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Steven Spielberg Decided to Shoot the Film “Jaws” from the Point of View of the Shark After the Giant Mechanical Shark They Built Kept Malfunctioning

Jaws is an American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 1975. The film was based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. It was the highest-grossing film of all time until Star Wars came out. But did you know the film was not originally supposed to be shot from the point of […]

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Hook Movie

Why Did Steven Spielberg, Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman Decide To Take Salaries for the Film “Hook”?

Steven Spielberg directed Hook, a 1991 American fantasy swashbuckler adventure film written by James V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo. Dustin Hoffman plays Captain Hook, Robin Williams as Peter Banning, Julia Roberts as Tinker Bell, Bob Hoskins as Mr. Smee, and Maggie Smith as Granny Wendy. It serves as a follow-up to JM Barrie’s 1911

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What Does Chunk from Goonies Do Today?

Goonies was a 1985 film that was part of the genre of movies focusing on young viewers, along with Back to the Future, Gremlins, and Ghostbusters. Many child actors in the film pursued their careers in Holywood. But did you know what Chunk, played by Lawrence Cohen, decided to follow after his stint in the

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Why Did the Producers of Jurassic Park Decide to Use CGI?

The Jurassic Park movie is an American science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 1993. While the film may not have been the first to feature dinosaurs, it did show them in the most realistic way possible. But did you know they didn’t want to use CGI at the start?   Jurassic Park

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All main actors in the movie Saving Private Ryan apart from Matt Damon were required to undergo military training. This was done so the remaining cast would build up genuine resentment for his character.

In casting the film Spielberg sought to create a cast that “looked” the part, stating in an interview, “You know, the people in World War II actually looked different than people look today”, adding to this end that he cast partly based on wanting the cast “to match the faces I saw on the newsreels.”

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