Steven_Spielberg

qas: question: What issue did Spielberg address in his movie Schindler's List?
answers: text: the Holocaust

question: What issue did Spielberg address in his movie Amistad?
answers: text: the transatlantic slave trade

question: What issue did Spielberg address in his movie Munich?
answers: text: terrorism

question: How long has Steven Spielberg had his career so far?
answers: text: more than four decades

question: In what film did Spielberg address humanistic issues?
answers: text: Schindler's List

question: In what film did Spielberg cover the slave trade?
answers: text: Amistad

question: In what films did Spielberg address war?
answers: text: Empire of the Sun, Saving Private Ryan, War Horse and Bridge of Spies

question: In what film did Spielberg address terrorism?
answers: text: Munich

question: What type of films did Spielberg find early success with?
answers: text: y science-fiction and adventure

question: What is Spielberg's most critically acclaimed film?

question: What film of Spielberg's was his first to address humanistic issues?

question: What was Spielberg's first adventure film?

question: What was Spielberg's first science-fiction movie?
context: In a career spanning more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking. In later years, his films began addressing humanistic issues such as the Holocaust (in Schindler's List), the transatlantic slave trade (in Amistad), war (in Empire of the Sun, Saving Private Ryan, War Horse and Bridge of Spies) and terrorism (in Munich). His other films include Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones film series, and A.I. Artificial Intelligence.

qas: question: Where was Steven Spielberg born?
answers: text: Cincinnati, Ohio

question: What religion was Steven Spielberg's family?
answers: text: Orthodox Jewish

question: Where were Steven Spielberg's granparents from?
answers: text: Ukraine

question: Where did Steven Spielberg's family move to in 1953?
answers: text: Phoenix, Arizona

question: What job did Steven Spielberg's father have?
answers: text: electrical engineer

question: Where was Spielberg born?
answers: text: Cincinnati, Ohio

question: What religion was Spielberg's family?
answers: text: Orthodox Jewish

question: What was Spielberg's mother's career?
answers: text: restaurateur and concert pianist

question: What was Spielberg's father's career?
answers: text: electrical engineer involved in the development of computers

question: Where did Spielberg's paternal grandparents immigrate from?
answers: text: Ukraine

question: What was Spielberg's paternal grandfather's first name?

question: What was Spielberg's paternal grandmother's first name?

question: In what year did Rabbi Albert L. Lewis join Hebrew School in Phoenix, Arizona?

question: In what year did Spielberg's father become an electrical engineer?

question: In what year was RCA founded?
context: Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to an Orthodox Jewish family. His mother, Leah (Adler) Posner (born 1920), was a restaurateur and concert pianist, and his father, Arnold Spielberg (born 1917), was an electrical engineer involved in the development of computers. His paternal grandparents were immigrants from Ukraine who settled in Cincinnati in the first decade of the 1900s. In 1950, his family moved to Haddon Township, New Jersey when his father took a job with RCA. Three years later, the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona.:548 Spielberg attended Hebrew school from 1953 to 1957, in classes taught by Rabbi Albert L. Lewis.

qas: question: How much money has all of Steven Spielberg's movies grossed worldwide?
answers: text: exceeds $9 billion

question: What composer has Steven Spielberg been associated with since 1974?
answers: text: John Williams

question: How much money is Steven Spielberg worth?
answers: text: more than $3 billion

question: What record does Steven Spielberg have?
answers: text: the highest-grossing director in history

question: Who has composed most of Steven Spielberg's movies?
answers: text: John Williams

question: When was Jaws released?
answers: text: 1975

question: When did Jurassic Park come out?
answers: text: 1993

question: What did Spielberg win for Schindler's List?
answers: text: Academy Award for Best Director

question: What is Spielberg's net worth?
answers: text: more than $3 billion

question: Who composes music for most of Spielberg's movies?
answers: text: John Williams

question: How much have all Spielberg-directed films combined earned in adjusted gross?

question: How much in unadjusted gross have Spielberg-directed films combined earned in the United States?

question: What is one of Spielberg's movies that has had the music composed by John Williams?

question: What is one of Spielberg's movies that John Williams hasn't composed the music for?

question: What was Spielberg's first movie?
context: Spielberg won the Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998). Three of Spielberg's films—Jaws (1975), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Jurassic Park (1993)—achieved box office records, originated and came to epitomize the blockbuster film. The unadjusted gross of all Spielberg-directed films exceeds $9 billion worldwide, making him the highest-grossing director in history. His personal net worth is estimated to be more than $3 billion. He has been associated with composer John Williams since 1974, who composed music for all save five of Spielberg's feature films.

qas: question: When did Steven Spielberg have trouble dealing with being an Orthodox Jew?
answers: text: As a child

question: How did Steven Spielberg feel about being an Orhtodox Jew?
answers: text: embarrassed

question: What kind of prejudice did Spielberg have to deal with in High school?
answers: text: anti-Semitic

question: How many bloody noses did Spielberg get in High School?
answers: text: Two

question: At what age was Spielberg embarrassed by his family being Jewish?
answers: text: seven, eight, nine years old

question: What was Spielberg bullied because of?
answers: text: anti-Semitic prejudice

question: How many bloody noses did Spielberg get in high school?
answers: text: Two

question: How many bloody noses did Spielberg get from fighting while in elementary school?

question: How many Orthodox Jew friends did Spielberg have while in high school?

question: At what age did Spielberg become alright with being an Orthodox Jew?

question: How many bloody noses from fighting did Spielberg get in middle school?

question: What kind of prejudice did Spielberg have to deal with while in elementary school?
context: As a child, Spielberg faced difficulty reconciling being an Orthodox Jew with the perception of him by other children he played with. "It isn't something I enjoy admitting," he once said, "but when I was seven, eight, nine years old, God forgive me, I was embarrassed because we were Orthodox Jews. I was embarrassed by the outward perception of my parents' Jewish practices. I was never really ashamed to be Jewish, but I was uneasy at times." Spielberg also said he suffered from acts of anti-Semitic prejudice and bullying: "In high school, I got smacked and kicked around. Two bloody noses. It was horrible."

qas: question: What was Spielberg's first indepenent film?
answers: text: Firelight

question: How long was Spielberg's film "Escape to Nowhere"?
answers: text: 40-minute

question: How much money did Spielberg spend to film Close Encounters?
answers: text: $500

question: Who did Spielberg get money from to film Close Encounters?
answers: text: his father

question: What genre was Spielberg's first film "The Last Gunfight"
answers: text: Western

question: When did Spielberg join the Boy Scouts?
answers: text: 1958

question: What film did Spielberg make to earn a merit badge?
answers: text: The Last Gunfight

question: Why did Spielberg make a movie instead of taking still photos for the photography merit badge?
answers: text: dad's still-camera was broken

question: At what age did Spielberg make 'Escape to Nowhere'?
answers: text: thirteen

question: What film led to Close Encounters?
answers: text: Firelight

question: How many high school friends did Spielberg have?

question: How much did Escape to Nowhere cost to make?

question: What was the runtime for Close Encounters?

question: In what year did Spielberg tell a magazine interviewer about earning his Boy Scouts merit badge?

question: What motion picture format was Firelight shot in?
context: In 1958, he became a Boy Scout and fulfilled a requirement for the photography merit badge by making a nine-minute 8 mm film entitled The Last Gunfight. Years later, Spielberg recalled to a magazine interviewer, "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." At age thirteen, while living in Phoenix, Spielberg won a prize for a 40-minute war film he titled Escape to Nowhere, using a cast composed of other high school friends. That motivated him to make 15 more amateur 8mm films.:548 In 1963, at age sixteen, Spielberg wrote and directed his first independent film, a 140-minute science fiction adventure called Firelight, which would later inspire Close Encounters. The film was made for $500, most of which came from his father, and was shown in a local cinema for one evening, which earned back its cost.

qas: question: What job was SPielberg offered when he was a student?
answers: text: Universal Studios

question: Who offered Spielberg a contract at Universal Studios?
answers: text: Sidney Sheinberg

question: What short film did Spielberg make for theatrical release?
answers: text: Amblin

question: What did Steven Spielberg do to begin directing TV prouctions for Universal?
answers: text: dropped out of college

question: How did Sidney Sheinberg feel about the film "Amblin'"
answers: text: impressed

question: What studio gave Spielberg an unpaid internship?
answers: text: Universal Studios

question: What department did Spielberg have an unpaid internship with?
answers: text: editing

question: How long was 'Amblin'?
answers: text: 26-minute

question: What was Sidney Sheinberg's position with Universal?
answers: text: vice president

question: How long of a contract did Sheinberg give Spielberg?
answers: text: seven-year

question: Who was the producer for Amblin'?

