It might have helped ticket sales if the script had stayed true to the real story. Partially based on a true story, the film is about a young texas couple played by goldie hawn and william atherton on an illplanned quest to recover their child from. Behindthescenes look at the making of jurassic park narrated by james earl jones. The sugarland express movie trailer and videos tv guide. All the acting is remarkable, but it is spielbergs gifted technique that shines through. In its lowest portions just behind the front ranges are the natural parks great plateaus basined by superb enclosing ranges. The sugarland express has been ranked 12314 times, wins 34. Sugarland express, the internet movie firearms database. While the train is at a stand still due to a snow drift, he has time to investigate the crime before local police take over. She brought george lucas, her pupil at usc, into the studios, and she supervised the groundbreaking editing on american graffiti 1973. Miller, the first feature film by 30yearold steven spielberg laid an egg at the box office. Inventory of the san antonio expressnews photograph. The actual event took place in 1969, and the young couple involved got a lot of sympathy from the folks along their route.
Thats the story of the sugarland express, steven spielbergs first theatrical feature, and, although its based on a real incident, like so many things in texas, it seems like a fantasy anyway. The main theme from the 1974 movie the sugarland express. There are lots of great set pieces along the way, and the cinematography is outstanding throughout. The sugarland express is a 1974 american crime drama film cowritten and directed by steven spielberg in his theatrical feature directorial debut.
The sugarland express marked the first use of a compact panaflex camera developed by panavision corporation. An overall theme focuses on how his music is so iconic, recognizable, and emotionally relatable by audiences, that it has become a part of our everyday culture. Hal barwood is an american screenwriter, film producer, film director, game designer, game producer, freelancer and novelist best known for his work on lucasarts games based on the indiana jones license. Sugarland express, with special attention to the singular relationship both. Duels selling point remains the way spielberg gives heavy machinery a personality of its own, and thats also the main hook for the sugarland express, a modest entry in the postbonnie and clyde hicks on the lam movie boom. The sugarland express 1974 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Despite a cast with two academy award winners goldie hawn as ila fae and ben johnson as capt. With the earlier licensing deals they had made for the property now expired, the parent company wanted their games division to make an adventure game out of it. The sugarland express 1974 directed by steven spielberg. The sugarland express 1974 cast and crew married smalltime crooks loujean goldie hawn and clovis poplin william atherton lose their baby to the state of texas and resolve to do whatever it. Watch the sugarland express streaming online hulu free. It stars goldie hawn, ben johnson, william atherton, and michael sacks it is about a husband and wife trying to outrun the law and was based on a reallife incident. Goldie hawn, kurt russell receive stars on hollywood walk of. Indiana jones and the fate of atlantis or, of movies and.
The film develops into possibly the slowest ever police chase road movie. The sugarland express is the 1974 drama that marked the feature film directorial debut of steven spielberg. Kit and holly were killing people inspired the zodiac killer, who had been lying low for years, to write a letter to a newspaper denouncing their flippant attitude to violence in society by running such an ad. The next morning lucas relieved and in very good mood started talking with spielberg about future projects while building sandcastles. Down the trip on highway 90 from san antonio to sugarland del rio in reality of this movie, except the filming location of the home and downtown was actually floresville, tanner dodges media, the trio in the police car are welcomed and supported by a large crowd in the fictional town of rodrigo probably hondo, and they make it to the house. Sugarland express was spielbergs first feature film duel special edition dvd was released in cinemas only after its success on small screens and is one of the better road movies of the 70s. Mar 07, 2014 he made his first featurelength film while he was in high school. May 04, 2017 hawn also appeared in a string of hits in the 1970s, including theres a girl in my soup, butterflies are free, the sugarland express, shampoo, the duchess and the dirtwater fox and. In 1868 it began to use associated press dispatches. Detective hercule poirot is travelling aboard the orient express when one of his fellow passengers is found murdered. He could be that rarity among directors, wrote pauline kael after watching his debut feature the sugarland express. These included the first tracking shot from front seat to back and the first 360degree pan within a car in film history. Familiar with williams work on mark rydells adaptation of william faulkners the reivers 1969, spielberg felt the composer could capture the right sound for his light.
The sugarland express, movie, 1974 internet movie cars. But the sugarland express feels more like an early 70s new hollywood movie, with its documentarystyle realism and overlapping dialogue, which may leave viewers seeking another e. The coen brothers millers crossing 1990 the directors. In finding the inspiration for vernas oily, neurotic brother, bernie bernbaum, turturro reportedly looked to cinematographer barry sonnenfeld. Mar 01, 20 the director is now set to be the jury president for this years cannes film festival, returning to a festival that once showed films like sugarland express and e.
