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Abbott and Costello 78
ABC TV 74, 124, 148, 199, 273, 404
Academy Awards 61, 97, 128, 171, 247, 286, 288–9, 343, 381; nominations 145–6, 175–6, 249, 274–5, 289, 313–15, 342, 370, 392–3; Spielberg’s nominations 119–20, 266, 324, 393
Acc Eli 61, 64, 94, 95–6, 101, 433
Acc in the Hole 106–7
Ackerman, Forrest J. x, 32
Action 137
Adam’s Rib 19, 105
Adelson, Gary 365
Adjani, Isabelle 145
Adler, Bernie 77
Adler, Luther 68
Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The 336
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The 17–18
‘After School’ 239
Agee, James 353
Aimée, Anouk 157, 381
Aladdin 399
Albers, Hans 375
Alcott, John 170
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Any More 24
Alien 88, 202, 252, 253
Aliens 377
All About Eve 117
All that Jazz 250
All the President’s Men 26
Allen Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold 223
Allen, Herbert 396, 397, 403–4
Allen, Irwin 122
Allen, Karen 19, 98, 103, 209, 211, 217, 219–20, 227
Allen, Nancy 172, 181, 187
Allen, Paul 404
Allen, Tom 85
Allen, Woody 176, 180, 186
Allingham, Dan 262
Almereyda, Michael 252
Almodovar, Pedro 391
Alonzo, John 156
Altman, Robert 99, 101, 117, 138, 145–6, 391
Alves, Joe 121, 122, 124, 152, 156, 159
Always 29, 76, 90, 98, 126, 252, 318, 342, 350–5, 405, 471
Amadeus 203, 277, 289–90, 321
Amarcord 146
Amazing Stories 29, 82, 177, 283, 294–6, 298, 309–11, 315–19, 340, 426
Amblimation 340, 398
Amblin’ 29, 51–2, 63, 70–1, 156, 168, 242, 406, 425
Amblin ix, 156–7, 172, 224, 261, 266, 312, 339–40; and DreamWorks SKG 402–3; headquarters 267–8, 281–2; management 206, 341, 355, 398; marketing 163, 247, 385, 399; productions 233, 253, 294, 298–304, 311, 316–18, 338, 342, 360, 398, 404–5; TV unit 340, 357, 398
American Cinematheque 347
American Cinematographer 166
American Express 304
American Film Institute 13, 356, 395
American Friends of Jerusalem’s Hebrew University 312–13
American Graffiti 61, 91–2, 95, 126, 172, 192–3, 225
American Premiere 7
American Tail, An 300, 321, 340, 432
American Werewolf in London, An 202, 227, 254
Amis, Martin 7, 99, 152, 210, 245, 312
Analog 17, 33
Anastasia 321
Andromeda Strain, The 228
Angel Death 224
Animal House 180, 190, 209, 254
Animaniacs 398–9
Anna Christie 375
Anne Frank House 406
Annie 178
Annie Hall 176, 179
Antonioni, Michelangelo 196
Apocalypse Now 10, 50, 155, 186, 242
Apprenticeship of Daddy Kravitz, The 126
Apted, Michael 200
Arachnophobia 355, 432
Arcadia High School 25, 32, 36
Archerd, Army 314
Arcosanti 24–5
Arden, Eve 17
Arkush, Allan 255
Arlen, Michael J. 171, 379
Arnold, Jack ix, x, 33, 42, 150
Arnold, Kenneth 15
Arsenic and Old Lacc 32
Ashby, Hal 250
Ashcroft, Dame Peggy 366
Ashley, Ted 234
Asphalt Jungle, The 128
Assault on Bel Air 404
Assayev, Tamara 172
Astounding Science Fiction 16
At Long Last Love 121–2
Atari 233, 248
A-Team Productions 144
Atherton, William 103–4
Atlanta Film Festival 52
Attenborough, Richard 229, 275, 366, 378, 387
Attica prison 70
Auschwitz 386
Avery, Margaret 63, 306, 313–14
Avery, Tex 62
Awakenings 360–1
Aykroyd, Dan 182, 189, 191, 249–50, 254, 259, 262, 276
Bach, Steven 229
Back to the Future 181, 302–4, 311, 314, 340, 400, 432; sequels 321, 338, 356, 432
Backlinie, Susan 187
Bad 254
Badham, John 9, 145, 299
Badlands 99, 115
Bain, Barbara 82
Baker, Rick 202, 227–8
Balaban, Bob 158, 161, 165, 318
Balchowski, Max 100
Bale, Christian 324
Ballard, Carroll 10
Ballard, J. G. ix, 104, 253, 291, 294, 319–21, 324, 328–9, 331–3, 341
Balliett, Whitney 171
Bambi 149, 243, 258, 309, 333, 353
Band, The 206
Bardeen, John 16
Barrie, J. M. 269–70, 341, 350, 364
Barry, Gene 66
Barry Lyndon 145, 170
Barrymore, Drew 235, 243
Bart, Peter 153, 281, 301
Bartel, Paul 295, 318
Barwood, Hal 10; production company 192–3, 196; scripts 50, 61–2, 90, 95, 99, 115, 120, 130, 145, 150, 183, 300
Basevi, James 380
Basinger, Kim 369
Bass, Ron 330
Batman 184
*batteries not included 318, 432
Battle of Algiers, The 391
Baumgarten, Craig 365
BBC TV 209
Beane, Douglas Carter 405
‘Beatlemania’ 172
Beatty, Ned 181, 187
Beatty, Warren 98, 217, 338, 397
Beaumont, Charles 255–6
Beauty and the Beast 399
Beck, John 208
Beck, Marilyn 258
Becker, Harold 294, 319–20
Beebe, Ford 194
Begelman, David 87, 174; at Columbia 113, 153–4; at ICM 61, 63; at MGM 224, 229, 231, 241; scandal 167–8, 177–8, 250
Belmondo, Jean-Paul 158
Belson, Jerry 150, 252, 342
Belushi, John 148–9, 180–2, 188–9, 191–3, 200, 249–50
Belushi, Judith 131, 193
Ben Casey 88
Benchley, Nathaniel 120
Benchley, Peter 1, 108–9, 111–12, 114, 120–1, 126, 131, 137, 146–8
Benchley, Robert 120
Beresford, Bruce 223, 405
Bergman, Alan and Marilyn 246, 325
Bergman, Ingmar 47, 134, 186, 325
Berkeley, Busby 261
Berle, Milton 187
Berlin, Irving 354
Berman, Phil 223
Bernstein, Elmer 143, 197
Bertinelli, Valeri 203
Bertolucci, Bernardo 242, 342, 391
Best Defense 274
Best Years of Our Lives, The 308
Betsy, The (Robbins) 70
Bettelheim, Bruno 287
Bettger, Lyle 22
Beverly Hills Cop 290, 330
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 85
Big 338
Big Wednesday 10, 50, 143, 156, 168, 172
Bill, Tony 49, 94, 95
Billy Jack 82
Bilon, Pat 247
Bingo Long Travelling All Stars 145, 183
Bird, Brad 317
Birds, The 150, 280
Birthday Party, The 128
Biskind, Peter 11
Bissel, Jim 309
Bixby, Jerome 256, 262
Black, Noel 52, 72
Black Bird, The 88
Black Rain 355
Black Stallion, The 216
Blackhawk comic book 252
Blackmail 206
Blade Runner 242
Blatty, William Peter 70
Blitzstein, Marc 307
Blossom, Roberts 296, 352
Blue Bird, The 244
Blue Lagoon, The 50
Blue Water, White Death 112, 122
Blues Brothers 152, 191, 198, 254
Bluth, Don 204, 257, 300, 316, 321, 340
Boam, Jeffrey 283, 334, 336–7, 344
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater 48
Bochco, Stephen 68
Body Heat 225
Bogarde, Dirk 128
Bogart, Humphrey 195
Bogdanovich, Peter 72, 121–2, 125, 205–6, 303
Bombay 165
Bond, Ward 342
Bonfire of the Vanities 330, 356
Boorman, John 101, 324, 332
Boot, Das 195
Borgnine, Ernest 42
Bortman, Michael 330
Bosley, Tom 65
Boston Stranger, The 70
Bottoms, Timothy 125
Bounty, The 324
Bowie, David 8
Boy Scouts of America 25, 30, 354
‘Boy’s Life, A’ 216, 229
Brackett, Leigh 192
Bradbury, Ray x, 5–6, 33, 55, 205, 228, 258
Brand, Joshua 295
Brashler, William 145
Brattain, Walter 16
Brazil 319, 367
Breaking Away 237
Brent Walker 343
Bresson, Robert 97
Brest, Martin 330
Bricusse, Leslie 270
Bridges, Jeff 125
Bridges, Lloyd 109
Bridges of Madison County, The 405, 433
Brief Encounter 128, 129
Brillstein, Bernie 182, 192
Britain 116, 195, 206–7, 328
British Academy of Film and TV Awards 294
Broadcast News 342, 350
broccoli, Albert ‘Cubby’ 2
Bronfman, Edgar Jr. 396, 404
Brooks, Albert 254, 259, 342
Brooks, Mel 121
Brooks, Richard 359
Brosnan, John 184, 357
Brown, Blair 200
Brown, David 64, 85, 86, 945, 108–9, 128, 283; see also Zanuck/Brown Productions
Bucker, Diane 100
Buffett, Warren 404
Bugsy 363
Bullitt 78, 100
Buñuel, Luis 13, 47, 144
Burbank Studios 188, 346, 348, 363
Burton, Richard 129
Burton, Tim 317, 340, 359, 397
Business Week 247, 339
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 64
Butler, Bill 82, 121
Butterflies are Free 98
Byrne, Michael 336
CAA 154, 397
Cabaret 119, 125
Cactus Flower 97, 116
Cahiers du Cinéma 83
CalArts 340
California Split 117, 196
California Stale College, Long Beach x, 46, 51, 223
Californian Labor Commission 259–60
Calley, Lieut, William 70
Cameron, James 377
Camomile, James 260
Campbell, Joseph 255, 336