question: Who greenlit Spielberg making Amblin'?

question: Who was the CEO of Universal Studios at the time that Amblin' was released?

question: Who offered Spielberg an intern job at Universal Studios?
context: While still a student, he was offered a small unpaid intern job at Universal Studios with the editing department. He was later given the opportunity to make a short film for theatrical release, the 26-minute, 35mm, Amblin', which he wrote and directed. Studio vice president Sidney Sheinberg was impressed by the film, which had won a number of awards, and offered Spielberg a seven-year directing contract. It made him the youngest director ever to be signed for a long-term deal with a major Hollywood studio.:548 He subsequently dropped out of college to begin professionally directing TV productions with Universal.

qas: question: Who starred in the TV show segment "Eyes"
answers: text: Joan Crawford

question: What was Steven Spielberg's first feature-length assignment?
answers: text: an episode of The Name of the Game called "L.A. 2017".

question: What genre was Steven Spielberg's episode of "The Name of the Game"?
answers: text: science fiction

question: What was the relatioship between Joan Crawford and Steven Spielberg?
answers: text: reportedly close friends

question: What year was Spielberg hired to direct one of the segments for "Night Gallery"?
answers: text: 1969

question: What was the first TV episode Spielberg directed part of?
answers: text: 1969 pilot episode of Night Gallery

question: Who starred in Spielberg's TV debut?
answers: text: Joan Crawford

question: What was Spielberg's first full TV episode to direct?
answers: text: an episode of The Name of the Game called "L.A. 2017"

question: What genre was 'LA 2017'?
answers: text: futuristic science fiction

question: What law show did Spielberg work on?
answers: text: Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

question: In what year did Spielberg direct an episode of The Name of the Game?

question: In what year did Spielberg direct an episode of Marcus Welby, M.D.?

question: What was the name of the Marcus Welby, M.D. episode that Spielberg directed?

question: In what city did Joan Crawford die?

question: In what year did Spielberg work on the tv show Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law?
context: His first professional TV job came when he was hired to direct one of the segments for the 1969 pilot episode of Night Gallery. The segment, "Eyes," starred Joan Crawford; she and Spielberg were reportedly close friends until her death. The episode is unusual in his body of work, in that the camerawork is more highly stylized than his later, more "mature" films. After this, and an episode of Marcus Welby, M.D., Spielberg got his first feature-length assignment: an episode of The Name of the Game called "L.A. 2017". This futuristic science fiction episode impressed Universal Studios and they signed him to a short contract. He did another segment on Night Gallery and did some work for shows such as Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law and The Psychiatrist, before landing the first series episode of Columbo (previous episodes were actually TV films).

qas: question: How many TV films did Universal sign Spielbergo to direct?
answers: text: four

question: What British critic helped boost Steven Spielberg's career?
answers: text: Dilys Powell

question: Who starred in the TV show "Savage"?
answers: text: Martin Landau

question: How did Steven Spielberg's film "The Sugarland Express" do in the box office?
answers: text: poorly

question: What were the married couple in Steven Spielberg's film "The Sugarland Express" trying to regain?
answers: text: custody of their baby

question: How many TV movies was Spielberg signed to direct?
answers: text: four

question: What kind of truck was 'Duel' about?
answers: text: Peterbilt 281 tanker

question: Which British critic praised 'Duel'?
answers: text: Dilys Powell

question: Which TV film Spielberg directed played off 'The Exorcist'?
answers: text: Something Evil

question: Who starred in 'Savage'/
answers: text: Martin Landau

question: Who starred in Duel as the tanker truck driver?

question: Who starred in Something Evil?

question: Who starred as the father in The Sugarland Express?

question: What was the tv movie Savage about?

question: Who starred as the mother in The Sugarland Express?
context: Based on the strength of his work, Universal signed Spielberg to do four TV films. The first was a Richard Matheson adaptation called Duel. The film is about a psychotic Peterbilt 281 tanker truck driver who chases the terrified driver (Dennis Weaver) of a small Plymouth Valiant and tries to run him off the road. Special praise of this film by the influential British critic Dilys Powell was highly significant to Spielberg's career. Another TV film (Something Evil) was made and released to capitalize on the popularity of The Exorcist, then a major best-selling book which had not yet been released as a film. He fulfilled his contract by directing the TV film-length pilot of a show called Savage, starring Martin Landau. Spielberg's debut full-length feature film was The Sugarland Express, about a married couple who are chased by police as the couple tries to regain custody of their baby. Spielberg's cinematography for the police chase was praised by reviewers, and The Hollywood Reporter stated that "a major new director is on the horizon.":223 However, the film fared poorly at the box office and received a limited release.

qas: question: What film did Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown offer Steven Spielberg to direct?
answers: text: Jaws

question: Why was Jaws nearly shut down?
answers: text: delays and budget over-runs

question: How many Academy Awards did the film "Jaws" win?
answers: text: three

question: How much money did the film "Jaws" gross worldwide?
answers: text: $470 million worldwide

question: What was the film "Jaws" nominated for?
answers: text: Best Picture

question: Who made Spielberg the 'Jaws' director?
answers: text: Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown

question: Who wrote the 'Jaws' book?
answers: text: Peter Benchley

question: How many Academy Awards did 'Jaws' win?
answers: text: three

question: How much did 'Jaws' earn in theaters?
answers: text: more than $470 million worldwide

question: How many times did Spielberg work with Richard Dreyfus?
answers: text: three

question: How much did Jaws earn in America?

question: How many Best Picture Academy awards has Richard D. Zanuck won?

question: How many Best Picture Academy awards has David Brown won?

question: How much profit has Richard Dreyfuss movies made over the course of his career?

question: Which one of Spielberg's movies has he said had few problems directing?
context: Studio producers Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown offered Spielberg the director's chair for Jaws, a thriller-horror film based on the Peter Benchley novel about an enormous killer shark. Spielberg has often referred to the gruelling shoot as his professional crucible. Despite the film's ultimate, enormous success, it was nearly shut down due to delays and budget over-runs. But Spielberg persevered and finished the film. It was an enormous hit, winning three Academy Awards (for editing, original score and sound) and grossing more than $470 million worldwide at the box office. It also set the domestic record for box office gross, leading to what the press described as "Jawsmania.":248 Jaws made Spielberg a household name and one of America's youngest multi-millionaires, allowing him a great deal of autonomy for his future projects.:250 It was nominated for Best Picture and featured Spielberg's first of three collaborations with actor Richard Dreyfuss.

qas: question: What films did Spielberg turn down in the 70s?
answers: text: Jaws 2, King Kong and Superman

question: How many Oscars did Close Encounters win?
answers: text: two

question: How many Oscars did Close Encounters get nominated for, besides Best Director?
answers: text: six

question: What was the genre of '1941'?
answers: text: World War II farce

question: How much did '1941' earn?
answers: text: over $92.4 million worldwide

question: In what year did Vilmos Zsigmond become a cinematographer?

question: In what year did Frank E. Warner become a sound effects editor?

question: How much did Close Encounters earn overseas?

question: Who starred in 1941?

question: How much did 1941 earn in the US?
context: Rejecting offers to direct Jaws 2, King Kong and Superman, Spielberg and actor Richard Dreyfuss re-convened to work on a film about UFOs, which became Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). One of the rare films both written and directed by Spielberg, Close Encounters was a critical and box office hit, giving Spielberg his first Best Director nomination from the Academy as well as earning six other Academy Awards nominations. It won Oscars in two categories (Cinematography, Vilmos Zsigmond, and a Special Achievement Award for Sound Effects Editing, Frank E. Warner). This second blockbuster helped to secure Spielberg's rise. His next film, 1941, a big-budgeted World War II farce, was not nearly as successful and though it grossed over $92.4 million worldwide (and did make a small profit for co-producing studios Columbia and Universal) it was seen as a disappointment, mainly with the critics.

qas: question: When did Spielberg re-release Close Encounters?
answers: text: 1980

question: What new footage did Columbia require for a Close Encounters revisit?
answers: text: the interior of the mothership

question: What was the Close Encounters revisit called?
answers: text: Close Encounters: The Special Edition

question: Which studio funded Close Encounters?
answers: text: Columbia Pictures

question: When did a Close Encounters DVD come out?
answers: text: 2001

question: What was one of the flaws Spielberg saw in the original Close Encounters?

