Steven Spielberg uniform bearing the rank of a Life Scout. Spielberg stated he made Indiana Jones a Boy Scout in honor of his experience in Scouting. For his career accomplishments, service to others, and dedication to a new merit badge Spielberg was awarded the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. Steven Spielberg received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1995. In 1998, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit with Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Award was presented to him by President Roman Herzog in recognition of his film "Schindler's List" and his Shoa-Foundation. In 1999, Spielberg received an honorary
Which Lie Did I Tell? Something About Mary", "North by Northwest" and "Chinatown". The next section covers how he gets movie ideas, and details four examples and why he didn't pursue them. "The Old Guy," inspired by the true story about an elderly criminal (recently made into a 2018 movie, "The Old Man and The Gun," apparently without Goldman's participation). Goldman learned of the story in an April 1999 article in the San Francisco Chronicle. "The Good Guy," an original story idea linking characters in the Littleton, Colorado school shooting and the JonBenet Ramsey murder, which took place in Boulder, CO. "The Mastermind," expanding on