The first feature film ever directed by Steven Spielberg, "The Sugarland Express" (1974) was made just one year before the career-defining "Jaws" (1975) but still clued us in to what a talented filmmaker Spielberg was to become. Based on a true story andstarring Academy Award-winning actress Goldie Hawn, the movie concerns a wild chase across the state of Texas with Hawn and William Atherton's character in hot pursuit of their child, who they've been forced to give up to an adoption agency.
The first feature film ever directed by Steven Spielberg, "The Sugarland Express" (1974) was made just one year before the career-defining "Jaws" (1975) but still clued us in to what a talented filmmaker Spielberg was to become. Based on a true story andstarring Academy Award-winning actress Goldie Hawn, the movie concerns a wild chase across the state of Texas with Hawn and William Atherton's character in hot pursuit of their child, who they've been forced to give up to an adoption agency.
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