Product desciption
Steven Spielberg And Duel The Making Of A Film Career Steven Awalt by Steven Awalt 9780810892606, 081089260X instant download after payment.
Since the early 1970s, Steven Spielberg has directed more than two dozen films, many of which have achieved classic status. In addition to critical and commercial successes that includeE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,Schindler’s List,Saving Private Ryan, andLincoln, Spielberg’s name has become synonymous with such thrilling adventure films asJaws,Raiders of the Lost Ark,Jurassic Park, andMinority Report. Before he became a world-renowned filmmaker, however, Spielberg established himself on television, helming episodes ofRod Serling’s Night Gallery;Marcus Welby, M.D.; andColumbo. But it was the small-screen version of a Richard Matheson short story that brought the young director’s work to the attention of critics and viewers alike.
InSteven Spielberg andDuel: The Making of a Film Career, Steven Awalt provides an exhaustive study commemorating the film that decisively launched the career of a major film artist. Through in-depth research and interviews with the film’s creative and technical crew, the author tracks the film from genesis through production to release. Awalt conducted lengthy one-on-one interviews with Spielberg, Matheson, assistant director James Fargo, editor Frank Morriss, composer Billy Goldenberg, former MCA/Universal president Sidney J. Sheinberg, and writer-producer Steven Bochco, among others.
Spielberg provided access to many rare documents from his archives, including multiple drafts ofDuel’s teleplay, the shooting schedule, shooting logistics breakdowns, and production correspondence. The first book-length examination of this important production in the director’s early career,Steven Spielberg andDuel also includes the original teleplay by Matheson, four additional scenes created for the international theatrical release of the film, photos, and storyboards of the film’s final sequence. A fascinating look behind the scenes of an acclaimed work, this book will interest not only scholars and film historians but anyone interested in the work of Richard Matheson and Steven Spielberg.
