s ▁beach ▁house ▁in ▁Mal ib u , ▁the ▁crew ▁moved ▁on ▁to ▁various ▁desert ▁locations ▁around ▁Pear bl oss om , ▁California , ▁for ▁the ▁remaining ▁eight ▁days ▁of ▁film ing . ▁On ▁rough ▁terrain ▁and ▁under ▁a ▁pun ishing ▁ 1 0 5 - deg ree ▁sun , ▁many ▁of ▁Spiel berg ' s ▁un pa id ▁crew ▁left ▁before ▁the ▁shoot ▁was ▁completed . ▁Spiel berg ▁conf essed ▁to ▁one ▁crew ▁member ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁vom ited ▁every ▁day ▁before ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁set . ▁Anne ▁Spiel berg ▁( Ste ven ' s ▁sister ) ▁who ▁wrote ▁Big ▁also ▁worked ▁with ▁him ▁on ▁this ▁first ▁effort ▁which ▁started ▁his ▁career ▁and ▁won ▁him ▁his ▁contract ▁at ▁Universal . ▁ ▁Jerry ▁Lewis ▁taught ▁a ▁film ▁direct ing ▁class ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Southern ▁California ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁for ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁years ; ▁his ▁students ▁included ▁Steven ▁Spiel berg . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 8 , ▁he ▁screen ed ▁Spiel berg ' s ▁early ▁film , ▁Amb lin ▁and ▁told ▁his ▁students , ▁" That ' s ▁what ▁film making ▁is ▁all ▁about ." ▁In ▁his ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁book , ▁The ▁Total ▁Film - M aker , ▁Lewis ▁says , ▁"[ The ▁film ] ▁rock ed ▁me ▁back . ▁[ Sp iel berg ] ▁displayed ▁an ▁amaz ing ▁knowledge ▁of ▁film - making ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁cre ative ▁talent ." ▁ ▁Release ▁and ▁impact s ▁ ▁Open ing ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 8 , ▁ 1