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  • poor steven, he was so darned cute. and i agree with joe spinell!

  • Germany injure the human rights.Rich germans fight 18 years with my family.They essay to kill my mother me and my sister.Germans give me 14 years medicals to make me sick.My poor mother cry but germans have no pitty.

  • 1941 set Spielberg straight again. This was his ego trip days and he seemed like an asshole I must say

  • R.I.P Joe Spinell. Spielberg should've used him in at least one of his films. Even in bit pits he added a lot to a film.

  • Steven is still the biggest person in cinematic history. GOD.

  • What a whining baby. This guy should never have been nominated after this classless tantrum.

  • @KeyserGalt he only whined because out of the best picture nominees only 4 of their directors got nominated and for some reason Fellini got nominated which is uncommon during those days

  • @KeyserGalt tantrum? are you kidding me?!

  • @plugge Hello no. A true artist doesn't care if they get an award. This guy gets the cameras rolling to celebrate the nomination that never happened. Jaws was overrated and the Academy let him know it.

  • @KeyserGalt Jaws wasnt isnt overrated. And it's not about being a true artist or not when it's your debutfilm. He's young here, not the steven spielberg today.

  • @KeyserGalt Overrated???!!! Jaws is a classic film.

  • wow all my years of despising Spielberg is now justified "i got beat out by Fellini" what an arrogant asshole he isn't fit to be mentioned in the same sentence as Fellini or Kubrick has anyone thought that if jaws wasnt a box office bomb it would be as acclaimed as it was, barry lyndon was a masterpiece should have maid more money and jaws was simply a film everyone and their grandma went to see and those guys typical hollywood producer trash, jaws is a great film but simply a hollywood boxoffic

  • dude i thought steve was gonna cry

  • For me the best directors/film-makers that were or are in the business are along the lines of Lord Richard Attenborough, Sir Alfred J Hitchcock, David Lynch, Danny Boyle, George Lucas, Steven Speilberg, Ridley Scott, Clint Eatwood and James Cameron. There is this Iranian film maker/director who is out standing too. He is called Abbas Kiarostami & also Hadi Hajaig is another middle eastern award winning director. But in the world rankings,you will find very few Hollywood directors in the top ten

  • Jaws was a good film, but 'One flew over the cuckoo's nest' was simply outstanding. Jack Nicholson at his best and a great film all round. So I believe the academy got it right. Not taking anything away from 'Jaws' or 'Steven Speilberg'. He is an outstanding director aswell is James Cameron and Ridley Scott, Hollywoods home grown or owned directors. However if you search in the worlds best directors per annum, none of them make it in the top 10 or even top 20 sometimes.

  • who made it the SHARK!? hahaha!!!

  • MISS YOU BABE .........

    R.I.P. JOEY BABE

    HEY GET A HAIR CUT BABY!

  • See Nolan, even the best don't get nominated the first few times around.

  • That was funny. Again, Fellini was already a legend and was overdue for a nomination, whereas Spielberg was only 29 at the time, he was too young to be honored. That's how the Academy works.

  • @zimzimzalabim Not true, actually, Fellini was only overdue for a win. Before 1975, he already had 9 nominations, including 3 for directing. So actually, the Nolan/Coens comparison is weirdly appropriate. "Young hotshot of acclaimed summer blockbuster loses out to Academy favorite(s), veteran master filmmaker(s)".

  • He was such a Geek, lol. 

  • Nolan: 'I've got beaten out by The Coens!'

  • @thejhornerfactor Yeah well, the Coens are brilliant, Nolan should be thankful that he was a runner-up.

  • @zimzimzalabim They are brilliant, i love their movies to death, but i really think Nolan was more deserving of the nomination this time :)

  • Wow! I read about this episode many years ago in a Spielberg biography. I'm a massive fan and it's great to actually see it happen!! Thanks for posting!

  • Just to keep Gencturk92 happy...

    It is so cool that Joe used to know Steven Spielberg.

    If I ever met Spielberg my first question wouldn't be about Jaws, or Indiana Jones, or E.T., it would be,

    ''How fuckin awesome was it knowing Joe Spinell?''.

    Seriously.

    I hope that's satisfactory Gencturk92.

  • @Spinellamaniac14 JOE WAS FUNNY AS SHIT .THE NICEST GUY YOU NEVER MET.

    R.I.P.JOEY GET A F&N HAIR CUT BABY!

    SEE YOU IN THE BIG SKY.

  • he definitly should have at least been nominated for all the problems they encountered while filming the movie, and still pulled it off to be the highest grossing movie of that time!!

  • @dahunt17

    If you look at the other films, it's not like he was being beat by bad directors. That was a good year.

  • Alfred Hitchcock owns all the directors in the world, that includes Spielberg.

  • @Gencturk92

    True Hitchcock is the definitive master film-maker, Spielberg does comes close though, someday we'll attempt to reach the successful impact that Hitchcock has made

  • It's a pity Joe wasn't in Jaws.

  • this is great

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  • @Spinellamaniac14 spielberg dident do star wars, it was george lucas

  • @Gencturk92 My bad.

  • steven looks 29 yrs in this

  • @LuckyLuke1031 Actually I'm pretty sure that was his age at this point, give or take a year depending on whether he was born in '46 or '47.

  • I don't see Spielberg "ranting and raving". He seemed fairly well composed IMO.

  • He should have been nominated, not sure if he should have won though. Jaws is one of my favorites.

  • but look who was nominated in his place. Geniuses especially Kubrick. Fellini and Altman.

