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  1. The film was almost directed by Steven Spielberg, who had previously made three TV movies (1971's Duel, 1972's Something Evil and 1973's Savage) and decided to direct White Lightning the same year. "I spent two-and-a-half months on the film," said Spielberg, "met Burt once, found most of the locations and began to cast the movie, until I ...

  2. The film was almost directed by Steven Spielberg, who had previously made three TV movies (1971's Duel, 1972's Something Evil and 1973's Savage) and decided to direct White Lightning the same year. "I spent two-and-a-half months on the film," said Spielberg, "met Burt once, found most of the locations and began to cast the movie, until I ...

  3. The film was almost directed by Steven Spielberg, who had previously made three TV movies (1971's Duel, 1972's Something Evil and 1973's Savage) and decided to direct White Lightning the same year.

  4. Nov 17, 2020 · Starring Burt Reynolds, White Lightning is a fun movie, but in the hands of Spielberg, it could have been a classic. The director eventually turned it down, probably because it was so similar to his last project, and instead directed The Sugarland Express.

  5. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood escapist filmmaking. [2] In later years, his films began addressing humanistic issues such as the Holocaust , the transatlantic slave trade , civil rights , war, and terrorism .

  6. White Lightning: Directed by Joseph Sargent. With Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty, Bo Hopkins. An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.

  7. Nov 14, 2012 · Still, there is a purpose to all that white light, beyond simply engineering a dramatic look. “I love backlight not just for the sake of glamorizing [the subject], but because the direction of...