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The article is very long, and a word of advice: do not write about the films, simply focus on them as a year in his life. Such information is more valuable for those articles. Reference EVERYTHING. There are enormous amounts of books written on him. Wiki-newbie 12:32, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Twilight Zone: The Movie - Accident 2 Early life 3 Date of birth 4 "Highest grossing" Statement needs sourcing, precision and expansion

[edit] Twilight Zone: The Movie - Accident

There's no mention of the legal trouble that he got into with John Landis et al regarding the Twilight Zone: The Movie helicopter accident that killed Vic Morrow and two children. Can we add this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.96.254.94 (talk) 20:01, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Long as it's properly sourced to avoid libel. I think it's fine that it's in John Landis' article considering he was on set when it happened. Alientraveller (talk) 20:07, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Early life

This section seems to be riddled with nonsense. I refer to the following sentence: Not moving to Utah and not applying to The University of Utah is often refferred to as a dark period of his life by many reputable historians, including wikipedia, and that is not debatable. He will never not move to Utah again. Can someone plese rectify this? Horracio (talk) 05:38, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Date of birth

Was he born in 1946 or 1947? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.15.127.254 (talk) 23:15, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Why don't you read the article, which says December 18 1946? Alientraveller (talk) 09:27, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Highest grossing" Statement needs sourcing, precision and expansion

This quote:

...Spielberg is the highest grossing filmmaker of all time; his films having made nearly $8 billion internationally...

I am fairly certain that, indexed for inflation, Lucas's films make him the "highest gross[er]." Certainly, Lucas is the highest grossing independent filmmaker in history since Spielberg usually makes his pictures within the studio system.

What's the source of this figure?

Does it include the grosses only from films he's directed?

Does it include grosses from films he's done with other filmmakers, principally his collaborations with George Lucas? Surely a very large chunk of this purported gross has to come from the Indiana Jones's films, including the one currently (May 2008) playing.

Thus the statement needs to be expanded and sourced.

PainMan (talk) 05:18, 25 May 2008 (UTC)