The film was as usual, a good Spielberg creation. But I hope that some of the events were embellished as I to lived in California at this time. The anti semitism depicted showed me an area that in Southern California we were not exposed to. I truly hope that his family life was not as depicted, if it was my admiration for Stevens accomplishments since then has grown immensely! I wish he could have shown more about getting started in films rather than just fading out in a back lot. If he were to remake this or perhaps make a film about his actual start in Hollywood it would be recognized a lot better.