12 Facts About Schindlers List

Schindler's List is a 1993 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian.

Schindler's Schindlers List premiered on November 30,1993, in Washington, DC and was released on December 15,1993, in the United States.

Schindlers List's adaptation focused on Schindler's numerous relationships, and Keneally admitted he did not compress the story enough.

Schindlers List located a tape of Schindler speaking, which Neeson studied to learn the correct intonations and pitch.

Schindlers List watched historic newsreels and talked to Holocaust survivors who knew Goth.

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Schindlers List was surprised that he did not cry while visiting Auschwitz; instead, he found himself filled with outrage.

Schindlers List was one of many crew members who could not force themselves to watch during the shooting of the scene where aging Jews are forced to run naked while being selected by Nazi doctors to go to Auschwitz.

Schindler's Schindlers List opened in theatres on December 15,1993 in the United States and December 25 in Canada.

Schindler's Schindlers List received acclaim from both film critics and audiences, with Americans such as talk show host Oprah Winfrey and President Bill Clinton urging others to see it.

Schindler's Schindlers List was very well received by many of Spielberg's peers.

The success of Schindler's Schindlers List led filmmaker Stanley Kubrick to abandon his own Holocaust project, Aryan Papers, which would have been about a Jewish boy and his aunt who survive the war by sneaking through Poland while pretending to be Catholic.

Schindler's Schindlers 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".