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The Sugarland Express

Genre
Drama
Rating
PG
Released
5 April, 1974
The Sugarland Express

The Sugarland Express is a 1974 American crime drama film directed by Steven Spielberg in his theatrical feature directorial debut. It stars Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, William Atherton, and Michael Sacks. It is about a husband and wife trying to outrun the law and was based on a real-life incident. In the film, a woman and her husband take a police officer hostage and flee across Texas as they try to get to their child before he is placed in foster care. The event partially took place, the story is partially set, and the film was partially filmed in Sugar Land, Texas. Other scenes for the film were filmed in San Antonio, Live Oak, Floresville, Pleasanton, Converse and Del Rio, Texas. The Sugarland Express marks the first collaboration between Spielberg and composer John Williams.

Directeur Steven Spielberg
Produced by Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown
Screenplay by Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins
Story by Steven Spielberg, Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins
Starring Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, William Atherton, Michael Sacks
Music John Williams
Cinematography Vilmos Zsigmond
Edited by Edward M. Abroms, Verna Fields
Production, company Universal Pictures, The Zanuck/Brown Company
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Released March 30, 1974 (New York)
Running time 110 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $3 million
Box office $12 million
Netflix ID 70001767

Over The Sugarland Express

Crime drama co-written and directed by Steven Spielberg, marking his theatrical feature directorial debut. In the film, a woman tries to reunite her family by helping her husband escape prison and then kidnapping their son.

Prestaties van The Sugarland Express

It was the first collaboration between Spielberg and his long-time composer John Williams. It won Best Screenplay at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.

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