‘Jaws’: The Monster Movie That Invented The Summer Blockbuster
How did a B-movie-type monster movie become a genre-defining blockbuster that changed modern film-making? On June 20, 1975, Jaws opened across North America and changed…
Spielberg’s 3 Failed James Bond Movie Pitches Led To Indiana Jones
In the 1970s, Steven Spielberg approached EON Productions three times to direct a James Bond movie, and each time Bond’s producer Albert R. Broccoli turned…
Short Round’s Machine Gun Battle With Biplanes Was Cut From ‘Temple of Doom’
Short Round, Indy’s precocious 12-year-old aide in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, was described by former LucasFilm archivist J.W. Rinzler as the real…
Watch: How Spielberg Introduces Memorable Characters
Some of the most memorable scenes in movies are the introduction of characters. Darth Vader, James Bond, Hannibal Lecter, The Joker in The Dark Knight, and Trinity…
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Brainstorming Indy: Inside the 1978 ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ Story Conference
Would you like to see genius at work? Would you like to see how one of cinema’s greatest heroes emerged from a blank sheet of…
Watch How Spielberg and DP Douglas Slocombe Shot A Classic Dolly Shot in ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’
Spielberg and Slocombe know how to craft the perfect “oner”. Editor Vashi Nedomansky has shared numerous videos that explore the making of Raiders of the…
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The Power of “Jaws” Is In John Williams’ Two-Note Musical Score
The Jaws theme is one of the most terrifying musical scores in cinema. The soundtrack, dominated by two notes played over and over again to signal the…
Revisiting Bruce, the Malfunctioning Animatronic Shark That Made ‘Jaws’ A Horror Classic
Jaws is a story about a shark that wreaks havoc and destruction on a small community, and the failure and, ultimately, success in defeating it….
