Oscar Directors: Scorsese, almost 81–“I don’t want to slow down”

At my age, your body tells you at a certain point you need to pace yourself, but I’m still searching for the answer to how we take care of each other. I thought my films should reflect that–Scorsese

Color Purple, The: Oprah Winfrey–Role in Spielberg’s 1985 ‘The Color Purple’ Was the Best $35,000 She Ever Earned: “It Changed Everything”

Winfrey: Role in Spielberg’s 1985 ‘The Color Purple’ Was the Best $35,000 She Ever Earned: “It Changed Everything”

John Wayne: “1941,” Directed by Spielberg–Roles Rejected and the Reason for That

After reading the script, Wayne decided not to participate due to ill health, but he also urged Spielberg not to pursue the project, as both he and Heston felt the film was unpatriotic.

What Price Glory (1952): John Ford’s Screen Version of his Stage Production, Starring James Cagney, Corinne Calvet, Dan Dailey

The screenplay was written by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, and stars James Cagney and Dan Dailey as US Marines in World War I.

Eileen: William Oldroyd’s Psychological Tale, Starring Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie

Eileen follows McKenzie’s titular young secretary, employed at a prison during a bitter Massachusetts winter in 1964.