Context: In 1958, he became a Boy Scout and fulfilled a requirement for the photography merit badge by making a nine-minute 8 mm film entitled The Last Gunfight. Years later, Spielberg recalled to a magazine interviewer, "My dad's still-camera was broken, so I asked the scoutmaster if I could tell a story with my father's movie camera. He said yes, and I got an idea to do a Western. I made it and got my merit badge. That was how it all started." At age thirteen, while living in Phoenix, Spielberg won a prize for a 40-minute war film he titled Escape to Nowhere, using a cast composed of other high school friends. That motivated him to make 15 more amateur 8mm films.:548 In 1963, at age sixteen, Spielberg wrote and directed his first independent film, a 140-minute science fiction adventure called Firelight, which would later inspire Close Encounters. The film was made for $500, most of which came from his father, and was shown in a local cinema for one evening, which earned back its cost.

Question: What was Spielberg's first indepenent film?
Answer: Firelight

Question: How long was Spielberg's film "Escape to Nowhere"?
Answer: 40-minute

Question: How much money did Spielberg spend to film Close Encounters?
Answer: $500

Question: Who did Spielberg get money from to film Close Encounters?
Answer: his father

Question: What genre was Spielberg's first film "The Last Gunfight"
Answer: Western

Question: When did Spielberg join the Boy Scouts?
Answer: 1958

Question: What film did Spielberg make to earn a merit badge?
Answer: The Last Gunfight

Question: Why did Spielberg make a movie instead of taking still photos for the photography merit badge?
Answer: dad's still-camera was broken

Question: At what age did Spielberg make 'Escape to Nowhere'?
Answer: thirteen

Question: What film led to Close Encounters?
Answer: Firelight

Question: How many high school friends did Spielberg have?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: How much did Escape to Nowhere cost to make?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What was the runtime for Close Encounters?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: In what year did Spielberg tell a magazine interviewer about earning his Boy Scouts merit badge?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What motion picture format was Firelight shot in?
Answer: Unanswerable