Try and convince anyone that Steven Spielberg didn't direct Poltergeist after watching this featurette, Hahaha! Tobie Hooper literally appears in 2 shots and never says a word.
This is actually a pretty telling piece of film. Yes, we see Spielberg talking to the interviewer and interacting with the effects people and yelling some technical stuff, but if you look carefully, the only person we actually see directing is Tobe. Watch it again and pay close attention.
The part where she fell down and they brought in the ambulance really scared me along with the house rotating where they brought in the ambulance really scared me. There were a large amount of traumatic scenes that even Heather O'rourke said was scary enough to find good parenting skills to not have such bad dreams, or whatever the audience thought it would be when it was finished.
Awesome. Why no comments? This movie is sooo good. It's definitely a Spielberg movie even if he doesnt have the directing-credit. The only thing missing is the Williams score. The rest is pure Spielberg. He wrote the damn thing.
I have to wonder if the rotating set was the same infamous one from "Nightmare on Elm Street". (I know they used that again for "The Stuff".) For all the effects in this movie, it supposedly cost less than $11 million to make, and with all the pioneering ghost effects they had to try to keep it on a budget. Although, heh...I'm watching this and I have to lean toward the theory Spielberg secretly directed this film. He looks like he straight up took the reins away from Hooper for the special effects scenes.
I just watched Poltergeist on Netflix. I was wondering the two scenes - the one where the father was pulling the rope in and then saw the enormous head coming out of the closet and when the mother was trying to get to the children's door and there was this skeletal figure coming out of the frame at the end - was that added on at another date with cgi like was done with Star Wars or was it more like the animation in Ghost Busters?
No, it's normal for the director and producer to co-operate. It's the producer that has a vision that the director has to keep in mind. And the producer in turn answers to the executive producer. Ultimately, it's the executive producer who has the final say and the producer acts as his right hand.
Cool. Now the craig t nelson has conformed on podcast that he was drugs or booze during filming of this moive he said he had big eyes but he also got sick too virus on the heart. So his ill performance look halfway through the moive was pretty authentic. His character is mentally drained trying to find what happened to his little girl and fight the ghosts and drinking more booze as well as diane. More fodder for a curse.
Crew members literally RAN in and took the loose chairs, while another group placed the pre-stacked chairs on the table and ran out. You can see a reflection on someone running past in an appliance on the counter while Diane is getting things under the sink .
My favourite movie of the 80s. I was 15 when I first saw this in 1983 and have watched it and Poltergeist II many many times since. However Poltergeist III unfortunately was one of the worst films I have ever seen, very poor quality in every way compared to the first two. The new 2015 version of Poltergeist was a huge disappointment, not set on the original story, badly made with terrible acting, awful film.
Steven soooooo directed this movie. Tobe never did anything as ambitious or high class before or after. This movie, Close Encounters, and ET are almost identical in their portrayal of suburbia.
Spielberg gave it his production values, budget, management, and branding skills. Tobe Hooper's camerawork and craft is up on the screen. We can thank Steven for the great opening credits font, the idea of a little girl talking to a TV in the middle of the night for an opening scene, but can thank Tobe Hooper for the way the camera dollies into Carol Anne as she wakens.
@@landpwner tobe Hooper was over his head on this movie , especially the special effects scenes , steven Spielberg had to direct all those scenes to get the movie finished, but didn't take the director credit.
@@shannonhuard5908 You can call those "special effects scenes" essentially 2nd Unit then, in which case Hooper is still deserving of the directing credit. If you believe the smug gossip at all, and don't interpret it as ignorant individuals misunderstanding a huge production in which all participants - producers, director, effects artists - figured out as a team how to handle the amount of effects shots, the producer likely never doing anything without direct input of the director.
@@landpwner I am sure you are a big fan of tobe hooper, and he is a good director and made a classic horror movie on a shoe string budget. but it is no mystery that Spielberg took over most of the production on the film , confirmed by cast and crew , they liked tobe he just needed help no shame.
