Steven Spielberg

Academy Awards. Steven Spielberg not only directed the movie, but helped produce it as well. Spielberg won his first Oscar for Best Director for Schindler’s List, an award that had eluded him in the past. He managed to acquire the rights to direct the film from Martin Scorsese in exchange for the rights to direct Cape Fear (1991), (New York Times, 1991). Branko Lustig, a producer for Schindler’s List, tracked down Spielberg and pleaded to him to let him produce the movie. He showed Spielberg his Jewish

Steven Spielberg is arguably the best director of all time! His unique movies have made him very successful in the list of all time directors. His expressive imagination makes him so unique from other directors. Blockbusters such as Jurassic Park or Saving Private Ryan helped him rise to the top. Steven Spielberg was born on December 18, 1946, in Cincinnati, Ohio. His parents were Arnold Spielberg and Leah Spielberg, who soon influenced the movies he would make. Surprisingly enough, Steven Spielberg

Martians strike hard against The United States of America seeking to take over the world and claim it theirs in Steven Spielberg’s film War of the Worlds. Steven Spielberg is one of Hollywood's best-known director, producer, and writer of this time. This film on War of the Worlds uses the same structure as in the book War of the Worlds written by Herbert George Wells in 1898. Steven Spielberg has updated it for our time period for 2005. The film revolves around Ray Ferrier and his family. Ray and his

Ethical Issues in The 2002 Steven Spielberg Movie Minority Report Technology is progressing every day. We have come so far in the past ten years. Imagine life in 2054, and what life will be like. That is what Philip K. Dick did in 1956 when he wrote the short story Minority Report, which was later produced as a movie. In the movie Minority Report, a team of officers led by John Anderson (Tom Cruise), work together in the precime division. They collect information given by precogs to find

Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, USA 1981) Harrison Ford stars in the film Raiders of the Lost Ark as a character called Indiana Jones. The opening sequence has left Indiana’s character mysterious to the audience but throughout this sequence we understand his character as bold, cool, calm and a collected leader, but as the sequence develops and the scene changes we see another side to Indiana, an intellectual man who dresses smartly and doesn’t seem cool anymore

Schindler’s List is 1993 Oscar nominated movie directed by Steven Spielberg. This movie is based on the 1982 biographical novel published by the Australian author Thomas Keneally. It is an R rated movie with a 185 minutes running time. The main character of the movie, Oskar Schindler is played by Liam Neeson. The movie portrays the story of the German businessman who tried to preserve the lives of some Jewish refuges during the holocaust. In times past, the Jews have been victims of ethnic prosecutions

Saving Private Ryan was directed by Steven Spielberg in 1998. It was written by Robert Rodat, who was inspired to write a script based on a monument he had visited which was dedicated to four brothers from the American Civil War. Some famous actors star in the film including Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Vin Diesel and Tom Sizemore. I think Saving Private Ryan is very emotional and has a great effect on the audience. This is because of all the action and emotions that the soldiers are going through in the

Martin and Saving Private Ryan Directed by Steven Spielberg These two directors were trying to achieve different goals, 'The Longest Day' was made post-war in 1962 and when the war may still of been in peoples thoughts and where many of the people who fought in the war would still be alive. However 'Saving Private Ryan' was made much later on in 1999, by then the world has gladly put this terrible event behind it. Steven Spielberg is not as biased because his audience

In the film Catch Me If You Can, the director Steven Spielberg effectively uses camera techniques, flashbacks, colour and mise-en-scene to develop the themes of family, belonging and consequences. Frank is committing a life full of crimes to try and bring his parents back together. In this scene, Frank has been caught and is on an airplane back to where he originally lived. During this time, Frank finds out that his father has died and his mother has a new family. This makes Frank feel heartbroken

The movie Lincoln by famous producer, Steven Spielberg, is a newer film based upon the life of Abraham Lincoln and his endeavor to pass the 13th amendment giving the right to free all slaves in their entirety. (1. How does this film relate the material to this course?) As we are currently going over the 19th century discussing slavery and the civil war, the movie deals directly with president Abraham Lincoln and his attempt to abolish slavery indefinitely through the act of the 13th amendment leading