question: Did the special edition or DVD release make more money?

question: Which studio released the 1977 version of Close Encounters?

question: What studio released the 2001 DVD version of Close Encounters?

question: In what year did Spielberg say he regretted showing the motherships interior in the 1980 version of Close Encounters?
context: Spielberg then revisited his Close Encounters project and, with financial backing from Columbia Pictures, released Close Encounters: The Special Edition in 1980. For this, Spielberg fixed some of the flaws he thought impeded the original 1977 version of the film and also, at the behest of Columbia, and as a condition of Spielberg revising the film, shot additional footage showing the audience the interior of the mothership seen at the end of the film (a decision Spielberg would later regret as he felt the interior of the mothership should have remained a mystery). Nevertheless, the re-release was a moderate success, while the 2001 DVD release of the film restored the original ending.

qas: question: Who was responsible for Star Wars?
answers: text: George Lucas

question: Who played Indiana Jones?
answers: text: Harrison Ford

question: Who played Han Solo?
answers: text: Harrison Ford

question: What was the first Indiana Jones movie?
answers: text: Raiders of the Lost Ark

question: When did the first Indiana Jones movie come out?
answers: text: 1981

question: In what year did Spielberg become friends with George Lucas?

question: In what year did Blade Runner release?

question: In what year did the second Star Wars movie get released?

question: What was the first movie Ridley Scott got an Oscar nomination for?

question: What was the first movie George Lucas got an Oscar nomination for?
context: Next, Spielberg teamed with Star Wars creator and friend George Lucas on an action adventure film, Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first of the Indiana Jones films. The archaeologist and adventurer hero Indiana Jones was played by Harrison Ford (whom Lucas had previously cast in his Star Wars films as Han Solo). The film was considered an homage to the cliffhanger serials of the Golden Age of Hollywood. It became the biggest film at the box office in 1981, and the recipient of numerous Oscar nominations including Best Director (Spielberg's second nomination) and Best Picture (the second Spielberg film to be nominated for Best Picture). Raiders is still considered a landmark example of the action-adventure genre. The film also led to Ford's casting in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner.

qas: question: What rating did 'Temple of Doom' receive?
answers: text: PG

question: When did 'Temple of Doom' debut?
answers: text: 1984

question: What movie caused 'PG-13' to be created?
answers: text: Gremlins

question: Why did Gremlins need 'PG-13'?
answers: text: the high level of violence in films targeted at younger audiences

question: What was Spielberg's future wife's career?
answers: text: actress

question: What rating did Gremlins get?

question: Which is the least violent Indiana Jones movie?

question: In what year did the original Indiana Jones movie release?

question: In what year did Kate Capshaw start her acting career?

question: In what year did Kate Capshaw do her last movie?
context: His next directorial feature was the Raiders prequel Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Teaming up once again with Lucas and Ford, the film was plagued with uncertainty for the material and script. This film and the Spielberg-produced Gremlins led to the creation of the PG-13 rating due to the high level of violence in films targeted at younger audiences. In spite of this, Temple of Doom is rated PG by the MPAA, even though it is the darkest and, possibly, most violent Indy film. Nonetheless, the film was still a huge blockbuster hit in 1984. It was on this project that Spielberg also met his future wife, actress Kate Capshaw.

qas: question: Who wrote 'The Color Purple'?
answers: text: Alice Walker

question: What was 'The Color Purple' about?
answers: text: a generation of empowered African-American women during depression-era America

question: Who starred in 'The Color Purple'?
answers: text: Whoopi Goldberg and future talk-show superstar Oprah Winfrey

question: What did Ebert think of 'The Color Purple'?
answers: text: proclaimed it the best film of the year and later entered it into his Great Films archive

question: How many Oscar nominations did 'The Color Purple' get?
answers: text: eleven

question: In what year did the novel The Color Purple release?

question: What was Oprah Winfrey's first movie?

question: What was Whoopi Goldberg's first movie?
context: In 1985, Spielberg released The Color Purple, an adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, about a generation of empowered African-American women during depression-era America. Starring Whoopi Goldberg and future talk-show superstar Oprah Winfrey, the film was a box office smash and critics hailed Spielberg's successful foray into the dramatic genre. Roger Ebert proclaimed it the best film of the year and later entered it into his Great Films archive. The film received eleven Academy Award nominations, including two for Goldberg and Winfrey. However, much to the surprise of many, Spielberg did not get a Best Director nomination.

qas: question: Until the 1980s, when had an American film last been shot in Shanghai?
answers: text: the 1930s

question: Who wrote 'Empire of the Sun'?
answers: text: J. G. Ballard

question: Who starred in 'Empire of the Sun'?
answers: text: John Malkovich and a young Christian Bale

question: Who thought 'Empire of the Sun' was the best film of the year?
answers: text: Andrew Sarris

question: What was Spielberg's role on 'Batteries Not Included'?
answers: text: co-producer

question: Where was "Batteries Not Included" shot?

question: Before Empire of the Sun what was the last American movie shot in Shanghai?

question: Who was nominated for an Oscar for Empire of the Sun?

question: In what year did the novel Empire of the Sun get released?

question: What was Christian  Bale's first movie?
context: In 1987, as China began opening to Western capital investment, Spielberg shot the first American film in Shanghai since the 1930s, an adaptation of J. G. Ballard's autobiographical novel Empire of the Sun, starring John Malkovich and a young Christian Bale. The film garnered much praise from critics and was nominated for several Oscars, but did not yield substantial box office revenues. Reviewer Andrew Sarris called it the best film of the year and later included it among the best films of the decade. Spielberg was also a co-producer of the 1987 film *batteries not included.

qas: question: When did the 3rd Indiana Jones film come out?
answers: text: 1989

question: What was the 3rd Indiana Jones film called?
answers: text: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

question: Who played Indiana Jones's father?
answers: text: Sean Connery

question: Who directed 'Batman'?
answers: text: Tim Burton

question: What was 'Always' about?
answers: text: a daredevil pilot who extinguishes forest fires

question: When did the second Indiana Jones movie come out?

question: Besides Richard Dreyfuss who else starred in Always?

question: What is Sean Connery's highest grossing movie?

question: What is Spielberg's most profitable movie?

question: What is Tim Burton's most profitable movie?
context: After two forays into more serious dramatic films, Spielberg then directed the third Indiana Jones film, 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Once again teaming up with Lucas and Ford, Spielberg also cast actor Sean Connery in a supporting role as Indy's father. The film earned generally positive reviews and was another box office success, becoming the highest grossing film worldwide that year; its total box office receipts even topped those of Tim Burton's much-anticipated film Batman, which had been the bigger hit domestically. Also in 1989, he re-united with actor Richard Dreyfuss for the romantic comedy-drama Always, about a daredevil pilot who extinguishes forest fires. Spielberg's first romantic film, Always was only a moderate success and had mixed reviews.

qas: question: Whose life was 'Schindler's List' based on?
answers: text: Oskar Schindler

question: How many Jews did Schindler save?
answers: text: 1,100

question: What did Spielberg first win Best Director for?
answers: text: Schindler's List

question: What did Spielberg do with 'Schindler's List' profits?
answers: text: set up the Shoah Foundation, a non-profit organization that archives filmed testimony of Holocaust survivors

question: Where did the American Film Institute rank 'Schindler's List' in 1997?
answers: text: #9

question: In what year was the Shoah Foundation set up?

question: What movie did the American Film Institute rank as #1 on their 10 Greatest American Films ever Made list in 2007?

question: What was the first Spielberg movie to win the Best Picture award?

question: How many Holocaust survivors have filmed testimony for the Shoah Foundation?
context: Spielberg's next film, Schindler's List, was based on the true story of Oskar Schindler, a man who risked his life to save 1,100 Jews from the Holocaust. Schindler's List earned Spielberg his first Academy Award for Best Director (it also won Best Picture). With the film a huge success at the box office, Spielberg used the profits to set up the Shoah Foundation, a non-profit organization that archives filmed testimony of Holocaust survivors. In 1997, the American Film Institute listed it among the 10 Greatest American Films ever Made (#9) which moved up to (#8) when the list was remade in 2007.

