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Post by kolchak92 on Feb 8, 2019 1:46:56 GMT
Was it Spielberg or Tobe Hooper or both to an extent? It's never really been clear.
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Post by MCDemuth on Feb 8, 2019 2:00:34 GMT
I thought it was Tobe Hooper, because Spielberg was working on other projects.
But, who cares? It was a great film, based in part on a true story. 8/10
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Post by MCDemuth on Feb 8, 2019 2:09:36 GMT
kolchak92 Just found this... Don't know it that is true or not, but I guess that's the story...
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 8, 2019 2:59:35 GMT
Hooper according to actors on set. Spielberg came by now and then.
Interestingly, Hooper had the baseball cap and beard look and Spielberg started using it after that.
Spielberg did not write the film.
The script was submitted by someone (forgot his name-son of a famous actress) and he ended up suing Spielberg and co.
It could have been an interesting court case since the plaintiff had Ray Bradbury as his expert witness on ghost stories while the defense had Richard Matheson--but it got settled out of court.
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Post by johnspartan on Feb 8, 2019 3:28:42 GMT
All signs point to Spielberg. In this Laserdisc Behind the Scenes featurette, Spielberg is shown directing throughout, Hooper is never shown. Spielberg's style is all over that movie. It's no coincidence it is the only hit movie Hooper was ever associated with. Hooper didn't direct Poltergeist.
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Post by kolchak92 on Feb 8, 2019 3:35:04 GMT
All signs point to Spielberg. In this Laserdisc Behind the Scenes featurette, Spielberg is shown directing throughout, Hooper is never shown. Spielberg's style is all over that movie. It's no coincidence it is the only hit movie Hooper was ever associated with. Hooper didn't direct Poltergeist. Well the movie feels like pure Spielberg. |
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Feb 8, 2019 4:50:04 GMT
All signs point to Spielberg. In this Laserdisc Behind the Scenes featurette, Spielberg is shown directing throughout, Hooper is never shown. Spielberg's style is all over that movie. It's no coincidence it is the only hit movie Hooper was ever associated with. Hooper didn't direct Poltergeist. Well the movie feels like pure Spielberg. Absolutely. I remember thinking when I watched it that if Steven Spielberg ever directed a horror movie, then THIS is what it would feel like. I'd be astounded to learn he didn't at least have a MAJOR input into the filming of the flick. |
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Post by politicidal on Feb 8, 2019 15:43:48 GMT
Bryan Singer.
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Post by kolchak92 on Feb 9, 2019 21:31:32 GMT
He was a kid at the time. |
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Post by slimeysteve on Feb 9, 2019 23:05:09 GMT
"I've kind of talked that one to death, really. I've been asked that so many times that I feel the record should be straight already. The genesis of it came from an article in The L.A. Times: When we were shooting the practical location on the house, the first two weeks of filming were exterior, so I had second-unit shots that had to be picked up in the front of the house. I was in the back of the house shooting Robbie [actor Oliver Robins] and the tree, looking down at the burial of the little tweety bird, so Steven was picking those shots up for me. The L.A. Times arrived on the set and printed something like, "We don't know who's directing the picture." The moment they got there, Steven was shooting the shot of the little race cars, and from there the damn thing blossomed on its own and started becoming its own legend. Really, that is my knowledge of it, because I was making the movie and then I started hearing all this stuff after it was finished. I really can't set the record much straighter than that, because Steven did write the screenplay and there are other credits on there, but it came down to Steven and myself sitting at his house." Tobe Hooper.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2019 3:33:13 GMT
Hooper according to actors on set. Spielberg came by now and then. Jobeth Williams: Steven was there every day. He had very clear and strong ideas about what he wanted done and how he wanted it done. Even though Tobe was there and participating, you felt Steven had the final say on everything. Zelda Rubinstein: I can tell you that Steven directed all six days I was there. I only worked six days on the film and Steven was there. Tobe set up the shots and Steven made the adjustments. Craig T. Nelson does defend Tobe, saying Tobe gave him "a lot of direction" (high praise for the sole credited Director), but even he says Tobe got pushed out in post-production. |
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 10, 2019 3:54:30 GMT
Jobeth Williams: Steven was there every day. He had very clear and strong ideas about what he wanted done and how he wanted it done. Even though Tobe was there and participating, you felt Steven had the final say on everything. Zelda Rubinstein: I can tell you that Steven directed all six days I was there. I only worked six days on the film and Steven was there. Tobe set up the shots and Steven made the adjustments. Craig T. Nelson does defend Tobe, saying Tobe gave him "a lot of direction" (high praise for the sole credited Director), but even he says Tobe got pushed out in post-production. The issue is whether Hooper directed it at all. Spielberg as writer (credited anyway) and producer is going to have creative influence. Usually that is how it worked. Because Spielberg was so often presented as an auteur (not the case on Duel or Jaws) it seems Hooper was denied that kind of marketing buzz and in fact it probably harmed his career a little, at least image-wise. Did he ever talk about it?
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