STEVEN SPIELBERG's six-episode television event, "Into the West," is as insightful a look at the opening of the American West as "Band of Brothers" was for World War II, and it premiered last weekend on TNT to stellar ratings.

"'Into the West' takes place during one of the single most dramatic periods in American history," the Oscar® winner says. "We're painting this on a huge canvas in order to tell a story that explores the Gold Rush, the transcontinental railroad, the Wild West and the Indian wars leading to the tragedy at Wounded Knee. These are all facets of the American and Native American experience. It's the story about opportunity and the clash of cultures and the eventual overwhelming of one nation's way of life over another."

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