qas: question: Who did Tom Hanks play in 'Saving Private Ryan'?
answers: text: Capt. Miller

question: What war was 'Saving Private Ryan' about?
answers: text: World War II

question: How much did 'Saving Private Ryan' earn?
answers: text: over $481 million worldwide

question: Which film beat 'Saving Private Ryan' worldwide?
answers: text: Armageddon

question: Who directed 'Armageddon'?
answers: text: Michael Bay

question: What was Tom Hanks first movie?

question: How much did Saving Private Ryan earn in America?

question: How much did Armageddon make in the US?

question: Which studio produced Armageddon?

question: Who directed Enemy at the Gates?
context: His next theatrical release in that same year was the World War II film Saving Private Ryan, about a group of U.S. soldiers led by Capt. Miller (Tom Hanks) sent to bring home a paratrooper whose three older brothers were killed in the same twenty-four hours, June 5–6, of the Normandy landing. The film was a huge box office success, grossing over $481 million worldwide and was the biggest film of the year at the North American box office (worldwide it made second place after Michael Bay's Armageddon). Spielberg won his second Academy Award for his direction. The film's graphic, realistic depiction of combat violence influenced later war films such as Black Hawk Down and Enemy at the Gates. The film was also the first major hit for DreamWorks, which co-produced the film with Paramount Pictures (as such, it was Spielberg's first release from the latter that was not part of the Indiana Jones series). Later, Spielberg and Tom Hanks produced a TV mini-series based on Stephen Ambrose's book Band of Brothers. The ten-part HBO mini-series follows Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Division's 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The series won a number of awards at the Golden Globes and the Emmys.

qas: question: What movie did Spielberg collaborate with Cruise for?
answers: text: Minority Report

question: When is Minority Report set?
answers: text: 2054

question: What was the Rotten Tomatoes rating for Minority Report?
answers: text: 92%

question: How much did Minority Report earn?
answers: text: over $358 million worldwide

question: When was Minority Report released?
answers: text: 2002

question: How much did Minority Report earn in the US?

question: In what year was Philip K. Dicks novel Minority Report published?

question: Who produced Minority Report?

question: What was Spielberg's first move to blend CGI and live-action?
context: Spielberg and actor Tom Cruise collaborated for the first time for the futuristic neo-noir Minority Report, based upon the science fiction short story written by Philip K. Dick about a Washington D.C. police captain in the year 2054 who has been foreseen to murder a man he has not yet met. The film received strong reviews with the review tallying website Rotten Tomatoes giving it a 92% approval rating, reporting that 206 out of the 225 reviews they tallied were positive. The film earned over $358 million worldwide. Roger Ebert, who named it the best film of 2002, praised its breathtaking vision of the future as well as for the way Spielberg blended CGI with live-action.

qas: question: Which studios produced Spielberg's 'War of the Worlds'?
answers: text: Paramount and DreamWorks

question: Who wrote the 'War of the Worlds' book?
answers: text: H. G. Wells

question: When was the first 'War of the Worlds' movie released?
answers: text: 1953

question: Who did the visual effects for 'War of the Worlds'?
answers: text: Industrial Light & Magic

question: How much did 'War of the Worlds' earn?
answers: text: over $591 million worldwide

question: In what year was the novel War of the Worlds published?

question: What was the first film Industrial Light & Magic did the visual effects for?

question: How much did War of the Worlds earn in the US?

question: How much did War of the Worlds earn overseas?

question: What was Dakota Fanning's first movie?
context: Also in 2005, Spielberg directed a modern adaptation of War of the Worlds (a co-production of Paramount and DreamWorks), based on the H. G. Wells book of the same name (Spielberg had been a huge fan of the book and the original 1953 film). It starred Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning, and, as with past Spielberg films, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) provided the visual effects. Unlike E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which depicted friendly alien visitors, War of the Worlds featured violent invaders. The film was another huge box office smash, grossing over $591 million worldwide.

qas: question: What was 'Munich' about?
answers: text: the 1972 Munich Massacre of Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games

question: What book was 'Munich' based on?
answers: text: Vengeance

question: Who wrote 'Vengeance'?
answers: text: George Jonas

question: How many Oscar nominations did 'Munich' get?
answers: text: five

question: Who composed music for 'Munich'?
answers: text: John Williams

question: In what year was the book Vengeance published?

question: Who directed Sword of Gideon?

question: Who did the score for Sword of Gideon?

question: How many Israeli athletes died during the 1972 Munich Massacre?

question: What was George Jonas' first novel to be published?
context: Spielberg's film Munich, about the events following the 1972 Munich Massacre of Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games, was his second film essaying Jewish relations in the world (the first being Schindler's List). The film is based on Vengeance, a book by Canadian journalist George Jonas. It was previously adapted into the 1986 made-for-TV film Sword of Gideon. The film received strong critical praise, but underperformed at the U.S. and world box-office; it remains one of Spielberg's most controversial films to date. Munich received five Academy Awards nominations, including Best Picture, Film Editing, Original Music Score (by John Williams), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Director for Spielberg. It was Spielberg's sixth Best Director nomination and fifth Best Picture nomination.

qas: question: When did Spielberg announce what would become 'Interstellar'?
answers: text: June 2006

question: Who took over directing 'Interstellar'?
answers: text: Christopher Nolan

question: What was the concept for 'Interstellar'?
answers: text: a group of explorers who travel through a worm hole and into another dimension

question: Who wrote the 'Interstellar' script?
answers: text: Jonathan Nolan

question: What university provided scientific consultation for 'Interstellar'?
answers: text: Caltech

question: In what year did Kip Thorne and Lynda Obst do a treatment of Interstellar?

question: In what year did Lynda Obst become a producer?

question: In what year did Jonathan Nolan become a screenwriter?

question: In what year did Christopher Nolan become a director?
context: In June 2006, Steven Spielberg announced he would direct a scientifically accurate film about "a group of explorers who travel through a worm hole and into another dimension", from a treatment by Kip Thorne and producer Lynda Obst. In January 2007, screenwriter Jonathan Nolan met with them to discuss adapting Obst and Thorne's treatment into a narrative screenplay. The screenwriter suggested the addition of a "time element" to the treatment's basic idea, which was welcomed by Obst and Thorne. In March of that year, Paramount hired Nolan, as well as scientists from Caltech, forming a workshop to adapt the treatment under the title Interstellar. The following July, Kip Thorne said there was a push by people for him to portray himself in the film. Spielberg later abandoned Interstellar, which was eventually directed by Christopher Nolan.

qas: question: What was the first non-Pixar movie to win the Best Animated Feature Film award?
answers: text: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

question: Where did Adventures of Tintin debut?
answers: text: Brussels, Belgium

question: When did Adventures of Tintin debut?
answers: text: October 22, 2011

question: When was Adventures of Tintin released in the US?
answers: text: December 21, 2011

question: How much did Adventures of Tintin earn?
answers: text: over $373 million worldwide

question: What was one of the cities that The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn took place in?

question: How much did The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn make in the United States?

question: How much did The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn earn overseas?

question: When was it announced that Peter Jackson would direct the next The Adventures of Tintin movie?

question: What will be the name of the next Tintin movie?
context: In early 2009, Spielberg shot the first film in a planned trilogy of motion capture films based on The Adventures of Tintin, written by Belgian artist Hergé, with Peter Jackson. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, was not released until October 2011, due to the complexity of the computer animation involved. The world premiere took place on October 22, 2011 in Brussels, Belgium. The film was released in North American theaters on December 21, 2011, in Digital 3D and IMAX. It received generally positive reviews from critics, and grossed over $373 million worldwide. The Adventures of Tintin won the award for Best Animated Feature Film at the Golden Globe Awards that year. It is the first non-Pixar film to win the award since the category was first introduced. Jackson has been announced to direct the second film.

qas: question: Where was 'War Horse' filmed?
answers: text: England

question: When did 'War Horse' come out?
answers: text: December 25, 2011

question: Who wrote the 'War Horse' book?
answers: text: Michael Morpurgo

question: When did the 'War Horse' book come out?
answers: text: 1982

question: Who distributed 'War Horse'?
answers: text: Disney

question: Which movie earned more, The Adventures of Tintin or War Horse?

question: Where was The Adventures of Tintin mostly made?

question: In what year was War Horse made into a play in London?

question: Who released The Adventures of Tintin?

