Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[innerSpaceman]

1. Glad you liked the mashed potatoes scene, Brad ... it would have been a thousand times better, if only.

2. I believe CE3K remains the only film Spielberg wrote as well as directed.

3. The cool "Brad - thousands of lives are at stake" line was not in the original, so I'm glad there was a special treat for you in the special edition.



(I haven't clicked on that link yet mousepod. I'm afraid, very very afraid)

[Alex]

Spielberg also has the screenplay credit for A.I.: Artificial Intelligence but I believe that is mostly a polite fiction.

I'd forgotten he wrote Poltergeist.

[wendybeth]

For anyone who wants a slightly different look at the behind-the-scenes stuff that happened while filming Close Encounters, read Julia Philips book 'You'll Never Eat Lunch In This Town Again'. Ms. Philips was one of the producers on the film and pulls no punches when describing the chaos, diva-drama and egostraphes that occured during production. Good stuff.

[Alex]

Philips book is very good for the rest of the stuff in it too. So I'll second the recommendation.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

2. I believe CE3K remains the only film Spielberg wrote as well as directed.

You're not counting Amblin' then?

According to imdb, you appear to be right. The only other thing is that he's got a screenplay credit for AI, but I've always heard he was a late addition to that one, so he probably didn't have much to do with the screenplay.

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What Alex said.