Cancer Research Institute 170
Candy, John 347
Cannery Row 50
Cannes Festival 71, 83, 114–15, 178, 222, 245
Canton, Mark 11
Canyon Film Festival 35
Cape Fear 253, 361, 433
Capra, Frank 20, 31–2, 325
Capshaw, Kate 375, 381, 400, 407; acting career 98, 276; affair with Spielberg 274, 277, 347–8, 355; marriage 10, 372, 374, 387, 395
Captain Eo 269, 317
Captains Courageous 19, 105, 117, 126, 323, 333
Carey, Hugh 385
Carey, Kathleen 203, 215–16, 248, 251, 268, 273, 280
Carney, Art 17
Carnival 405
Carnosaur (Brosnan) 357
Caron, Leslie 405
Carpenter, John 50, 202
‘Carpool’ 252
Carr, Allan 89
Carrie 151
Carson, L. M. Kit 137
Casper 398, 433
Cassavetes, John 48–50, 72
Castaneda, Carlos 165
Castle, Nick 365
Castle, William 41, 253
Castle Films 34
Castro, Fidel 141
Cats 398
Caveman 235
CBS 29, 56, 80, 208, 254, 269, 340, 345–6
CBS Friday Night Movie 426
Century City 288
Cèsars 407
Chamberlain, Richard 199, 223
Chandler, Raymond 109
Chaney, Lon (Jr) 42
Chancy, Lon (Sr) 42
Chaplin 366
Chariots of Fire 249, 275, 294, 323–4
Charly 61
Chartoff, Robert 319
Chase, Chevy 380
Cheers 235, 295
Chemical Bank 401
Chen, Renee Shinn 260
Children’s Defense Fund 374
Chimes at Midnight 309
China 225, 320, 325
China Film Co-Production Corporation 320
China Syndrome, The 178
Chinese Detective, The 276
Christian Science Monitor 137
Christmas in Las Vegas 405
ClC 76, 116
Cimino, Michael 186, 198, 268
Cincinnati 16
Cinefantastique 232, 238, 261
Cinerama Corporation 61
Citizen Kane 41, 104, 251, 281, 282, 313, 408–9
Clayton, Jack 244, 251
‘Clearwater’ 120, 148
Clemens, Paul 237
Clinton, Bill 373–4, 401
Clinton, Hillary 374
Close, Glenn 367
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 11, 20, 33, 114, 142–66, 252, 373, 409, 427–8; box office 1, 174, 179, 340; characterisation 9, 16, 82, 98, 150; crew 156, 207, 242; editing 168–9; locations 100, 153, 159; previews 169–70; producers 136, 147, 153; reviews 169–70; score 29, 165–6, 169; script 110–11, 120, 132, 136, 149–51, 154–5; shooting 2, 152, 159, 161, 165; Special Edition 178–9; special effects 125, 158–60, 164, 170
Clouse, Robert 80
CNN 198
Cobb, Ron 201–2, 214, 309
Coca-Cola 223, 345
Cocks, Jay 163
Cohen, Rob 145
Cohen, Saul 310
Coldwater Canyon 152, 174
Collins, Phil 367
Collins, Robert 67
Color Purple, The 98, 304–12, 430; box office 311; budget 304; casting 63, 305–6; Oscars 313–15; release 309–11; score 307; shooting 308
Color Purple, The (Walker) 39, 290, 296–8
Columbia 40–1, 205, 223, 342; Begelman at 113, 167–8, 177–8; and Close Encounters 2, 148, 153–4, 162, 164, 168–70, 176, 178–9; and ‘Night Skies’ 201–2, 230; and 1941 173; Columbia Sony see Sony
Columbo 68–9, 426
Columbus, Chris 240, 279–80, 298–9, 301
Coma 228
Combat 259
Coming Home 186
Competition, The 203
Composers’ and Lyricists’ Guild 238
Conan the Barbarian 50
Congo 228, 284
Connery, Sean 195, 292, 335–8, 342, 347, 355, 397
Connors, Paul F. 132
Conrad, Joseph 294
Consumer Electronics Show 395
Cook, Elisha (Jr) 188
Constant, Marius 29
Continental Divide 192–3, 196, 200, 432
Coppola, Francis Ford 2, 52, 183, 254, 267, 397; as director 79, 134, 186, 216, 224, 302, 339; early career 44, 95; financial problems 233, 251, 269; and New Hollywood 10, 91–2, 155–6, 191, 307
Coppola, Gio 317
Corman, Roger 44, 201, 255, 357
Cort, Bob 168
Corvette Summer 192, 193
Cosmopolitan 200
Costa-Gavras, Constantin 274
Costner, Kevin 301, 376, 397
Cotton Club, The 302
Coulouris, George 409
Coveney, Michael 368
Cover Me, Babe 72
Coward, Noël 129
Coyote, Peter 235
Cradle Will Rock, The 92, 307
Crawdaddy 165
Crawford, Joan 13, 57–9
Creative Artists Agency see CAA
Creature from the Black Lagoon, The 33–4, 140
Crédit Lyonnaise 346
Crichton, Michael x, 170, 228, 252, 284, 357–9, 372–3, 377, 403, 404, 405
Crime Does not Pay 316
Crimes of the Heart 350
Crone, James 62
Cronenberg, David 334
Cronkite, Walter 135
Crosby, Bing 68
Crosby, David 367
Cross My Heart 356
Crossing Delancey 330, 347
Crothers, Scatman 263, 264
Crow, The 170
Cruise, Tom 330, 397
Cruising 219
Cukor, George 57
Culkin, Macaulay 399
Culling, Michael 217
Culver City 346, 367
Cundey, Dean 379
Curtin, Jane 148
Curtis, Quentin 351
Curtiz, Michael 57
Cutter’s Way 144
Dad 338, 432
d’Agostino, Lea 262–3
Daily Variety 392
Dallas 99
Daly, Bob 380
Dance of Death, The 128
Dangerous Man, A 384
Dante, Joe ix, 197, 243, 254–5, 283–4, 295, 300, 318, 359: and Gremlins 133, 240, 279–80, 285, 287; Spielberg protégé 92, 201; and Twilight Zone 256, 259, 262
Daredevil Gesture 65, 425
Dark Star 202
Darkman 375
Daviau, Allen 49, 52, 156, 242, 296, 308, 325
David Selznick Studios 243
Davidoff, Sid 273
Davidtz, Embeth 389
Davis, Brad 186
Davis, Geena 378
Davy Crockett 30
Day, Doris 48
Day for Night 158, 170
Day the Earth Stood Still, The 8
Day of the Dolphin 137
Day-Lewis, Daniel 376
Days of Wine and Roses 60
Dead Zone, The 334
Dean, James 150, 303
Dear, William 317–18, 340
Death Becomes Her 171, 373, 377, 379
Death of a Princess 209
De Broca, Philippe 158
Deep, The 121, 147–8
Deer Hunter, The 186
Deese, Frank, 296
Deezen, Eddie 188, 299
DeFelitta, Frank 237
DeJarnatt, Steve 253
de Kooning, Elaine 331, 381
de Kooning, Willem 234, 268, 331, 381
de Laurentiis, Dino 202, 377
Deliverance 101
de Merritt, Matthew 247
DeMille, Cecil B, 22–3, 149, 227, 252, 325
Demme, Jonathan 302
Denby, David 127, 290
de Niro, Robert 88, 191, 196, 360–1, 391, 397
Dennis, Sandy 80
Dent, Robert and Ila Faye 61–2
De Palma, Brian 159, 163, 228, 251, 284, 318; as director 10, 32, 105, 134, 155–6, 174, 224, 229, 252, 330, 342, 356; friendship with Spielberg 72, 88, 98, 151, 309
Dern, Laura 98, 377–8, 379–80
Dershowitz, Alan 327
Deschanel, Caleb 50
Designer Donuts 52, 168, 399
Despair 294
de Treaux, Tamara 247
DeVito, Danny 296, 347
Diamond, I. A. L. 67
Diamond, Neil 246, 272
Diary of a Mad Housewife 72
Dickens, Charles 203
Didion, Joan 72, 84
Diller, Barry 74–5, 80, 272, 396, 406
Dillinger 128
Dillon, Melinda 98, 157, 175
Dinesen, Isak 360
Dinkins, David 385
Directors’ Company 73
Directors’ Guild 137, 228, 237, 242, 304, 314
Disney 163, 184, 270, 356, 369, 397, 404; approach to Spielberg 204–5, 257–8; in crisis 205, 223, 257, 374, 399; productions 31, 124, 166, 205, 343
Disney, Roy 204
Disney, Walt 10, 23, 40, 62, 138, 244, 253, 309, 310, 358
Disneyland 40, 257, 340
Dive! restaurants 40, 399, 400
Doc Savage 184
Doctor Detroit 146
Doctor Strangelove 46, 187
Doctor Who 405
Doctor Zhivago 383–4
Dog Day Afternoon 146, 298
Dogs of War, The 209
Don Winslow of the Navy 194
Donner, Richard 300, 301, 359
Doody, Alison 105, 338, 344
Dorskind, Albert 43, 53
Doubleday 232
Douglas, Kirk 106, 224, 228, 258
Douglas, Michael 355, 397
Douglas, Peter Vincent 228
Dracula 42
Dreams 307, 433
DreamWorks Interactive 404
DreamWorks SKG 12, 272, 401–4
Dreyer, Carl 97
Dreyfuss, Jeramie 331, 347
Dreyfuss, Richard 26, 182, 196, 250, 324, 331, 347, 355, 366, 377; acting roles 203, 268; and Always 76, 98, 342, 351, 355, and Close Encounters 9, 16, 146–7, 150, 157, 166, 174–6, 179; and Jaws 111, 125–7, 134, 136, 138–9
Drums Along the Mohawk 227
Duel ix, 31, 69, 76, 73–84, 107, 111, 158, 172, 256, 273, 291, 426–7
‘Duel’ (Matheson) 73
Duffell, Peter 277
Duke, Daryl 67
Dune (Herbert) 17
Dunne, Dominique 237
Dunne, Irene 342, 351, 353
Dunne, John Gregory 63, 105–6, 237
Durante, Jimmy 187
Dutronc, Jacques 209
Duvall, Robert 125, 376
Dylan, Bob 345
Earthquake 121, 125
East Hampton 268, 280–1, 330–1, 381, 396
Eastwood, aim 82, 90, 96, 264, 268, 295–6, 318, 328, 380, 405
Easy Rider 71–2, 73, 142
Ebert, Roger 398
