Steven Spielberg effects provided by friend George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic company, the film would eventually become the highest-grossing film of all time (at the worldwide box office) with $914.7 million. This would be the third time that one of Spielberg's films became the highest-grossing film ever. Spielberg's next film, "Schindler's List", was based on the true story of Oskar Schindler, a man who risked his life to save 1,100 Jews from the Holocaust. "Schindler's List" earned Spielberg his first Academy Award for Best Director (it also won Best Picture). With the film a huge success at the box office, Spielberg
Which Lie Did I Tell? begins with more stories about movies he has been involved with, starting with the period from 1982—when "Adventures in the Screen Trade" was published—to 1986 when he received no movie work. Goldman then tells the unfortunate story of how he became mixed up in "Memoirs of an Invisible Man", before the saving grace of "The Princess Bride" brought him his first screen credit in nearly nine years. Other adventures are "Misery", "The Year of the Comet" (which he uses as an example of how a movie can become a failure at the script level), "Maverick" (which he uses as an