Mazzello.
R
: June 10, 1993.
L
: 127 min.

1993
Schindler’s List
.
DIST
: U.
P
: S, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig.
D
: S.
SCR
: Steven Zaillian, from the novel by Thomas Keneally.
CAM
: Janusz Kaminski.
WITH
: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Embeth Davidtz.
R
: December 15, 1993.
L
: 197 min.

1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
.
DIST
: U.
P
: Gerald R. Molen, Colin Wilson.
D
: S.
SCR
: David Koepp, based on the novel
The Lost World
by Michael Crichton.
CAM
: Janusz Kaminski.
WITH
: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard Attenborough, Vince Vaughn.
R
: May 23, 1997.
L
: 129 min.

1997
Amistad
.
DIST
: DreamWorks.
P
: Debbie Allen, S, Colin Wilson.
D
: S.
SCR
: David Franzoni (and Steven Zaillian, uncredited).
CAM
: Janusz Kaminski.
WITH
: Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey.
R
: December 10, 1997.
L
: 152 min.

1998
Saving Private Ryan
.
DIST
: DreamWorks.
P
: S, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn.
D
: S.
SCR
: Robert Rodat.
CAM
: Janusz Kaminski.
WITH
: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Matt Damon.
R
: July 24, 1998.
L
: 170 min.

2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
.
DIST
: WB.
P
: Bonnie Curtis, Kathleen Kennedy, S (with Stanley Kubrick Productions).
D
: S.
SCR
: S, from the screen story by Ian Watson, based on the short story “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” by Brian Aldiss.
CAM
: Janusz Kaminski.
WITH
: Haley Joel Osment, Frances O’Connor, Sam Robards, Jude Law, William Hurt.
R
: June 28, 2001.
L
: 146 min.

2002
Minority Report
.
DIST
: Twentieth Century Fox.
P
: Jan de Bont, Bonnie Curtis, Gerald R. Molen, Walter F. Parkes.
D
: S.
SCR
: Scott Frank, Jon Cohen, from the short story “The Minority Report” by Philip K. Dick.
CAM
: Janusz Kaminski.
WITH
: Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, Samantha Morton, Colin Farrell, Steve Harris.
R
: June 20, 2002.
L
: 145 min.

2002
Catch Me If You Can
.
DIST
: DreamWorks.
P
: Walter F. Parkes, S.
D
: S.
SCR
: Jeff Nathanson, from the book
Catch Me If You Can: The Amazing True Story of the Youngest and Most Daring Con Man in the History of Fun and Profit!
by Frank W. Abagnale Jr. with Stan Redding.
CAM
: Janusz Kaminski.
WITH
: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye.
R
: December 25, 2002.
L
: 141 min.

2004
The Terminal
.
DIST
: DreamWorks.
P
: Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes, S.
D
: S.
SCR
: Sacha Gervasi and Jeff Nathanson, from a story by Andrew Niccol and Gervasi.
CAM
: Janusz Kaminski.
WITH
: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride, Diego Luna.
R
: June 18, 2004.
L
: 128 min.

2005
War of the Worlds
.
DIST
: Paramount.
P
: Kathleen Kennedy, Colin Wilson.
D
: S.
SCR
: Josh Friedman and David Koepp, based on the novel
The War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells.
CAM
: Janusz Kaminski.
WITH
: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, Tim Robbins.
R
: June 29, 2005.
L
: 116 min.

2005
Munich
.
DIST
: U.
P
: Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel, S, Colin Wilson.
D
: S.
SCR
: Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, based on the book
Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team
by George Jonas.
CAM
: Janusz Kaminski.
WITH
: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler.
R
: December 23, 2005.
L
: 164 min.