Eckstein, George 75, 76, 80
Edgar, David 203
Edge of Night 274
Edwards, Cliff 169
Eichorn, Lisa 174
Eiger Sanction, The 96
Eisenstein, Sergei 59, 140
Eisner, Michael 273, 396, 402; and Disney 258, 374, 397, 399, 404; and Raiders 185–6, 222
El Cid 45, 327
Elliot, Denholm x, 209, 334
Elstree Studios 174, 206–7, 209, 211, 213, 217, 252, 276, 277, 343
EMl 153
Empire of the Sun ix, 11, 19, 79, 322–6, 328–33, 351, 375, 430–1, budget 291, 319, 325; casting 103, 264, 323–4, 329; release 331–2, 341; script 104, 322; shooting 325, 329
Empire of the Sun (Ballard) 290, 294, 319
Empire Strikes Bach, The 192, 201, 208, 213
Endoso, Kenny 260
Enfant Sauvage, L’ 158
Enrico, Robert 158
Entertainment Merchandising Inc 163
Entity, The 237
E.R. 357
Escape Artist, The 50, 216
Escape to Nowhere 34–5
Eszterhas, Joe 397
E.T.: The Extraterrestrial 11, 16, 25, 33, 149, 161, 177, 240, 242–9, 251, 263, 271, 363, 373, 429; box office 246, 247, 340, 345; casting 98, 235; crew 242–3; Jackson and 246, 269; locations 243; Oscars 274–5; release 246, 308; score 242; script 216, 229–30; tie-ins 163, 247; video 345
E.T. Storybook, The 246, 269
European cinema 391, 403, 406–7
Excalibur 324
Exorcist, the 70, 80, 164, 340
‘Experiences’ 96
Explorers 243, 318
Extra Terrestrial Productions Inc 233
Eyes 56–60, 64–5, 153, 425
Faces 50
Factor, Alan Jay 80
Fairbanks, Douglas (Sr) 313
Falk, Peter 68, 196
Falsey, John 295
Fame 270
Family Affair 80
Family Dog 318, 340, 398
Family Plot 142
Family Ties 295, 304, 400
Famous Monsters of Filmland 32, 202
Fandango 300–1, 311, 433
Fansten, Jacques 356
Fantasia 138, 316, 358
Far Pavilions, The 277
Farewell My Lovely 109
Fargo, Jim 82
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner 294
Fast Times at Ridgemont High 237
Father Knows Best 18
Faulkner, William 60
Fayed, Dodi 341, 365
Feifler, Jules 6
Fellini, Federico 12, 13, 83, 146, 246, 325
Fenton, Mike 100
Ferraro, Martin 378
Ferrer, Mel 270
Field, Sally 289
Field of Honor 143
Fields, Freddie 63–4, 66, 88, 95, 114, 224
Fields, Ric 122, 129, 135
Fields, Verna 45, 100, 121–2, 130, 137–9, 146, 147, 172
Fiennes, Ralph 384, 390, 392–3
Fievel Goes West 340, 398, 432
Fighter Squadron 34
Filmmaker 52
Fine Tuning 318
Firelight 36, 44, 45–6, 109
First Artists 95
Fisher, Carrie 368, 405
Fisher, Lucy 256
Fiskin, Jeffrey Alan 144
Fitzgerald, F. Scott 117, 185, 409
Flanagan, William 169
Flash Gordon 92, 184
Flashdance 272
Fleming, Victor 117, 126, 271, 351
Flicker, Theodore J. 72
Flintstones, The 398, 433
‘Flowers for Algernon’ (Keyes) 60
Fog, The 50
Folsey, George (Jr) 254, 259–62
Fonda, Jane 94, 186
Fonda, Peter 71
Force Ten from Navarone 208
Ford, Harrison 244, 271, 376, 391; and Last Crusade 335; 338; 344; and Raiders 194, 208, 211–13, 215, 217; and Temple of Doom 117, 226, 277–8
Ford, John 31–2, 129, 187, 205, 227, 245, 308, 352, 356, 380
Ford, Mary 215
Ford, Paul 187
Fortran, Milos 145–6, 289, 321
Forrest Gump 171, 259, 302
Forsyth, Frederick 209
Forward 392
Fosse, Bob 250
Foster, Jodie 24, 250
Foster, Norman 238
Four-in-One 67
Fox see Twentieth Century-Fox
Fox, Michael J. 304
Fox, Rodney 123–4
Fraker, William 156, 187
France 391, 406–7
Franciosa, Anthony 66
Frankenheimer, John 67
Frankenstein 42, 149
Franklin, Gary 286, 287
Free Cinema 44
Freedman, Jerrold 67–8
Freeling, Steve 240
Freeman, David 67
Freeman, Paul x, 103, 209–11, 214–15, 219, 220
French, Philip 105
French Connection, The 125
Friedkin, William 72, 128, 155, 219
Friedman, Robert 261
Frisco Kid, The 208
Front Page, The 67, 116
Frontier Circus 88
Fryer, Robert 96
Fuller, Sam 32, 188, 227
Funhouse, The 232
Fury 174
Gable, Clark 3, 382, 393
Gainsbourg, Serge 209
Gale, Bob 62, 143–4, 162, 172–3, 181, 193, 198, 302
Gallin, Sandy 272
Gandhi 171, 275, 384
Garland, Judy 41
Garr, Teri 157
Garris, Mick x, 232, 283, 295, 298, 310, 317, 318, 402
Garwood, Norman 367
Gary, Lorraine 54, 127, 131, 133, 147, 181, 187
Gates, Bill 12, 396, 404
GATT 391, 407
Geffen, David 258, 268, 291, 304, 328, 367, 397–7; and DreamWorks 12, 272–3, 401–2, 403
Gelin, Daniel 105
General, The 31
Genesis 402
George Balanchine School of American Ballet 312
Gere, Richard 196, 223
Geronimo 363
Getaway, The 108
Getting Straight 72
Ghost Train 296, 426
Ghostbusters 290
Giannini, Giancarlo 209
Gibson, Brian 251–2
Gilliam, Terry 319, 336
Gibson, Mel 255, 376
Giger, H. R. 252, 377
Giler, David 88, 89, 150, 300
Gilmore, Bill 121, 135
Gimbel, Peter 112, 122
Gleason, Jackie 17
Glenn and Randa 72
Gloag, Julian 244
Glover, Danny 306, 309
Glover, Julian x, 7, 103, 105, 336, 338, 344
Godard, Jean-Luc 251, 407
Godfather, The 2, 72, 119, 339
Goin’ South 157, 193
Goldberg, Gary David 252, 338, 400
Goldberg, Rube 188
Goldberg, Whoopi, 305, 308, 314
Goldblum, Jeff x, 377–8
Goldcrest 340
Goldenberg, Billy 78, 82
Goldman, Marvin 197
Goldman, William 229, 338
Goldschmidt, Anthony 243
Goldsmith, Jerry x, 101, 228, 238, 262, 265, 274–6, 292, 301, 309
Goodbye Girl, The 175
Goodman, John 342, 351–2, 355
Goonies, The 34, 188, 295, 298–300, 303, 311, 432–3
Gordon, Ruth 135
Gottlieb, Carl 49, 82, 121, 124, 129–31, 146
Gottschalk, Robert 100
Gould, Elliott 117, 196
Gourevitch, Philip 392
Grade, Lew 128
Graham, Bill 183
Graham, William 242
Grais, Michael 236, 241
Grammy and Gramps and Company 318
Granger, Stewart 194
Grant, Cary 313
Grapes of Wrath, The 308
Grease 50, 185
Great Escape, The 143, 197
Great Expectations 324
Great Gatsby, The 251, 408
Great Locomotive Chase, The 31
Great Ormond Street Hospital 270, 341, 365, 367
Great Train Robbery, The 228
Great White Hope, The (Sackler) 122
Greatest Show on Earth, The 4, 22–3, 227, 333
Greco, Juliette 63
Green Berets, The 186
Green Room, The 161
Greene, Graham 294
Gregory, Tim 223
Gremlins 238, 240, 292, 298–9, 373, 432; Dante and 133, 255, 287; Spielberg and 279–80, 284–6, 356
Grey, Jennifer 375
Grey, Joel 125
Grossman, Sam 163
Grove, Martin 314
‘Growing Up’ 148, 173, 239
Grubb, Davis 244
Guber, Peter 11, 148, 283, 296, 329, 346, 363, 366, 374
Guffey, Cary 157, 161, 174, 243
Guinness, Sir Alec 156, 175
Gulf and Western 222
Gun Smoke 30
Gunga Din 226, 276
Gunsmoke 75
Gurian, Paul 302
Gurr, Robert 377
Guy Named Joe, A 117, 126, 182, 252–3, 342, 350–1, 353
Guys and Dolls 32
Gwathmey, Charles 281
Haas, Lukas 296
Hackett, Buddy 187
Hackman, Gene 114, 157
Haddonfield, NJ 24, 27
Haigner, Serge 49
Hailey, Arthur 70
Haiberstam, David 18
Hall, Lee 331
Halloween 50
Hallström, Lasse 368
Hamilton, Murray 133
Hamlet 199
Hamlisch, Marvin 101
Hancock, John 136
Hanks, Tom 7, 259, 338, 395
Hanover Street 208, 213
Harlin, Renny 378
Harmetz, Aljean 89
Harrison, Linda 127
Harrison, William 405
Harry and the Hendersons 318, 340, 342, 433
Harry Tracy, Desperado 242
Hart, James V. 364–5, 368
Harvard University 312
Hasty Heart, The 206
Hathaway, Henry 133
Haunting, The 100, 232
Havers, Nigel 323
Hawaii 1–2, 166, 186, 199, 216, 240, 379–80
Hawks, Howard 33, 57, 72, 115, 192, 238
Hawn, Goldie 97–8, 107, 113, 115–16, 347
Hawthorne, Nathaniel 25
Hay, David 298
Hayden, Sterling 128
Headly, Glenn 301
Healy, Janet 189
Heartbreak House (Shaw) 280
Heaven’s Gate 198
Hedda Gabler 145
Heimat 375
Helgenberger, Marg 352
Hellman, Monte 72
Hello Dotty! 64
Henderling, James 260
Henley, Beth 350
Hepburn, Katharine 19, 194
Herbert, Frank 17
Hero with a Thousand Faces (Campbell) 255
Heroes 208
Herrmann, Bernard 78, 138, 165
Hershey, Barbara 203, 237
Heston, Charlton 4, 22–3, 125, 247, 326
Heymann, Danielle 393
Hi Mom! 72, 88
High Road to China 223
Hill, George Roy 113
Hill, Walter 150, 206
Hill Street Blues 68
Hiller, Arthur 71
