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Steven Spielberg, director

Steven Spielberg, director, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.

Steven Spielberg is the most successful director of his generation and the highest-grossing director of all time: his films have taken more than $10 billion worldwide. From Jaws to E.T. and Jurassic Park to Schindler’s List, his storytelling has captivated audiences around the world.

Steven grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, where he started making films as a young boy. In 1958 he made a short Western which won him a Boy Scout merit badge. He screened it to his entire Scout troop and their laughter and applause got him hooked on film making.

In 1971 he directed a television movie called Duel about a motorist who is pursued by a murderous truck driver. The film attracted good reviews from critics, and before the age of 30, Steven had directed his first global hit: Jaws grossed $471 million worldwide and is credited as heralding the arrival of the blockbuster era. He now says Jaws was β€˜a free pass into my future.’

He has won three Academy Awards, and has received eight nominations for best director. The Fabelmans, his most recent film, is a semi-fictionalised account of his own coming of age, drawing on his film-making experiences as a child.

Steven is married to the actor Kate Capshaw, who starred in his film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and they have seven children.

DISC ONE: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance by Gene Pitney
DISC TWO: Fugue in G minor, BMW 578 – β€œThe Little” arranged by Leopold Stokowski, composed by J.S Bach, performed by Philadelphia Orchestra and conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin
DISC THREE: Michelle by The Beatles
DISC FOUR: What the World Needs Now Is Love by Jackie DeShannon
DISC FIVE: Come Fly with Me by Frank Sinatra
DISC SIX: The Ghost of Tom Joad by Bruce Springsteen
DISC SEVEN: Somewhere, composed by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, performed by Reri Grist
DISC EIGHT: Coolhand by Buzzy Lee

BOOK CHOICE: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
LUXURY ITEM: H-8 Bolex camera
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Coolhand by Buzzy Lee

Presenter Lauren Laverne
Producer Paula McGinley

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Music Played

  • Gene Pitney

    (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance

    • 120 Burt Bacharach Songbook Classics.
    • AudioSonic Music.
    • 13.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue in G minor, BMW 578 - "The Little" arranged by Leopold Stokowski

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick NΓ©zet‐SΓ©guin.
    • Bach: The Romantic Side.
    • 27.
  • The Beatles

    Michelle

    • Rubber Soul.
    • EMI Catalogue.
    • 7.
  • Jackie DeShannon

    What the World Needs Now Is Love

    • This Is Jackie DeShannon.
    • CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92).
    • 1.
  • Frank Sinatra

    Come Fly With Me

    • Ultimate Sinatra: The Centennial Collection.
    • FRANK SINATRA HYBRID.
    • 22.
  • Bruce Springsteen

    The Ghost of Tom Joad

    • The Essential Bruce Springsteen.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 9.
  • Reri Grist

    Somewhere

    • West Side Story.
    • CGH Ventures Inc..
    • 13.
  • Buzzy Lee

    Coolhand

    • Facepaint.
    • Kobalt Music Netherlands OH Records BV..
    • 2.

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