question: How many Academy Award nominations did The Adventures of Tintin receive?
context: Spielberg followed with War Horse, shot in England in the summer of 2010. It was released just four days after The Adventures of Tintin, on December 25, 2011. The film, based on the novel of the same name written by Michael Morpurgo and published in 1982, follows the long friendship between a British boy and his horse Joey before and during World War I – the novel was also adapted into a hit play in London which is still running there, as well as on Broadway. The film was released and distributed by Disney, with whom DreamWorks made a distribution deal in 2009. War Horse received generally positive reviews from critics, and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

qas: question: Who starred in 'Lincoln' as Abraham Lincoln?
answers: text: Daniel Day-Lewis

question: What book was 'Lincoln' based on?
answers: text: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

question: What part of Lincoln's life did the film cover?
answers: text: the final four months

question: Where was 'Lincoln' filmed?
answers: text: Richmond, Virginia

question: Who played Mary Todd Lincoln in 'Lincoln'?
answers: text: Sally Field

question: In what year did Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln get released?

question: How many times has Spielberg been nominated for Best Director?

question: How many times has Daniel Day-Lewis been nominated for Best Actor?

question: In what year did Doris Kearns Goodwin release her first book?

question: What movie has covered the start of Lincoln's presidency?
context: Spielberg next directed the historical drama film Lincoln, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as United States President Abraham Lincoln and Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln. Based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's bestseller Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, the film covered the final four months of Lincoln's life. Written by Tony Kushner, the film was shot in Richmond, Virginia, in late 2011, and was released in the United States by Disney in November 2012. The film's international distribution was handled by 20th Century Fox. Upon release, Lincoln received widespread critical acclaim, and was nominated for twelve Academy Awards (the most of any film that year) including Best Picture and Best Director for Spielberg. It won the award for Best Production Design and Day-Lewis won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Lincoln, becoming the first three time winner in that category as well as the first to win for a performance directed by Spielberg.

qas: question: When was 'Bridge of Spies' released?
answers: text: October 16, 2015

question: How many Oscar nominations did 'Bridge of Spies' get?
answers: text: six

question: When was 'Bridge of Spies' set?
answers: text: 1960

question: Who played Donovan in 'Bridge of Spies'?
answers: text: Tom Hanks

question: Where was 'Bridge of Spies' filmed?
answers: text: New York City, Berlin and Wroclaw, Poland

question: Who played Gary Powers in Bridge of Spies?

question: Where was most of Bridge of Spies shot?

question: How many times has Spielberg won Best Director?

question: How many times has Tom Hanks been nominated for Best Actor?

question: How many movies has Tom Hanks been in that have won Best Picture?
context: Spielberg directed 2015's Bridge of Spies, a Cold War thriller based on the 1960 U-2 incident, and focusing on James B. Donovan's negotiations with the Soviets for the release of pilot Gary Powers after his aircraft was shot down over Soviet territory. The film starred Tom Hanks as Donovan, as well as Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, and Alan Alda, with a script by the Coen brothers. The film was shot from September to December 2014 on location in New York City, Berlin and Wroclaw, Poland (which doubled for East Berlin), and was released by Disney on October 16, 2015. Bridge of Spies received positive reviews from critics, and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

qas: question: Which Warner Bros. cartoons did Spielberg produce?
answers: text: Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Toonsylvania, and Freakazoid!

question: What films did Spielberg produce for Don Bluth?
answers: text: An American Tail and The Land Before Time

question: What video game did Spielberg come up with the concept for?
answers: text: The Dig

question: When was 'The Dig' released?
answers: text: 1995

question: What charity did Spielberg's 'Lego Moviemaker' kit fund?
answers: text: Starbright Foundation

question: Who did one of the voices in Tiny Toon Adventures?

question: Who did one of the voices in Pinky and the Brain?

question: In what year did Tiny Toon Adventures debut?

question: In what year was the Starbright Foundation launched?

question: Who was one of the voices in Toonsylvania?
context: Since the mid-1980s, Spielberg has increased his role as a film producer. He headed up the production team for several cartoons, including the Warner Bros. hits Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Toonsylvania, and Freakazoid!, for which he collaborated with Jean MacCurdy and Tom Ruegger. Due to his work on these series, in the official titles, most of them say, "Steven Spielberg presents" as well as making numerous cameos on the shows. Spielberg also produced the Don Bluth animated features, An American Tail and The Land Before Time, which were released by Universal Studios. He also served as one of the executive producers of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and its three related shorts (Tummy Trouble, Roller Coaster Rabbit, Trail Mix-Up), which were all released by Disney, under both the Walt Disney Pictures and the Touchstone Pictures banners. He was furthermore, for a short time, the executive producer of the long-running medical drama ER. In 1989, he brought the concept of The Dig to LucasArts. He contributed to the project from that time until 1995 when the game was released. He also collaborated with software publishers Knowledge Adventure on the multimedia game Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair, which was released in 1996. Spielberg appears, as himself, in the game to direct the player. The Spielberg name provided branding for a Lego Moviemaker kit, the proceeds of which went to the Starbright Foundation.

qas: question: When was 'Men In Black' released?
answers: text: 1997

question: Who wrote the book 'Memoirs of a Geisha' is based on?
answers: text: Arthur Golden

question: Who did Spielberg collaborate with in 2006?
answers: text: Robert Zemeckis

question: What film did Spielberg first collaborate with Zemeckis on?
answers: text: Back to the Future Part III

question: Which studio produced 'Super 8'?
answers: text: Paramount Pictures

question: In what year did the book Memoirs of a Geisha get released?

question: Who directed Back to the Future?

question: In what year did Brian Goldner join Hasbro?

question: Who wrote Men in Black?

question: Who wrote Just Like Heaven?
context: Spielberg served as an uncredited executive producer on The Haunting, The Prince of Egypt, Just Like Heaven, Shrek, Road to Perdition, and Evolution. He served as an executive producer for the 1997 film Men in Black, and its sequels, Men in Black II and Men in Black III. In 2005, he served as a producer of Memoirs of a Geisha, an adaptation of the novel by Arthur Golden, a film to which he was previously attached as director. In 2006, Spielberg co-executive produced with famed filmmaker Robert Zemeckis a CGI children's film called Monster House, marking their eighth collaboration since 1990's Back to the Future Part III. He also teamed with Clint Eastwood for the first time in their careers, co-producing Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima with Robert Lorenz and Eastwood himself. He earned his twelfth Academy Award nomination for the latter film as it was nominated for Best Picture. Spielberg served as executive producer for Disturbia and the Transformers live action film with Brian Goldner, an employee of Hasbro. The film was directed by Michael Bay and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, and Spielberg continued to collaborate on the sequels, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Transformers: Dark of the Moon. In 2011, he produced the J. J. Abrams science fiction thriller film Super 8 for Paramount Pictures.

qas: question: When did 'Into the West' air?
answers: text: 2005

question: How many Emmys did 'Into the West' win?
answers: text: two

question: Who wrote the music for 'Into the West'?
answers: text: Geoff Zanelli

question: When was 'The Pacific' released?
answers: text: 2010

question: How much did 'The Pacific' cost?
answers: text: $250 million

question: In what year did Band of Brother debut on tv?

question: In what year did Geoff Zanelli start to score movies?

question: What was the first tv show Gary Goetzman co-produced?

question: What was the first tv shows writer Bruce McKenna has worked on?

question: In what year did Bruce McKenna become a writer?
context: Other major television series Spielberg produced were Band of Brothers, Taken and The Pacific. He was an executive producer on the critically acclaimed 2005 TV miniseries Into the West which won two Emmy awards, including one for Geoff Zanelli's score. For his 2010 miniseries The Pacific he teamed up once again with co-producer Tom Hanks, with Gary Goetzman also co-producing'. The miniseries is believed to have cost $250 million and is a 10-part war miniseries centered on the battles in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Writer Bruce McKenna, who penned several installments of (Band of Brothers), was the head writer.

qas: question: Which channel aired 'Falling Skies'?
answers: text: TNT

question: In what year does 'Terra Nova' begin?
answers: text: 2149

question: How far back in time do people in 'Terra Nova' travel?
answers: text: 85 million years

question: Which channel aired 'Terra Nova'?
answers: text: Fox

question: What show did Spielberg work with Rodat on?
answers: text: Falling Skies

question: In what year did Under the Dome premiere?

question: What was the first original show on the TNT network?

question: In what year does Smash take place?

question: In what year does Minority Report take place?

question: In what year did the movie Minority Report get released?
context: In 2011, Spielberg launched Falling Skies, a science fiction television series, on the TNT network. He developed the series with Robert Rodat and is credited as an executive producer. Spielberg is also producing the Fox TV series Terra Nova. Terra Nova begins in the year 2149 when all life on the planet Earth is threatened with extinction resulting in scientists opening a door that allows people to travel back 85 million years to prehistoric times. Spielberg also produced The River, Smash, Under the Dome, Extant and The Whispers, as well as a TV adaptation of Minority Report.