Hilton, James 20
Hinckley, John 250
Hines, Gregory 289
Hirschfield, Alan 168–9, 173, 174, 177–8
History 315
Hitchcock, Alfred, 32, 67, 79, 88, 131, 142, 190, 206, 280, 356
Hoberman, Jay 392
Hockney, David 369
Hoffa, Jimmy 42
Hoffman, Dennis 52, 70–1, 168, 399, 406
Hoffman, Dustin 196, 330, 365, 366–8, 381, 397
Hole in the Head, A 31
Hollywood Boulevard 255
Hollywood Reporter 54, 374
Holocaust 293, 361
Home Alone 299, 399
Home Movies 224
Honeysuckle Rose 199
Hook 21, 98, 264, 365–70, 372, 397, 471–2; box office 369, 370; budget 367, 368; casting 366, 378; reviews 369–70, script 368
Hooper, Tobe 11, 201, 231–2, 235–9, 241–2, 249, 317
Hootkins, Bill x, 211, 213, 217, 344
Hope and Glory 332
Hopper, Dennis 71, 142, 191
Hoskins, Bob 316, 366
House on Haunted Hill 253
House un-American Activities Committee 128
Houseman, John 335
Howling, The 133, 235, 255
Hubbard, L. Ron 17
Hudis, Stephen 68
Hudson, Rock 48
Hudson Hawk 363
Hughes, Howard 46, 338, 403
Hughes, John 399
Hughes, Langston 297
Human Factor, The 294
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The 42
Hunt, Linda 286
Hunter, Holly 76, 98, 342, 350–1, 353, 355, 368
Hurricane, The 380
Hurt, William 350, 377
Hustler, The 60
Huston, Anjelica 313
Huston, John 72, 128, 206, 314
Hutton, Barbara 313
Hutton, Betty 22–3, 227
Hutton, Lauren 189
Hutton, Brian G. 223
Huyck, Willard 9, 10, 95, 114, 193, 225, 226, 274, 285
Hyams, Peter 295
Hynek, J. Allen 97, 120, 155, 177
I Married a Monster from Outer Space 32–3
I Remember Mama 32
I Shot Down the Red Baron, I Think 61, 167
I Wanna Hold Your Hand 172, 188, 193, 432
IATSE 42, 132, 207
IBM 37
ICM see International Creative Management
ILM see Industrial Light and Magic
Images 138
Incredible Shrinking Man, The 33, 74
Indecent Exposures 250
India 277
Indian Hills disaster 260–2
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 19, 31, 81, 105, 330, 334–8, 342–5, 471; box office 348; casting 303, 335–8; release 348; script 334, 337; shooting 343–4
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 23, 117, 252, 264, 274–8, 284–6, 299, 303, 320, 363, 430; box office 271, 286, 334; budget 225; casting 226–7, 274, 276; Oscars 289; release 284–7; score 225, 289; script 225–6, 20–1; shooting 274, 276–8
Indianapolis, USS 127–8, 129
Industrial Light and Magic 236, 289, 302, 369, 377, 378–9, 381
Innerspace 283–4, 300, 334, 342, 432
Interiors 186
International Creative Management 63, 88, 154
International Film Guide 71
Intralink Film Graphics 243
Invaders from Mars 34, 150
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 150
Invasion of the Space Invaders (Amis) 210
Invisible Man, The 42
Iowa State Picnic 46
Irving, Amy 208, 313, 331, 343; acting career 92, 175–6, 199, 203, 286, 307, 316, 317, 321, 330, 347, affair with Spielberg 151–2, 162, 166, 174–5, 196, 199–200; divorce 342, 345, 347–8; marriage 310, 321–2, 342; motherhood 204, 307–8, 311, 321; reunion with Spielberg 277–8, 280–2, 286, 289–90
Irving, David 321
Irving, Jules 151, 321
Irving Thalberg Award 324, 332
Island, The 146
It Came from Outer Space 33, 150
It’s a Good life 256, 259, 262
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 78, 162, 187–8
It’s a Wonderful Life 20, 234, 240, 280, 301, 380
It’s All True 238
Jackie Gleason Show, The 17
Jackson, Glenda 145
Jackson, Michael 171, 273, 291, 305, 345; albums 247, 254, 269; friendship with Spielberg 8, 267, 309; and Peter Part 270, 315, 363, 366
Jackson, Shirley 100
Jacobs, Diane 104, 140
Jacobson, Howard 392
Jaffe, Herb 144
Jagger, Mick, 196
Jaglom, Henry 354
Jaid, Ildiko 235
James, Ted 257
James Bond films 194–5, 251
Janos, Leo 200
Jaws 10, 11, 34, 82, 90, 92, 93, 110–12, 119–41, 143, 163, 201, 276, 373, 427; box office 1, 41, 119, 138; budget 121, 124, 132; casting 9, 124–8, 131, 187; locations 122; Oscar nominations 145–6; press coverage 137; promotion 139–40, 147; release 139–40; score 101, 138, 165; script 49, 113, 114, 121–2, 124, 128–31, 139, 254; sequels 136, 145–7, 177; shooting 115, 123–4, 129–30, 132–5, 137–8; special effects 122–3, 133, 135, 137
Jaws (Benchley) 108, 111–12, 120
Jein, Greg 187
Jensen, George 79
Jeremiah Johnson 88
Jerusalem Hebrew University 312–13
Jet Propelled Couch (Lindner) 68
Jewison, Norman 187
Joanou, Phil 317
Jodoroswky, Alex 202
Joffe, Roland 294
Johnson, Ben 104
Johnson, Brad 76, 352–3, 355
Johnson, George Clayton 256, 262–4
Johnson, Joe 276
Johnson, Patrick Read 166
Johnson, Van 353
Johnstone, Iain 84
Jones, Chuck 62–3, 142, 149, 186
Jones, James Earl 145
Jones, Quincy 268–70, 273, 291, 296–8, 305–7, 367, 380–1
Jordan, Neil 375
Journey into Fear 238
Journey to the Centre of the Earth 31, 194
Judaism 9–10, 38–9
Julia 50, 176
Jurassic Park 7, 160, 163, 357–9, 372–3, 376–81, 387, 398, 407, 432; box office 387, 407; budget 376; casting 98, 103, 377–8; editing 387; locations 379; release 387; script 372–3, 378; shooting 380; special effects 376–9, 381; tie-ins 385
Kael, Pauline 7, 92, 106, 115, 140, 393
Kahn, James 233
Kahn, Michael 237, 285, 307, 387
Kaminski, Janusz 385, 388
Karloff, Boris 42
Karman, Mal 84
Kasdan, Lawrence 192, 194–5, 201, 207, 225, 285, 335
Katz, Gloria 10, 93, 114, 193, 225, 226, 274, 285
Katzenberg, Jeffrey 11, 40, 273, 396; at Disney 369, 374, 397, 399; and DreamWorks 12, 272, 400–3; at Paramount 222, 258
Kaufman, Philip 3–4, 11, 63, 195
Kaye, M. M. 277
Kazanjian, Howard 50, 209–10, 211
Keaton, Buster 31, 188
Kehoe, Patrick 264
Keitel, Harvey 318
Keneally, Thomas x, 9, 291–3, 315, 359–60, 381–3
Kennedy, Byron x, 255
Kennedy, John F. 11–12
Kennedy, Kathleen x, 210, 233, 236, 247, 249, 261, 263, 279, 296, 322, 379, associate producer 241; head of production at Amblin 341, 355; independent producer 284, 398; joins Amblin 189; personal assistant to Spielberg 206; producer at Amblin 153, 372
Kerkorian, Kirk 229
Kern, Jerome 29
Kershner, Irvin 213
Keyes, Daniel 60
Kick the Can 262, 263, 363
Killing, The 128
Killing Fields, The 290
Kind Hearts and Coronets 207
King, Stephen 23, 206, 232, 236, 303, 334
King David 223, 303
King Kong 202, 377
King Solomon’s Mines 194, 223
Kingsley, Ben 384, 393
Kinney Services 178
Kinski, Nastassja 381
Kipling, Rudyard 226
Kirschner, Carole 340
Kleiser, Randal 50
Knight, Damon 5–6, 409
Knight, Wayne x, 103, 378
Koch, Howard W. 249–50, 292
Koepp, David 373
Korty, John 72, 193
Kotzwinkle, William 246
Kraft Suspense Theater 88
Krakow 388
Kramer, Stanley 78, 162, 187–8
Kramer versus Kramer 178
Kristofferson, Kris 208
Kuan, Ke Huy 276
Kubrick, Stanley x, 117, 145–6, 160, 170, 174, 206, 217, 219
Kubrick, Vivian 217, 218–19
Kurosawa, Akira 136, 307, 433
LA Actors’ Workshop 151
LA Law 68
LA. 2017 66, 425
Lacey, Ronald 209, 214
Ladd Company, The 183
Ladd, Alan (Jr) 88, 89, 92, 178, 183, 300
Lady for a Day 31
Laemmle, Carl 43
La Fracture du Myocardc 356
Lahr, John 375
Land Before Time 316, 340, 432
Landau, Martin 82
Landis, John 174, 188, 249, 266; as director 130–1, 152, 180, 191, 202, 227, 283; manslaughter charge 262, 279, 324, 327; and Twilight zone 254, 256–7, 259–60, 265
Lang, Caroline 385
Lang, Fritz 45
Lang, Jennings 53
Lang, Walter 244
Lanzmann, Claude 361, 374–5, 392, 407
Larner, Stevan 254
La Rochelle 195, 213, 214
Larry King Live 198
Lasker, Lawrence 299
Lassie Come Home 245
Last Action Hero 370–1, 387
Last Chance Dance, The 317
Last Embrace 147
Last Emperor, The 342
Last Gun see Gun Smoke
Last Movie, The 142
Last Picture Show, The 125
Last Starfighter, The 365
Last Tango in Paris 242
Last Temptation of Christ, The 110
Last Waltz, The 206
Laugh In 97
