Word: spielbergisms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bomb that explodes in the house of an Israeli labor attaché near Bonn draws the attention not only of West German authorities but also of intelligence agents from Tel Aviv, led by a man named Kurtz (a.k.a. Schulmann, Raphael, Spielberg). He knows who is responsible for the blast: a shadowy Palestinian called Khalil who has terrorized Western Europe with apparent impunity. Kurtz pays his hidden adversary a supreme compliment: "There's a brain at work." Kurtz has also located Khalil's younger brother and collaborator, currently living in Munich, and has a team of agents in place...
...vintage year for pictures and performances as well. By and large, the nominated were both predictable and respectable. Three Best Picture nominees dominated the Academy's voting: Sir Richard Attenborough's epic Gandhi with eleven nominations; Tootsie, directed by Sydney Pollack, with ten; and Steven Spielberg's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial with nine. (The other contenders for Best Picture: Sidney Lumet's The Verdict and Constantin Costa-Gavras' Missing...
...Spielberg was then presented with an E.T. doll, sporting heir...
Finally, upon being presented with the Pudding Pot, Spielberg commented that it was the perfect thing to put E.T.'s profit checks...
...Spielberg added that when he was Bar Mitzvahed at 13, the Jewish community called him a man, but when he directed his first show at age 21, for Universal Studios, colleagues referred to him as a "wonderkid...