He had been under the gun to finish shooting his next movie, “Minority Report” by early July, and learned his new film “A.I.” proved a major U.S. Spielberg had just returned from a family vacation on Croatia’s Dalmatian coast, away from the pressures of Hollywood. He his wife, actress Kate Capshaw and their family have a second home nearby, where they spend three months of every year, including much of each summer. He mused on these matters in a quiet back room of a restaurant in the Hamptons. But it’s semi-documentary, and when you do something that is semi-documentary, not just in style but in content, then you’re not going to be making a mainstream television series.” “I’m very proud of ‘Band of Brothers,”’ Spielberg commented. Spielberg fleshed out a minor incident in Ambrose’s book to create “Saving Private Ryan,” his Oscar-winning 1998 feature film. Ambrose’s 1992 volume of the same name-the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the U.S. The series is based on writer-historian Stephen E. They parachute into France on the morning of D-day and traverse the war-torn continent, finally capturing Hitler’s fortress Eagle’s Nest at Berchtesgaden. Their story begins when they undergo rigorous basic training in Georgia in 1942.
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Shot mainly in England (Spielberg’s favorite movie location) with a reported budget of $120 million, “Band of Brothers” follows the fortunes of a World War II infantry unit throughout the European campaign.
Along with Tom Hanks, he is executive producer of “Band of Brothers,” a 10-part miniseries that debuts on HBO this weekend. In four decades of making films, though, it’s fair to say Spielberg has never before tackled World War II in quite such depth as now. “I’ve been stuck in the 1940s for most of my career.” “I can honestly say I’ve been making World War II movies all my life,” Steven Spielberg reflects with a rueful grin.