Laughlin, Tom 82
Laughton, Charles 243
Lavender Hill Mob, The 207
Laverne and Shirley 199, 302
Lawrence of Arabia 36, 294, 307, 327, 381–2, 384
Le, Myca Dinh 260
Lean, David 84, 206, 289–90, 296, 356; and Empire of the Sun 11, 294; influence of 117, 308, 326, 333, 381, 383–4, 408; and Lawrence of Arabia 36, 294, 307
Learning Tree, The 306
Lee, Brandon 179
Lee, Christopher 181, 214
Lee, Marshall 247
Leibovitz, Annie 396
Leloch, Claude 157, 158, 209, 407
Lemmon, Jack 60, 88
Leonetti, Matthew 237
L’Ermitage 142
Lessem, Don 376
Letterman, David 12
Letters to E. T. 246
Levin, Henry 31
Levin, Richard 52
Levine, Joe 89
Levinson, Barry 299, 301, 330, 397
Levinson, Richard 68, 82
Levitt, Theodore 94
Levy, Marvin ix, 51, 233
Levy, Norman 179
Lew Wasserman Foundation 406
Lewis, Robert Michael 67
Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean 72
Life on Death Row 317, 319
Ligeti, Gyorgy 107
Light Sleeper 110
Lightman, Herb 166
Lili 405
Lincoln Center Repertory Theater 151
Lindner, Robert 68
Link, William 53, 68, 82
Lion King, The 399
Lithgow, John 359
‘Little Girl Lost’ 239
Little Sex, A 274
Lloyd Webber, Andrew 171, 340–1
Locke, Sondra 318
Loftin, Carey ix, x, 78, 80, 100
London 83–4, 132, 174, 323, 340, 341
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts 151
Long, Shelley 235
Long Beach 46, 49
Longardi, Mario 83
Loren, Sophia 128
Los Angeles 40, 41, 44, 45, 47
Los Angeles Citizen News 61
Los Angeles Free Press 202
Los Angeles Times 43, 51, 115, 125, 131, 223, 261, 266, 275, 307
Losey, Joseph 207
Lost Ark Productions 211
Lost Horizon 20
Lost World, The 35, 404
Love Story 71
Lucas, George 9, 13, 50, 88, 185, 204, 210, 222, 224, 251, 267, 307, 396; and American Graffiti 61, 91–2; as director 9, 66, 79, 153, 155–6; and Empire Strikes Back 192, 201; friendship with Spielberg 1–2, 25, 240; and Jurassic Park 387; and Last Crusade 334, 336; and New Hollywood 2, 10–11, 44, 191; and Raiders 3–4, 183–4, 194–5, 206–8, 211, 214–15, 225; shorts 52; special effects studio 237, 289, 302; on Spielberg 81; and Star Wars 2, 4, 26, 41, 92, 151, 156, 162–4, 166, 175–6, 202, 213, 339, 402; and Temple of Doom 225–6, 241, 285–6, 303
Lucas, Marcia 2, 4, 147, 148, 164, 166, 225
Lucasfilm 186, 192, 205, 206, 209, 213, 222, 284, 337
Luedtke, Kurt 360
Luke, Eric 318
Lumet, Sidney 67, 146, 268, 298
Lustig, Branko 385
Lynch, David 251
Lyne, Adrian 272
McBride, Jim 72
McCabe and Mrs Miller 101
McCarthy, Kevin 259
McClintic, Peter 168
McClintick, David 250
McCloud 67, 75
MacDonald, Laurie 153, 398
McDonalds 385
McElwaine, Guy 88, 89, 90, 101, 300
McGavin, Darren 80
McGraw, Ali, 71
McHale’s Navy 42
McLaglen, Victor 187
McLarty, Gary 260
McMyler, Pamela 52, 54, 70
McQueen, Steve 95, 192
Mad Max 255
Maeterlinck, Maurice 244
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, The 202
Magic (Goldman) 229
Magnum P. I. 208
Make Me Laugh 65, 425
Malick, Terrence 99, 115
Malikyan, Kevork x, 105, 209, 336, 344
Malkovich, John 324
Man and a Woman, A 157, 407
Man Who Fell to Earth, The 8
Man Who Knew Too Much, The 105
Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, The 108
Man Who Loved Women, The 158, 161
Manchester, William 39
Mankiewicz, Herman 409
Mann, Anthony 45
Mann, Ted 287
Manson, Mark 370
Marathon Man 147
March of Time, The 316
Marcus Welby MD 65, 357, 425
Marina del Rey 168, 229
Markowitz, Robert 175, 317
Mars-Jones, Adam 299
Marshall, Frank x, 233, 236, 238, 249, 263, 272, 308, 322, 366; head or production at Amblin 153; independent producer 284, 355, 398; as producer 205–6, 241, 254; and Twilight Zone 260–1, 279
Marshall, Penny 174, 199, 302–3, 338, 360
Marta, Jack A. 78, 82
Martin, Dean 116
Martin, Henry 139
Martineiii, Tony 44
Masina, Giuletta 246
Matheson, Richard x, 33, 73–4, 239, 255–6, 259, 262, 263, 264
Mathison, Melissa 96, 215–16, 229, 243, 263, 271, 343
Mathison, Tim 174, 181–2, 187, 274
Matsushita 362, 374, 395, 396, 397, 400, 402–4
Mattey, Bob 124, 135
Matthau, Walter 88
Matthews, Jack 11
Mauna Kea 1, 166
Mayehoff, Eddie 65
Mayer, Louis B. 43, 85
Mazello, Joseph 378
MCA 41–2, 43, 53, 234, 248, 269, 304, 328, 343, 362, 395, 397, 400–4
Medavoy, Mike 63, 95, 109, 363, 365
Meet Me at the Melba (Woodard) 89
Meet Me in St Louis 240
Megatrends (Naisbitt) 110
Melnick, Daniel 164, 167–8, 176, 177
Melville, Herman 120–1
Menzies, William Cameron 34, 150
Meredith, Burgess 259
Merman, Ethel 187
Meyer, Russ 85
Meyjes, Menno 298, 304, 306, 316, 322, 334
MGM 19, 40, 41, 292, 300–1, 346, 395, 408; Begelman at 224, 229, 231; and Poltergeist 231–3, 240–1; Spielberg and 91, 116, 144, 182, 229
Michael, George 345–6
Michel, Aimé 157
Midnight Express 186, 336
Mifune, Toshiro 180, 187
Mildred Pierce 57
Miles, Sarah 99, 108
Milius, John 54, 87, 136, 164, 184, 189, 201, 202, 281; and Close Encounters 150; as director 156, 168, 301; friendship with Spielberg 2, 50, 143–4; and Jaws 127–9; and New Hollywood 10, 91, 105, 155; and 1941 11, 173; scripts 72, 88, 143–4, 278
Millar, Gavin 74
Miller, George 255, 263
Miller, Robert Ellis 48–9
Miller, Ron 204, 258
Milne, Tom 81
Minnelli, Vincente 240
Minnie and Moskowilz 72
Miracle Mile 253
Mirren, Helen 324
Miss Stardust 317
Missing 274–5
Mission, The 295, 316, 317, 426
Mission: Impossible 82
Mitchum, Robert 3, 361
Mobile 160–2
Modesto 9, 44
Molina, Alfred 216–17
Monaco, James 158
Monde, Le 393
Money Pit, The 300, 311, 432
Monsters are Due on Maple Street, The 256, 261
Montand, Yves 157
Moonraker 166
Moore, Charles 40
Moore, Michael 215
Moore, Roger 166
Moreau, Jeanne 407
Morishita, Yoichi 400–1, 403–4
Morita, Ako 345–6, 362, 369
Morriss, Frank 82, 173
Morrow, Barry 330
Morrow, Vic 259, 260, 265
Mosquito Coast, The 335, 337
Moss, Thelma 175, 231
Motor Kings 183
Motown records 145
Movie Brats, The (Pye and Myles) 10
Moyers, Bill 403
MPAA Classification and Ratings Board 240
Mr Blandings Builds his Dream House 300
Mr Deeds Goes to Town 31
Mr Smith Goes to Washington 31
Mrs Doubtfire 299
Mummy Daddy 217, 318
Mumy, Billy 259
Murch, Walter 50
Murder a la Mode 318
Murder by the Book 68–9, 426
Muren, Dennis 289
Murphy, Eddie 283
Myerson, Alan 94
Myles, Linda 10
Myra Breckinridge 85
NABET 42, 72
Nabokov, Vladimir 294
Naisbitt, John 110
Name of the Game, The 66, 67, 425
Napier, John 367
NASA 222–3
Nashville 145
Natale, Richard 83
National Association of Theater Owners 197
National Film Theatre x, 174, 332
National Lamppon 92, 180
NBC 56, 64, 65, 67, 80, 294–5, 310, 316, 357, 406
NBC World Premiere Movie 80, 426
Neal, James 327
Needham, Hal x, 90
Neeson, Liam 324, 375–6, 390, 392–3
Neill, Sam 377
Nelson, Craig T. 237
Nelson, Ozzie 18
Nelson, Ricky 18
Nelson, Willie 199
New Establishment 395–7
New Hollywood 2, 4, 10, 13, 32, 44, 69, 91–3, 105–6, 146, 186, 205–6, 302, 339
New Wave 44, 84, 155
New York 148–9
New York 169
New York Daily News 257
New York Post 119, 314
New York Times 51, 89, 136, 137, 140, 190, 293, 315, 319
New Yorker 120, 171
Newman, Harry 313
Newman, Kim 373
Newman, Paul 60, 95, 96, 113, 114, 182
Newsday 11
Newsweek 174, 305, 314, 370
Nicholas Nickleby 203, 367
Nichols, Mike 137, 305
Nicholson, Jack 157, 193, 272
Nickelodeon 206
Niehaus, Lennie 405
Night Gallery 56, 64–5, 67, 69, 153, 425
Night of the Hunter, The 244
‘Night the Japs Attacked, The’ 144, 149
‘Night Skies’ 177, 178, 201–2, 216, 227–8, 230–2
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet 256, 259, 261, 262
Nine Months 299
1941 11, 90, 106, 163, 179–82, 186–90, 233, 249, 253, 254, 270–1, 278, 428; budget 173, 191; casting 180–2; comedy 180–1; editing 196; failure 197–9, 203, 210, 270, 303; previews 197; score 197; script 162, 181; shooting 188
