Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans" opens with two unseen parents pitching their son on the wonders of the moviegoing experience. The kid is scared to enter the theater; it's his first movie, and he's not keen on seeing huge faces onscreen in the dark.
For reasons both understandable and just unfortunate (cinema's declining cultural clout), moviegoers in the 2020s likewise seem less inclined to see Spielberg's films. The parental appeal to young Sammy Fabelman (Mateo Zoryan) is as much an appeal on behalf of Spielberg, for whom Sammy serves as a semi-autobiographical stand-in.
Lowering themselves into the frame next to Sammy, his father, Burt Fabelman (Paul Dano), and mother, Mitzi Schildkraut-Fabelman (Michelle Williams), take on the voice of motion picture science and art, respectively, as they continue their appeals for moviegoing. Last month, Spielberg played cinema advocate in a similar way when he publicly thanked his "Minority Report" and "War of the Worlds" collaborator,...
For reasons both understandable and just unfortunate (cinema's declining cultural clout), moviegoers in the 2020s likewise seem less inclined to see Spielberg's films. The parental appeal to young Sammy Fabelman (Mateo Zoryan) is as much an appeal on behalf of Spielberg, for whom Sammy serves as a semi-autobiographical stand-in.
Lowering themselves into the frame next to Sammy, his father, Burt Fabelman (Paul Dano), and mother, Mitzi Schildkraut-Fabelman (Michelle Williams), take on the voice of motion picture science and art, respectively, as they continue their appeals for moviegoing. Last month, Spielberg played cinema advocate in a similar way when he publicly thanked his "Minority Report" and "War of the Worlds" collaborator,...
- 3/19/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Few directors have reached the upper echelon in which names like Steven Spielberg reside, and “The Fabelmans” gives viewers insight into how the great movie-making mind came to be. Spielberg’s origin story springs off the page from a script co-written by the director and Tony Kushner, the “Angels in America” playwright and a frequent collaborator of Spielberg’s. Indeed, “The Fabelmans” is inspired by Spielberg’s own childhood and a secret he’s kept since he was a teenager, and its critical acclaim bodes well for its chances this awards season.
Fans and devotees of Steven Spielberg, Michelle Williams and or Paul Dano may be wondering how to watch “The Fabelmans.” We’ve got all your questions answered below.
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- 3/3/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
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Steven Spielberg brings movie buffs behind the scenes of his life — and the upbringing that sparked his passion for filmmaking — in The Fabelmans, the Oscar-nominated drama he co-wrote with Tony Kushner.
The Fabelmans “is the first coming-of-age story I’ve ever told,” the 75-year-old director told The Hollywood Reporter. It stars Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord and Gabriel Labelle playing Sammy Fabelman as a child and a teen, respectively; and Michelle Williams and Paul Dano as Sammy’s mother and father, Mitzi and Burt (both based on Spielberg’s own parents, who divorced when he was a child). Seth Rogen, Judd Hirsch, Jeannie Berlin, Julia Butters, Keeley Karsten and Sophia Kopera round out the cast.
Related: The Fabelmans Review: Steven Spielberg’s Deeply Moving Childhood Memoir
“My life with...
Steven Spielberg brings movie buffs behind the scenes of his life — and the upbringing that sparked his passion for filmmaking — in The Fabelmans, the Oscar-nominated drama he co-wrote with Tony Kushner.
The Fabelmans “is the first coming-of-age story I’ve ever told,” the 75-year-old director told The Hollywood Reporter. It stars Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord and Gabriel Labelle playing Sammy Fabelman as a child and a teen, respectively; and Michelle Williams and Paul Dano as Sammy’s mother and father, Mitzi and Burt (both based on Spielberg’s own parents, who divorced when he was a child). Seth Rogen, Judd Hirsch, Jeannie Berlin, Julia Butters, Keeley Karsten and Sophia Kopera round out the cast.
Related: The Fabelmans Review: Steven Spielberg’s Deeply Moving Childhood Memoir
“My life with...
- 3/1/2023
- by Danielle Directo-Meston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
How did Steven Spielberg – some kid uprooted several times over his life, taken from New Jersey to Arizona to California, then shattered by his parents’ divorce – become one of the great cornerstones of American popular culture? In The Fabelmans, already an Oscars frontrunner, the director assembles, memorialises and then fictionalises his own childhood. The script, which he co-wrote with Tony Kushner, is far more inquisitive than it is celebratory; it chips away at the ultimate question of his existence.
