151 mins |
Rated
PG-13 (for some strong language, thematic elements, brief violence and drug use.)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Judd Hirsch, Jeannie Berlin, Robin Bartlett, Gabriel LaBelle, Julia Butters, Keeley Karsten, David Lynch, Seth Rogen
GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER BEST PICTURE DRAMA and BEST DIRECTOR. Young Sammy Fabelman falls in love with movies after his parents take him to see "The Greatest Show on Earth." Armed with a camera, Sammy starts to make his own films at home, much to the delight of his supportive mother.
This is Spielberg’s own personal story, of course. In interviews, he’s said the film is ultimately about the moment when he stopped seeing his parents as Mom and Dad and started seeing them as people, in all their complexity. In the process of telling this story, Spielberg charts his own early development as a filmmaker, and that’s where the fun is. We get to see Sammy’s early short films—a war picture, a stagecoach robbery—made with the family’s 8-millimeter camera. The shorts are based on the home movies Spielberg actually made as a kid, some of them shot-by-shot recreations.
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GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER BEST PICTURE DRAMA and BEST DIRECTOR. Young Sammy Fabelman falls in love with movies after his parents take him to see "The Greatest Show on Earth." Armed with a camera, Sammy starts to make his own films at home, much to the delight of his supportive mother.
This is Spielberg’s own personal story, of course. In interviews, he’s said the film is ultimately about the moment when he stopped seeing his parents as Mom and Dad and started seeing them as people, in all their complexity. In the process of telling this story, Spielberg charts his own early development as a filmmaker, and that’s where the fun is. We get to see Sammy’s early short films—a war picture, a stagecoach robbery—made with the family’s 8-millimeter camera. The shorts are based on the home movies Spielberg actually made as a kid, some of them shot-by-shot recreations.