December 18 – Steven Spielberg

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• Jaws

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• ClosenEncounters of the Third Kind

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• Raidersnof the Lost Ark

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• E.T.nThe Extra-Terrestrial

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• Poltergeist

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• ThenTwilight Zone

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• ThenGoonies

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• IndiananJones and the Temple of Doom

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• Gremlins

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• ThenColor Purple

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• IndiananJones and the Last Crusade

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• Hook

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• JurassicnPark

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• Schindler’snList

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• SavingnPrivate Ryan

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• CatchnMe If You Can

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• Warnof the Worlds

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• IndiananJones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

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• Lincoln

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• Bridgenof Spies

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• TruenGrit

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• JurassicnWorld

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• Mennin Black

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• and,nhonestly, too many others to list!

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• nSpielbergn always loved the movies, and he particularly loved James Bondn movies. He asked Bond producer Albert R. Broccoli if he could directn a Bond film, and he was turned down because he didn’t have enoughn experience. So Spielberg got more experience and then asked again ifn he could direct a Bond film.

  At that point, Spielberg’s filmsn were super popular and making money like crazy. So Broccoli againn turned Spielberg down, this time saying he couldn’t afford him.

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• nSpielbergn is really generous. He has a cool collection of movie items, but hen has purchased several Oscar statues that he then donated to then Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in an effort to preserven film history. Also, he donated any earnings he made from hisn Oscar-winning, highly-acclaimed film Schindler’s List – includingn any future profits from the film – to the Shoah Foundation, ann organization dedicated to preserving and promoting visual historyn and education, including filmed interviews with survivors andn witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides.

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• nSpielbergn loves video games and has had a big role in creating severaln including the Medaln of Honorn franchise.

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• nSpielbergn has made some pretty sweet, even heart-warming movies about aliens,n which I really appreciate – because so many movies featuring aliensn before Spielberg came along were all about the horror and violencen of such contacts! But Spielberg has also created a lot of super sadn movies, horror movies, scary movies!

  I didn’t realize thatn Spielberg cared enough about his young viewers that he helped ton create the PG-13 rating to tip people off if a movie might be toon upsetting for younger kids.

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• nLiken me, Spielberg hates coffee and never drinks the vile stuff! We are an rarity among adults in America, though!

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• nEvenn though Spielberg dropped out of college in order to start his dreamn profession, he did end up slowly finishing his degree through ann independent projects program. In 2002, he was awarded a B.A. in filmn production.

  Of course, he has also received an honoraryn degree from Brown University and from Boston University. n

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• nSpielbergn apparently suffered from dyslexia, which is a general term forn disorders that involve difficulty in learning to read. That may ben one reason he is such a proponent of visual education. Many, manyn people learn more easily through audio-visual materials such asn movies and video games than they do through reading.

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• nDecembern holidays

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• nDecembern birthdays

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• nHistoricaln anniversaries in December

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• nJanuaryn holidays 

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• nJanuaryn birthdays 

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• nHistoricaln anniversaries in January

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