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{{Infobox Character
{{Infobox Character
|type1          =Electric
|type1          =Electric
|type2          =Black
|type2          =Dark
|header          ={{Toho Character}}
|image          =Cas.jpg
|image          =Cas.jpg
|caption        =Major Spielberg (right) as he is seen in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
|caption        =Major Spielberg (right) in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
|species        =Human
|species        =[[Human]]
|nationality    =[[United States|American]]
|nationality    =[[United States|American]]
|relationships  =One son
|relationships  =Unborn son
|occupation      =Navy Officer
|occupation      =United States major
|firstappearance =[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]
|firstappearance =''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''
|played          =Daniel Kahl
|played          =Daniel Kahl
|name            =Major Spielberg
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'''Major Spielberg''' is a naval officer character created by [[Toho]] that first appeared in the [[1991]] [[Godzilla (Franchise)|Godzilla]] [[:Category:Godzilla Films|film]], ''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''. As his name suggests (and as the film implies), he is the father of Steven Spielberg, one of the film industry's most popular directors.
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-->Colonel|more2=What, that we're being invaded by little green men from outer space? Let's just keep it as our secret. You can tell your son about it when he's born, '''Major Spielberg'''.
|Major Spielberg and his commanding officer remark on seeing ''[[KIDS]]'' fly overhead (''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'')
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'''Major Spielberg''' {{Nihongo|スピルバーグ少佐|Supirubāgu Shōsa}} is a U.S. military officer who appears in the [[1991]] ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' [[:Category:Godzilla Films|film]] ''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''. He is implied to be the father of real-life filmmaker [[wikipedia:Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg]].
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==Name==
Spielberg is named and referred to as a major during his sole scene in ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah'', which is acted entirely in English. In the Japanese subtitles on the film's theatrical version, his name and rank are translated as スピルバーグ少佐 (''Supirubāgu Shōsa'', lit. "Major Spielberg"). Despite this, the [[1991]] book ''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Monster Complete Works]]'' refers to him as スピルバーグ軍曹 (''Supirubāgu Gunsō''), which would translate to "Sergeant Spielberg."<ref name="KHBGVKG">{{cite book|title=[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Monster Complete Works]]|first=Toshiaki|last=Iwabatake|first2=Koichiro|last2=Ono|date=5 December 1991|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|page=23|isbn=4-06-177720-3}}</ref>
==History==
==History==
===[[Heisei era|Heisei Series]]===
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991)
===[[Heisei era]]===
====''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''====
====''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''====
Major Spielberg was a naval officer during World War II. When the [[Futurians|time travelers]] arrive in February [[1944]], a US Navy officer sees their [[KIDS|spacecraft]], but his commander dismisses the possibility of a UFO and then says, "You can tell your son about when he's born, Major Spielberg." His sighting of the [[Futurians]]' time machine would later inspire {{tt|his son|Steven Spielberg}} to change the cinematic world forever.
Major Spielberg was stationed in the [[Marshall Islands]] during the Pacific War in 1944. When the [[Futurian]] time machine ''[[KIDS]]'' arrived from [[1992]], rocketing towards [[Lagos Island]], Spielberg and his commanding officer concluded that it was extraterrestrial in origin. Major Spielberg offered to report the sighting, but his superior persuaded him not to, saying, "You can tell your son about it when he's born."
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*His commander said "You can tell your son about when he's born, Major Spielberg," an obvious reference to Steven Spielberg, whose father Arnold served in the war and whose war stories inspired the frequent WWII settings of his films. It is presumed that after the Second World War, Major Spielberg inspired his descendant Steven Spielberg with the sighting.
*Steven Spielberg's father Arnold did enlist in the United States military during World War II, although he was stationed in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oralhistory.rutgers.edu/interviewees/30-interview-html-text/146-spielberg-arnold|title=Spielberg, Arnold|first=Shaun|last=Illingworth|first2=Sandra Stewart|last2=Holyoak|date=12 May 2006|work=Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences Oral History Archives}}</ref> Steven himself was not born until 1946.
==External Links==
*A newspaper [[Kenichiro Terasawa]] reads at the beginning of ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah'' mentions "kindhearted alien(s) like in Spielberg's ''[[wikipedia:E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|E.T.]]''"<ref group="lower-alpha">スピルバーグの『E・T』の様に心の優しい宇宙人</ref> in relation to ''[[MOTHER]]''{{'}}s possible passengers.
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2056069/ Daniel Kahl] at IMDb
==External links==
*[http://sidelongglancesofapigeonkicker.blogspot.com/2012/08/major-speilberg-memories-daniel-kahl.html Daniel Kahl interviewed by Brett Homenick in 2012]
*[http://oralhistory.rutgers.edu/interviewees/30-interview-html-text/146-spielberg-arnold Arnold Spielberg interviewed by Shaun Illingworth and Sandra Stewart Holyoak in 2006]
==Notes==
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:19, 1 September 2023

Major Spielberg
Major Spielberg (right) in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Species Human
Nationality American
Occupation United States major
Related to Unborn son
First appearance Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Played by Daniel Kahl
Colonel: “That looked to me like it was from another planet.
Major Spielberg: “I have to agree, sir. It did look like it was from another planet, but... shall we report it, sir?
Colonel: “What, that we're being invaded by little green men from outer space? Let's just keep it as our secret. You can tell your son about it when he's born, Major Spielberg.
― Major Spielberg and his commanding officer remark on seeing KIDS fly overhead (Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah)

Major Spielberg (スピルバーグ少佐,   Supirubāgu Shōsa) is a U.S. military officer who appears in the 1991 Godzilla film Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah. He is implied to be the father of real-life filmmaker Steven Spielberg.

Name

Spielberg is named and referred to as a major during his sole scene in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, which is acted entirely in English. In the Japanese subtitles on the film's theatrical version, his name and rank are translated as スピルバーグ少佐 (Supirubāgu Shōsa, lit. "Major Spielberg"). Despite this, the 1991 book Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Monster Complete Works refers to him as スピルバーグ軍曹 (Supirubāgu Gunsō), which would translate to "Sergeant Spielberg."[1]

History

Heisei era

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

Major Spielberg was stationed in the Marshall Islands during the Pacific War in 1944. When the Futurian time machine KIDS arrived from 1992, rocketing towards Lagos Island, Spielberg and his commanding officer concluded that it was extraterrestrial in origin. Major Spielberg offered to report the sighting, but his superior persuaded him not to, saying, "You can tell your son about it when he's born."

Trivia

  • Steven Spielberg's father Arnold did enlist in the United States military during World War II, although he was stationed in India.[2] Steven himself was not born until 1946.
  • A newspaper Kenichiro Terasawa reads at the beginning of Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah mentions "kindhearted alien(s) like in Spielberg's E.T."[a] in relation to MOTHER's possible passengers.

External links

Notes

  1. スピルバーグの『E・T』の様に心の優しい宇宙人

References

This is a list of references for Spielberg. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. Iwabatake, Toshiaki; Ono, Koichiro (5 December 1991). Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Monster Complete Works. Kodansha. p. 23. ISBN 4-06-177720-3.
  2. Illingworth, Shaun; Holyoak, Sandra Stewart (12 May 2006). "Spielberg, Arnold". Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences Oral History Archives.

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