…Women and children only…

Speaking of men getting messed over, the following year after Titanic won so many movie awards, Saving Private Ryan won many key awards.  Another movie based on true-life history in which men suffered more than others.

Sound effects editors, Janusz Kaminski, Michael Kahn, production designers, John Williams, and other film artists helped Spielberg win his third DGA award…and his second Best Director Oscar…a blood Oscar like the blood Oscars he won for Schindler’s List. 

In addition to those people, Spielberg owes history and the men who fought on D-Day, (the men who stormed Normandy in June of 1944) much recognition for his director awards in 1999.  He also owes Eisenhower some recognition, a man who when he was president, soaked the rich with a 91% marginal tax rate on the top 1%.

Spielberg’s a billionaire who has made most of his personal fortune since 1981 when Reagan cut taxes, mostly for the rich.  The national debt was at $1 trillion back in 1981.  Now it’s at $39 trillion and climbing.

Anyway, Tom Hanks did play a role in helping Spielberg win his third DGA award.  Not quite the irreplaceable role he played in helping Zemeckis win from four years earlier, but he played a role nonetheless.  It’s kind of interesting how after winning his first Oscars, Spielberg expressed how he thought Schindler’s List should have won for Best Actor as well.  I don’t disagree with Spielberg on this point.