Nixon, Richard 70, 112, 235
Noiret, Philippe 157
Nolte, Nick 253
Norman Rockwell Museum 312
North by Northwest 150
Norton, William 90
Nostromo 294
Noto, Clair 251
Noyce, Philip 211
NuArt cinema 47
Nunnari, Gianni 346
Nyby, Christian 238
Oak Tree Gun Club 144
Oates, Warren 181
O’Bannon, Dan 202
O’Brien, Margaret 240
O’Connor, Sinead 375
Odd Couple, The 124
Ohga, Norio 345
Olianski, Joel 203
Oliver Twist 323
On the Future of the Movies (Kael) 92
Once Around 368
One Day at a Time 203
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 145
One from the Heart 224, 242
One Step Beyond 80
One World Media 404
O’Neal, Ryan 71, 90
O’Neill, Eugene 375
O’Rourke, Heather 237
O’Shaugnessy, Elise 396
Other, The (Tryon) 70, 80
O’Toole, Peter 384
Oui 137
Our Miss Brooks 17
Our Mother’s House 244
Out of Africa 314, 315, 360
Outer Limits, The 58
Ovitz, Michael 346, 362, 366–7, 401, 402, 403; and CAA 154, 330, 363, 397; Disney chairman 404; at Universal 48
Owen Marshall 69
Ozu, Yasujiro 97
Pacific Palisades 27, 313
Pacino, Al 157, 219
Page, Leo see Pfefferberg, Poldeck Pakula, Alan 268, 385
Papp, Joseph 125
Par for the Course 68, 426
Paramount 40, 225, 271–2, 284, 363, 408; and Last Crusade 334, 348; and Raiders 185, 213, 222; Spielberg and 71, 269, 286
Paris 83, 264, 387
Parker, Alan 270
Parkes, Walter F. 153, 299, 398
Parks, Gordon 306
Paskin, Barbara 179
Passage to India, A 289–90, 366
Patric, Jason 369
Pattern 95, 101
Paul, Charles ‘Skip’ 248
Peck, Bob 377
Peck, Gregory 74, 361, 407
Peckinpah, Sam 67, 108, 202
Peggy Sue Got Married 302
Penn, Arthur 67
Pennino, Frank 313
People 251
Perry, Frank 72
Personal Best 273
Peter Pan 8, 258, 269–70, 315–16, 322, 341, 363–5, 367
Peters, Jon 296, 346, 363, 374
Petersen, Wolfgang 195
Pfefferberg, Poldeck 292–3, 359, 384
Pfeiffer, Michelle 369, 391
Phillips, Michael 10, 87, 94–6, 113, 136, 153, 168, 176, 205
Phillips, Julia 12, 93, 98, 151–2, 174–6; and Close Encounters 96, 113, 136, 147, 153–4, 157, 179; drugs habit 162, 165, 168, 250; and New Hollywood 10, 87; and Spielberg 89, 93–4, 162–3, 184, 201, 205; and The Sting 10, 95
Phillips, Leslie 324
Phoenix 24, 37, 38, 39
Phoenix, River 1, 303, 337
Pickens, Slim 188
Pierce, Ronnie 48
Pinewood studios 251, 403
Pinocchio 10, 149, 169, 258
Pinter, Harold 128
Piranha 201, 255
Pittman, Carl 262
Places in the Heart 289–90
Planet of the Apes 101
Platters, The 29, 354
Playboy 73
Plenty 362
Plotto 192
Pocketful of Miracles, A 31
Poinar, George 357
Pointer, Priscilla 151
Poitier, Sidney 95
Poland 359, 385, 388
Polanski, Roman 207
Poledouris, Basil 10, 50
Pollack, Sidney 88, 89, 274, 314, 315, 360, 391
Pollock, Dale 231
Pollock, Tom 183, 185, 350, 354–5, 360, 361, 374
Poltergeist 11, 34, 78, 100, 175, 177, 241, 250, 253, 279, 429, 433; budget 233; casting 237; classification 240; crew 238; direction dispute 237, 238–9, 241–2, 249; influences 240; lawsuit 237; score 238, 274; script 231–2, 233–6; special effects 160, 236–7
Pontecorvo, Gillo 391, 393
Portnoy’s Complaint 85
Poseidon Adventure, The 121
Powell, Anthony 366
Powell, Dilys 84, 291
Powell, Michael 206, 251, 307
Preminger, Otto 294
Pretty Woman 369
Price, Frank 177–9, 203, 223, 230–1, 234, 363
Price, Richard 330
Price, Vincent 254
Principal, Victoria 99
Private World of Martin Dalton, The 68, 426
Prizzi’s Honor 313–14
Professional Children’s School 151
Proyas, Alex 170
Pryor, Roberta 108
Psychiatrist, The 67–8, 73, 75, 357, 426
Psycho 42, 78
Pursuit of D. B. Cooper, The 144
Puttnam, David x, 205, 294, 342, 346, 391
Pye, Michael 10, 71, 155
Quality of Mercy, A 257
Queimada! 393
Quiet Man, The 187
Quinlan, Kathleen 262
Radford, Bonne 260
Raggedy Man 235
Raging Bull 171, 339
Raiders of the Lost Ark 11, 19, 31, 94, 103, 104, 166, 191–221, 258, 276, 285, 303, 373, 389, 428–9; casting 98, 207–11, 220; editing 229; financial deal 183–6; Lucas and 3–4, 183–4, 194–5; Oscars 249–50; production team 50, 205–6, 209–10, 317; release 222; score 221; script 194–5, 207, 212–14; shooting 28, 206–7, 214–20
Raimi, Sam 375
Rain People, The 52
Rainman 330
Raise the Titanic 237
Rambaldi, Carlo 159, 202, 228, 244
Ran 307
Rank 251
Ray, Nicholas 32
RCA 24
Reagan, Ronald 11, 206, 250
‘Real Scary’ 256
Reardon, Craig 236, 238, 239
Rebel Without a Cause 150
Red Dawn 301
Redford, Robert 88, 113, 182, 196, 397
Redgrave, Vanessa 125
Reds 217
Reed, Rex 275
‘Reel to Reel’ 252, 270
Reiner, Rob 174, 303
Reitz, Edgar 375
Rennie, Michael 8
Requiem for a Heavyweight 29
Reston, Scotty 136, 137
Return of the Jedi 225, 240
Reynolds, Bun 90, 108, 114, 296
Reynolds, Kevin 300–1, 317
Reynolds, Norman 195, 317, 320
Rhodes, Shari 100, 121
Rhys-Davies, John 209, 223, 334
Rich, Frank 169
Richard, Emily x, 103, 203, 277, 323, 326
Richards, Ariana 378
Richards, Dick 11, 109
Richards, Terry 215
Richardson, Miranda 324
Richardson, Natasha 375
Richie, Lionel 305
Right Stuff, The 50
Righteous Persons Foundation 406
‘Rising Sun, The’ 179
Riverrun 72
Rizzo, Carl 123–4
Robbins, Harold 70
Robbins, Matthew 10, 200, 321; as director 317, 318; production company 192–3, 196; scripts 50, 61–2, 90, 95, 99, 115, 120, 130, 145, 150, 183, 300
Roberts, Julia 98, 366–8, 375
Robertson, Cliff 60–1, 63, 64, 94, 96, 167
Robins, Oliver 237
Robinson, Bruce 404
Rockwell, Norman 26–7, 77–8, 152, 268, 282, 312–13, 333
Rocky 238, 319
Roddenberry, Gene 66
Roeg, Nicolas 8
Rohmer, Eric 155
Rollerball 140
Rolling Stone 205
Romancing the Stone 290, 342
Rome 83
Romeo and Juliet 151
Rooney, Mickey 187
Rose, Alexandra 187
Rosenblum, Ralph 17
Rosenberg, Mark 253
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead 319, 355
Rosenfelt, Frank 240
Rosenfield, Paul 265, 348
Rosenthal, Eddie 233
Ross, Courtney 248, 291, 312, 374, 381
Ross, Diana 305
Ross, Gary 338
Ross, Herbert 175
Ross, Steve 273, 382, 390, 397, 401; friendship with Spielberg 233–4, 267–8, 271, 281, 291, 327–8, 331, 375, 380; illness and death 372, 373–4, 381, 385, 395; at Warners 178, 234, 248, 283, 304, 327, 346
Roswell 159
Roth, Joe 11, 399
Rousseau, Serge 161
Roxanne 362
Royal Command Performance 174, 263, 341, 355
Royal Shakespeare Company 203, 270, 367
Royko, Mike 193
Rumplestiltskin 321
Rush, Richard 72
Russell, Kurt 377
Russians are Coming, The 187
Rydell, Mark 60
Sackheim, William 56, 60, 65, 153
Sackler, Howard 122, 124, 127
Sacks, Michael 104
Sacks, Oliver 360–1
Sagal, Boris 56
St Elsewhere 295
St James’s Club x, 264, 279, 322
Salter, Claudia 61, 96
San Francisco 382, 393
San Fernando Valley 70
San Francisco Film Festival 145
San Francisco International Airport 67
Sander, August 375
Sarafian, Richard 108
Saratoga 37, 38, 39, 45
Satisfaction 375
Saturday Evening Post 26
Saturday Night Fever 185–6
Saturday Night Live 148–9, 182, 188, 191
Saturday Review 198
Savage 82, 121, 426
Sayle, Alexei 336
Sayles, John 11, 201, 227, 235
Scarlet Letter, The (Hawthorne) 25, 47, 290
Schaffner, Franklin 48
Schatzberg, Jerry 199
Scheider, Roy 125, 131, 133, 136, 137, 145, 146–7, 250
Schepisi, Fred 362
Schick, Elliot 100
Schiff, Steven 287
Schindler, Oskar 74, 292–3
Schindler’s Ark (Keneally) 290, 292–3, 359
Schindler’s List 5, 10, 11, 79, 90, 315, 372, 374–6, 381–90, 392
— 3, 433; box office 392; casting 375–6, 384; Oscars 266, 392–3; release 392–3; script 359–62, 381–5; shooting 385–9
Schisgal, Murray 330
Schlesinger Jr, Arthur 11
Schlock 130
Schrader, Paul 105, 147, 267, 409; and Close Encounters 11, 97, 110–11, 149–50, 154–5, 157, 179; screenplays 89, 96, 113
Schulberg, Budd 272