qas: question: Who wrote the script for 'Someone's in the Kitchen'?
answers: text: Paul Rugg

question: When was 'Skullmonkeys' released?
answers: text: 1997

question: When was Boombots released?
answers: text: 1999

question: When was The Neverhood released?
answers: text: 1996

question: What video game did Spielberg say in 2013 he's working on a TV show based on?
answers: text: Halo

question: Who wrote the script for Boombots?

question: In what year did Boom Blox get released on the Wii?

question: In what year did The Dig get released?

question: In what year did the first EA Medal of Honor game get released?

question: Who is one of the writers for the upcoming Halo tv show?
context: Apart from being an ardent gamer Spielberg has had a long history of involvement in video games. He has been giving thanks to his games of his division DreamWorks Interactive most notable as Someone's in the Kitchen with script written by Animaniacs' Paul Rugg, Goosebumps: Escape from HorrorLand, The Neverhood (all in 1996), Skullmonkeys, Dilbert's Desktop Games, Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant (all 1997), Boombots (1999), T'ai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger (1999), and Clive Barker's Undying (2001). In 2005 the director signed with Electronic Arts to collaborate on three games including an action game and an award winning puzzle game for the Wii called Boom Blox (and its 2009 sequel: Boom Blox Bash Party). Previously, he was involved in creating the scenario for the adventure game The Dig. In 1996, Spielberg worked on and shot original footage for a movie-making simulation game called Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair. He is the creator of the Medal of Honor series by Electronic Arts. He is credited in the special thanks section of the 1998 video game Trespasser. In 2013, Spielberg has announced he is collaborating with 343 Industries for a live-action TV show of Halo.

qas: question: Who wrote 'The BFG'?
answers: text: Roald Dahl

question: Who wrote E.T.'s script?
answers: text: Melissa Mathison

question: What film festival will first air 'The BFG'?
answers: text: Cannes Film Festival

question: In what month is Cannes held?
answers: text: May

question: When will 'The BFG' be in most theaters?
answers: text: July 1, 2016

question: In what month in 2010 did Dreamworks buy the rights to The BFG?

question: In what year was John Madden dropped from directing The BFG?

question: What was the first movie written by Melissa Mathison?

question: In what year did Spielberg become the director of The BFG?
context: Spielberg has filmed and is currently in post-production on an adaptation of Roald Dahl's celebrated children's story The BFG. Spielberg's DreamWorks bought the rights in 2010, originally intending John Madden to direct. The film was written by E.T. screenwriter Melissa Mathison and is co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, marking the first Disney-branded film to be directed by Spielberg. The BFG is set to premiere out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2016, before its wide release in the US on July 1, 2016.

qas: question: Who wrote 'The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara'?
answers: text: David Kertzer

question: When does 'The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara' take place?
answers: text: 1858

question: Where does 'The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara' take place?
answers: text: Italy

question: Who plays Pope Pius IX in 'The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara'?
answers: text: Mark Rylance

question: When is 'Ready Player One' planned to be released?
answers: text: 2018

question: In what year did The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara book get published?

question: In what year does most of The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara take place?

question: Who will play the family servant in The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara?

question: In what year did David Kertzer become a writer?

question: What was the first movie adapted by Tony Kushner?
context: After completing filming on Ready Player One, while it is in its lengthy, effects-heavy post-production, he will film his long-planned adaptation of David Kertzer's acclaimed The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara. The book follows the true story of a young Jewish boy in 1858 Italy who was secretly baptized by a family servant and then kidnapped from his family by the Papal States, where he was raised and trained as a priest, causing international outrage and becoming a media sensation. First announced in 2014, the book has been adapted by Tony Kushner and the film will again star Mark Rylance, as Pope Pius IX. It will be filmed in early 2017 for release at the end of that year, before Ready Player One is completed and released in 2018.

qas: question: When was 'Robopocalypse' scheduled for release?
answers: text: April 25, 2014

question: Who was going to star in 'Robopocalypse'?
answers: text: Anne Hathaway and Chris Hemsworth

question: How far in the future was 'Robopocalypse' set?
answers: text: 15–20 years

question: Who wrote the book 'Robopocalypse' is based on?
answers: text: Daniel H. Wilson

question: What was the budget for 'Robopocalypse'?
answers: text: $200 million

question: How much did Anne Hathaway's last movie earn?

question: What was the first movie Drew Goddard has adapted?

question: In what year was the novel Robopocalypse released?

question: In what year was Lincoln released?

question: In what month was Lincoln released?
context: Spielberg was scheduled to shoot a $200 million adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson's novel Robopocalypse, adapted for the screen by Drew Goddard. The film would follow a global human war against a robot uprising about 15–20 years in the future. Like Lincoln, it was to be released by Disney in the United States and Fox overseas. It was set for release on April 25, 2014, with Anne Hathaway and Chris Hemsworth set to star, but Spielberg postponed production indefinitely in January 2013, just before it had been set to begin.

qas: question: What theme is common to Spielberg's films?
answers: text: ordinary characters searching for or coming in contact with extraordinary beings or finding themselves in extraordinary circumstances

question: When in his life did Spielberg 'feel like an alien'?
answers: text: during childhood

question: When did Spielberg give an interview saying he had 'felt like an alien'?
answers: text: August 2000

question: Why does Spielberg think aliens would visit?
answers: text: curiosity and sharing of knowledge

question: Which of Spielberg's parents liked sci-fi?
answers: text: his father

question: In what interview was it the first time that Spielberg talked about extra terrestrials?

question: What does Spielberg say he might have saw in his childhood?

question: What type of films did Spielberg's father enjoy?

question: What do most people think aliens would visit Earth for?
context: Spielberg's films often deal with several recurring themes. Most of his films deal with ordinary characters searching for or coming in contact with extraordinary beings or finding themselves in extraordinary circumstances. In an AFI interview in August 2000 Spielberg commented on his interest in the possibility of extra terrestrial life and how it has influenced some of his films. Spielberg described himself as feeling like an alien during childhood, and his interest came from his father, a science fiction fan, and his opinion that aliens would not travel light years for conquest, but instead curiosity and sharing of knowledge.

qas: question: Which Spielberg films are examples of a childlike sense of wonder?
answers: text: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Hook, A.I. Artificial Intelligence and The BFG

question: What camera style does Spielberg often use?
answers: text: low height camera tracking shots

question: What are some Spielberg films that included kids?
answers: text: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Empire of the Sun, Jurassic Park

question: How were the water scenes in Jaws filmed?
answers: text: from the low-angle perspective of someone swimming

question: Who is naive in 'Catch Me if You Can'?
answers: text: Frank

question: What is one of the countries in which Catch Me if You Can takes place?

question: Who wrote the book Amistad is based on?

question: Who wrote the novel Catch Me if You Can is based on?

question: Who wrote Empire of the Sun?

question: Who wrote A.I. Artificial Intelligence?
context: A strong consistent theme in his family-friendly work is a childlike, even naïve, sense of wonder and faith, as attested by works such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Hook, A.I. Artificial Intelligence and The BFG. According to Warren Buckland, these themes are portrayed through the use of low height camera tracking shots, which have become one of Spielberg's directing trademarks. In the cases when his films include children (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Empire of the Sun, Jurassic Park, etc.), this type of shot is more apparent, but it is also used in films like Munich, Saving Private Ryan, The Terminal, Minority Report, and Amistad. If one views each of his films, one will see this shot utilized by the director, notably the water scenes in Jaws are filmed from the low-angle perspective of someone swimming. Another child oriented theme in Spielberg's films is that of loss of innocence and coming-of-age. In Empire of the Sun, Jim, a well-groomed and spoiled English youth, loses his innocence as he suffers through World War II China. Similarly, in Catch Me If You Can, Frank naively and foolishly believes that he can reclaim his shattered family if he accumulates enough money to support them.

qas: question: What was Indy's father's career?
answers: text: professor of medieval literature

question: What artifact did Indy's father focus on?
answers: text: the Holy Grail

question: What is Spielberg's most common theme?
answers: text: tension in parent-child relationships

question: Whose son disappeared in 'Minority Report'?
answers: text: John Anderton

question: Whose parents divorced in 'Catch Me If You Can'?
answers: text: Frank Abagnale

question: Who is one of the main characters of Jurassic Park?

