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I didn't think it was so horrible. Hell, it was better than Temple of Doom..


Do you really prefer movies with weak or no plot?

I know I've heard that music before. I'm 90% sure I heard it in a Steven Spielberg movie. I think either Saving Private Ryan (in the movie or DVD "extras" featurette) or Ron Howard's Apollo 13. Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure now it's in a Saving Private Ryan DVD "extras" featurette.

Akira Kurosawa

Alfred Hitchcock

Steven Spielberg

Sergio Leone

Francis Ford Coppola

Orson Welles.

Clint Eastwood is a fantastic Director and while he made the greatest western of all time he does not have a prolific number of hits.

One of Mrs Spielberg wonderful overacting moments. Who would have thought she would one day bloom into the amazing actress that made SpaceCamp shine.

According to IMDB there were 120 actresses that didn't get this gig... And she met Steven Spielberg at the same time. This is living proof you can sleep your way to your goals!

1. Kurosawa
2. Scorsese
3. Alexander Payne
4. Welles
5. Coen Brothers

Honorable Mention:

6. Francis Ford Coppola - Sure, his later work sucked, but anyone who made The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, AND Apocalypse Now deserves at least some sort of recognition, for crying out loud.

7. Sergio Leone - How could no one mention him? He did The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, Once Upon a Time in The West, and Once Upon a Time in America. Show a little respect, capisce?

8. Steven Spielberg - Some people hate him, but he's given us a lot of good films.

9. John Waters - Hello? Why am I the only one to mention this genius?

10. Hitchcock - No explanation necessary.

Steven Spielberg
Brad Bird
Quintin Tarentino
Robert Rodriguez.


Some might say Francis Ford Coppola.
I would argue that George Lucas is not a bad director, but not top 5.
..Michael Bay..?

From IMDB: The infamous scene in which Indy shoots a marauding and flamboyant swordsman was not in the original script. Harrison Ford was supposed to use his whip to get the swords out of his attacker's hands, but the food poisoning he and the rest of the crew had gotten made him too sick to perform the stunt. After several unsuccessful tries, someone made the off-handed remark, "Why doesn't he just shoot him and get it done and over with?" Steven Spielberg immediately took up the idea and the scene was successfully filmed.

damn, please go read up on this movie and all the things they had to overcome to get it finished. absolutely amazing.
here is my favorite
An accident during filming caused the Orca to begin sinking. Steven Spielberg began screaming over a bullhorn for the nearby safety boats to rescue the actors. A sound technician, already up to his knees in water on the sinking Orca, held his tape recorder up over his head and screamed, "F**k the actors, save the sound crew!" Divers later recovered the camera and flew it, still submerged in sea water, to a Hollywood film lab where technicians were able to save the film.

As I heard it, Steven Spielberg loved this movie so much, he asked if he could do their next script, and that's how 1941 came about.

Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓, Hotaru no Haka?) is a 1988 anime movie written and directed by Isao Takahata for Studio Ghibli. It is an adaptation of the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka, intended as a personal apology to the author's own sister. Some critics (most notably Roger Ebert) consider it to be one of the most powerful anti-war movies ever made. Animation historian Ernest Rister compares the film to Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List and says, "it is the most profoundly human animated film I've ever seen."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_the_fireflies

I really have to give props to YouTube user eroock, he makes absolutely the best cinematic montages I have seen on Youtube. If he isn't in this industry he belongs there. Exceptional editing skills.

I already sifted two of his other videos, <ahref="http://www.videosift.com/video/Dark-City-Music-Video"> Dark City montage and <ahref="http://www.videosift.com/video/Leon-The-Professional-music-video">Leon montage.

This is from the Steven Spielberg picture Minority Report.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_Report_%28film%29

For film buffs, to achieve the look of Omaha beach, Steven Spielberg used Robert Capas 11 surviving shots of the D-day landing. His other shots were unfortunately destroyed by a nervous lab technician.

"His most famous work occurred on June 6, 1944 (D-Day) when he swam ashore with the first assault wave on Omaha Beach. He was armed with two Contax II cameras mounted with 50 mm lenses and several rolls of spare film. Capa took 108 pictures in the first couple of hours of the invasion. However, a staff member at Life made a mistake in the darkroom; he set the dryer too high and melted the negatives. Only eleven frames in total were recovered."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Capa#World_War_II

I liked this movie, but disliked that it took certain historical liberties with the events of World War 2. Making it seem like only American was involved, when this was a world war, the D-day landings encompassed British, American, New Zealand, Canadian, Free France, Poland and numerous other commonwealth states later after the initial assault phase Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, the Netherlands, and Norway joined. The main thrust was spread over Omaha, Utah, Sword, Juno and Gold beaches under the general codename of Operation Overlord.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Allied_Invasion_Force.jpg

Still a wonderful portray of the horrors of combat.

directed by Steven Spielberg...

For me the war photographer seems to be a dying profession because it is so controversial and covers subjects that could be pivotal in changing public opinion. So it's contained now more or less.

I NSFWed because there are some graphic photographs that are showcased.

I *geeked it because Steven Spielberg used Robert Capa's photographs from D-Day to recreate Omaha beach landings in the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan.

I know am probably posting this for myself but to hell with it you philistines!

Band of Brothers is an acclaimed 10-part television miniseries set during World War II, co-produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. The mini-series centers on the experience of Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S. 101st Airborne Division and one of its early platoon leaders, Richard Winters. It is based on a book of the same name written by historian and biographer Stephen Ambrose.

The events portrayed in the mini-series are based on Ambrose's research and recorded interviews with Easy Company veterans. Some literary license has been taken with the episodes, and other reference books will highlight the differences between recorded history and the film version. All of the characters portrayed in the mini-series are based on actual members of Easy Company; some of them can be seen in prerecorded interviews as a prelude to each episode. (Their identities, however, are not revealed until the close of the finale.) The mini-series first aired in 2001 on HBO and still runs frequently on different US TV channels — most recently The History Channel.

DreamWorks has confirmed a new 10-part miniseries from the creators of Band of Brothers (Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman) is in development as of August 2006. The new miniseries will focus on the Pacific Theater.

A favorite of mine as well. Great post Pyrex