The Sugarland Express
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| Directed by | Steven Spielberg |
| Produced by |
Richard D. Zanuck David Brown |
| Screenplay by |
Hal Barwood Matthew Robbins |
| Story by | Steven Spielberg Hal Barwood Matthew Robbins |
| Starring |
Goldie Hawn Ben Johnson William Atherton Michael Sacks |
| Music by | John Williams |
| Cinematography | Vilmos Zsigmond |
| Edited by | Edward M. Abroms Verna Fields |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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110 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million |
| Box office | $12.8 million |
The Sugarland Express is a 1974 American crime drama film co-written and directed by Steven Spielberg in his theatrical feature film directorial debut. It stars Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, William Atherton, and Michael Sacks.
It is about a husband and wife trying to outrun the law and was based on a real-life incident. The event partially took place, the story is partially set, and the movie was partially filmed in Sugar Land, Texas. Other scenes for the film were filmed in San Antonio, Lone Oak, Floresville, Pleasanton, Converse and Del Rio, Texas.
The Sugarland Express marks the first collaboration between Spielberg and composer John Williams. Williams has scored all but three of Spielberg-directed films since (Twilight Zone: The Movie, The Color Purple, and Bridge of Spies being the only exceptions); this is the only score he has composed for Spielberg which has never been released as an album, although Williams re-recorded the main theme with Toots Thielemans and the Boston Pops Orchestra for 1991's The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration.
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