Mitzi (Michelle Williams), who bears many similarities to Spielberg’s own mother, Leah, is a woman who has moored herself to the mantra of “everything happens for a reason”. She’s a concert pianist who set aside her artistry in order to raise a family, a wilful romantic who settled for the man whose love is steady and, at its worst, airless. She’s not unhappy, for the most part, but...
Mitzi (Michelle Williams), who bears many similarities to Spielberg’s own mother, Leah, is a woman who has moored herself to the mantra of “everything happens for a reason”. She’s a concert pianist who set aside her artistry in order to raise a family, a wilful romantic who settled for the man whose love is steady and, at its worst, airless. She’s not unhappy, for the most part, but...
- 1/19/2023
- by Clarisse Loughrey
- The Independent - Film
This article contains spoilers for Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans.
There are many filmmakers these days looking back at their youths via semi-autobiographical reveries: Alfonso Cuarón and Roma; Kenneth Branagh and Belfast; and Richard Linklater Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood is to name just a few. Yet perhaps none have been so naked in their self-portraiture as Steven Spielberg’s recent effort, The Fabelmans.
All of the aforementioned films rename characters and incidents, but The Fabelmans is the only one about how its protagonist grew from an early age into an undeniable filmmaking wunderkind shrouded in an air of destiny; it is also the lone entry in the emerging subgenre to happily include famous anecdotes from the director’s halcyon youth that he’s recounted in countless interviews, such as a chance encounter with the legendary Hollywood director John Ford. Even the physical resemblances between Spielberg and The Fabelmans’ young hero,...
There are many filmmakers these days looking back at their youths via semi-autobiographical reveries: Alfonso Cuarón and Roma; Kenneth Branagh and Belfast; and Richard Linklater Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood is to name just a few. Yet perhaps none have been so naked in their self-portraiture as Steven Spielberg’s recent effort, The Fabelmans.
All of the aforementioned films rename characters and incidents, but The Fabelmans is the only one about how its protagonist grew from an early age into an undeniable filmmaking wunderkind shrouded in an air of destiny; it is also the lone entry in the emerging subgenre to happily include famous anecdotes from the director’s halcyon youth that he’s recounted in countless interviews, such as a chance encounter with the legendary Hollywood director John Ford. Even the physical resemblances between Spielberg and The Fabelmans’ young hero,...
- 12/17/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
How the Editors of ‘The Fabelmans’ Helped Spielberg Convey the Emotional Truth of His Personal Story
When it came to editing Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical “The Fabelmans” (available to stream on PVOD), it didn’t matter to editors Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar which story belonged to Spielberg and which to Sammy Fabelman, his onscreen alter ego. They merged into a single legendary tale, echoing John Ford’s “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” which figures prominently in the film. What mattered most was capturing the authentic spirit of the director’s origin story, a dramatization of his uprooted childhood and parents’ divorce, his journey West to the Promised Land of Hollywood, and embrace of movies and filmmaking for escape and empowerment.
“It’s gotta be a real story about Steven and why he picks the movies he does, but this is quite clear why he picked this one,” Kahn told IndieWire. He’s cut every Spielberg movie since 1977’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,...
“It’s gotta be a real story about Steven and why he picks the movies he does, but this is quite clear why he picked this one,” Kahn told IndieWire. He’s cut every Spielberg movie since 1977’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,...
- 12/13/2022
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Paul Dano, Mateo Zoryan Francis-DeFord, and Michelle Williams in ‘The Fabelmans’ (Photo © Storyteller Distribution Co)
The wonder and magic of movies, and the angst of growing up, are at the core of filmmaker Steven Spielberg’s very personal film The Fabelmans. Set in the 1950s and 60s, the movie is a semi-autobiographical account of Spielberg’s youth, growing up in a Jewish family and finding his passion for making movies.
The Fabelmans opens with Burt Fabelman (Paul Dano) and his wife, Mitzi (Michelle Williams) standing in line with their eight-year-old son Sammy (Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord) at a theater to take in a screening of The Greatest Show on Earth. There’s a spectacular train crash near the end of the film shot using miniatures, and young Sammy becomes instantly fascinated by it.
Desperate to understand how the filmmakers accomplished the captivating scene, Sammy asks his parents for a train set for Hanukkah.
