Steven Spielberg and John Williams Reminisce About Their 50 Year Relationship in New Featurette For THE FABELMANS
A new featurette has been shared for Steven Spielberg’s new film The Fabelmans and it’s a must-watch for any cinephile as it puts a focus on the 50-year relationship between Spielberg and film composer John Williams. They’ve been friends over all this time and have collaborated on several incredible movies together and it all started with Jaws.
The Fabelmans came out on the fifty-year anniversary of their collaboration, which is what the featurette is connected to, but it’s so cool watching them talk about their work together and it even includes old behind-the-scenes footage of the two creating the score for E.T. The Extra-Terestrial.
As a long-time fan of Spielberg and Williams, I absolutely enjoyed watching this wonderful featurette. I hope that you all enjoy it as well!
The movie is a semi-autobiographical project that draws from Spielberg’s life. The main character is a young man named Sam Fabelman, who is growing up in post-World War II with memories of his parents and his sisters. As the story plays out, Sam discovers a shattering family secret, and at the same time, it explores the power of films and how they help him see the truth.
The film stars Gabriel LaBelle (The Predator, American Gigolo series) “as 16-year-old aspiring filmmaker Sammy Fabelman; Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea, My Week with Marilyn) as his artistic mother, Mitzi; Paul Dano (The Batman, There Will Be Blood) as his successful, scientific father, Burt; Seth Rogen (Steve Jobs, An American Pickle) as Bennie Loewy, Burt’s best friend and honorary “uncle” to the Fabelman children, and Judd Hirsch (Uncut Gems, Ordinary People) as Mitzi’s Uncle Boris.
The ensemble cast also includes Jeannie Berlin (The Heartbreak Kid, Inherent Vice) as Sammy’s paternal grandmother, Hadassah Fabelman; Julia Butters (Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood, 13 Hours) as Sammy’s sister Reggie; Robin Bartlett (Moonstruck, Lean on Me) as Sammy’s maternal grandmother Tina Schildkraut and Keeley Karsten (Hunters, Evil Lives Here) as Sammy’s sister Natalie.
Spielberg wrote the film with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, who also wrote Spielberg’s Lincoln and Munich. You can read all about that in my review.