Profits from the first feature film by Steven Spielberg to $ 1 Bashny.Net

In 1964, the year of 16-year-old Steven took a pen and paper and wrote the screenplay for the film titled «Firelight». Then he got 500 bucks, called friends, classmates and made his first film. Most of the scenes were filmed in the garage of his father Spielberg. Steven wrote a soundtrack on the clarinet, which is then performed and recorded a school rock band.

When the film was ready and mounted, the premiere in the small theater of the city of Phoenix in Arizona. The hall was designed for 500 people, the ticket price was $ 1, so that when we all gathered to watch, the cashier had to be exactly 500 dollars - the same amount of money, which has managed the creation of the film. However, Steven even made a profit - one of the guests so much expected from a film that paid to the author twice. Here is a buck and was the first fee of one of the greatest film directors and producers in the history of Hollywood cinema.

via factroom.ru