The wonder and magic of movies, and the angst of growing up, are at the core of filmmaker Steven Spielberg’s very personal film The Fabelmans. Set in the 1950s and 60s, the movie is a semi-autobiographical account of Spielberg’s youth, growing up in a Jewish family and finding his passion for making movies.
The Fabelmans opens with Burt Fabelman (Paul Dano) and his wife, Mitzi (Michelle Williams) standing in line with their eight-year-old son Sammy (Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord) at a theater to take in a screening of The Greatest Show on Earth. There’s a spectacular train crash near the end of the film shot using miniatures, and young Sammy becomes instantly fascinated by it.
Desperate to understand how the filmmakers accomplished the captivating scene, Sammy asks his parents for a train set for Hanukkah.
- 12/8/2022
- by Kevin Finnerty
- Showbiz Junkies
The Fabelmans.Filmmakers dip into memoir so often it seems inevitable. Apart from the hallowed pillars—The 400 Blows (1959), Amarcord (1973), Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987), Crooklyn (1994)—there has been a surfeit of, specifically, boyhood homecomings in the past decade alone: The Tree of Life (2011), 20th Century Women (2016), Roma (2018), Pain & Glory (2019), Minari (2020), Belfast (2021); all, invariably, ghost stories. Directors plunder the past and will their (re)visions into the material world where these spirits, animated by the pursuit of catharsis and peace (matters for the living), may behave authentically or not. The audience can never know. More reliably, these excursions yield a cinephile's bounty; if childhood is the canvas upon which adult preoccupations are birthed, here lies a natural map to a director's filmography: a compass to the primal event. Steven Spielberg has never exactly recoiled from history across his sprawling oeuvre, but his latest feature, The Fabelmans (2022), marks a decidedly personal departure. Here,...
- 12/7/2022
- MUBI
“Art will break your heart.” This is the central message underscoring “The Fabelmans,” Steven Spielberg’s beautiful semi-autobiographical coming-of-age film. Sammy Fabelman gets that basic message growing up repeatedly, from his mother, father, his mother’s uncle Boris, his first girlfriend, the school bully, and most of all from his own conscience. In the final scene, he even hears it directly from the mouth of John Ford, in an unexpected one-minute meeting in the director’s office. “They tell me you want to be a picture-maker,” Ford says. “Why? This business will rip you apart.”
By “business,” we imagine Ford doesn’t just mean the movie business, but the business of being an artist, the “mishigas” as it’s referred to in an earlier scene. And it’s clear that the artistic inclination has a stronghold on Sammy’s heart and mind from the moment he sees his first film,...
By “business,” we imagine Ford doesn’t just mean the movie business, but the business of being an artist, the “mishigas” as it’s referred to in an earlier scene. And it’s clear that the artistic inclination has a stronghold on Sammy’s heart and mind from the moment he sees his first film,...
- 12/5/2022
- by Gregory Crewdson
- Variety Film + TV
Gabriel Labelle as Sammy Fabelman, in The Fabelmans, co-written, produced and directed by Steven Spielberg. Photo credit: Courtesy of Universal
In his semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans, director Steven Spielberg looks back on growing up and how he fell in love with movie-making, a remembrance told through the lens of his parents’ marriage. Of course, “semi-autobiographical” means not everything we see is true but the story is by turns funny, touching and heartbreaking, as Sammy Fabelman, the stand-in for young Spielberg, grows up while his determination to make movies also grows, and his parents’ marriage falls apart. The film features a stellar cast, including Paul Dano, Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, and Judd Hirsch with a nice cameo by David Lynch. Spielberg co-wrote the script with Tony Kushner, who also co-wrote “Munich” with the director, and with music by John Williams, the stage is set for something wonderful – and we get exactly that.
In his semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans, director Steven Spielberg looks back on growing up and how he fell in love with movie-making, a remembrance told through the lens of his parents’ marriage. Of course, “semi-autobiographical” means not everything we see is true but the story is by turns funny, touching and heartbreaking, as Sammy Fabelman, the stand-in for young Spielberg, grows up while his determination to make movies also grows, and his parents’ marriage falls apart. The film features a stellar cast, including Paul Dano, Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, and Judd Hirsch with a nice cameo by David Lynch. Spielberg co-wrote the script with Tony Kushner, who also co-wrote “Munich” with the director, and with music by John Williams, the stage is set for something wonderful – and we get exactly that.
