The Sugarland Express
1974 film by Steven Spielberg / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Sugarland Express is a 1974 American crime drama film directed by Steven Spielberg in his theatrical film directing debut, following the television film Duel (1971).[3] The film follows a woman (Goldie Hawn) and her husband (William Atherton) as they take a police officer (Michael Sacks) hostage and flee across Texas while they try to get to their child before he is placed in foster care. The event partially took place and the film was partially shot in Sugar Land, Texas.[4] Other scenes were filmed in San Antonio, Live Oak, Floresville, Pleasanton, Converse and Del Rio, Texas.[5]
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Directed by | Steven Spielberg |
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Cinematography | Vilmos Zsigmond |
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Music by | John Williams |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3 million |
Box office | $12 million[2] |
The Sugarland Express marks the first collaboration between Spielberg and composer John Williams, who has scored all but five of Spielberg's films since; this is the only score he has composed for Spielberg that has never been released as an album, although Williams re-recorded the main theme with Toots Thielemans and the Boston Pops Orchestra for 1991's The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration.[6]