question: What was Oskar Schindler in real life?

question: What did Indiana Jones do for a living?

question: What occupation was Avner in Munich?
context: The most persistent theme throughout his films is tension in parent-child relationships. Parents (often fathers) are reluctant, absent or ignorant. Peter Banning in Hook starts off in the beginning of the film as a reluctant married-to-his-work parent who through the course of the film regains the respect of his children. The notable absence of Elliott's father in E.T., is the most famous example of this theme. In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, it is revealed that Indy has always had a very strained relationship with his father, who is a professor of medieval literature, as his father always seemed more interested in his work, specifically in his studies of the Holy Grail, than in his own son, although his father does not seem to realize or understand the negative effect that his aloof nature had on Indy (he even believes he was a good father in the sense that he taught his son "self reliance," which is not how Indy saw it). Even Oskar Schindler, from Schindler's List, is reluctant to have a child with his wife. Munich depicts Avner as a man away from his wife and newborn daughter. There are of course exceptions; Brody in Jaws is a committed family man, while John Anderton in Minority Report is a shattered man after the disappearance of his son. This theme is arguably the most autobiographical aspect of Spielberg's films, since Spielberg himself was affected by his parents' divorce as a child and by the absence of his father. Furthermore, to this theme, protagonists in his films often come from families with divorced parents, most notably E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (protagonist Elliot's mother is divorced) and Catch Me If You Can (Frank Abagnale's mother and father split early on in the film). Little known also is Tim in Jurassic Park (early in the film, another secondary character mentions Tim and Lex's parents' divorce). The family often shown divided is often resolved in the ending as well. Following this theme of reluctant fathers and father figures, Tim looks to Dr. Alan Grant as a father figure. Initially, Dr. Grant is reluctant to return those paternal feelings to Tim. However, by the end of the film, he has changed, and the kids even fall asleep with their heads on his shoulders.

qas: question: Which Spielberg films has Dreyfuss been in?
answers: text: Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Always

question: Who was Ford going to play in E.T., until the scene was removed?
answers: text: a headteacher

question: Which Spielberg TV shows has Frank Welker been a voice actor for?
answers: text: Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, and SeaQuest DSV

question: Which Spielberg films has Tom Hanks been in?
answers: text: Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal, and Bridge of Spies

question: Which Spielberg films has Tom Cruise been in?
answers: text: Minority Report and War of the Worlds

question: What was Shia LaBeouf's first film?

question: What movie was Frank Welker's first voicework?

question: What was Richard Dreyfuss' first film?

question: Who made a cameo in the finished version of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
context: In terms of casting and production itself, Spielberg has a known penchant for working with actors and production members from his previous films. For instance, he has cast Richard Dreyfuss in several films: Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Always. Aside from his role as Indiana Jones, Spielberg also cast Harrison Ford as a headteacher in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (though the scene was ultimately cut). Although Spielberg directed veteran voice actor Frank Welker only once (in Raiders of the Lost Ark, for which he voiced many of the animals), Welker has lent his voice in a number of productions Spielberg has executive produced from Gremlins to its sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch, as well as The Land Before Time, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and television shows such as Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, and SeaQuest DSV. Spielberg has used Tom Hanks on several occasions and has cast him in Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal, and Bridge of Spies. Spielberg has collaborated with Tom Cruise twice on Minority Report and War of the Worlds, and cast Shia LaBeouf in five films: Transformers, Eagle Eye, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

qas: question: Which film did Kathleen Kennedy first work with Spielberg on?
answers: text: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

question: Which childhood friend worked on Spielberg's films?
answers: text: Allen Daviau

question: Which film did Kaminski first work with Spielberg on?
answers: text: Schindler's List

question: Which film did Daviau first work with Spielberg on?
answers: text: Amblin

question: Which film did Kahn first work with Spielberg on?
answers: text: Close Encounters

question: What was the first movie Kathleen Kennedy produced?

question: What movie did Allen Daviau first work on as a cinematographer?

question: What was the first movie Janusz Kaminski ever shot?

question: What was the first film Michael Kahn ever edited?

question: For what movie did Laurent Bouzereau complete his first documentary?
context: Spielberg prefers working with production members with whom he has developed an existing working relationship. An example of this is his production relationship with Kathleen Kennedy who has served as producer on all his major films from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial to the recent Lincoln. For cinematography, Allen Daviau, a childhood friend and cinematographer, shot the early Spielberg film Amblin and most of his films up to Empire of the Sun; Janusz Kamiński who has shot every Spielberg film since Schindler's List (see List of film director and cinematographer collaborations); and the film editor Michael Kahn who has edited every film directed by Spielberg from Close Encounters to Munich (except E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial). Most of the DVDs of Spielberg's films have documentaries by Laurent Bouzereau.

qas: question: What are the only Spielberg films since Sugarland Express to not have music by John Williams?
answers: text: Bridge of Spies, The Color Purple and Twilight Zone: The Movie

question: What happens at the end of 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'?
answers: text: they ride into the sunset

question: Who are the 'Movie Brats', besides Spielberg?
answers: text: George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, John Milius, and Brian De Palma

question: Who are the only screenwriters Spielberg has worked with on more than one film?
answers: text: Tony Kushner and David Koepp

question: What was the first movie John Williams ever scored?

question: Who scored The Color Purple?

question: Who wrote Bridge of Spies?

question: Who wrote Twilight Zone: The Movie?

question: Who wrote Saving Private Ryan?
context: A famous example of Spielberg working with the same professionals is his long-time collaboration with John Williams and the use of his musical scores in all of his films since The Sugarland Express (except Bridge of Spies, The Color Purple and Twilight Zone: The Movie). One of Spielberg's trademarks is his use of music by Williams to add to the visual impact of his scenes and to try and create a lasting picture and sound of the film in the memories of the film audience. These visual scenes often uses images of the sun (e.g. Empire of the Sun, Saving Private Ryan, the final scene of Jurassic Park, and the end credits of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (where they ride into the sunset)), of which the last two feature a Williams score at that end scene. Spielberg is a contemporary of filmmakers George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, John Milius, and Brian De Palma, collectively known as the "Movie Brats". Aside from his principal role as a director, Spielberg has acted as a producer for a considerable number of films, including early hits for Joe Dante and Robert Zemeckis. Spielberg has often never worked with the same screenwriter in his films, beside Tony Kushner and David Koepp, who have written a few of his films more than once.

qas: question: Who did Spielberg begin dating in 1976?
answers: text: Amy Irving

question: What was Amy Irving's career?
answers: text: actress

question: Who introduced Irving to Spielberg?
answers: text: Brian De Palma

question: How did Irving describe Spielberg's house?
answers: text: "bachelor funky"

question: Why did Irving not want to be in Spielberg's films while dating?
answers: text: "I don't want to be known as Steven's girlfriend,"

question: In what year did Brian de Palma direct his first film?

question: What was the first movie Julie Phillips ever co-produced?

question: In what year did Amy Irving move into Spielberg's home?

question: Who was one of the actresses in Close Encounters?

question: In what year did Amy Irving move out of Spielberg's home?
context: Spielberg first met actress Amy Irving in 1976 at the suggestion of director Brian De Palma, who knew he was looking for an actress to play in Close Encounters. After meeting her, Spielberg told his co-producer Julia Phillips, "I met a real heartbreaker last night.":293 Although she was too young for the role, she and Spielberg began dating and she eventually moved in to what she described as his "bachelor funky" house.:294 They lived together for four years, but the stresses of their professional careers took a toll on their relationship. Irving wanted to be certain that whatever success she attained as an actress would be her own: "I don't want to be known as Steven's girlfriend," she said, and chose not to be in any of his films during those years.:295

qas: question: When did Spielberg and Irving initially break up?
answers: text: 1979

question: When did Spielberg and Irving get back together?
answers: text: 1984

question: When did Spielberg and Irving marry?
answers: text: November 1985

question: When did Spielberg and Irving divorce?
answers: text: 1989

question: How expensive was Spielberg and Irving's divorce?
answers: text: third most costly celebrity divorce in history

question: Who broke up with his girlfriend in 1979?

question: Who got back together with his girlfriend in 1984?

question: Which celebrity got divorced in 1989?

