After three and a half years without a directorial release, Spielberg ended up with two films scheduled to open within four days of each other and Christmas 2011. Lately, though, it's been easy to surmise whether some technical award consideration and big box office receipts are expected or more modest receipts and recognition in the major categories. each topped the box office in their years en route to Best Picture Oscar nominations. The Spielbergs followed that pattern again in 1997 (with The Lost World in May and Amistad in December) and in 2005 ( War of the Worlds right before Independence Day and Munich right before Christmas).Įarlier in his career, the lines were not so clearly drawn Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T. Six months later came Schindler's List, the most widely exalted film of the past thirty years. In the summer of 1993, he gave us a blockbuster for the ages in Jurassic Park. The two have co-existed, on several occasions releasing major works in different seasons of the same calendar year. For much of his long, illustrious directing career, there have been two Steven Spielbergs: the playful adventurer whose commercial track record is unrivaled and the serious filmmaker who commits to bringing historical drama to life in rich detail.

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