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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

Boli, Robert 36, 381

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 Bont, Jan 403

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

Geisler, Jerry 261

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, Audrey 351

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

Kovacs, Laszlo 156

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

Lucky Lady 95, 96, 114

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

Morey, Ed 260

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

Reivers, The 60

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

Targets 205–6, 304

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

Wylie, Philip 66

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