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Schindler's List

Schindler's List is a 1993 American movie set in World War II, and directed by Steven Spielberg. It is based on Schindler's Ark, a 1982 book by Thomas Keneally. The movie and the book owe their names to the list of over a thousand Jews who worked in the title character's factory to rescue them from destruction by the Nazis .

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

Plot

It is about businessman Oskar Schindler who 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 the Nazi’s in Nazi Occupied Poland, where Jews were normally sent to Concentration camps operated by the SS during the Holocaust from 1941 to 1945 .

Actors in the Cast

Awards

Schindler's List featured on a number of "best of" lists, including the TIME magazine's Top Hundred as selected by critics Richard Corliss and Richard Schickel, Time Out magazine's 100 Greatest Films Centenary Poll conducted in 1995, and Leonard Maltin's "100 Must See Movies of the Century". The Vatican named Schindler's List among the most important 45 movies ever made. A Channel 4 poll named Schindler's List the 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 as James Berardinelli, Roger Ebert, and Gene Siskel. The movie was designated by the Library of Congress in 2004 and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Spielberg won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film for his work, and shared the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture with co-producers Branko Lustig and Gerald R. Molen. Steven Zaillian won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

It was nominated for twelve Academy Awards, winning seven, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Score, and won numerous other awards, including seven BAFTAs and three Golden Globe Awards. The movie also won numerous other awards and nominations worldwide.[1]

Impact

Among others such as Citizen Kane and Sunset Boulevard, it has been called one of the greatest movies ever. In 1998, the American Film Institute selected it as the ninth most popular of all time in their 100 Years... 100 Movies list.

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

Schindler's List Media

  • Liam Neeson plays Oskar Schindler in the film.

  • The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto in March 1943 is the subject of a 15-minute segment of the film.

  • Steven Spielberg won his first Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director with Schindler's List.

  • Commemorative plaque at Emalia, Schindler's factory in Kraków

References

  1. ↑ "Schindler's List". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-09-03.

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