"a box office bomb, although after Lucas' ""Star Wars"", released in 1977, it became a cult classic. However, he jumped to fame when he along Matthew Robbins were hired to rewrite the script of Steven Spielberg's first theatrical feature film, the crime drama film ""The Sugarland Express"" starring Goldie Hawn, based on a real life incident about a married couple who are chased by police as the couple tries to regain custody of their baby. ""The Sugarland Express"" was released in 1974 but fared poorly at the box office (as it received a limited release), although it won the award"
"by the influential British critic Dilys Powell was highly significant to Spielberg's career. Another TV film (""Something Evil"") was made and released to capitalize on the popularity of ""The Exorcist"", then a major best-selling book which had not yet been released as a film. He fulfilled his contract by directing the TV film-length pilot of a show called ""Savage"", starring Martin Landau. Spielberg's debut full-length feature film was ""The Sugarland Express"", about a married couple who are chased by police as the couple tries to regain custody of their baby. Spielberg's cinematography for the police chase was praised by reviewers,"
"Fields and Marcia Lucas were nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing in 1974 for their work on ""American Graffiti""; while the film won no Academy Awards, Marcia Lucas, Murch, and Fields all won Academy Awards for later work. The commercial success of the film gave George Lucas the opportunity to direct his next film, ""Star Wars"". Fields edited Steven Spielberg's first major film, ""The Sugarland Express"" (1974). She became widely celebrated for her work as the film editor on Spielberg's next film, ""Jaws"" (1975), for which she won both the Academy Award for Film Editing and the American"
"an agreement with Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown. Zanuck and Brown then hired Spielberg to direct ""The Sugarland Express"", leaving Walsh and his film stranded. The writer’s agent, Guy McElwaine, contacted Altman’s agent George Litto, and the director was given the script, read it and loved it. The new studio chief of Columbia Pictures was a former agent who knew Walsh’s agent and green-lighted the screenplay to be made into a movie on the writer’s terms. Walsh was a novice and unaware of Altman’s reputation for taking liberties with the screenplays for his movies. Walsh was very protective of"
"1974, director Steven Spielberg approached Williams to compose the music for his feature directorial debut, ""The Sugarland Express"". They teamed up again a year later for Spielberg's second film, ""Jaws"". Widely considered to be a classic suspense film, its film score's ominous, two-note ostinato has become synonymous with sharks and approaching danger. The score earned Williams his second Academy Award, his first for an original composition. Shortly thereafter, Spielberg and Williams began a long collaboration for their next feature film together, ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"". During their two-year-long collaboration, they crafted its distinctive five-note figure that functions both"
"editor of ""Cosmopolitan"" before his wife, Helen Gurley Brown, joined the magazine. In 1951, the producer Darryl F. Zanuck hired Brown to head the story department at Zanuck's studio, 20th Century-Fox. Brown eventually rose to become executive vice president of creative operations. He and Richard D. Zanuck, Darryl's son, left Fox in 1971 for Warner Bros., but the following year they set out to form their own production company. The caper film ""The Sting"" (1973) starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford was a Zanuck/Brown ""presentation"". In 1974, the company produced, along with Universal Pictures, ""The Sugarland Express"", Steven Spielberg's directorial"
"""McCabe & Mrs. Miller"", which became Zsigmond's breakthrough film and marked his first time working on a major Hollywood production. Over the following decade Zsigmond became one of the most in-demand cinematographers in Hollywood. Some of the major films he shot in the 1970s include John Boorman's ""Deliverance"", Altman's ""The Long Goodbye"", Brian De Palma's ""Obsession"" as well as Steven Spielberg's ""The Sugarland Express"" and ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"", the latter of which won him the Academy Award for Best Cinematography at the 50th Academy Awards. In 1978 Zsigmond worked on Michael Cimino’s epic Vietnam War drama film"
"James Kenneth Crone James Kenneth Crone, often known as Kenneth Crone (August 16, 1941 – February 10, 2011) was a Texas Highway Patrol officer from 1967 to 1978. During his law enforcement career, he was kidnapped on May 2, 1969 by Robert Dent and Ila Fae Holiday and then taken on a slow-moving caravan across south Texas. This event was dramatized in the 1974 feature film ""The Sugarland Express""—the directorial debut of Steven Spielberg. Crone was an advisor on the film and actually played a small role in the filming of the movie starring as a deputy sheriff. Crone was"
"directed by Charles Chaplin in ""A Woman of Paris"" (1923), two years before Sutherland began his directing career with the help of Chaplin. Frequently billed as ""Eddie Sutherland,"" he is best known as a director; he directed more than 50 movies between 1925 and 1956. His breakout film was ""Behind the Front"" (1926), which made stars of the two leads and established Sutherland as a comedic director. He had an especially hard time working with Stan Laurel, whom he disliked (""I'd rather eat a tarantula than work with Laurel again""). On the other hand, he became close friends with the"
"Paradise Express Paradise Express is a 1937 American film directed by Joseph Kane. The ""Moon Valley Short line"" Railroad is losing money to the ""Armstrong Trucking Company"". When the railroad goes into receivership, the railroad is forced to lay off several people. The president of the railroad, Jed Carson, has acquired a hatred for the new receiver, Lawrence 'Larry' Doyle. His granddaughter, Kay Carson, also does not like Doyle. After getting himself acquainted with both Jed Carson and Kay Carson, Doyle goes and wins back some business. Kay starts take a liking to Doyle, but her grandfather still hates him."
