The Story of Steven Spielberg Los Angeles Times Edition

THE ENVELOPE is opened, the room already leaning toward the inevitable as Best Picture is announced. A year of remarkable films: The Piano, The Remains of the Day, In the Name of the Father, but one has carried a different weight from the start. Then it’s said — Schindler's List. No surprise, just recognition. The applause builds, as Steven Spielberg makes his way to the stage. After years in the industry, this is his first Oscar win.

Follow the story acclaimed director Steven Spielberg with a book of authentic Los Angeles Times newspaper articles. This edition documents key milestones in the life and work of Steven Spielberg — exactly as they were reported at the time. Including:

– Spielberg’s first full feature, Duel in 1971
– His first official theatrical feature directorial debut with The Sugarland Express in 1974
– The cinema-changing releases of Jaws in 1975 
– Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977
– The Indiana Jones franchise (from 1981)
– E.T. The Extraterrestrial in 1982 
– Jurassic Park in 1983
– Oscar-winning movies such as Schindler’s List in 1993 and Saving private Ryan in 1999
– Movies of the 2000s from The Terminal  in 2004, War Horse in 2011 to Ready Player One in 2015, plus Spielberg’s awards and continuing work over the years..

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