Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2022 Spielberg and Williams are appearing together in Los Angeles in January for a conversation about their collaboration! This wonderful video accompanies the article below (thanks to @thx99 for grabbing the video!) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/steven-spielberg-john-williams-american-cinematheque-tribute-1235283302 Quote Two bona fide Hollywood legends, director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams, will mark their 50th year of collaboration by making a rare joint public appearance at a tribute hosted by the American Cinematheque, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. “Spielberg/Williams — 50 Years of Music and Movies,” which will feature clips of and conversation about their work and friendship, will take place on Thursday, Jan. 12, at 6 p.m., at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills. (American Cinematheque members will have the exclusive opportunity to purchase tickets to the event, but anyone can become an AC member at any time.) Spielberg and Williams first met and began working together in 1972 on Sugarland Express (1974), the first of 29 feature-length films on which they have teamed. (Spielberg has made only five films that weren’t scored by Williams.) Many of their collaborations — including Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), E.T. (1982), Jurassic Park (1993), Schindler’s List (1993), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Munich (2005) and Lincoln (2012) — immediately call to mind both visuals and music in a way that is true of only a select few, if any, other director/composer teams. This year, the duo reunited for The Fabelmans, which Spielberg has described as the “most personal” film of his career. The film has already been nominated for best picture and best original score Golden Globe and Critics Choice awards, with major Oscar nominations almost certain to follow. If the film is nominated for best picture, Spielberg will extend his record number of nominations for a producer from 10 to 11 (though he has won in that category just once, for Schindler’s List). And if it’s nominated for best original score, Williams will extend his record number of total noms for a living person from 52 to 53 (he has won five times); he already holds the all-time record for most decades with at least one nom (the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s). Williams, who will turn 91 in February, has said that his final film score will be the one that he is currently composing for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, on which Spielberg, 75, is an executive producer. It will hit theaters on June 30, 2023. Check out this new featurette about the dynamic duo, which offers a reminder of just how much great work they have done together. BuzzLightyear, crocodile, michael_grig and 10 others 7 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 It took me way to long to figure out this is happening in California, in Beverly Hills Also interesting that this headline says they did 29 films, while Spielberg's note in the Fabelman's OST album that people got today says 31 films Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,658 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 I don't know how to embed the video from this article, but please do so if you can. It is a fuller one from the Fabelmans posted yesterday. Johnny at the piano is fantastic, and Spielberg's full comments are heartwarming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, Tom said: I don't know how to embed the video from this article, but please do so if you can. It is a fuller one from the Fabelmans posted yesterday. Johnny at the piano is fantastic, and Spielberg's full comments are heartwarming. It seems like it's from an EPK and doesn't look like it's been posted on Youtube. People will just have to click through to the article until it's posted somewhere else in an embeddable format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 @thx99 can probably figure out the URL of the video, and maybe even how to embed it in a forum post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Taikomochi 1,136 Posted December 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2022 This indicates to me Williams is going to campaign hard as he reasonably can for Oscar no. 6 Brando, Remco, Disco Stu and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,658 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Just now, Taikomochi said: This indicates to me Williams is going to campaign hard as he reasonably can for Oscar no. 6 Maybe, but a 50th anniversary is an achievement worth celebrating in its own right. The fact that Williams has not premiered a concert suite in Cleveland or Milan indicates to me that he is not thinking too hard about the Oscar. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTN 2,023 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 35 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Spielberg and Williams are appearing together in Los Angeles in January for a conversation about their collaboration! There's a wonderful video accompanying this article that everyone should click through to watch. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/steven-spielberg-john-williams-american-cinematheque-tribute-1235283302 Fantastic video! I was moved to tears while watching it. What a beautiful and special professional relationship that's also a lifelong friendship between Steven Spielberg and John Williams. I wish they would forever make movies together... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,287 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 27 minutes ago, Jay said: It took me way to long to figure out this is happening in California, in Beverly Hills Also interesting that this headline says they did 29 films, while Spielberg's note in the Fabelman's OST album that people got today says 31 films Yeah he's said 31 a few times now, I guess he's counting An Unfinished Journey and A Timeless Call? I feel like previous counts he's given over the years were always accurate to the feature films so it's interesting he seems to have raised it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Another one? They did one a few years ago. But I welcome another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 minute ago, mrbellamy said: Yeah he's said 31 a few times now, I guess he's counting An Unfinished Journey and A Timeless Call? That or Amazing Stories I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,287 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 13 minutes ago, Thor said: Another one? They did one a few years ago. But I welcome another. I don't think they've done something like this since the AFI Masterclass that aired on TCM in 2011, so more than a few years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thx99 1,740 Posted December 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2022 44 minutes ago, Jay said: @thx99 can probably figure out the URL of the video, and maybe even how to embed it in a forum post Uploaded it as "unlisted" to my YouTube account... Amer, Brando, Disco Stu and 5 others 2 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 minute ago, thx99 said: Uploaded it as "unlisted" to my YouTube account... Thank you! I added it to the main post if that's alright. thx99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Just now, Disco Stu said: Thank you! I added it to the main post if that's alright. That's fine with me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, thx99 said: Uploaded it as "unlisted" to my YouTube account... thx99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrbellamy 6,287 Posted December 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2022 Also interesting that Spielberg says "This was a wonderful way for Johnny to finish up his career as a film composer" which feels like his most tacit acknowledgement so far of JW's planned retirement from movies. Still we've had somewhat mixed messages about it so I guess we'll just have to see. Jay, crumbs, MaxTheHouseelf and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JohnnyD 1,223 Posted December 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2022 Wow. I shed a tear or two watching this video. Steven Spielberg and John Williams have made tremendous contributions to the human experience with all of these films. I’ll go a step further. Maestro John Williams has blessed humanity with his God-given gift time and time again, with all the films and projects he has done; not just in the realm of film and television, but in the concert hall and realm of classical music, to the commemoration of historical events. The Maestro has shown over and over again why he is, not only, the best at what he does; he is one of the greatest gifts humanity has been and continues to be blessed with. Once, essel, Tom and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Here's an official YouTube version from Universal... crocodile and Disco Stu 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 33 minutes ago, Jay said: Nice find! Credit to Peter Hackman actually. He shared it on Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Thanks, @pjhackman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 minute ago, Jay said: Thanks, @pjhackman! "Oh, THERE you are, Peter!!" (I couldn't figure out his handle here on JWFAN, damnit!!) Brando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Alex 2,835 Posted December 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2022 I’d be interested to know a little bit more about the scoring process for Schindler’s List. It’s certainly a very powerful film, and one could argue that perhaps it deserved a better composer than JW. Perhaps, there weren’t any better composers alive! Anyway, I’d love to hear an anecdote about that. Tom, michael_grig, Brando and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,658 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Alex said: I’d be interested to know a little bit more about the scoring process for Schindler’s List. It’s certainly a very powerful film, and one could argue that perhaps it deserved a better composer than JW. Perhaps, there weren’t any better composers alive! Anyway, I’d love to hear an anecdote about that. I know you would love ot hear such an anecdote, but they are all retread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayesian 1,363 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 4 hours ago, thx99 said: Here's an official YouTube version from Universal... "...all the way from Schindler's List to Jurassic Park and back again." Given that only six months separated the two, I wonder how JW intended us to interpret that turn of phrase. 😛 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando 1,863 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 So this says live...Does anyone think it will be streamed somewhere and or recorded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artguy360 1,843 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Wonderful video. Their partnership has brought me so much personal joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 907 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Brando said: So this says live...Does anyone think it will be streamed somewhere and or recorded? I hope so, but my reading of the word "live" in this case just means Williams and Spielberg will be physically present. And actually the word "live" isn't in the article, which describes the event as a public appearance of Williams and Spielberg. Brando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnTheBaptist 57 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Volume 4 coming? I choose to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TolkienSS 