Schwarzenegger, Arnold 371, 387
Schygulla, Hanna 252
science fiction 5, 16–17, 29, 32–4, 36, 66, 302
Scorsese, Martin 32, 79, 93, 206, 231, 251, 253–4, 272, 295, 339, 361, 391, 397; and New Hollywood 155; and Schindler’s List 11, 360; Spielberg’s admiration for 148–9, 171
Scotch Marmo, Malia 368, 372–3
Scott, Elliot 276
Scott, George C. 95
Scott, Ridley 202, 242, 355, 377
Scotlsdale, Arizona 24–5, 27, 229
Screen Actors’Guild 121, 129, 136, 207, 247
Screen Extras’ Guild 260
Screenwriters’ Guild Arbitration Board 154
Sea Hunt 109
Searchers, The 31, 227
Searching for Bobby Fischer 384
Secret Cinema 318
Segal, Erich 71
Segal, George 117, 196
Selleck, Tom 208, 223
Selznick, David 43, 313, 408
Semel, Terry 178, 233–4, 248, 254, 256, 261–2, 264, 283, 291, 304, 380
Send Me No Flowers 48
Serling, Carol 59, 234, 259, 260
Serling, Rod 29, 56, 58, 69, 234, 253, 255, 256, 257, 259, 310, 318
Seth, Roshan 276
Seven Ups, The 125
Shaffer, Peter 203
Shanghai 320, 322–3, 325
Shanghai Film Studios 320
Shapiro, Robert 294, 319
Sharif, Omar 384
Shatner, William 256
Shaw, George Bernard 280
Shaw, Robert 113, 128–9, 133, 138, 139, 145, 147
Shear, Barry 56
Sheinberg, Jonathan 362
Sheinberg, Sidney Jay 234, 355, 362, 374, 395, 397, 400, 403; and Amblin headquarters 267, 281; and Jaws 112, 136, 139, 145; and Jurassic Park 359; and Raiders 184; and Schindler’s List 292–3, 385; and Spielberg’s early career 48, 53–4, 56–7, 60, 64–5, 74, 82
Sherwood, Simon 399
Shields, Brooke 375
Shining, The 174, 206, 217, 232, 263
Shoah 362, 374, 392
Shockley, William 16
ShoWest convention 271
Siegel, Don 67, 150
Siegel, Herbert, 304–5
Sight and Sound 81, 106
Silent Running 159
Sills, Beverly 385
Silver, Chuck 48, 53
Silver, Joan Micklin 330
Silver, Joel 380
Silverman, Stephen M. 86
Simon, Neil 175, 268
Simon, Paul 328, 381
Simpson, O. J. 45
Singer, Isaac Bashevis 274
Sirk, Douglas 32
Siskel, Gene 398
Skater Dater 52
Skidmore, Owings&Merrill 42
Sky Pirates 223
‘Slide’ 88, 90–1, 104, 116–17
‘Slipstream’ 49
Slocombe, Douglas 7, 156, 165, 207
Smile 252
Smith, Liz 183
Smith, Maggie 366
‘Smoke Gets in Your Eyes’ 29, 354
Soledad Canyon 79
Soleri, Paolo 24
Solomon, Mikael 405
Some Like it Hot 64
‘Someone in the Dark’ 246
Something Evil 80–1, 82, 121, 164, 239, 244
Something Wicked this Way Comes 205, 228, 239, 258
Sony 345–7, 359, 362–3, 366, 368–70, 374, 395, 397, 406
Sophie’s Choice 293, 361, 385
Soros, George 406
Sound of Music, The 64, 339–40
Space Children, The 33
Space Shuttle 177, 222
Spaced Invaders 166
Spain 326, 329, 343
Speed 405
Spencer, James H. 237–8
Spielberg, Anne 16, 34, 338–9, 356
Spielberg, Arnold 16–20, 22, 24, 28–9, 34, 36–8, 76–7, 150, 199–200, 338
Spielberg, Leah Posner 16, 18–19, 24–5, 27–8, 34–8, 77, 175, 296, 318, 327
Spielberg, Max Samuel 308, 309, 311, 313, 321, 341, 347, 348
Spielberg, Nancy 16, 77
Spielberg, Sasha 355
Spielberg, Sawyer 387
Spielberg, Steven: and abstraction 30, 47; amateur films 25, 29, 34–7, 47; and animation 62, 170–1, 205, 300, 316, 340, 398; awards 35, 42, 120, 238, 312, 324, 390, 395, 406; birth 16, 51; and casting 103–4, 124; charitable donations 312, 405–6; childhood 15–28, 34, 39; cinematic influences on 19–20, 22–3, 29, 31–4, 36, 47; cinematic style 5, 7, 10–11, 58, 93, 170–1; college days 46–7; and comedy 148, 179–80, 186–7; commercials 63; disputed age of 51, 54, 223; divorce 342, 345, 347–8; early days in Hollywood 44–51; as executive producer 300, 355; family background 16–19, 34, 36, 38, 77; and fatherhood 175, 243, 290, 307–9, 311, 321, 387; friendships 25, 35, 49, 50, 88–9, 156, 165, 183, 233–4, 238, 327–8, 387; home movies 28, 29; homes 55, 152, 174, 268, 280–1, 313, 330–1; ill-health 2, 144; image 7; influence of 170–2; influences on 17–20, 22–3, 29, 31–3, 36, 47, 104–6, 117, 131, 149–50, 177, 308–9; investments 399; Jewish background 9–10, 20, 28, 38–9, 48, 127, 312, 355; and landscape 31, 32; lifestyle 2, 184–5; and literate cinema 290–1; and marketing 94, 163, 247; marriages 10, 310, 321–2, 341–2, 353, 372; method of 90; as movie director 7, 12–13, 32, 40, 49, 71, 89, 102–3, 107, 426–32, musical tastes 25, 101; myths 8–9; pastimes 144, 210; and paranormal 175; persona 6–8, 11–14, 19, 21, 24–6, 74, 161, 265–6, 312, 396; personal life 35, 98–9, 151–2, 175–6, 196, 199–201, 203, 206, 251, 273–4, 277–8, 280, 286, 347, 350, 355; politics 373–4; as producer 66, 172, 224, 233, 236, 279, 339, 432–3; and publicity 83; reclusiveness 9; relations with actors 13–14, 59, 90, 125, 220, 330; reviews 81, 84, 115, 140, 169–70, 286–7, 310, 332, 369–70, 392–3; schooldays 24–5, 32, 39, 45; and secrecy 168, 233, 312; and sex 98; shons 51–3, 71, 180, 425; and special effects 170; and story films 29–32; storyboards 79, 102, 129–30, 214, 276, 308; and suburbia 26–7, 77–8, 83; as TV director 53, 56–60, 64–9, 73, 78–80, 199, 252, 294, 425–6; theatre director 32; unpopularity of 12–13; wealth of 1, 313, 329, 339, 341, 345, 395, 399; and women 98–9, 162, 200; writing 60, 61, 64, 96
Spielberg, Sue 16, 77
spin-offs 163, 247–8, 303, 340, 385
Springsteen, Bruce 345
Sri Lanka 225, 252, 274, 276
Sssssss 96
Stack, Robert 66, 181, 187
Stage Fright 206
Stainforth, Gordon x, 217–19
Stallone, Sylvester 238, 397
Stand by Me 303
Stander, Lionel 188
Stanfill, Dennis 85, 143, 183, 258
Stanford Research Institute 85
Star Trek 222
Star Trek, The Motion Picture 253
Star Trek: The Next Generation 305
Star Wars 26, 160, 166, 196, 206, 226, 336, 402; cast 151, 156, 208; income from 41; Lucas and 2, 4, 92, 162–3, 213; Oscar nominations 146, 175–6; score 165; special effects 202
‘Starfire’ 252
Stark, Ray 113, 177–8, 302, 396
Starkweather, Charlie 99
Starr, Ringo, 235
Starski, Allan 385, 386
Steel, Dawn 184, 185, 258, 272–3, 346, 356
Steel Helmet, The 227
Steele, Al 57
Steelyard Blues 94
Stein, Ben 199
Steiner, George 392
Stcranko, Jim 208, 210
Steltin, Monte 111
Stevens, George 226
Stevens, Robert 317
Stewan, James 20, 22, 42, 105
Stewan, Paul 262
Stigwood, Robert 185–6
Still of the Night 147
Sting, The 10, 50, 95, 96, 113–14, 116, 128, 340
Stoltz, Eric 304
Stone, Oliver 397
Stone, Peter 268
Stoppard, Tom x, 360; as director 355–6; and Empire of the Sun 104, 294, 319–20, 322–3, 331–3; and Last Crusade 337; and Peter Pan 341, 363; and Schindler script 381, 384–5; scripts 343
Storaro, Vittorio 224, 242–3
Story of Adèle H. The 145
Strada, La 247
Straight, Beatrice 231
Straub, Peter 232
Straw Dogs 202
Streep, Meryl 377, 405
Streetcar Named Desire, A 375
Streisand, Barbra 95, 171, 196, 268, 274, 328, 375, 381, 396, 397
Strick, Wesley 253, 361
Sturges, John 197
Sturges, Preston 72, 402
Sturges, Preston (Jr) 402
Suffer or Die 196
Sugarland Express, The 100, 119, 132, 252, 276, 300, 427; box office 121; at Cannes 114–15; casting 98, 103, 127; failure 115–16, 147, 270; finance 89, 96, 113; music 101; release 113–15; reviews 115; script 50, 62, 90, 99, 104, 115, 116; shooting 99–102, 107–8
Sullivan, Barry, 56, 59, 66, 82
Sunday Times 84
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation 405
Sutherland, Donald 94
Sutherland, Kiefer 369
Swayze, Patrick 319
Switzer, Kathy 264
Sydow, Max von 164
Synagogue 2000 406
Szwarc, Jeannot 65, 136
Taliesin West 24–5
Talisman, The (King and Straub) 232
Tanen, Ned 72, 73, 74, 91–2, 121, 172, 192, 200, 234
Tank 143
Tartikoff, Brandon 295
Tashlin, Frank 62
Tati, Jacques 47
Tavemier, Benrand 391
Taxi Driver 96, 113, 148
Taylor, Juliet 158
Taylor, Ray 194
Taylor, Ron and Valerie 122–4
Teamsters 42, 56, 132, 207
Temple, Shirley 244
Ten Commandments, The 149, 252
