When asked about this by American Cinematographer, Spielberg said, " I think that World War II is the most significant event of the last 100 years ; the fate of the Baby Boomers and even Generation X was linked to the outcome.

When Spielberg and editor Michael Kahn viewed a rough cut of the film in late 1988, they felt it suffered from a lack of action.

When George Lucas first approached Steven Spielberg for Raiders of the Lost Ark, Spielberg recalled, " George said if I directed the first one then I would have to direct a trilogy.

When Disney's feature animation surged in the 1990s, Warner Bros. tried to capitalize on their rival's success with animated feature films of their own, without the assistance of Spielberg.

When Jeffrey Katzenberg left Disney to become a co-partner of Steven Spielberg and David Geffen in the new studio Dreamworks, the studio naturally became interested in animation.

When Kahn and Spielberg completed the first cut of the film, Spielberg was dissatisfied, feeling " there wasn't enough wow-ness ".

Spielberg called Williams ' work " When You Wish upon a Star meets science fiction ".

Spielberg wanted to have " When You Wish upon a Star " in the closing credits, but was denied permission ( though the song's signature melody can be heard briefly just before Roy Neary turns to board the mothership ).

When asked in 1990 to select a single " master image " that summed up his film career, Spielberg chose the shot of Barry opening his living room door to see the blazing orange light from the UFO.

When Eisner did not appoint Walt Disney Studios chief Jeffrey Katzenberg to Wells ' now-available post, Katzenberg resigned and formed DreamWorks SKG with partners Steven Spielberg and David Geffen.

He was also attached to a remake of When Worlds Collide ( to be executive produced by Steven Spielberg ), a new big-screen adaptation of Flash Gordon, a swashbuckling adventure film called Airborn based on the novel, a romantic / adventure story called Big Love, and a remake of the French film Les Victimes.

When Spielberg set up Road to Perdition at DreamWorks, he contacted screenwriter David Self to adapt the graphic novel Road to Perdition by Max Allan Collins into a feature film.

Another film adaptation of When Worlds Collide is scheduled for release in 2012 by DreamWorks, directed by Stephen Sommers and produced by Steven Spielberg.

When being interviewed by Spielberg before the making for the film, Burkhut told of a young girl wearing a pink coat, no older than four, who was shot by a Nazi officer right before his eyes.

When Spielberg came back from Tunisia and Hawaii ( where the opening of Raiders of the Lost Ark was filmed ), he eagerly closed the door on Night Skies and began planning the film Mathison had dubbed ET and Me, but would in only a year and half be known to audiences all over the world as E. T.

When Breasted insisted that this was impossible for him, Lewis decided to go abroad.

Sir -- When the colonies decided upon freedom from England, we insisted, through the Declaration of Independence, that the nations of the world recognize us as a separate political entity.

When Giffen decided to charge him interest on the loan from John Palfrey, Gorham readily assented, vowing that in a matter of dollars and cents, his brothers would never have any cause to complain of him.

When it was decided that Asteroids would be a vector game as well, Delman modified a Lunar Lander circuit board for Ed Logg.

When Claudius decided to marry her, he persuaded a group of senators that the marriage should be arranged in the public interest.

When Secretary Stanton did not join the President's opposition to the Reconstruction acts, Johnson decided to dismiss him together with his radical subordinates.

When Aethra became pregnant, Aegeus decided to return to Athens.

When Marinchip Software Partners ( later known as Autodesk ) formed, the founders decided to re-code Interact in C and PL / 1.

When they saw that the centre had broken, the Elector and Marsin decided the battle was lost and, like the remnants of Tallard's army, fled the battlefield ( albeit in better order than Tallard's men ).

When the song became a hit, Decca decided not to press its claim.

When Linnaeus was seven, Nils decided to hire a tutor for him.

When they decided to broadcast the programme, national transmission was changed from Wednesday and Friday at 19: 00 to Monday and Wednesday at 19: 30 and the programme became fully networked under this new arrangement from episode 25 on Monday 6 March 1961.

When this project never came about, Lynch decided to work on a film alone, and so purchased the cheapest 16mm camera that he could find in order to do so.

When Russia successfully tested a hydrogen bomb, Eisenhower, against the advice of Dulles, decided to initiate a disarmament proposal to the Russians.

When this state is needed, i. e., when it is decided by a database administrator to bring the database back to this state ( e. g., by specifying this state by a desired point in time when the database was in this state ), these files are utilized to restore that state.

When his father prepared to move again, Dave decided to stay in Fort Wayne, dropping out of high school to work full-time at the restaurant.

When news of his death reached Paris Eugene decided to flee to Austria in the hope of taking over his brother's command.

When the pro-Nestorius Antiochene delegation finally arrived, they decided to convene their own council over which Candidian presided.