- 11/23/2022
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The odd thing about The Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg’s thinly fictionalized account of his childhood, adolescence, and family upbringing—the factors that ultimately shaped him into one of our greatest directors—is that it’s not really about Spielberg’s screen avatar, young Sammy Fabelman (played by Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord as a little boy and uncanny Spielberg lookalike Gabriel Labelle as a teenager). For most of its 150-minute running time, the central character is Mitzi, Sammy’s mother, played as a force of nature by Michelle Williams in a towering tour de force performance.
Mitzi has an artistic, free-flowing soul and heart, but she’s trapped in the everyday routine of being a suburban homemaker with four kids and a dutiful, devoted, workaholic husband, Burt (played by Paul Dano). Burt’s not completely closed off but doesn’t exhibit much passion, even for his work, which is essentially helping to create the modern computer.
Mitzi has an artistic, free-flowing soul and heart, but she’s trapped in the everyday routine of being a suburban homemaker with four kids and a dutiful, devoted, workaholic husband, Burt (played by Paul Dano). Burt’s not completely closed off but doesn’t exhibit much passion, even for his work, which is essentially helping to create the modern computer.
- 11/23/2022
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
The Fabelmans Review — The Fabelmans (2022) Film Review, a movie directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg and starring Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Gabriel Labelle, Julia Butters, Seth Rogen, Judd Hirsch, Sam Rechner, Chloe East, David Lynch, Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord, Keeley Karsten, Alina Brace, Birdie Borria, Jeannie Berlin, Robin [...]
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- 11/11/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
The little boy is scared. There’s such a large crowd outside the theater. He has no idea what will happen when he walks through the doors and into the room filled with dozens of seats, all facing a large blank square. Plus it’s in the dark. He’s been told him that there are giants in there, though his dad gently corrects him; the people are normal-sized, they’re just on a big screen.
It’s 1952, Sammy Fabelman in six years old, his parents have taken him to...
It’s 1952, Sammy Fabelman in six years old, his parents have taken him to...
- 11/10/2022
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
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November is traditionally when things cool down outside but heat up when it comes to movies and television and 2022 is no exception.
On the TV front, the month sees the return of some old favorites like Apple TV+’s Mythic Quest and Netflix’s The Crown and some intriguing new shows, including a big movie star’s first venture into the medium. Meanwhile, theaters are starting to fill up with awards-season movies,...
November is traditionally when things cool down outside but heat up when it comes to movies and television and 2022 is no exception.
On the TV front, the month sees the return of some old favorites like Apple TV+’s Mythic Quest and Netflix’s The Crown and some intriguing new shows, including a big movie star’s first venture into the medium. Meanwhile, theaters are starting to fill up with awards-season movies,...
- 11/7/2022
- by Keith Phipps
- Rollingstone.com
While “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” are expected to be Oscar craft juggernauts (“Avatar: The Way of Water” and “Babylon” are still Tbd), don’t discount Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical “The Fabelmans” as a major contender as well. That’s because of its status as Best Picture frontrunner (winning the influential TIFF People’s Choice audience award) and great craftsmanship in recreating the celebrated director’s troubled coming-of-age in the ’50s and ’60s and his early brilliance as a filmmaker.
“The Fabelmans” is obviously special to its director: The tribute to his late parents — computer engineer Arnold Spielberg and concert pianist Leah Adler — is his most personal film to date. The fictionalized cinematic memoir is filtered through alter ego Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel Labelle), an aspiring director who falls very under the spell of the movies at an early age (when he’s played by Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord...
“The Fabelmans” is obviously special to its director: The tribute to his late parents — computer engineer Arnold Spielberg and concert pianist Leah Adler — is his most personal film to date. The fictionalized cinematic memoir is filtered through alter ego Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel Labelle), an aspiring director who falls very under the spell of the movies at an early age (when he’s played by Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord...
- 11/2/2022
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The trailer for The Fabelmans, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen and Gabriel Labelle has been released, check it out right here on CinemaNerdz (just look above the story). The film will be in select theaters on November 11, and everywhere on November 23, 2022.
Directed by Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans is written by Spielberg and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, who has earned Oscar® nominations for his screenplays for Spielberg’s Lincoln and Munich. The film is produced by three-time Oscar® nominee Kristie Macosko Krieger p.g.a., Steven Spielberg p.g.a. and Tony Kushner p.g.a. The film is executive produced by Carla Raij and Josh McLaglen.