@@shannonhuard5908 Whether or not he needed help, he directed the picture and Spielberg did not take over directing duties. No actor or cast member has said this. They have, in fact, said the opposite. pbs.twimg.com/media/DyViuLPVYAASnVT?format=jpg&name=small pbs.twimg.com/media/EErQOQWUUAAOjc1?format=jpg&name=small twitter.com/scottderrickson/status/1168968988874956802?s=20 Most crew members have no intimate purview of who is deciding what, only taking directions when they are told to. This may have been Spielberg, as he was the self-professed impromptu "line producer" on the film, but there is very little evidence against or doubt in my mind Hooper was directing the film where it counts, artistically, and made-up "confirmations" by "cast and crew" can very little change my mind. pbs.twimg.com/media/EH2Fh6gUEAAOgED?format=jpg&name=small
I think Spielberg ruined this movie. the movie is perfect up until "this is house is cleaned." but the last part suffers from the incredibly corny skeletons in the pool and caskets bursting through the floors, as a way to "explain" why the house was haunted. this is such a didactic approach which removes much of the mystery of the phenomenon. it would have been more powerful if there was no explanation as to why it started. and I have a feeling Spielberg was at the heart of this didacticism. He's never been a subtle artist.
mc stoudos has dun a remka fo polteagis and ghostbusters cunbined calld gostergiest we had a bugit wthe the effecs we had to do it in a 2 day time line we used jallo for the slime and we uesd fog alot of fog .and we tried wthe wind be the bounecy cestel blower was lowd so wehad to cut it frum the flim .
I absolutely love poltergeist!
This movie has terrified me since I was a little kid. One of my favorite movie's of all time!!!
All the stuff that goes into making a movie we might not even pay attention to it but they do such a great job.
Ah yes, the time before CGI when all the effects looked A LOT better.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
And on FILM ♥️
@@ToyotaGuy1971😊agreed
Try and convince anyone that Steven Spielberg didn't direct Poltergeist after watching this featurette, Hahaha! Tobie Hooper literally appears in 2 shots and never says a word.
This is actually a pretty telling piece of film. Yes, we see Spielberg talking to the interviewer and interacting with the effects people and yelling some technical stuff, but if you look carefully, the only person we actually see directing is Tobe. Watch it again and pay close attention.
The part where she fell down and they brought in the ambulance really scared me along with the house rotating where they brought in the ambulance really scared me. There were a large amount of traumatic scenes that even Heather O'rourke said was scary enough to find good parenting skills to not have such bad dreams, or whatever the audience thought it would be when it was finished.
They call 5 minutes a making of they need to do a Blu-ray box set with the original trilogy packed with features!
I remember in the summer of 82, me and my dad probably saw this at the big show around 10 times. Such fun memories
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The Goldsmith score is wonderful, though!
5 minutes of grainy low-quality bonus features are better than *NO* bonus features!
*Gives the Blu Ray release of this movie a dirty look*
This is amazing, top 10 movies of all time in my opinion.
Awesome. Why no comments? This movie is sooo good. It's definitely a Spielberg movie even if he doesnt have the directing-credit. The only thing missing is the Williams score. The rest is pure Spielberg. He wrote the damn thing.
And was a producer on it
I think this video is a definite proof that Spielberg is the one who did the directing!
Great clip - wish there was more! Thanks Enfield.
I second that, would love to see the whole thing.
I have to wonder if the rotating set was the same infamous one from "Nightmare on Elm Street". (I know they used that again for "The Stuff".) For all the effects in this movie, it supposedly cost less than $11 million to make, and with all the pioneering ghost effects they had to try to keep it on a budget.
Although, heh...I'm watching this and I have to lean toward the theory Spielberg secretly directed this film. He looks like he straight up took the reins away from Hooper for the special effects scenes.
Seems like it's cut off at the end, would love to see more!
Ironically, the beast was with Carol Anne the whole time on the director’s chair.
I’ve heard about these rumours, do you believe this is really true?
@@chris7921 I don't know for sure, but after learning about all the evil in Hollywood, I think it was quite possible.
what do you mean?:O
Scariest movie i saw when I was 8 in 1992 tbs aired it 😊
I Love this movie!
there's no other then thee Steven Spielberg, great director producer,
thanks for the upload!
I just watched Poltergeist on Netflix. I was wondering the two scenes - the one where the father was pulling the rope in and then saw the enormous head coming out of the closet and when the mother was trying to get to the children's door and there was this skeletal figure coming out of the frame at the end - was that added on at another date with cgi like was done with Star Wars or was it more like the animation in Ghost Busters?
animation and puppets.
AWESOME!! THANK YOU!!!
A Steven Spielberg movie definitively…
Proof once and for all that spielberg was the director
No, it's normal for the director and producer to co-operate. It's the producer that has a vision that the director has to keep in mind. And the producer in turn answers to the executive producer. Ultimately, it's the executive producer who has the final say and the producer acts as his right hand.
The 2024 mansion is for sale
I agree
does anyone know the name of the dog family dog in the movie?
E-Buzz
Yeah his name was Ebus, I think thats how its spelled.
