Steven Spielberg is often considered his invaluable contributions to the cinema, but there is an argument to make his place on television. After his short film "Amblin" made waves with Sid Shinberg, former Universal chief Spielberg passed the late 60s and early 70s Instructions of many shows, including Columbus and Night Gallery."Although his focus would take care of the glamor of the big screen adventures, he has never lost the type of medium that has given him opportunities to flex his chops. Most of Spielberg's later television career consisted of executive producer, but he had some of the most out of the executive.

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"Incredible Stories" was Spielberg's collapse in the world of anthology television, as each episode covered the genre of fantasy, science fiction and horror. Calling the series will undoubtedly activate Johnon Williams' fabulous theme It should not surprise those who have engaged. Although it lasted only for two seasons, it left a huge impact on the eve. The Emmy Award -winning series has recruited all kinds of giants in the film to make its episode, including Martin Scorsese, Brad Byrd and Danny Devito. One name among the director's list that came as a surprise was none other than Clint Eastwood.

Eastwood and Spielberg are two names you usually didn't expect to see together in a creative way, but in 1985, the couple collaborated for the first and last time on the episode of "Amazing Stories" that the former reconciliation sees with his sweeter side.

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Between his duties to the director of "Pale Driver" and "Heart Reed", "" Eastwood directed the episode "Amazing Stories" entitled "Vanessa in the Garden", written by Spielberg. Harvey Kiqel Starswells like Byron Sullivan, a painter in the early 20th century, who can produce art magic with a stroke on the paint brush. From everything he has painted, few were as pretty as those showing his wife Vanessa (Sonra Lok). One year after Byron and Vanessa spent their marriage to a honeymoon in Paris, the world is their oyster. Byron is given great news from his friend/agent (Beau Bridges) that he reserved an exhibition exclusively for his work.

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Good times do not last long, however, because of the lightning considering the horse attached to their transport, sending them on the hill and kills Vanessa in the process. Byron falls into the form of deep depression that leads him to burn his pictures. He finds the one who painted Vanessa in their garden and tries to leave waste on it, but the match comes out. When Byron wakes up the next morning, he reveals that he has been removed from the picture and standing out in the garden. He tries to run towards her, but she disappears. Since Byron starts seeing his vision around the house, she restores his passion for painting again.

"Vanessa in the garden" sees Eastwood and Spielberg who accept the romantic nature of ghost stories. Until the end, Byron not only returns to do what he wants the most, but is able to further communicate with his wife with exclusively painting the couple doing things together.

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How appropriate for Eastwood to direct a story of how beautiful his other life is, even if that relationship I would have carried public in the coming years. To make things still dramatic, Locke, who was an Eastwood already had an affair while married to Maggie Nsonson, mentions in Her autobiography "Good, bad and ugly" That her partner shared the stage in this episode with Jameimi Rose, actress Eastwood met on the set "Tigrop" - Who was Also Having an affair with.

Eastwood, similar to Spielberg, is another of the most recognizable cinema figures, which also has a special connection to television - even if the opposite ends. During the early stages of his career, Eastwood did what every upcoming actor would do and found himself to book a whole bunch of guests on shows such as "Patrol Highway", "Days of Valley Death", "Maverick" and "Alfred Hitchcock." And who could have forgotten The episode of Mr. Ed plays a version of himself opposite the title of talking?

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However, most viewers knew Eastwood, as cattle poker Roddy Yates for over 217 episodes of the hit -series "CBS Western" "Rawhide". Although he describes how it is thrown like a fluxIt was the very thing that led to his film career with Sergio Leone's "Dollar" trilogy. After Rawhide came out of the air in 1965, Eastwood never made another place for television.

Eastwood will only depart from his directorial duties two more times with the latest episode of Scorsese's PBS documentary series, Diana King's "Blues" and Music Video in 1999 "Why I Should Care" to release his film "Real Crime". It is surprising that Eastwood did not direct any more television given the fast schedule for the turnaround he holds on his movie set correlated with the fast production of television.

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