‘Ten Soldiers’ 300–1
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The 201
Texas Film Commission 100
Thalberg, Irving 229, 324–5
That Man from Rio 158
Theroux, Paul 335
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? 88
They Were Expendable 352
Thielmans, ‘Toots’ 101
Thieves Like Us 99
Thing, The 33, 238
Thing Called Love, The 304
Thinnes, Roy 68
This Property is Condemned 88
Thomas, Diane 342
Thomas, Henry 235, 243
Thompson, J. Lee 253, 361
Thompson, Jack 376
Three Stooges 187, 188
Thriller (Jackson album) 254, 269
Thriller (TV series) 58, 101
Time 115, 169, 191, 229, 246, 269
Time Inc 154, 234
Time-Warner 395, 406
Timerider 317
Tinker, Grant 295
Tintin 316
Tiny Toons 398
Tippetl, Phil 377, 379, 381
To Wong Foo… 405, 433
ToddAO 153
Toland, Gregg 308
Tolkien, J. R. R. 313
Tootsie 274
Tora! Tora! Tora! 136
Torn Curtain 48, 142
Toshiba 372
Touch of Evil 75
‘Tourist, The’ 251–2
Towering Inferno, The 173
Towne, Robert 89
Tracy, Spencer 4, 19, 57, 105, 126, 187, 194, 342, 382
Trading Places 283
Treasure of the Sierra Madre 195
Trintignant, Jean-Louis 157
TriStar 302, 345–6, 356, 363, 365
Trog 57
Truffaut, François x, 49, 145, 150, 155, 170, 264; advice to Spielberg 161, 244, 407; cast in Close Encounters 157–8, 161–2, 165, 174; death of 289; on Duel 84
Trumbo, Dalton 252
Trumbull, Douglas 101, 125, 158–60, 164, 168, 174
Trump Tower 268, 340
Tryon, Tom 70
Tunisia 195–6, 213, 215
‘Turn Left or Die’ 236
‘Turn on Your Heart Light’ 246
Turner, Adrian x, 174, 332
Turner, Kathleen 302
Turner, Ted 25, 395, 396
Turner, Tina 305, 391
Twelve Angry Men 298
Twentieth Century-Fox 74, 88, 178, 183, 399; demise of 41; productions 95, 121, 144, 228, 359, 398; and Star Wars 213; Zanuck at 63–4, 85, 143
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 124
Twilight Zone, The 10, 29, 56, 74, 101, 177, 239
Twilight Zone: The Movie 177, 180, 234, 238, 248, 252–7, 259–65, 275, 312, 363, 429–30, 433; Indian Hills disaster 260–3, 265–6, 279, 327; release 279; script 96, 255–7, 261–2, 264; shooting 260, 262, 264
Twister 252, 403, 405
Two Lane Blacktop 72
2001, A Space Odyssey 101, 107, 150, 159, 160
Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon 60
Tyson, Nora 73
UCLA 45, 48, 50, 53
UFOs 15–16, 30, 96–7, 109–10, 157
Ullmann, Tracy 350
underground cinema 44, 60, 88
unions 42, 56, 132, 207
United Artists 40, 99, 198, 224, 229
Universal Studios ix, 147–8, 191–3, 232, 300, 356, 361, alternative projects 72; and Amazing Stories 294; and Amblin 267–8, 281–3, 340; and E.T. 231, 345; features division 74–5, 89, 91, 94–5, 99, 120; and Jaws 1, 41, 143, 1, 45, 177; and Jurassic Park 376, 385; Matsushita buyout 362, 374; and 1941 173; and Raiders 184; relations with Spielberg 231, 234, 248, 283; and Schindler’s List 293; shorts department 71; Spielberg bluffs way into 44, 47–53; Spielberg’s contracts 53, 144, 172, 228, 350; studios 41–2, 70; tour and theme parks 40, 43, 47–8, 56, 223–4, 377, 400; and Sugarland 113, 115; TV division 42, 53–60, 62–8, 72, 82, 84, 88, 177
University of Arizona 36
University of Southern California Film School 9, 10, 44–6, 50, 60, 61, 87, 143, 148, 211, 317
University of Sussex 406
Untouchables, The 342
Up in the Cellar 72
Up River 405
Ure, Mary 128
US Justice Department 10, 40, 42
Used Cars 193, 233, 432
Uses of Enchantment, The (Bettelheim) 287
Vagabond cinema 47
Valenti, Jack, 407
Vallee, Jacques 157
Van Dyke, W. S. 382
Vanessa in the Garden 296, 318
Vanishing Point 89, 107, 108
Vanity Fair 287, 395–6
Van Lint, Derek 242
van Peebles, Melvin 72
Van Sickel, Dale 78
Variety 2, 66, 71, 96, 172, 179, 186, 197, 199, 202, 208, 242, 303, 311, 315, 346, 369
Veitch, John 202
Venice Film Festival 390–1
Ventura, Lino 157, 158
Verne, Jules 31
Verreaux, Ed 79, 236, 276
Vertigo 131
Victor, Mark 236, 241
videos 247–8, 345
Vietnam War 39, 46, 70, 186
Village Voice 6, 84, 392
Virgin Records 400
Virginian, The 42
Voices 175–6, 196, 317
Voight, John 125, 186
von Sternberg, Josef 245
Vonnegut, Kurt 268
Vorkapich, Slavko 59
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 122
Wager, Anthony 324
Wagon Train 42, 44
Wajda, Andrzej 385
Walker, Alice 39, 291, 296–8, 304, 305–6, 311
Walker, Card 258
Walker, Jeff x, 66, 165, 190, 208
Wall Street Journal 327
Wallace, Dee 98, 235, 249
Waller, Robert James 405
Walsh, Joey 88, 89, 90, 116–17
War and Remembrance 361
War Lord, The 48
War of the Worlds 31, 110, 144, 313
Ward, David S. 50, 94, 95, 113
Wargames 299, 398
Warner Brothers 48, 58, 62, 85, 88, 95, 172, 261, 293, 309, 356, 359, 398, and Empire 319; and Gremlins 285–6; productions 94, 157, 173, 255, 294, 299; relations with Spielberg 248, 283–4; Ross at 178, 234; and Twilight zone 253, 262
Warner Communications Industries 304, 327–8, 401
Warren, Bill x, 76, 169
Warschilka, Ed (Jr) 235
Washington Post 370
Wasserman, Lew ix, 47, 72, 94, 96, 184, 224, 267, 355, 362, 397, 400, 401, 403; Foundation 406; and MCA 41–3
‘Watch the Skies’ 100, 109–10, 112–13, 120
Watermelon Man 72
Watts, Robert 217, 241, 277, 336
Wayne, John 31, 181, 186, 187, 227, 393
WCI see Warner Communications Industries
Weaver, Dennis 75
Weber, Charles 185
Weir, Peter 286, 296, 314, 335
Weldon, Fay 404
Welles, Orson 14, 55, 92, 110, 238, 307–9, 408–9
Wells, Frank 399
Wenders, Wim 191, 391
We’re Back!: A Dinosaur’s Story 398
Wharton, William 338
What Makes Sammy Run? 272
What’s Up, Doc? 304
Wheels (Hailey) 70
‘When You Wish Upon a Star’ 149, 169
White Lightning 90, 108
Whiting, David 108
Whittaker, Johnnie 80
Who Censored Roger Rabbit? (Wolf) 316
Who Framed Roger Rabbit 171, 316–17, 343, 366, 432
‘Who Goes There?’ (Campbell) 33
Wilde, Cornel 22
Wilder, Billy 64, 67, 106–7, 115, 116, 308, 362
Wilder, Thornton 136
William Morris 154
Williams, JoBeth 237
Williams, John 60, 174, 198, 246, 270, 307, 341, 366; Oscars 146, 289, 393; scores for Spielberg 101, 138, 165–6, 169, 197, 220, 225, 242, 309
Williams, Richard 316
Williams, Robin 361, 366–8, 387, 395, 397
Williams, Treat 181, 189
Willy Dynamite 96
Wind and the Lion, The 143
Winfrey, Oprah 306, 314, 396, 407
Winger, Debra 203, 208, 244, 264, 272, 302–3
Wingo, Dorcey 260, 263
Winkler, Irving 319
Winsten, Archer 100
Winston, Stan 377, 378–9
Wise, Robert 8, 100, 232, 325
Withnail and I 404
Witness 296, 314
Wizard of Oz, The 41, 240, 367
Wolf, Gary K. 316
Wolf Man, The 42
Wolfe, Tom 329
Wonderful World of Disney, The 316
Woodard, Bronte 89
Woodward, Bob 112
Wooten, Katherine 263
World Jewish Congress 386
World Science Fiction Convention 66
‘Worlds After’ 252
Wouk, Herman 361
Wright, Frank Lloyd 24
Wyler, William 308, 325
Yablans, Frank 228, 273, 301
Yakuza, The 89
Year of Living Dangerously, The 286
Yelin, Bennett Michael 237
Yeltsin, Boris 401
Yentl 274, 286, 321
Yetnikoff, Walter 346
Yip, David x, 276, 278, 329
You’re a Big Boy Now 49
Young, Robert 18, 65
Young, Victor 187
Young Frankenstein 121
Young Indiana Jones 222
Young Sherlock Holmes 298–9, 311, 314, 432
Zaillian, Steven 360–1, 381–5, 392
Zanuck, Darryl 63–4, 85, 86, 112, 113, 143
Zanuck, Darrylin 147
Zanuck, Richard 63–4, 85, 86, 94–5, 98, 102, 108, 113–15, 122–4, 127, 136, 143
Zanuck/Brown Productions 95–6, 117–18, 148; and Jaws 108–9, 111–12, 121, 128–9, 132, 136, 138–9, 146–7; and The Sting 113; and Sugarland Express 114–16
Zemeckis, Robert x, 373, 377; as director 171, 259, 284, 301–2, 304, 316, 338; and Gale 62, 143–4, 162, 172–3, 181, 193, 198; and Spielberg 143, 301, 399–400
Zimbert, Dick 185
Zinnemann, Fred 176, 207
Zoetrope 251, 269, 307
Zsigmond, Vilmos 101, 107, 121, 156, 166, 176