The film stars Gabriel Labelle as 16-year-old aspiring filmmaker Sammy Fabelman; four-time Academy Award® nominee Michelle Williams as his artistic mother, Mitzi; Paul Dano as his successful, scientific father, Burt; Seth Rogen as Bennie Loewy, Burt...
Directed by Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans is written by Spielberg and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, who has earned Oscar® nominations for his screenplays for Spielberg’s Lincoln and Munich. The film is produced by three-time Oscar® nominee Kristie Macosko Krieger p.g.a., Steven Spielberg p.g.a. and Tony Kushner p.g.a. The film is executive produced by Carla Raij and Josh McLaglen.
The film stars Gabriel Labelle as 16-year-old aspiring filmmaker Sammy Fabelman; four-time Academy Award® nominee Michelle Williams as his artistic mother, Mitzi; Paul Dano as his successful, scientific father, Burt; Seth Rogen as Bennie Loewy, Burt...
- 9/12/2022
- by Editor
- CinemaNerdz
Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans, the director’s semi-autobiographical movie based on his own family and upbringing, has released its official trailer.
The coming-of-age film had its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and was well-received. The bow marked Spielberg’s first appearance at the Toronto fest.
The Universal/Amblin film will have a limited release Nov. 11 and go wide on Nov. 23.
The Fabelmans centers on a young man’s discovery of a shattering family secret and an exploration of the power of movies to help us see the truth about each other and ourselves. Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Gabriel Labelle, Seth Rogen, Jeannie Berlin, Julia Butters, Robin Bartlett, Keeley Karsten and Judd Hirsch star in the pic penned by Spielberg and Tony Kushner.
The cast also includes David Lynch, Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord, Birdie Borria, Alina Brace, Sophia Kopera, Oakes Fegley, Sam Rechner, Chloe East, Jonathan Hadary and Isabelle Kusman.
The coming-of-age film had its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and was well-received. The bow marked Spielberg’s first appearance at the Toronto fest.
The Universal/Amblin film will have a limited release Nov. 11 and go wide on Nov. 23.
The Fabelmans centers on a young man’s discovery of a shattering family secret and an exploration of the power of movies to help us see the truth about each other and ourselves. Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Gabriel Labelle, Seth Rogen, Jeannie Berlin, Julia Butters, Robin Bartlett, Keeley Karsten and Judd Hirsch star in the pic penned by Spielberg and Tony Kushner.
The cast also includes David Lynch, Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord, Birdie Borria, Alina Brace, Sophia Kopera, Oakes Fegley, Sam Rechner, Chloe East, Jonathan Hadary and Isabelle Kusman.
- 9/11/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The little boy is scared. There’s such a large crowd outside the theater. He has no idea what will happen when he walks through the doors and into the room filled with dozens of seats, all facing a large blank square. Plus it’s in the dark. He’s been told him that there are giants in there, though his dad gently corrects him; the people are normal-sized, they’re just on a big screen. It’s 1952, Sammy Fabelman in six years old, his parents have taken him to...
- 9/11/2022
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Tired of superhero origin stories? How about a superdirector origin story instead.
"The Fabelmans," which premiered at Toronto International Film Festival this week to rapturous reviews, is Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical story of his own childhood and how he fell in love with making movies. Rather than being a straightforward biopic, however, Spielberg is consciously viewing his own life through a Hollywood lens. As the opening line of the first trailer for "The Fabelmans" puts it: "Movies are dreams that you never forget."
As such, there's a dreamlike quality to this first look at "The Fabelmans," which stars Gabriel Labelle as 16-year-old aspiring filmmaker Sammy Fabelman (Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord plays the younger version of Sammy). The cast is stacked with talent, including Paul Dano as Sammy's scientifically-minded father, Burt, and Michelle Williams as his artistic, piano-playing mother, Mitzi. Also co-starring are Seth Rogen, Judd Hirsch, Jeannie Berlin, Hadassah Fabelman, Julia Butters,...
"The Fabelmans," which premiered at Toronto International Film Festival this week to rapturous reviews, is Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical story of his own childhood and how he fell in love with making movies. Rather than being a straightforward biopic, however, Spielberg is consciously viewing his own life through a Hollywood lens. As the opening line of the first trailer for "The Fabelmans" puts it: "Movies are dreams that you never forget."
