'The Fabelmans' trivia and fun facts
Mitzi's jewels
The jewelry Michelle Williams is wearing belonged to Leah Adler, Spielberg's mother.
Proud of his grandfather
Samuel, is the fictionalized name of Steven Spielberg in his film is a tribute to his grandfather, Samuel Spielberg.
All real
The 8mm recording that Gabriel LaBelle makes in the film is identical to Spielberg's original short, in fact it contained the original tape inside the camera.
Goosebumps
Several actors in the cast, such as Seth Rogen, stated that Spielberg was repeatedly moved by seeing his own life go through the camera.
Wordplay
'Spiel' means story in german, like 'fabel' is a synonim offor story in english. in this way Spielberg reformulate his fictional name and the title of the film.
Young promise
Gabriel LaBelle used the same camera that Spielberg and he used as a child on set to record his first short in 'Escape to Nowhere'.
Getting to know each other
Steven Spielberg showed his photos and home videos to the cast of 'The Fabelmans' so that they could portray their way of life in their film.