1993 is inarguably one of the best years in Steven Spielberg’s career.
Rebounding from the now beloved but at the time disappointing Hook, he broke new grounds with special effects and entertainment with the summer blockbuster Jurassic Park, only to end the year with another film that was both his critical and personal apex Schindler’s List.
But that almost didn’t happen.
In 1991, after a decade of ups and downs, Martin Scorsese followed up his critical and personal masterpiece, Goodfellas, with the revenge thriller Cape Fear to huge financial success.
But that almost didn’t happen as well.
Surprisingly enough, the history of these two films is intertwined, as Scorsese was at one point set to direct Schindler’s List and Spielberg was attached to make Cape Fear.
How did history get corrected? Easy.
The directors swapped movies.
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