As such, there's a dreamlike quality to this first look at "The Fabelmans," which stars Gabriel Labelle as 16-year-old aspiring filmmaker Sammy Fabelman (Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord plays the younger version of Sammy). The cast is stacked with talent, including Paul Dano as Sammy's scientifically-minded father, Burt, and Michelle Williams as his artistic, piano-playing mother, Mitzi. Also co-starring are Seth Rogen, Judd Hirsch, Jeannie Berlin, Hadassah Fabelman, Julia Butters,...
- 9/11/2022
- by Hannah Shaw-Williams
- Slash Film
No director has done more to deconstruct the myth of the suburban American family than Steven Spielberg. Dissertations have been written and documentaries made on the subject. And now, at the spry young age of 75, Spielberg himself weighs in on where his preoccupations come from in “The Fabelmans,” a personal account of his upbringing that feels like listening to two and a half hours’ worth of well-polished cocktail-party anecdotes, only better, since he’s gone to the trouble of staging them all for our benefit. Spielberg’s a born storyteller, and these are arguably his most precious stories.
From the first movie he saw (“The Greatest Show on Earth”) to memories of meeting filmmaker John Ford on the Paramount lot, this endearing, broadly appealing account of how Spielberg was smitten by the medium — and why the prodigy nearly abandoned picture-making before his career even started — holds the keys to so...
From the first movie he saw (“The Greatest Show on Earth”) to memories of meeting filmmaker John Ford on the Paramount lot, this endearing, broadly appealing account of how Spielberg was smitten by the medium — and why the prodigy nearly abandoned picture-making before his career even started — holds the keys to so...
- 9/11/2022
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Before Steven Spielberg‘s The Fabelmans comes to the Toronto International Film Festival, it’s time for the PR machine to work its magic with a new promo for the film. The Fabelmans poster looks stylishly at Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical feature, presenting a series of stills captured on film reels. If you look closely, you can see footage of Paul Dano’s Burt Fabelman, Seth Rogen’s Benny, Gabriel Labelle as Sammy Fabelman, Julia Butters as Anne Fabelman, and Michelle Williams as Leah Fabelman. The images depict different stages of Sammy’s journey toward discovering his love of film.
The Fabelmans, set in post-war Arizona, centers on a young man’s discovery of a shattering family secret and an exploration of the power of movies to help us see the truth about each other and ourselves. Jeannie Berlin, Robin Bartlett, Keeley Karsten, and Judd Hirsch also star in the drama...
The Fabelmans, set in post-war Arizona, centers on a young man’s discovery of a shattering family secret and an exploration of the power of movies to help us see the truth about each other and ourselves. Jeannie Berlin, Robin Bartlett, Keeley Karsten, and Judd Hirsch also star in the drama...
- 9/7/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans will make its U.S. premiere at AFI Fest 2022 — closing out the festival at the Tcl Chinese Theatre on November 6. The latest film from the AFI Life Achievement Award recipient is set to make its world premiere this month at the Toronto Film Festival, arriving in theaters beginning November 11.
Loosely based on the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s childhood and upbringing, The Fabelmans centers on Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel Labelle), a young man growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, who discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth. The film from Universal and Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment also stars Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Jeannie Berlin, Julia Butters, Robin Bartlett, Keeley Karsten, Judd Hirsch, David Lynch, Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord, Birdie Borria, Alina Brace, Sophia Kopera, Oakes Fegley, Sam Rechner, Chloe East, Jonathan Hadary and Isabelle Kusman.
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Loosely based on the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s childhood and upbringing, The Fabelmans centers on Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel Labelle), a young man growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, who discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth. The film from Universal and Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment also stars Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Jeannie Berlin, Julia Butters, Robin Bartlett, Keeley Karsten, Judd Hirsch, David Lynch, Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord, Birdie Borria, Alina Brace, Sophia Kopera, Oakes Fegley, Sam Rechner, Chloe East, Jonathan Hadary and Isabelle Kusman.
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- 9/6/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Seth Rogen has spoken out about his experience as part of the cast of Steven Spielberg’s Toronto Film Festival-bound The Fabelmans.
The actor shares in an upcoming edition of The Process that he wrapped his role in the film, loosely based on the iconic filmmaker’s childhood and upbringing, toward the end of last year. “It was really cool. It was fascinating. It was a really surreal experience for everyone involved,” Rogen said of the film, which has him playing a character inspired by Spielberg’s uncle. “It premieres at Toronto. I’ve literally not seen one frame of it, so it’ll be a bizarre experience.”