This is a shame as there is plenty to enjoy in sugarland and if looked at closely you will see many traits that will come to dominate spielberg films for the. On march 31, 1974, universal premiered steven spielbergs feature directorial debut the sugarland express in new york. Hell be joined by jane campion, president of the cinefondation and the short film jury. The tv movie duel and his first feature sugarland express introduced the director as an important, if not formidable, representative of the movie brat generation. The sugarland express begins and plays for much of its length as a hilarious madcap caper chase comedy. The sugarland express was and remains uncomfortably wedged in between those leanandmean, strippeddown fables. The sugarland express, movie, 1974 pictures provided by. Id like to do a james bond film, was spielbergs enthusiastic reply. Rent the sugarland express 1974 starring goldie hawn and ben johnson on dvd and bluray. The sugarland express 1974 cast and crew moviefone. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. With goldie hawn, ben johnson, michael sacks, william atherton. Adapted from george jonass 1984 book, the film delves into the moral quandary of vengeance and the price paid by those obsessively seeking it while spielberg keeps tensions high with a camera thats continuously moving. Formed by robert gottschalk as a small partnership to create anamorphic projection lenses during the widescreen boom in the 1950s, panavision expanded its product lines to meet the demands of modern filmmakers.
Jun 20, 2018 spielberg was chosen to direct jaws by producers richard zanuck and david brown who had also worked with the then28yearold director on his 1974 film the sugarland express because of his film. West side story is an upcoming 2020 american romantic musical film directed and coproduced by steven spielberg, with a screenplay by tony kushner. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 broadway musical of the same name by arthur laurents, leonard bernstein and stephen sondheim, which is based loosely on shakespeares romeo and juliet. Producing archives page 16 of 19 new york film academy blog. The new york film connection works with many filmmakers and film production companies throughout the city so we can help you tap into the local film infrastructure in ways that most cant and help you realize your dreams.
It might even pack the kind of wallop that sugarland express and jaws did. The film is by no means as good as the dirty harry films, but the one liners are still there for all the fans of those. His theatrical film work included the comedy on the double 1961 alongside danny kaye, the 1963 gregory peck film captain newman, m. Goldie hawn and william atherton play married exconvicts who kidnap texas patrolman michael sacks while on the way to retrieve their baby from foster care. Then she edited the sugarland express 1974, 23yearold steven spielbergs first major picture. The sugarland express reimagines the standard american road movie in highoctane, musclecar terms. The sugarland express pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released the sugarland express pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie. More movie offers came quickly, but the sugarland express was her first.
After making five short films, his 22minute short, amblin after which he named his production company, was shown at the 1969 atlanta film festival. The sugarland express is not terribly original bonnie and clyde, badlands and the getaway are indelibly marked in its dna but shows an already dazzling young filmmaker honing his skills and. Based on a true story, this film features hawn playing a woman who helps. Name the actor who plays hercule poirot in the oscar winning film murder on the orient express 1974. Munich is a masterful display of craft, artistry, and ingenuity from director steven spielberg. While the critics by and large heaped praise on the sugarland express, the film ultimately did little more than break even at the box office. But things dont go as planned when they are forced to take a police hostage on the road. Sep 08, 2017 despite being his theatrical release debut in the us, sugarland express is the film from the 1970s that people tend to bypass on their way to bigger, and only in some cases, better things.
Smith coproducer has been working in the film industry for more than 20 years, starting as a production assistant on steven spielbergs the sugarland express, then amassing production manager credits for smokey and the bandit ii, heartbeeps, losing isiah, stand on it, mo money, virtuosity and the glimmer man. In the movie, a woman and her husband take a police officer hostage and flee. Located about 19 miles 31 km southwest of downtown houston, sugar land is a populous suburban municipality centered around the junction of texas state highway 6 and u. Sugar land is a city in fort bend county, texas, united states, located in the southwestern part of the houstonthe woodlandssugar land metropolitan area. The sugarland express is one of those movies that proves you can have all the right pieces, but still not complete the puzzle. The drama arrived a year before the filmmaker broke out with his first. The spielbergwilliams collaboration began in 1974, when spielberg asked the composer to score the sugarland express 1974, the directors first theatrical film. Spartacus to play as part of afis tribute to steven. A young goldie hawn playing a mildly delinquent mother bent on getting her son back after being declared unfit for motherhood and her prison. The sugarland express the films of steven spielberg pictures.
Based on a true story, the film stars william atherton and goldie hawn as a desperate couple who kidnap a texas trooper and become instant celebrities as texas law enforcement chases them across the state the following weapons were used in the film the sugarland express. A woman attempts to reunite her family by helping her husband escape prison and together kidnapping their son. This film was the sugarland express, and was a striking debut in. John williams is a multiple awardwinning, widely successful american composer, conductor and pianist. There are no longer any lonesome roads with a solitary robert mitchum cruising the white lines to an existential fate. Firm is 21 year old producer of the nations largest syndicated outdoor adventure series on tv the outdoorsman which airs on over 320 tv stations, 4 networks, 8 weekly satellite feeds, and 200 plus lpcable tv entities blanketing the northern hemisphere with over 2. Rent the sugarland express 1974 on dvd and bluray dvd.
