The Sugarland Express in DolbyVision
The Sugarland Express in DolbyVision
Restoration World Premiere
Restoration World Premiere
It’s a story ripped from the headlines: in 1969, a young couple kidnapped a police officer after being flagged for a minor traffic infraction and drove for hundreds of miles across East Texas. With television episodes and a TV movie under his belt, first-time theatrical feature filmmaker Steven Spielberg captures the spirit of this real-life story while giving it the flavor of the era’s countercultural road movies. The Sugarland Express remains as fresh, idiosyncratic, and energetic as when it premiered fifty years ago at New Directors/New Films in New York City and during its year-long theatrical run that followed.
Note by K.J. Relth-Miller.
DIRECTED BY: Steven Spielberg. WRITTEN BY: Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins. STORY BY: Steven Spielberg, Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins. WITH: Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton. 1974. 110 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. 4K DCP. 4K Dolby Vision Restoration by Universal Pictures from the 35mm Original Negative, 35mm Master Stems and ½” 8-track Music Master. Restoration supervised by Steven Spielberg. Restoration services conducted by NBCUniversal StudioPost, Skywalker Sound, and Fox Studios.
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