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Steven Spielberg At 50th Anniversary Of ‘Sugarland Express’: How Car Chase Pic Paved Way To ‘Jaws’ – Tribeca


Steven Spielberg At 50th Anniversary Screening Of 'Sugarland Express': How Car Chase Movie Paved The Way To 'Jaws' - Tribeca

“You’re the first audience to ever see Sugarland Express in 50 years,” joked the 3x Oscar winning filmmaker at the packed BMCC screening in the lower west side of Manhattan. The movie repped his first big screen release after cutting his teeth as a TV director, and it preceded his work on 1975’s Jaws, the blockbuster that would give definition to the word tentpole. “She has a pure and honest heart,” said Spielberg, “The movie wouldn’t have gotten made without her.” The director added that while William Atherton was a serious actor on set, Hawn kept the production “bouncing along” between takes with her laughter.

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