When English explorer John Davis, commander of the Desire, one of the ships belonging to Thomas Cavendish's second expedition to the New World, separated from Cavendish off the coast of what is now southern Argentina, he decided to make for the Strait of Magellan in order to find Cavendish.

When he rejected an offer from businessman Gus Mears to move Fulham to land where the present-day Chelsea stadium Stamford Bridge is situated, Mears decided to create his own team to occupy the ground.

When discipline was restored, in spite of assurances that Spaniards who wished to remain would enjoy freedom of religion and full civil rights, almost all villagers decided not to run the risk of staying and left in exile.

When that city was attacked by Bernabò Visconti of Milan, its ruler, Giovanni d ' Olleggio, decided to hand it over to Albornoz.

When summer came, he decided to visit an outdoor nudist club, that of Fouracres near the town of Bricket Wood in Hertfordshire, which he soon began to frequent.

The Dragon debuted in June 1976, and Gygax commented on its success years later: " When I decided that The Strategic Review was not the right vehicle, hired Tim Kask as a magazine editor for Tactical Studies Rules, and named the new publication he was to produce The Dragon, I thought we would eventually have a great periodical to serve gaming enthusiasts worldwide ... At no time did I ever contemplate so great a success or so long a lifespan.

When Greenberg decided to retire rather than play for less, Detroit sold his contract to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

When he wanted to emphasize, or get greater intensity, he added or subtracted clay.

When Richard's parents told him they wanted to take him to an orthodontist -- a dentist who specializes in realigning teeth and jaws -- their young son was interested.

When the crowd was asked whether it wanted to wait one more term to make the race, it voted no -- and there were no dissents.

When I did, she shrugged her shoulders and said that Reuveni wanted her to marry him.

When the younger brother wanted to look away from the human corpses and animal carcasses scattered everywhere, Heigo forbade him to do so, instead encouraging Akira to face his fears by confronting them directly.

When questioned on why she followed Thomas to the second job after he had already allegedly harassed her, she said she had wanted to work in the civil rights field, she had no alternative job, " and at that time, it appeared that the sexual overtures ... had ended.

When the CCITT ( now ITU-T ) was standardizing ATM, parties from the United States wanted a 64-byte payload because this was felt to be a good compromise in larger payloads optimized for data transmission and shorter payloads optimized for real-time applications like voice ; parties from Europe wanted 32-byte payloads because the small size ( and therefore short transmission times ) simplify voice applications with respect to echo cancellation.

When Benny stepped in as the Hep Stars ' keyboardist in October of that year, he knew this was what he wanted to do.

When this woman wanted to buy a golden necklace ( no name given ) forged by four dwarves ( named Dvalinn, Alfrik, Berling, and Grer ), she offered them gold and silver but they replied that they would only sell it to her if she would lie a night by each of them.

When Data General introduced the Data General Nova, a company called Digidyne wanted to use its RDOS operating system on its own hardware clone.

When Cassandra of Troy told him she wanted to stay a virgin, Apollo placed a curse on her so that she and all her descendants ' predictions would not be believed.

When asked about the " DK " logo in an interview, Jello Biafra explained, "... I wanted to make sure it was something simple and easy to spray-paint so people would graffiti it all over the place, and then I showed it to Winston Smith.

When the Town was incorporated, the residents wanted to name it Contentment.

When the woman's turn came, she was given anything she wanted to take with her from the harem to the king's palace.

When the National Council wanted to reconvene days after the resignation of the three presidents, Dollfuss had police bar entrance to parliament, effectively eliminating democracy in Austria.

Initially, Milne thought Shepard's style was not what he wanted, but used him to illustrate his book of poems When We Were Very Young.

When the French public were asked to select which film they wanted to see most, having been told by the Vichy government that soon no more American films would be allowed in France, the overwhelming majority chose it over all others.

" When Groucho himself was on his deathbed, and a nurse came around with a thermometer, explaining that she wanted to see if he had a temperature, he responded, " Don't be silly — everybody has a temperature.

When Herzl Rosenblum, a journalist, was called up to sign, Ben-Gurion instructed him to sign under the name Herzl Vardi, his pen name, as he wanted more Hebrew names on the document.

When informed that Botham wanted to be a sportsman, the Careers Mistress at his school said to him, " Fine, everyone wants to play sport, but what are you really going to do?

When James Smithson died and left his estate to the U. S. government to build an institution of learning, congress wanted to appropriate the money for other purposes.

When their father came out to meet them, his sons told him that Joseph was still alive, that he was the governor over all of Egypt and that he wanted the house of Israel to move to Egypt.

When initially developed, Paramount Pictures ( owners of the Star Trek franchise ) wanted the Klingon language to be guttural and harsh and Okrand wanted it to be unusual, so he selected sounds that combined in ways not generally found in other languages.