407 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 I wish this anniversary yielded a more remarkable score than The Fabelmans. Brando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 9 minutes ago, TolkienSS said: mrbellamy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuartalHarmony 543 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 I wish my touch at the piano is half as good as his when I hit 90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,016 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 "This was a wonderful way for Johnny to finish up his career as a film composer" 🥺 Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,913 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 But that's just one mile from where I live! I'd be a fool not to attend this! Jay and Andrej 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 593 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 We need the full video of John performing the fabelmans theme, without voice-over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrej 50 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 On 17/12/2022 at 3:35 PM, karelm said: But that's just one mile from where I live! I'd be a fool not to attend this! So to make thigs easier for you, I've contacted AC for more info regarding tickets, since I'll be in LA few days earlier than the event itself.. Their reply> . The tickets for the SPIELBERG/WILLIAMS event will first be released to upper-level members (Patron level & Above) tomorrow (12/21). All remaining tickets if available will go out to all members across the tiers in early January. karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayesian 1,363 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, Andrej said: So to make thigs easier for you, I've contacted AC for more info regarding tickets, since I'll be in LA few days earlier than the event itself.. Their reply> . The tickets for the SPIELBERG/WILLIAMS event will first be released to upper-level members (Patron level & Above) tomorrow (12/21). All remaining tickets if available will go out to all members across the tiers in early January. Patron level is $400 per year and there are two levels above that, which means there will be no tickets left for lower tiers by the time January rolls around, is my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrej 50 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, Bayesian said: Patron level is $400 per year and there are two levels above that, which means there will be no tickets left for lower tiers by the time January rolls around, is my guess. my thoughts exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,913 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 9 hours ago, Andrej said: So to make thigs easier for you, I've contacted AC for more info regarding tickets, since I'll be in LA few days earlier than the event itself.. Their reply> . The tickets for the SPIELBERG/WILLIAMS event will first be released to upper-level members (Patron level & Above) tomorrow (12/21). All remaining tickets if available will go out to all members across the tiers in early January. Thanks - I was trying to figure out how to get tickets. Well, someone from JWFAN needs to be there. It's a small theater and I'm certain AC will sell out to film buffs because of Spielberg before the JW crew is even involved otherwise all that we'll get are Schindler's List 'I know. But they're all dead!' stories we've heard millions of times. What to do. EDIT: Tickets on sale now if any of us are at the right levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,913 Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 This event sold out minutes after going on sale to members. Did any of us manage to get a ticket? I tried about 15 minutes after receiving an email the tickets were available to members and it was sold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,658 Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 hour ago, karelm said: This event sold out minutes after going on sale to members. Did any of us manage to get a ticket? I tried about 15 minutes after receiving an email the tickets were available to members and it was sold out. I would suggest you go to Plan B. Find the back door where the help escapes for smoke breaks and bring a few cartons for currency. karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 So are any JWFanners attending this tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DangerMotif 1,038 Posted January 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2023 Raiders of the SoundtrArk, Falstaft, BB-8 and 11 others 2 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DangerMotif 1,038 Posted January 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2023 https://twitter.com/am_cinematheque/status/1613735723840208897?s=46&t=CJvyocqTMadvklJtEFZNDg 10 minutes ago, Gibster said: Williams sharing a new quote😜 Brando, Muad'Dib and eitam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,457 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BB-8 3,478 Posted January 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2023 I love: "A day without music is a mistake." Brando, din_zav, Raiders of the SoundtrArk and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrbellamy 6,287 Posted January 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2023 John Williams on retirement Taikomochi, crumbs, rpvee and 6 others 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_grig 472 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Was this recorded / will it be available to stream somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BB-8 3,478 Posted January 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2023 karelm, thx99, Brando and 4 others 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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