  • He should have been nominated big time!JAWS is such a masterwork!

    Glad he won 2 decades later for SCHINDLER'S LIST and SAVING PRIVATE RYAN

  • More proof that the Academy Awards are more politically driven than they are based on merit.

    They really are right up there with the Nobel Peace Price now for value.

  • @StinkyKnobcheese

    Eh, I don't disagree in general, but I do for that year. Fellini was just as deserving of the nomination.

  • I love Steven Spielberg.

  • It's not like he flipped out. That's how most people would have reacted.

  • Aww, I feel bad for him cause he deserved it and he got majorly let down.

  • At any other time Spielberg would have won for Jaws, but this was the 70s and the list of other contenders is a list of absolute classics. Someone had to win, someone had to lose. Still Spielberg got his due eventually with Schindler's and Private Ryan, better late than never.

  • 1:02

    Dude, relax, in a couple decades you`re gonna ruin one of your best creations with aliens, fridges, monkeys and Shias.

  • Yeah, that year were nominated five very good movies:

    One flew over cuckoo's nest

    Barry Lydon

    Dog day afternoon

    Nashville

    and of course JAWS.

  • he should've won for Close Encounters (nominated)

  • Spinell is hilarious.

  • wtf? Jaws didn't win any oscars? that was one of the best movies of all time! can anyone name any other movies that came out in 1975 that people still watch today as much as JAWS?!!

  • Actually, "Jaws" won 3 Oscars: Best Film Editing, Best Score and Best Sound. The only other nomination it got was Best Picture (it lost to "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"). This whole bit wasn't that "Jaws" didn't get nominated for anything, but that it didn't get nominated for Best Director. But, the competition was pretty strong that year!

  • I somehow get the impression that winning an Oscar is more about politics and whether you're in with the 'In Crowd' in Hollywood rather than talent.

  • he should win an Oscar for going to the toilet

  • lol who is this guy

  • you could say he was robbed, but Altman, Forman, Kubrick, Lumet and of course Fellini WHERE the best directors that year. but yeah it's pretty shitty from the Academy when they nominate a film for best picture and not for best director.

  • Well you're rightn the sense that Altman and all those other guys were the best directors of that year BUT if you look at Spielberg's filming techniques and practices used in Jaws it makes sense why they didn't nominate him. His work on the film looked like more of a fluke a the time and while the results were very stimulating, his confidence/ abilities as a director were not.

  • spinell was a creeppy dude

  • Damn, steven, I feel sorry for you

  • who made it, the SHARK?! ))))

  • The Academy, as always, made the wrong decision by not nominating Spielberg!!! Shame on you, Oscar!

  • he should have been nominated and won it. He should win every oscar hes nominated for.

  • He should be nominated and winning oscars for all of his work!!!!!!!!

    He never fails!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Stop trashing Spielberg because he failed not once but many times. As a matter of fact he failed his first theatrical release movie. His biggest failure is 1941. To succeed in Hollywood you must failed the first time. NEVER FORGET THAT.

  • What are you talking about!? I'm not the one, who's trashing him. I have great respect for this man, and you just critizise him. Yes, 1941 wasn't his best movie, but i definitely had some potential, and some meaning, unlike many filmmakers today (But we still have great directors). Besides that, the budget was not very big, and the principal photography phase, was limited.

  • he should have been nominated

  • Yes, great clip, Spielberg did get robbed, plus Joe was the late great Joe Spinell, lead actor in Maniac and superb character actor in Rocky, Godfather, Taxi Driver, etc!! You can also find this clip on the Maniac DVD.

  • I'm so glad someone posted this -- this is excellent!!

  • poor Spielberg, but at least he had his friends there to soften the blow.

    and now i'm sure they all regret not haviong nominated him!

  • i'd like to go back in time and be like "dont worry steve! your time will come! why dont you make a movie about the halocaust?"...

  • He should've been nominated, yes.

    But whatever, the film is now a classic and widely regarded as one of the most acclaimed thrillers of all time.

  • Fellini deserved the nomination for Amarcord much more than Spielberg. Well done.

  • Are you seriously saying that Fellini's film is better than a film featuring a rubber shark?!

  • I agree that is embarrasing

  • That's humiliating.

  • in this clip he also says-right were goin gettin drunk!

  • I love Spielberg's reaction.

  • I love Spielberg's reaction.

  • I wonder if Spielberg ever thought he would win an oscar.

  • I remember reading about this!! HAHA AWESOME!!!

  • The Academy hosed him for "Color Purple" too. He did get the director nod for "Close Encounters", "Raiders", and "E.T." though. No love til "Schindler's List".

  • very true..he should've been nominated for best director in 1985, and not hector babenco for "kiss of the spider woman"

    although, that was a tremendous year for directors:john huston and akira kurosawa were also nominated that year. A couple of giants amoung the film world. If it were up to me, it woul';ve gone to Kurosawa for "Ran", who is a mentor to Spielberg.

  • Spielberg handled it well. It really was a bit of a shock. Still, after getting a Best Director nomination with the very next movie and multiple awards and dozen nomiantions later, I guess we can say he had the last laugh.

    More amazingly, he would make a lot more movies that would top Jaws as the highest movie ever (ET, Jurrasic Park, etc).

  • I still can't believe he wasn't nominated. He was so young (maybe it was because of that?) and did such a remarkable, inventive job in JAWS...

  • Who made it? The schiAARRK?!! Lol, brilliant clip, thanks for uploading. Spielberg handled it pretty well I thought.

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