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* BittersweetEnding: Bordering on a DownerEnding, which is a rare instance in the Spielberg canon. Clovis dies, Lou Jean goes to prison, and they don't get their baby. But the closing title card says that Lou Jean got paroled after serving fifteen months and eventually reclaimed her son. Slide isn't hurt and continues working for the Texas Department of Safety.

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* BittersweetEnding: Bordering on a DownerEnding, which is a rare instance in the Spielberg canon. Clovis [[spoiler:Clovis dies, Lou Jean goes to prison, and they don't get their baby. But the closing title card says that Lou Jean got paroled after serving fifteen months and eventually reclaimed her son. Slide isn't hurt and continues working for the Texas Department of Safety.]]
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''The Sugarland Express'' is remembered today for being the theatrical feature debut for its director. Spielberg, 27 years old at the time, had been working in television since 1969, including the 1971 TV movie ''Film/{{Duel}}''. ''The Sugarland Express'' did poorly at the box office but didn't stop Spielberg from getting hired for his next project, ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. ''Sugarland'' is also notable for being the first film to use the Panaflex camera, a compact camera that allowed Spielberg to get complicated panning shots from inside a moving car. William Atherton later made a career out of playing obnoxious pricks in films like ''Film/DieHard'' and ''[[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} Ghostbusters]]''.

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''The Sugarland Express'' is remembered today for being the was Spielberg's first theatrical feature debut for its director.feature. Spielberg, 27 years old at the time, had been working in television since 1969, including the 1971 TV movie ''Film/{{Duel}}''. ''The Sugarland Express'' did poorly at the box office but didn't stop Spielberg from getting hired for his next project, ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. ''Sugarland'' is also notable for being the first film to use the Panaflex camera, a compact camera that allowed Spielberg to get complicated panning shots from inside a moving car. William Atherton later made a career out of playing obnoxious pricks in films like ''Film/DieHard'' and ''[[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} Ghostbusters]]''.
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''The Sugarland Express'' is remembered today for being the feature debut for its director. Spielberg, 27 years old at the time, had been working in television since 1969, including the 1971 TV movie ''Film/{{Duel}}''. ''The Sugarland Express'' did poorly at the box office but didn't stop Spielberg from getting hired for his next project, ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. ''Sugarland'' is also notable for being the first film to use the Panaflex camera, a compact camera that allowed Spielberg to get complicated panning shots from inside a moving car. William Atherton later made a career out of playing obnoxious pricks in films like ''Film/DieHard'' and ''[[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} Ghostbusters]]''.

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''The Sugarland Express'' is remembered today for being the theatrical feature debut for its director. Spielberg, 27 years old at the time, had been working in television since 1969, including the 1971 TV movie ''Film/{{Duel}}''. ''The Sugarland Express'' did poorly at the box office but didn't stop Spielberg from getting hired for his next project, ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. ''Sugarland'' is also notable for being the first film to use the Panaflex camera, a compact camera that allowed Spielberg to get complicated panning shots from inside a moving car. William Atherton later made a career out of playing obnoxious pricks in films like ''Film/DieHard'' and ''[[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} Ghostbusters]]''.
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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Played straight with the reserve deputies, who prove themselves to not only have bad aim, but such poor trigger discipline that they shoot things that they don't mean to shoot. Clovis also shows poor gun handling. Averted with Captain Tanner, who makes sure a rifle is empty before using it to smash up the reserve deputies' car along with several other members of law enforcement.

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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Played straight with the reserve deputies, who prove themselves to not only have bad aim, but such poor trigger discipline that they shoot things that they don't mean to shoot. Clovis also shows poor gun handling. Averted with Captain Tanner, who makes sure a rifle is empty before using it to smash up the reserve deputies' car along with several car. Several other members of law enforcement.enforcement show proper gun handling as well.
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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Played straight with the reserve deputies, who prove themselves to not only have bad aim, but such poor trigger discipline that they shoot things that they don't mean to shoot. Clovis also shows poor gun handling. Averted with Captain Tanner, who makes sure a rifle is empty before using it to smash up the reserve deputies' car.

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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Played straight with the reserve deputies, who prove themselves to not only have bad aim, but such poor trigger discipline that they shoot things that they don't mean to shoot. Clovis also shows poor gun handling. Averted with Captain Tanner, who makes sure a rifle is empty before using it to smash up the reserve deputies' car.car along with several other members of law enforcement.

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