Spielbergs

Harrison Ford didn’t get Spielberg’s initial ‘Indiana Jones’ pitch: ‘What am I going to do with a f—ing whip?’

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Harrison Ford didn’t get Spielberg’s initial ‘Indiana Jones’ pitch: ‘What am I going to do with a f—ing whip?’

You call this fashion? In an interview with GQ magazine, Harrison Ford recalled his initial confusion over the outfit he’d be expected to wear as Indiana Jones, back when Steven Spielberg’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981) was still in the development phase. “It was presented to me as an aspect of character in the … Read more

No girlfriend! Spielberg’s classmates reveal fictions in ‘Fabelmans’

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No girlfriend! Spielberg’s classmates reveal fictions in ‘Fabelmans’

Steven Spielberg doesn’t attend his high-school reunions. After seeing his autobiographical coming-of-age film “The Fabelmans,” it’s easy to understand why. Drawn from the director’s real-life teen years, the new movie depicts Sam Fabelman — Spielberg’s alter ego, played by Gabriell LaBelle — getting beaten up, enduring anti-Semitic slurs from jeering jocks and feeling brutally alienated. According … Read more