"Express"" (1974) and ""Jaws"" (1975). They subsequently produced such box office hits as ""Cocoon"" (1985) and ""Driving Miss Daisy"" (1989) before dissolving their partnership in 1988. They were jointly awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1990. He worked with Tim Burton six times, producing Burton's adaptation of ""Planet of the Apes"" (2001), ""Big Fish"" (2003), ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"" (2005), """" (2007), ""Alice in Wonderland"" (2010), and ""Dark Shadows"" (2012). He and Burton connected immediately, and Zanuck was Burton's producer of choice. In a May 2012 interview, Zanuck"
"book. We thought it would make a very good movie."" Zanuck and Brown had originally planned to hire John Sturges to direct the film, before considering Dick Richards. However, they grew irritated by Richards' vision of continually calling the shark ""the whale""; Richards was subsequently dropped from the project. Zanuck and Brown then signed Spielberg in June 1973 to direct before the release of his first theatrical film, ""The Sugarland Express"". Spielberg wanted to take the novel's basic concept, removing Benchley's many subplots. Zanuck, Brown and Spielberg removed the novel's adulterous affair between Ellen Brody and Matt Hooper because it"
"Vincente Minnelli's adaptation of ""Madame Bovary"". Later, he moved to 20th Century Fox, where he was one of the art directors on the 1956 film version of ""Carousel"". Other big productions to bear his name there include ""Peyton Place"" (1957), ""Return to Peyton Place"" (1961), ""Cleopatra"" (1963, his first Oscar win), ""Von Ryan's Express"" (1965), the science fiction epic ""Fantastic Voyage"" (1966, which earned him his second Oscar), ""Planet of the Apes"" (1968), ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"" (1969) and ""MASH"" (1970). His third Oscar was for ""Hello, Dolly!"" in 1969. Smith also worked frequently in television on such"
"editor. Reflecting on the film's commercial failure, Marcia stated, ""I never cared for ""THX"" because it left me cold. When the studio didn't like the film, I wasn't surprised. But George just said to me, I was stupid and knew nothing. Because I was just a Valley Girl. He was the intellectual."" When principal photography had wrapped on ""American Graffiti"" (1973), George had wanted Marcia to edit the film, but Universal Pictures executive Ned Tanen insisted on hiring Verna Fields, who had just finished editing Steven Spielberg's ""The Sugarland Express"" (1974). However, Fields worked on the first rough cut of"
"four years of development, the Panaflex debuted in 1972. A revolutionary camera that operated quietly, the Panaflex eliminated the need for a cumbersome sound blimp, and could synchronize handheld work. The Panaflex also included a digital electronic tachometer and magazine motors for the take-up reel. Ted Post's ""Magnum Force"" (1973) and Steven Spielberg's ""The Sugarland Express"" (1974) were the first motion pictures filmed with the Panaflex. During the 1970s, the Panaflex line was updated and marketed in new incarnations: the Panaflex X, Panaflex Lightweight (for steadicam), the high-speed Panastar, Panaflex Gold, and Panaflex G2. Panavision came out with a direct"
"about her past, she pretends the pendant was stolen, in hopes of hiding the truth from Bradley. But Landon manages to throw suspicion on Jimmy Hart, who is masquerading as a steward. It takes confessions by several people to resolve everyone's dilemmas. Streamline Express Streamline Express is a 1935 American comedy drama film directed by Leonard Fields. Broadway star Patricia Wallace (Evelyn Venable) quits her Broadway show to run off with wealthy Fred Arnold (Ralph Forbes). Her director Jimmy Hart (Victor Jory) follows them aboard a super-speed monorail, the ""Streamline Express"". Meanwhile, also aboard is John Bradley (Clay Clement) and"
"Streamline Express Streamline Express is a 1935 American comedy drama film directed by Leonard Fields. Broadway star Patricia Wallace (Evelyn Venable) quits her Broadway show to run off with wealthy Fred Arnold (Ralph Forbes). Her director Jimmy Hart (Victor Jory) follows them aboard a super-speed monorail, the ""Streamline Express"". Meanwhile, also aboard is John Bradley (Clay Clement) and his mistress Elaine Vincent (Esther Ralston), but Bradley's wife Mary (Erin O'Brien-Moore) ends up on the train as well. When Elaine gives her crooked pal Gilbert Landon (Sidney Blackmer) a diamond pendant given her by Bradley, in order to keep Landon quiet"
"Alexander Mackendrick Alexander Mackendrick (September 8, 1912 – December 22, 1993) was an American born Scottish director and teacher. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and later moved to Scotland. He began making television commercials before moving into post-production editing and directing films, most notably for Ealing Studios where his films include ""Whisky Galore!"" (1949), ""The Man in the White Suit"" (1951), and ""The Ladykillers"" (1955). After his first American film ""Sweet Smell of Success"" (1957), his career as a director declined and he became a teacher of film making at CalArts in California. He was the cousin of the"
"Donald Sutherland Donald McNichol Sutherland (born 17 July 1935) is a Canadian actor whose film career spans more than five decades. Sutherland rose to fame after starring in a series of successful films including ""The Dirty Dozen"" (1967), ""M*A*S*H"" (1970), ""Kelly's Heroes"" (1970), ""Klute"" (1971), ""Don't Look Now"" (1973), ""Fellini's Casanova"" (1976), ""1900"" (1976), ""Animal House"" (1978), ""Invasion of the Body Snatchers"" (1978), ""Ordinary People"" (1980) and ""Eye of the Needle"" (1981). He subsequently established himself as one of the most respected, prolific and versatile character actors of Canada. He later went on to star in many other successful films"
