SPIELBERG, a two-week, 20-film festival of blockbusters by the titan American director Steven Spielberg, will run from Friday, August 30 through Thursday, September 12 at Film Forum.
The series includes such summer classics as the benchmark blockbuster thriller JAWS, nine-time Oscar nominated sci-fi fable E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, and the groundbreaking man vs. nature theme park parable JURASSIC PARK – all in 35mm.
Spielberg’s theatrical feature directorial debut THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS, starring Goldie Hawn, and the first collaboration with composer John Williams, who has scored all but five of Spielberg's films since, will run in new 4K restoration.
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, winner of 5 Academy Awards and the first Lucas-Spielberg collaboration, the next two beloved INDIANA JONES movies, cat-and-mouse sleeper-hit DUEL (Spielberg’s made-for-TV debut), monumental Holocaust drama SCHINDLER’S LIST, epic WWII masterpiece SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, and more will screen.
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Public Screening Schedule
Subject to change; check web for latest
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
U.S., 1981
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Alfred Molina
Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan
Story by George Lucas & Philip Kaufman
Music by John Williams
Approx. 115 mins. 4K DCP.
Friday, August 30 at 12:30
Saturday, August 31 at 2:50
Saturday, September 7 at 12:30
Tuesday, September 10 at 3:10
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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
U.S., 1977
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Bob Balaban
Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond
Music by John Williams
Approx. 135 mins. 4K DCP.
Friday, August 30 at 3:10
Saturday, August 31 at 8:00
Monday, September 2 at 5:40
Tuesday, September 3 at 3:00 |
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THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS
U.S., 1974
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Goldie Hawn, William Atherton, Ben Johnson.
Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond
Music by John Williams
Approx. 109 mins. 4K DCP Restoration.
Friday, August 30 at 6:00
Saturday, August 31 at 12:30
Sunday, September 1 at 2:30
Tuesday, September 3 at 12:40
Wednesday, September 11 at 3:50
Thursday, September 12 at 12:30 |
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DUEL
U.S., 1971
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Dennis Weaver
Based on the short story by Richard Matheson
Approx. 90 mins. 35mm.
Friday, August 30 at 8:20
Sunday, September 1 at 12:30
Wednesday, September 4 at 6:00
Monday, September 9 at 9:00
Wednesday, September 11 at 9:20 |
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JAWS
U.S., 1975
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Murray Hamilton
Music by John Williams
Based on the novel by Peter Benchley
Approx. 124 mins. 35mm (3-D DCP on 9/2).
Saturday, August 31 at 5:20
Sunday, September 1 at 7:40
Monday, September 2 at 3:00 – in 3-D!
Tuesday, September 3 at 8:20
Thursday, September 5 at 12:30
Thursday, September 12 at 7:50
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E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL
U.S., 1982
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote
Music by John Williams
Approx. 115 mins. 35mm.
Monday, September 2 at 12:30
Wednesday, September 4 at 3:30
Thursday, September 5 at 6:00
Thursday, September 12 at 2:50 |
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JURASSIC PARK
U.S., 1993
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Richard Attenborough, Sam Neil, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum.
Based on the novel by Micheal Crichton
Music by John Williams
Approx. 126 mins. 35mm.
Sunday, September 1 at 4:50
Monday, September 2 at 8:30
Tuesday, September 3 at 5:45
Thursday, September 5 at 3:20
Thursday, September 12 at 5:10
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EMPIRE OF THE SUN
U.S., 1987
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson.
Based on the novel by J.G.Ballard
Music by John Williams
Approx. 153 mins. 4K DCP.
Wednesday, September 4 at 12:30
Thursday, September 5 at 8:20
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BRIDGE OF SPIES
U.S., 2015
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan
Written by Matt Charman and Joel & Ethan Coen
Approx. 142 min. 4K DCP.
Wednesday, September 4 at 8:00
Friday, September 6 at 12:30 |
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SCHINDLER’S LIST
U.S., 1993
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley.
Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally
Cinematography by Janusz Kaminski
Music by John Williams
Approx. 195 mins. 4K DCP.
Friday, September 6 at 3:30
Sunday, September 8 at 3:30 |
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SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
U.S., 1998
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore.
Cinematography by Janusz Kaminski
Music by John Williams
Approx. 169 mins. 4K DCP.
Friday, September 6 at 7:15
Wednesday, September 11 at 12:30 |
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INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
U.S., 1984
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan.
Story by George Lucas
Music by John Williams
Approx. 118 mins. 4K DCP.
Saturday, September 7 at 3:00 |
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INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
U.S., 1989
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody, Denholm Elliott.
Music by John Williams
Approx. 127 mins. 4K DCP.
Saturday, September 7 at 5:30
Tuesday, September 10 at 12:30
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A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
U.S., 2001
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Haley Joel Osment, Frances O’Conner, Jude Law, Brendan Gleeson.
Based on the short story by Brian Aldiss
Music by John Williams
Approx. 146 mins. DCP.
Saturday, September 7 at 8:10
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THE COLOR PURPLE
U.S., 1985
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Rae Don Chong
Based on novel by Alice Walker
Music by Quincy Jones
Approx. 154 mins. 4K DCP.
Sunday, September 8 at 12:30
Monday, September 9 at 3:00
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1941
U.S., 1979
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Ned Beatty, Lorraine Gary, Toshirō Mifune, Warren Oates, Robert Stack, Treat Williams
Screenplay by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale
Music by John Williams
Approx. 118 mins. DCP.
Sunday, September 8 at 7:10
Monday, September 9 at 12:30
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MINORITY REPORT
U.S., 2002
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow, Lois Smith
Based on the short story by Philip K. Dick
Music by John Williams
Approx. 145 mins. 35mm.
Monday, September 9 at 6:00
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CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
U.S., 2002
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken
Music by John Williams
Approx. 141 min. 4K DCP.
Tuesday, September 10 at 5:35 |
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MUNICH
U.S., 2005
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Marie-Josée Croze
Screenplay by Eric Roth and Tony Kushner
Music by John Williams
Approx. 164 min. 4K DCP.
Tuesday, September 10 at 8:35 |
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AMISTAD
U.S., 1997
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Morgan Freeman, Djimon Hounsou, Anthony Hopkins, Matthew McConaughey, Nigel Hawthorne
Cinematography by Janusz Kaminski
Music by John Williams
Approx. 155 mins. 4K DCP.
Wednesday, September 11 at 6:20
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