question: Who was the husband in the most costly celebrity divorce in history?
context: As a result, they broke up in 1979, but remained close friends. Then in 1984 they renewed their romance, and in November 1985, they married, already having had a son, Max Samuel. After three and a half years of marriage, however, many of the same competing stresses of their careers caused them to divorce in 1989. They agreed to maintain homes near each other as to facilitate the shared custody and parenting of their son.:403 Their divorce was recorded as the third most costly celebrity divorce in history.

qas: question: In which Olympics was Spielberg a flagbearer?
answers: text: 2002 Winter Olympic Games

question: Where was Spielberg an Olympic flagbearer?
answers: text: Salt Lake City

question: How did Time Magazine recognize Spielberg?
answers: text: one of the 100 Most Important People of the Century

question: How did Life Magazine recognize Spielberg?
answers: text: the most influential person of his generation

question: What honorary degree did Spielberg receive from Boston University?
answers: text: Doctor of Humane Letters

question: Where were the 2006 Winter Olympics held?

question: Where is Rice-Eccles Stadium?

question: Where did Spielberg attend college?

question: Who did Time list as the most important person of the century?
context: In 2002, Spielberg was one of eight flagbearers who carried the Olympic Flag into Rice-Eccles Stadium at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. In 2006, Premiere listed him as the most powerful and influential figure in the motion picture industry. Time listed him as one of the 100 Most Important People of the Century. At the end of the 20th century, Life named him the most influential person of his generation. In 2009, Boston University presented him an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

qas: question: When was Spielberg named the 'most influential celebrity in America'?
answers: text: 2014

question: How much of the US believes Spielberg is influential?
answers: text: 47%

question: Who is Gerry Philpott?
answers: text: president of E-Poll Market Research

question: How did Spielberg influence the public's behavior?
answers: text: many will think for a second before going into the water this summer

question: Who did Forbes' list in 2014 as the most influential celebrity in the world?

question: In what year was E-Poll Market Research founded?

question: When did Gerry Philpott become president of E-Poll Market Research?

question: In what year did Forbes' publish their first Most Influential Celebrities list?
context: According to Forbes' Most Influential Celebrities 2014 list, Spielberg was listed as the most influential celebrity in America. The annual list is conducted by E-Poll Market Research and it gave more than 6,600 celebrities on 46 different personality attributes a score representing "how that person is perceived as influencing the public, their peers, or both." Spielberg received a score of 47, meaning 47% of the US believes he is influential. Gerry Philpott, president of E-Poll Market Research, supported Spielberg's score by stating, "If anyone doubts that Steven Spielberg has greatly influenced the public, think about how many will think for a second before going into the water this summer."

qas: question: When was Citizen Kane released?
answers: text: 1941

question: When was 'The War of the Worlds' radio broadcast?
answers: text: 1938

question: When did Spielberg buy a sled from Citizen Kane?
answers: text: 1982

question: When did Spielberg buy Orson Welles' personal script copy from 'The War of the Worlds'?
answers: text: 1994

question: What does Spielberg do with Academy Awards he buys?
answers: text: donated them to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, to prevent their further commercial exploitation

question: Who directed Citizen Kane?

question: Who wrote The War of the Worlds (1938 version)?

question: In what year did Spielberg buy his first open market Academy Award?

question: In what year was the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences established?

question: Who directed the 1935 movie Dangerous?
context: A collector of film memorabilia, Spielberg purchased a balsa Rosebud sled from Citizen Kane (1941) in 1982. He bought Orson Welles's own directorial copy of the script for the radio broadcast The War of the Worlds (1938) in 1994. Spielberg has purchased Academy Award statuettes being sold on the open market and donated them to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, to prevent their further commercial exploitation. His donations include the Oscars that Bette Davis received for Dangerous (1935) and Jezebel (1938), and Clark Gable's Oscar for It Happened One Night (1934).

qas: question: What was the first video game Spielberg played?
answers: text: Pong

question: When did Spielberg first play a video game?
answers: text: 1974

question: What movie was Spielberg working on when he first played Pong?
answers: text: Jaws

question: What game consoles does Spielberg own?
answers: text: a Wii, a PlayStation 3, a PSP, and Xbox 360

question: How does Spielberg feel about cutscenes in games?
answers: text: intrusive

question: In what year was Pong released?

question: On what console did a video game come out about Jaws?

question: On what console can one buy a modern version of Pong?

question: Who thinks video game cut scenes are great?

question: What console features an updated version of the first Monkey Island game?
context: Since playing Pong while filming Jaws in 1974, Spielberg has been an avid video gamer. Spielberg played many of LucasArts adventure games, including the first Monkey Island games. He owns a Wii, a PlayStation 3, a PSP, and Xbox 360, and enjoys playing first-person shooters such as the Medal of Honor series and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. He has also criticized the use of cut scenes in games, calling them intrusive, and feels making story flow naturally into the gameplay is a challenge for future game developers.

qas: question: What Boy Scout merit badge did Spielberg help develop?
answers: text: cinematography

question: When was Spielberg's merit badge launched?
answers: text: 1989

question: Which major Spielberg movie character was a Boy Scout?
answers: text: Indiana Jones

question: Which Spielberg movie showed its main character was a Boy Scout?
answers: text: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

question: What was Indy's rank in Boy Scouts when shown in a movie?
answers: text: Life Scout

question: What was the highest rank Indiana Jones made in his youth?

question: In what year did Spielberg start helping the Boy Scouts of America out?

question: In what year did the Boy Scouts give Spielberg their Distinguished Eagle Scout Award?

question: In what year did the second Indiana Jones movie come out?
context: Drawing from his own experiences in Scouting, Spielberg helped the Boy Scouts of America develop a merit badge in cinematography in order to help promote filmmaking as a marketable skill. The badge was launched at the 1989 National Scout Jamboree, which Spielberg attended, and where he personally counseled many boys in their work on requirements. That same year, 1989, saw the release of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The opening scene shows a teenage Indiana Jones in scout uniform bearing the rank of a Life Scout. Spielberg stated he made Indiana Jones a Boy Scout in honor of his experience in Scouting. For his career accomplishments, service to others, and dedication to a new merit badge Spielberg was awarded the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.

qas: question: Who made Spielberg a knight?
answers: text: Jacques Chirac

question: What award did Spielberg receive on Jul 15, 2006?
answers: text: Gold Hugo Lifetime Achievement Award

question: Where was Spielberg honored on Dec 3, 2006?
answers: text: Kennedy Center

question: Who narrated a short Spielberg bio at the Kennedy Center?
answers: text: Tom Hanks

question: In what year did Jacques Chirac become president?

question: In what year was the Chicago International Film Festival first established?

question: In what year was Candide released?

question: In what year was the first Gold Hugo Lifetime Achievement Award first handed out?

question: Who was the first winner of the Gold Hugo Lifetime Achievement Award?
context: In 2004 he was admitted as knight of the Légion d'honneur by president Jacques Chirac. On July 15, 2006, Spielberg was also awarded the Gold Hugo Lifetime Achievement Award at the Summer Gala of the Chicago International Film Festival, and also was awarded a Kennedy Center honour on December 3. The tribute to Spielberg featured a short, filmed biography narrated by Tom Hanks and included thank-yous from World War II veterans for Saving Private Ryan, as well as a performance of the finale to Leonard Bernstein's Candide, conducted by John Williams (Spielberg's frequent composer).[citation needed]

qas: question: When was Spielberg added to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame?
answers: text: 2005

question: When did the Visual Effects Society give Spielberg a Lifetime Achievement Award?
answers: text: February 2009

question: When did Spielberg win the Cecil B. DeMille Award?
answers: text: 2009

question: Why was Spielberg's Cecil B. DeMille Award postponed from 2008?
answers: text: watered-down format of the ceremony resulting from conflicts in the 2007–08 writers strike

question: In what year was the Science Fiction Hall of Fame created?

question: In what year was the first Cecil B. DeMille award handed out?

question: Where was Spielberg awarded the Legion d'honneur?

question: What was the 2009 Golden Globes award show considered to be?

question: How are the Science Fiction Hall of Fame induction ceremonies usually described as?
context: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted Spielberg in 2005, the first year it considered non-literary contributors. In November 2007, he was chosen for a Lifetime Achievement Award to be presented at the sixth annual Visual Effects Society Awards in February 2009. He was set to be honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the January 2008 Golden Globes; however, the new, watered-down format of the ceremony resulting from conflicts in the 2007–08 writers strike, the HFPA postponed his honor to the 2009 ceremony. In 2008, Spielberg was awarded the Légion d'honneur.