Steven spielberg to lead jury for this years cannes film. That inroad led to the sugarland express, another highway film, this one. Filming locations 9 filming dates 1 filming locations. With herman boone, adrian peterson, bill yoast, mitch mustain. The real story behind the sugarland express the courier. Its plot may ape the countercultural road movies of its era, but steven spielbergs feature debut displays many of the crowdpleasing elements hed refine. His early work was steeped in genre conventions, but prepared to push the envelope a little sugarland express was among the first pictures to offer a critique of the media. Now a third and presumably final film, to be called indiana jones and the last crusade, was in the offing. After a comical east texas chase, it seems lou jean goldie hawn and husband clovis william atherton, whom shes sprung from prison, have crashed their stolen car, their pursuer deputy slide michael sacks trying to follow procedure, in steven spielbergs the sugarland. The express was first published as a weekly on september 27, 1865 and began publishing as a daily in december 1866. Spielbergs segment, an adaptation of kick the can, occurs after landis opening film, and tells the story of sunnyvale retirement home, where the kindly old. The ken hall story is based on the greatest high school football player in american history.
He later studied film at california state university, long beach. Mike matessino is a soundtrack producer and film music historian. Dec 02, 2016 the film also boasts the work of fellow directors john landis, joe dante and george miller, with spielberg and landis serving as the producers shepherding the project to completion. Take a drive through san antonio movie history from. The smaller, lighter camera made it possible for spielberg to capture complicated shots from within the police car. Based on a true story, a desperate mother goldie hawn attempts to reunite her family by any means necessary including helping her husband escape prison, kidnapping a texas state trooper and leading the police on a wild chase across. The sugarland express, 1974, c universal a woman attempts to reunite her family by helping her husband escape prison and together kidnapping their. The sugarland express 1974 while the likes of duel had been done by universal contract composer billy goldenberg, spielberg turned to his vast soundtrack album collection to. The sugarland express brought to an end a cycle of road movies that had started with bonnie and clyde in 1967. The bizarre tale of the orca ii, the stunt boat from jaws. The road movie, which traces a journey that somehow changes the participants, has been a screen staple for decades and traces its literary origins back to the odyssey and the aeneid. A 1984 sequel, indiana jones and the temple of doom, had done nearly as well.
Watch the sugarland express movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. In conclusion, it is possible to analyze the cinematographic space of duel. Spielberg told him that after sugarland express, his second film, united artists asked him to do a film for them. As his recent film bridge of spies once again illustrates, spielberg has. The san antonio express news has the longest history of continuous publication among the englishlanguage newspapers of san antonio. Watch the sugarland express full movie in hd visit. Sugarland express, the 1974 movie clip i never shot. Spielberg got his first feature film directing assignment on the premise that veteran producers oversee him and a bankable star be cast. Our method of education immerses you in the real world of filmmaking. Series also airs on international networks including. With james earl jones, steven spielberg, michael crichton, stan winston. The film s tag line in 1959 a lot of people were killing time.
The sugarland express 1974 was not what one could call a hot. Sugarland express, the 1974 movie clip i come with the bad news earlier, lou jean goldie hawn arrived on the bus to the texas prison prerelease center, braced by the uncredited desk man, then presenting the problem to her inmate husband william atherton, opening steven spielbergs factbased debut feature, the sugarland express. However, its watchable and i did like the film overall, although by the end you feel its not up there with other films made. Panavision is an american motion picture equipment company specializing in cameras and lenses, based in woodland hills, california. The sugarland express pg comedy, drama, action, adventure movie 1974 feisty goldie hawn and her fugitive husband lead a madcap chase across texas in steven spielbergs feature film debut. It chronicles kens journey, from awkward freshman to a football sensation, and the long and often painful road of his posthigh school success. He is currently working on steven spielberg and the sugarland express.
Steven spielbergs first theatrical feature was a 110. Jul 18, 2018 a film historian and noted spielberg authority, awalt was the editor of from 2001 to 2009 and appeared as an interview subject in the 2007 jaws documentary, the shark is still working. The sugarland express, a gripping drama cowritten and directed by a 26yearold steven spielberg, makes its mark as the directors first theatrical film debut. So i just have to comfort myself with the pleasures of watching the work of lesser known directors, doing imaginative work on extremely limited budgets. Mar 09, 2016 millers crossing is notable within joel and ethans filmography in that it marks the addition of three new faces into this select group.