Steven Spielberg on Making a Masterpiece as TCM Classic Film Festival Opens with ‘ET The Extra Terrestrial’

The long-awaited return of the long-awaited TCM Live Hollywood Classic Film Festival came Thursday night with a big movie: the 40th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s 1982 masterpiece. ET alien. TCM has gone through a virtual transition in recent years, so getting back to normal life with a four-day festival in the heart of Hollywood is a really cool story, and the moviegoers at this Coachella were in high spirits. With the new remastered Imax edition, your favorite movie has never looked this good, and it was especially impressive to see every inch of this giant screen at the TCL Chinese Theater where the premiere was held.

Previously announced actors Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore were not shown as they had previous commitments and were unable to travel, but other stars of the film, including Di Wallace and Robert McNaughton, were introduced to the audience. . Like many of the veterans who worked on the film, including film editor Carol Littleton, production designer Jim Beasley, and sound designer Ben Bart.

However, it was Spielberg’s presence that really moved the crowd when he sat down with TCM primetime host Ben Mankevich for a 27-minute Q&A before the movie aired. Mankiewicz deftly played speech at the start of his legendary career, which has won several Oscars, including his first studio job: directing at 22 in addition to Rod Selling’s television pilot Joan Crawford. Night Gallery. Viewers who loved the TCM Golden Age movie were really pleased to hear it. he is, But Spielberg was convinced that there was no such thing as “mother’s most precious person” in his relationship with the screen legend; In fact, she mentioned having Pepsi Cola machines installed (her husband at the time was a Pepsi player) and providing 24/7 support to the cast and crew.

His classic 1971 ABC TV movie was also discussed. Duel And instead of the more sophisticated Hitchcockian approach taken by the young director, it’s a good story about how the web pays for the shot to blow the truck off its feet. of course beforehandeastern time classics jaws (1975) and The third kind of close encounters (1977), including Spielberg, who said that hiring the great French director François Truffaut for the latter was one of the greatest honors of his career to date. He also admitted to Epic Comedy, the next movie he shot. 1941, It was a really critical and blockbuster movie, but because it was so successful in other movies, the studio gave it to Cart Blanc. It’s been noted for nearly 20 years that its reputation isn’t pretty, but I saw it in fine print at an American theater a few years ago, and it’s really a movie worth a second look. It was much better than I could remember, as Spielberg now says: “We did the comedy without the laughs.”

Finally, the conversation ended. eastern time, With many interesting explanations, including that ET’s original voice was none other than Spielberg’s friend Debra Winger, who provided the voice for the first version. “The first 50 people who showed me the movie actually saw Debra Winger as an alien,” he said. As always, there was no dry eye in the house when the final credits rolled. Check out the entire conversation by clicking the photo link at the top of the post.

In this Q&A session, Spielberg also talks about the notorious audiotape of Henry Thomas, who plays the lead role of Eliot. The scene from the script didn’t go too well, so they decided to ask young Thomas to improvise something after the authorities announced that he was trying to retrieve the creature hiding in his house. The rest is history. You hear Spielberg’s voice confirming that he’s finally done. Check it here:

Spielberg, Warner Bros. and the film backdrop is returning to the festival tonight to assist (with George Stevens Jr. and Margaret Bodd) in the world premiere of the new 4K Oscar-winning 1956 George Stevens classic. Colossal, Starring Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean (in his third and final film). TCM recently announced that it is expanding its multi-year financial commitment to The Film Foundation, which was founded by Martin Scorsese 30 years ago and has revived an impressive 900 classic films. Scorsese and councilor Spielberg were carefully selected. Colossal This is for recovery.

“Everything that refers to itself Colossal “You better have the goods to deliver on such a high promise,” Spielberg said about the TCM Classic Film Festival premiere. “Both Edna Ferber and George Steven went far beyond the title to bring such an epic American story to the big screen, and I’m proud to be a small part of this classic film restoration team.

The new 4K restoration has been completed by providing both original camera negatives and primary RGB separation positives for the best possible image and color correction for the latest high dynamic range imaging technology. The audio is primarily taken from the 1995 protective copy of the original Magnetic Mono soundtrack. Warner Bros. Image and audio recovery performed by Post-production creative services: post-production cinematographic image and sound.

Meanwhile, other special moments at this year’s festival will include an Oscar-winning 1952 western on Sunday. afternoon The 70th anniversary is duly celebrated in the afternoon. Among those presenting her will be Gary Cooper’s star Maria Cooper’s daughter Janice, who will then arrive at USC Highway where she will speak. afternoon Turns out, when the USC Film School opens, there will be a six-month Gary Cooper exhibit featuring all manner of works from Cooper’s cult career. The film’s screenwriter Carl Forman’s daughter Amanda Forman and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Glenn Frankel will also join the panel after the film. Afternoon: A Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of American Classics. Gary Cooper won an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for a movie that may be more timely now than ever before.