In conversation with Pam & Tommy editor Tatiana S. Riegel for Deadline’s video series, Rogen also addressed his “immense” relief in seeing Lily James excel in her transformational turn as the Hulu series’ Pamela Anderson.
An exec producer on the project who...
The actor shares in an upcoming edition of The Process that he wrapped his role in the film, loosely based on the iconic filmmaker’s childhood and upbringing, toward the end of last year. “It was really cool. It was fascinating. It was a really surreal experience for everyone involved,” Rogen said of the film, which has him playing a character inspired by Spielberg’s uncle. “It premieres at Toronto. I’ve literally not seen one frame of it, so it’ll be a bizarre experience.”
In conversation with Pam & Tommy editor Tatiana S. Riegel for Deadline’s video series, Rogen also addressed his “immense” relief in seeing Lily James excel in her transformational turn as the Hulu series’ Pamela Anderson.
An exec producer on the project who...
- 8/12/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Steven Spielberg’s The Fablemans, the director’s semi-autobiographical movie based on his own family and upbringing, will world premiere at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. The 47th edition of TIFF runs September 8-18.
The bow will mark Spielberg’s first appearance at the Toronto fest, which comes in the critical fall festival corridor that also includes Venice and Telluride. An exact date for the Fabelmans premiere has not been set, but it comes ahead of the Universal/Amblin film’s platform release November 11. It opens wide November 23.
The Fabelmans centers on a young man’s discovery of a shattering family secret and an exploration of the power of movies to help us see the truth about each other and ourselves. Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Gabriel Labelle, Seth Rogen, Jeannie Berlin, Julia Butters, Robin Bartlett, Keeley Karsten and Judd Hirsch star in the pic penned by Spielberg and Tony Kushner.
The bow will mark Spielberg’s first appearance at the Toronto fest, which comes in the critical fall festival corridor that also includes Venice and Telluride. An exact date for the Fabelmans premiere has not been set, but it comes ahead of the Universal/Amblin film’s platform release November 11. It opens wide November 23.
The Fabelmans centers on a young man’s discovery of a shattering family secret and an exploration of the power of movies to help us see the truth about each other and ourselves. Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Gabriel Labelle, Seth Rogen, Jeannie Berlin, Julia Butters, Robin Bartlett, Keeley Karsten and Judd Hirsch star in the pic penned by Spielberg and Tony Kushner.
- 7/22/2022
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Filmmaker David Lynch has joined the cast of Steven Spielberg’s drama The Fabelmans, Deadline has confirmed.
Details as to the role he is playing are being kept under wraps, but he joins a cast that includes Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Judd Hirsch, Gabriel Labelle, Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord, Keeley Karsten, Birdie Borria, Alina Brace, Sophia Kopera, Oakes Fegley, Sam Rechner, Chloe East, Julia Butters, Jeannie Berlin, Robin Bartlett, Jonathan Hadary and Isabelle Kusman.
Spielberg co-wrote the screenplay for the film based loosely on his childhood with Tony Kushner and is producing with Kushner and Kristie Macosko Krieger. Dano is playing a character based on Spielberg’s father, as previously announced, with Williams playing a version of his mother, and Rogen playing a version of his uncle. Universal is releasing the Amblin title on November 23.
Lynch is the four-time Oscar nominee and nine-time Emmy nominee behind films including Eraserhead,...
Details as to the role he is playing are being kept under wraps, but he joins a cast that includes Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Judd Hirsch, Gabriel Labelle, Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord, Keeley Karsten, Birdie Borria, Alina Brace, Sophia Kopera, Oakes Fegley, Sam Rechner, Chloe East, Julia Butters, Jeannie Berlin, Robin Bartlett, Jonathan Hadary and Isabelle Kusman.
Spielberg co-wrote the screenplay for the film based loosely on his childhood with Tony Kushner and is producing with Kushner and Kristie Macosko Krieger. Dano is playing a character based on Spielberg’s father, as previously announced, with Williams playing a version of his mother, and Rogen playing a version of his uncle. Universal is releasing the Amblin title on November 23.
Lynch is the four-time Oscar nominee and nine-time Emmy nominee behind films including Eraserhead,...
- 2/4/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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