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24th Sep 2017

DiCaprio and Scorsese feature in a new HBO documentary about Steven Spielberg

Paul Moore

Liam Neeson is also on the billing. Essential for film lovers.

In terms of influence, box-office and sheer entertainment value, very few directors can rival Steven Spielberg.

Jaws, Saving Private Ryan, E.T, Jurassic Park, Minority Report, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Schindler’s List, Catch Me If You Can, Munich and the Indiana Jones films are just some of the remarkable movies that he’s made, but the three-time Oscar-winner – two for best director –  will be on the opposite side of the camera during HBO’s upcoming documentary about his career.

Simply put, there isn’t a film fan that hasn’t been moved by one of Steven Spielberg’s films.

Hell, even when he’s not directing, the talented filmmaker has produced the likes of PoltergeistThe Goonies, Gremlins and Back to the Future.

To many, Spielberg’s work defined their childhood but the filmmaker has also proven himself to be adapt at balancing box-office blockbusters with more hard-hitting dramas.

From his start in Hollywood as a teenager that used to sneak into Universal Studios and work in an unoccupied office, right up to his domination of the global box-office, this new documentary covers the rise and rise and rise of a true Hollywood great.

Through exclusive interviews with actors, family, and the filmmaker himself, this unprecedented documentary pulls back the curtain on the remarkable career of the gifted filmmaker.

If that’s not enough, we’re bound to get some cracking anecdotes from the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Liam Neeson, and many more.

Spielberg airs on Saturday, 7 October and we’ll be keeping an eye out for a UK premiere date.

As for Spielberg’s next film, Ready Player One arrives in your cinema on March 30.

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