1941 (1979)
The Japanese didn’t plan an assault on Hollywood, Spielberg did. One of his few misfires, but it’s a big one, 1941 sees director Steven Spielberg having fun playing with a “sky’s the limit” budget and...
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Jaws 2 (1978)
Shortly after the monumental success of Jaws, Universal Pictures wanted Steven Spielberg to follow up with another entry as part of a four-picture deal he signed with them. He didn’t bother to entertain that...
Jaws (1975)
Nearly a year prior to its publication in February 1974, film producers Richard Zanuck and David Brown, in collaboration with Universal Pictures, acquired the rights for a screen adaptation of “Jaws,” a novel being...
The Amityville Horror (1979)
On November 13, 1974, 23-year-old Ronnie “Butch” DeFeo Jr. shot and murdered his parents, two brothers, and two sisters with a high-powered rifle as they were sleeping in their Amityville, Long Island home. DeFeo...