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* [[Cast the Expert]]: You know how the dialogue between the pilots and the air traffic controllers sounded so realistic? Spielberg used the controllers from Los Angeles ARTCC, gave them the scenario, and they played it as if it were real.
* [[Cast the Expert]]: You know how the dialogue between the pilots and the air traffic controllers sounded so realistic? Spielberg used the controllers from Los Angeles ARTCC, gave them the scenario, and they played it as if it were real.
* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: Used with the young actor playing Barry. For example to get good reactions in the kitchen scene, where you only see his face, off-camera they had a clown which Barry (Cary Guffy) smiled at. Then (same take) they brought in a man in a gorilla suit, which he looked at with a puzzled expression. Then the man in the gorilla suit took his mask off, revealing it to be a grown-up he knew. Cary smiled.
* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: Used with the young actor playing Barry. For example to get good reactions in the kitchen scene, where you only see his face, off-camera they had a clown which Barry (Cary Guffy) smiled at. Then (same take) they brought in a man in a gorilla suit, which he looked at with a puzzled expression. Then the man in the gorilla suit took his mask off, revealing it to be a grown-up he knew. Cary smiled.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: Lots of footage was edited around and cut in the original 1977 version. Justified as the studio was on the verge of bankruptcy and needed to ship this film before they went under.
* [[Executive Meddling]] {{context}}
* [[Flip-Flop of God]]: Spielberg [http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0506281 said] in 2005, that he made that movie when he didn't have kids, and if he was making it today, he'd [[Values Dissonance|never have Neary leaving his family]].
* [[Flip-Flop of God]]: Spielberg [http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0506281 said] in 2005, that he made that movie when he didn't have kids, and if he was making it today, he'd [[Values Dissonance|never have Neary leaving his family]].
** The younger Spielberg made authentic statements about
** The younger Spielberg made authentic statements about