"He got his big break playing hapless fugitive Clovis Poplin in ""The Sugarland Express"" (1974), the feature film debut of Steven Spielberg. After this, he garnered major roles in dark dramas such as ""The Day of the Locust"" (1975) and ""Looking for Mr. Goodbar"" (1977), as well as the big-budget disaster film ""The Hindenburg"" (1975). Atherton also starred as cowboy Jim Lloyd in the miniseries ""Centennial"" (1978), based on the novel by James Michener. Atherton appeared in the comedy ""Ghostbusters"" (1984) as the EPA agent Walter Peck. Martha Coolidge chose Atherton to play Professor Jerry Hathaway in the teen comedy"
"Katz and Willard Huyck to write the script. However, the film was never made due to various problems, so Spielberg left the project to direct ""The Sugarland Express"". In the early 1970s, film producer Philip D'Antoni hired Spielberg to direct a film adaptation of Gerald Walker's novel ""Cruising"". Spielberg was reportedly attached to the project for three years before officially dropping out. According to D'Antoni, ""We just couldn’t come up with a script that met with my satisfaction... So we decided to abandon the project, and figured we’d go on to do something else together some other day, and Steven"
"where he appeared either in leading or supporting roles such as ""A Dry White Season"" (1989), ""JFK"" (1991), ""Outbreak"" (1995), ""A Time to Kill"" (1996), ""Without Limits"" (1998), ""The Italian Job"" (2003), ""Cold Mountain"" (2003), ""Pride & Prejudice"" (2005), ""Aurora Borealis"" (2006) and ""The Hunger Games"" franchise (2012–2015). Sutherland has been nominated for eight Golden Globe Awards, winning two for his performances in the television films ""Citizen X"" (1995) and ""Path to War"" (2002); the former also earned him a Primetime Emmy Award. Inductee of Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canadian Walk of Fame, he also received a Canadian Academy"
"Exile Express Exile Express is a 1939 American drama film directed by Otis Garrett and starring Anna Sten, Alan Marshal and Jerome Cowan. After being wrongly implicated in the murder of her scientist boss by foreign agents, a young immigrant woman is placed on board an ""exile express"" from California to New York City where she is to be deported after her arrival at Ellis Island. With the help of a journalist whom has fallen in love with her, she jumps the train and sets out to prove her innocence. It was the first film Sten had made in the"
"Universal Pictures, both heard about the book before publication at the same time. Upon reading it, both agreed the novel was exciting and deserved a feature film adaptation, even if they were unsure how to accomplish it. Benchley's agent sold the adaptation rights for $150,000, plus an extra $25,000 for Benchley to write the screenplay. Although this delighted the author, who had very little money at the time, it was a low sum, as the agreement occurred before the book became a surprise bestseller. After securing the rights, Steven Spielberg, who was making his first theatrical film, ""The Sugarland Express"","
"but a success at the box office. He had a series of films that were commercially disappointing: ""Daddy's Gone A-Hunting"" (1969), ""Happy Birthday, Wanda June"" (1971), and ""Limbo"" (1972). In 1974, he directed ""Earthquake"", the film that introduced ""Sensurround"". On 20 June 1978, Robson died of a heart attack in London after completing ""Avalanche Express"". The film was released a year after his death. He is interred in Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Mark Robson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1722 Vine Street. Mark"
"Shanghai Express (film) Shanghai Express is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, and Warner Oland. It was written by Jules Furthman, based on a 1931 story by Harry Hervey. ""Shanghai Express"" was the fourth of seven films von Sternberg and Dietrich made together. ""Shanghai Express"" was released during the midst of the Great Depression. The film was a huge hit with the public, grossing $3.7 million in its initial screenings in the United States alone, becoming the biggest financial success of the Dietrich-von Sternberg collaborations, and was"
"industry working for the 20th Century Fox story department. In 1959, Zanuck had his first shot at producing with the film ""Compulsion"". In the 1960s, Zanuck became the president of 20th Century Fox. One year of his tenure was chronicled by John Gregory Dunne in ""The Studio"". After failures like 1967's ""Doctor Dolittle"", he was fired by his father and joined Warner Bros. as Executive Vice President. In 1972, Zanuck joined with David Brown to form an independent production company called the Zanuck/Brown Company at Universal Pictures. The two men produced a pair of Steven Spielberg's early films, ""The Sugarland"
"Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg (; born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era and one of the most popular directors and producers in film history. After gaining traction in Hollywood with directing television and several minor theatrical releases, Spielberg became a household name as the director of ""Jaws"" (1975), which was critically and commercially successful, and is considered the first summer blockbuster. His subsequent releases focused typically on science fiction and adventure films, with ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"" (1977), the ""Indiana Jones"" series, ""E.T."
