Curated category
Films whose editor won the Best Film Editing Academy Award
- Star Wars (film)George Lucas conceived a space opera in 1971, shortly after finishing his first feature film THX 1138. He initially planned to adapt the Flash Gordon serials…
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingIn the shadow of Mount Doom, a young hobbit named Frodo Baggins clings to a crumbling ledge while his loyal companion Samwise Gamgee pulls him upward.
- Jaws (film)Principal photography began on the 2nd of May 1974, on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. The production team faced immediate logistical…
- Ben-Hur (1959 film)Ben-Hur, the 1959 epic directed by William Wyler, arrived at a moment when Hollywood was fighting for its life. Television had eaten into ticket sales, and…
- Mary Poppins (film)Walt Disney first asked to buy the film rights to Mary Poppins in 1938. He traveled to London to meet author P.L. Travers at her home in Chelsea.
- Gone with the Wind (film)Selznick International Pictures spent two years delaying the start of filming until January 1939. The production was troubled from its inception, with…
- Apollo 13 (film)On the third day of their journey to the Moon, an electrical short circuit caused a liquid oxygen tank to explode inside the Apollo 13 spacecraft.
- Titanic (1997 film)James Cameron stared into the dark Atlantic in 1985 and saw a ghost. He had spent years studying shipwrecks, but the Titanic felt like Mount Everest to him.
- Everything Everywhere All at OnceEvelyn Quan Wang stands in a laundromat in Simi Valley, California, staring at an IRS audit notice that threatens to destroy her family's life.
- High NoonCarl Foreman wrote a four-page plot outline that became the foundation for High Noon. This outline closely mirrored The Tin Star, a 1947 short story by John…
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film)Max Reinhardt arrived in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Austria before directing his 1934 stage production at the Hollywood Bowl.