Slipstream (1967 film)
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Slipstream is a 1967
film about bicycle racers directed
and written
by Steven Spielberg
and Roger Ernest that went unfinished. Ernest, who also starred in the film, later appeared in Spielberg's Sugarland Express and Close Encounters of the Third Kind
. Slipstream also co-starred Tony Bill
, who was already an established actor.
While preparing to shoot Slipstream, Spielberg's assistant director on the project, Peter R.J. Deyell, introduced him to aspiring cinematographer Allen Daviau
, who was working at Studio City Camera, a motion picture equipment rental facility. Spielberg hired Daviau to shoot Slipstream, as well as three of Spielberg's early feature-length films: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
, The Color Purple
and Empire of the Sun
.
Relatively inexperienced at the time, Spielberg believed that Slipstream could be made for $4,000. Despite getting equipment, film and services donated, he soon ran out of money and ended production.
1967 in film
The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film.-Events:* December 26 - The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television....
film about bicycle racers directed
Film director
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and written
Screenwriter
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by Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
and Roger Ernest that went unfinished. Ernest, who also starred in the film, later appeared in Spielberg's Sugarland Express and Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, and Cary Guffey...
. Slipstream also co-starred Tony Bill
Tony Bill
Gerard Anthony "Tony" Bill is an American actor, producer, and director. He produced the 1973 movie The Sting, for which he shared the Academy Award for Best Picture with Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips...
, who was already an established actor.
While preparing to shoot Slipstream, Spielberg's assistant director on the project, Peter R.J. Deyell, introduced him to aspiring cinematographer Allen Daviau
Allen Daviau
Allen Daviau, A.S.C. is an American cinematographer.-Selected filmography:*Amblin *Close Encounters of the Third Kind *E.T...
, who was working at Studio City Camera, a motion picture equipment rental facility. Spielberg hired Daviau to shoot Slipstream, as well as three of Spielberg's early feature-length films: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 American science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, and Peter Coyote...
, The Color Purple
The Color Purple
The Color Purple is an acclaimed 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker. It received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction...
and Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun is a 1984 novel by J. G. Ballard which was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Like Ballard's earlier short story, "The Dead Time" , it is essentially fiction but draws extensively on Ballard's experiences in World War II...
.
Relatively inexperienced at the time, Spielberg believed that Slipstream could be made for $4,000. Despite getting equipment, film and services donated, he soon ran out of money and ended production.