Steven Spielberg and Super 8

Rating: Null/10 (21 August 2011)

I was just going through Steven Spielberg's Wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg) and found a strong resemblance in between his early life story (specially first two paragraphs) and the Super 8 story line without an Alien attack. Thinking its Mr. Spielberg himself in the Character of "Charles".
Here are a few facts that made me think of it:
*The story was plotted in Ohio where Mr. Spielberg was born.
*His Wikipedia say he made a movie with a 8 m.m. Camera with a scene "wrecks he staged with his Lionel train set"
*The second paragraph also stated that Mr. Spielberg noted in the Wikipedia page that, "My dad's still-camera was broken, so I asked the scoutmaster if I could tell a story with my father's movie camera. He said yes, and I got an idea to do a Western. I made it and got my merit badge. That was how it all started." It does sound familiar with the story, isn't it?
But of course I can be wrong! :)