2007-02-19 00:28:43 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Duel (1971).
It was a made-for-TV film that got a cinematic release in Europe.
It was about a man in a car being chased accross the desert by a truck.
2007-02-19 00:31:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends what you mean by "First"... He gained notoriety as an uncredited assistant editor on the classic western "Wagon Train" (1957). Among his early directing efforts were "Battle Squad (1961)", which combined World War II footage with footage of an airplane on the ground that he makes you believe is moving. He also directed Escape to Nowhere (1961), which featured kids as World War Two soldiers, including his sister Anne Spielberg, and The Last Gun (1959), a western. All of these were short films.
2007-02-19 00:35:20 · answer #2 · answered by git along gal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the age of 13, Spielberg won a prize for a 40.65-minute war movie he titled Escape to Nowhere.
Whilst attending Arcadia High School in Phoenix, Arizona in 1963, at the young age of 16, Spielberg wrote and directed his first large scale independent movie. His 140-minute production was a science fiction adventure called Firelight (which would later inspire Close Encounters). The movie, with a budget of USD$400, was shown in his local movie theater and generated a profit of $100. Firelight was Spielberg's first real commercial success and the local Phoenix press wrote that he could expect great things to come.
2007-02-19 00:34:13 · answer #3 · answered by sugarplum9903 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what exactly what you mean. His first movie he had ever made, ever, in his whole life, was a staged trainwreck he had filmed with his father's 8mm camcorder, but it wasn't an actual movie. His first "actual" movie, was "The Last Gun", which has alos been titled as "The Last Gunfight".
His first feature length film, after he was contracted as a Director, was "Duel", which was a TV movie. His first theatrically released film was "The Sugerland Express", which did pretty good with the reviews by critics, but it did terrible in the box office.
The movie that launched Spielberg's career, and made him famous, and well-known, was "Jaws".
Hope I helped.
2007-02-19 02:38:43 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His debut theatrical feature film was The Sugarland Express. Prior to this, Duel was a made-for-TV movie.
2007-02-19 00:33:46 · answer #5 · answered by Prince 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't remember the name of it, but Dennis Weaver is a traveling salesman and for some reason this trucker begins giving him a very hard time on the road...made for tv in the early 70's...very good movie...
2007-02-22 20:16:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-09-21 17:18:09 · answer #7 · answered by Paula 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Last Gun (1959)
Director
2007-02-19 00:31:49 · answer #8 · answered by john 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really enjoyed saving private ryan as I think it was a masterful movie which really captured every detail and showed us the brutal facts of what actually happened at D-Day!
2007-02-19 00:54:35 · answer #9 · answered by the southern dandy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Duel" with Dennis Weaver.
It was a 1970's "ABC Movie of the Week".
2007-02-19 01:36:48 · answer #10 · answered by Al 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