Jump to content

Schindler's List

From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Schindler's List
Directed bySteven Spielberg
Written bySteven Zaillian(screenplay)
Based onSchindler's ArkbyThomas Keneally
Produced bySteven Spielberg
Gerald R. Molen
Branko Lustig
StarringLiam Neeson
Ben Kingsley
Ralph Fiennes
Caroline Goodall
Jonathan Sagall
Embeth Davidtz
CinematographyJanusz Kamiński
Edited byMichael Kahn
Music byJohn Williams
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
December 15, 1993 (USA)
Running time
195minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish/Hebrew/German/Polish
Budget$25 million (estimated)

Schindler's Listis a 1993Americanhistoricaldrama movieset inWorld War II,anddirectedbySteven Spielberg.It is based onSchindler's Ark,a 1982bookbyThomas Keneally.The movie and the book owe their names to thelistof over a thousandJewswho worked in the title character'sfactoryto rescue them from destruction by theNazis.

Plot

[change|change source]

It is about businessmanOskar Schindlerwho saves thousands of Jews from being killed in the Holocaust by putting them to work in a factory. His list was the list of Jews he wanted to save from theNazi’sinNazi Occupied Poland,where Jews were normally sent toConcentration campsoperated by theSSduring theHolocaustfrom 1941 to 1945.

Actors in the Cast

[change|change source]

Awards

[change|change source]

Schindler's Listfeatured on a number of "best of" lists, including theTIMEmagazine's Top Hundred as selected by criticsRichard CorlissandRichard Schickel,Time Outmagazine's 100 Greatest Films Centenary Poll conducted in 1995, and Leonard Maltin's "100 Must See Movies of the Century". TheVaticannamedSchindler's Listamong the most important 45 movies ever made. AChannel 4poll namedSchindler's Listthe ninth greatest movie of all time, and it ranked fourth in their 2005 war movies poll. The movie was named the best of 1993 by critics such asJames Berardinelli,Roger Ebert,andGene Siskel.The movie was designated by theLibrary of Congressin 2004 and selected for preservation in theNational Film Registry.Spielberg won theDirectors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Filmfor his work, and shared theProducers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picturewith co-producers Branko Lustig and Gerald R. Molen. Steven Zaillian won theWriters Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

It was nominated for twelveAcademy Awards,winning seven, includingBest Picture,Best Director,Best Adapted Screenplay,andBest Original Score,and won numerous other awards, including sevenBAFTAsand threeGolden Globe Awards.The movie also won numerous other awards and nominations worldwide.[1]

Impact

[change|change source]

Among others such asCitizen KaneandSunset Boulevard,it has been called one of the greatest movies ever. In 1998, theAmerican Film Instituteselected it as the ninth most popular of all time in their100 Years... 100 Movieslist.

In February 1997,NBCaired a version without cuts of the movie (in two parts), much to the upset of many viewers. It was the first time a televisionbroadcasthad ever received the TV-M rating (soon to be called TV-MA).

References

[change|change source]
  1. ↑"Schindler's List".The New York Times.Retrieved2009-09-03.

Other websites

[change|change source]
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:Schindler's List
Retrieved from "https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Schindler%27s_List&oldid=9341662"