Similarly, she received accolades from Steven Spielberg, himself.
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“It is a story of resurrection and redemption”. The film is set to open in 2016. She explained during an interview on a special DVD edition.
HO/REUTERS Mathison is best known for writing the script for ‘E.T’. In addition, IMDb notes that the movie’s budget, in 1982, was an estimated $10.5 million. They filed for a divorce in 2001.
Mathison married actor Harrison Ford in 1983. With their intricate plots and grown up themes of loneliness and loss, her films enchanted a generation of kids, and their parents. “I didn’t want to be missing their childhood while I was away, busy writing about children”.
She was born on June 3, 1950, in Los Angeles, California. “But if something like a stagecoach drove by followed by a camera crew, I got really excited”. She had both her children with the ex-husband, Harris Ford. “When I think of what she’s written, it always comes back to family and home”.
Over the years, Mathison became fascinated by Buddhism and Tibet. According to Hollywood lore, Spielberg and her then-boyfriend Ford convinced her to write the screenplay on a 207 mile-drive through the Tunisian desert from Nefta to Sousse during the shoot for “Raiders of the Lost Ark”.
“Kundun” (1997) was derived from her devotion to Buddhism. Disney will release the DreamWorks film July 1.
Mathison and Spielberg were collaborating on his latest film, an adaption of Roald Dahl’s “The BFG”.
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Her sister, Melinda Johnson, confirmed the news to The Associated Press.