I would love to watch the whole
entire movie. :) :) :)
Cool. Now the craig t nelson has conformed on podcast that he was drugs or booze during filming of this moive he said he had big eyes but he also got sick too virus on the heart. So his ill performance look halfway through the moive was pretty authentic. His character is mentally drained trying to find what happened to his little girl and fight the ghosts and drinking more booze as well as diane. More fodder for a curse.
How was the chair-stacking scene in the kitchen done? I've always wondered about that.
Crew members literally RAN in and took the loose chairs, while another group placed the pre-stacked chairs on the table and ran out. You can see a reflection on someone running past in an appliance on the counter while Diane is getting things under the sink .
@@toddstorey719 I don't "see "a "reflection"
@@mineonlyedwardcullen You can see it, it's just very briefly, maybe half a second.
My favourite movie of the 80s. I was 15 when I first saw this in 1983 and have watched it and Poltergeist II many many times since.
However Poltergeist III unfortunately was one of the worst films I have ever seen, very poor quality in every way compared to the first two.
The new 2015 version of Poltergeist was a huge disappointment, not set on the original story, badly made with terrible acting, awful film.
Also my favourite movie!
Brighton Hove Albion, though. I don’t agree. Although I did rate Chris Houghton, when he was in charge!
I wasn’t born till 1990 and it’s my favorite movie of the 80s!
How bad Because Heater O'rouke Died In The 3th Movie...
Was this the footage taken from the special edtion laser disc released in 1994?
that kid really fell. or was that a cut. hell of a drop.
what?:O
Steven soooooo directed this movie. Tobe never did anything as ambitious or high class before or after. This movie, Close Encounters, and ET are almost identical in their portrayal of suburbia.
Spielberg gave it his production values, budget, management, and branding skills. Tobe Hooper's camerawork and craft is up on the screen. We can thank Steven for the great opening credits font, the idea of a little girl talking to a TV in the middle of the night for an opening scene, but can thank Tobe Hooper for the way the camera dollies into Carol Anne as she wakens.
@@landpwner tobe Hooper was over his head on this movie , especially the special effects scenes , steven Spielberg had to direct all those scenes to get the movie finished, but didn't take the director credit.
@@shannonhuard5908 You can call those "special effects scenes" essentially 2nd Unit then, in which case Hooper is still deserving of the directing credit. If you believe the smug gossip at all, and don't interpret it as ignorant individuals misunderstanding a huge production in which all participants - producers, director, effects artists - figured out as a team how to handle the amount of effects shots, the producer likely never doing anything without direct input of the director.
@@landpwner I am sure you are a big fan of tobe hooper, and he is a good director and made a classic horror movie on a shoe string budget. but it is no mystery that Spielberg took over most of the production on the film , confirmed by cast and crew , they liked tobe he just needed help no shame.
@@shannonhuard5908 Whether or not he needed help, he directed the picture and Spielberg did not take over directing duties. No actor or cast member has said this. They have, in fact, said the opposite.
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Most crew members have no intimate purview of who is deciding what, only taking directions when they are told to. This may have been Spielberg, as he was the self-professed impromptu "line producer" on the film, but there is very little evidence against or doubt in my mind Hooper was directing the film where it counts, artistically, and made-up "confirmations" by "cast and crew" can very little change my mind. pbs.twimg.com/media/EH2Fh6gUEAAOgED?format=jpg&name=small
So....Spielberg did direct it. 😅
yo quiero que pogais mas videos del making of
I think Spielberg ruined this movie. the movie is perfect up until "this is house is cleaned." but the last part suffers from the incredibly corny skeletons in the pool and caskets bursting through the floors, as a way to "explain" why the house was haunted. this is such a didactic approach which removes much of the mystery of the phenomenon. it would have been more powerful if there was no explanation as to why it started. and I have a feeling Spielberg was at the heart of this didacticism. He's never been a subtle artist.
de poltergeist
Poltergedit ?!
mc stoudos has dun a remka fo polteagis and ghostbusters cunbined calld gostergiest we had a bugit wthe the effecs we had to do it in a 2 day time line we used jallo for the slime and we uesd fog alot of fog .and we tried wthe wind be the bounecy cestel blower was lowd so wehad to cut it frum the flim .
Circle
Poltergesit 🤔
I love the whole entire movie The Poltergeist Three.
I think that`s the best one :) :)
And what is your evidence to back up your claim?
this movie was scary I watched. it. at the age of 14 I didn't know. at the time its pretty boring now
Not boring at all