"""Stranger than Paradise"" (Jim Jarmusch, 1984), ""Blue Velvet"" (David Lynch, 1986), ""The Civil War"" (Ken Burns, 1990), ""The Crying Game"" (Neil Jordan, 1992), ""Mulholland Drive"" (David Lynch, 2001), ""Brokeback Mountain"" (Ang Lee, 2005), ""The Imitation Game"" (Morten Tyldum, 2014), ""Sully"" (Clint Eastwood, 2016), ""Moonlight"" (Barry Jenkins, 2016), and ""Lady Bird"" (Greta Gerwig, 2017). Since 1995 a special medallion has also been presented annually, usually to a non-filmmaker who has had a major impact on American or international film culture. Past recipients include Milos Stehlik (founder of Facets Multi-Media), HBO, the French film magazine ""Positif"", Ted Turner, and Janus Films. Each"
"Obama. Donald Sutherland Donald McNichol Sutherland (born 17 July 1935) is a Canadian actor whose film career spans more than five decades. Sutherland rose to fame after starring in a series of successful films including ""The Dirty Dozen"" (1967), ""M*A*S*H"" (1970), ""Kelly's Heroes"" (1970), ""Klute"" (1971), ""Don't Look Now"" (1973), ""Fellini's Casanova"" (1976), ""1900"" (1976), ""Animal House"" (1978), ""Invasion of the Body Snatchers"" (1978), ""Ordinary People"" (1980) and ""Eye of the Needle"" (1981). He subsequently established himself as one of the most respected, prolific and versatile character actors of Canada. He later went on to star in many other successful"
"Snowball Express Snowball Express is a 1972 American screwball comedy film made by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Norman Tokar. The screenplay concerns a man who leaves his middle class job to run a hotel left to him by his uncle. Johnny Baxter (Dean Jones) is at his corporate middle class job when a probate attorney (David White) tells him that his recently deceased uncle, Jacob Barnesworth, has left him sole ownership of the lucrative Grand Imperial Hotel in the fictional town of Silver Hill, Colorado. A letter written by Barnesworth claims that the hotel brings in more than"
"1920s. In 1919, the Bavaria Film Studios were founded, which developed into one of Europe's largest film studios. Directors like Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Orson Welles, John Huston, Ingmar Bergman, Stanley Kubrick, Claude Chabrol, Fritz Umgelter, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Wolfgang Petersen and Wim Wenders made films there. Among the internationally well-known films produced at the studios are ""The Pleasure Garden"" (1925) by Alfred Hitchcock, ""The Great Escape"" (1963) by John Sturges, ""Paths of Glory"" (1957) by Stanley Kubrick, ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"" (1971) by Mel Stuart and both ""Das Boot"" (1981) and ""The Neverending Story"" (1984) by Wolfgang"
"Defiant Ones"" (1958), ""On the Beach"" (1959), ""Inherit the Wind"" (1960), ""Judgment at Nuremberg"" (1961), and ""Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"" (1967). Besides dramas, he also directed ""It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"" (1963) with an all-star cast of famous comedians. His films often generated interest and other times failed, such as ""Bless the Beasts and Children"" (1971), ""Oklahoma Crude"" (1973), ""The Domino Principle"" (1977), and ""The Runner Stumbles"" (1979). His first film as director was ""Not as a Stranger"" (1955), the story of medical students and their career, some of whom lose their idealism and succumb to blind"