''Slipstream'' is a short-film about bicycle racers

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by Steven Spielberg and

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by Spielberg and Roger Ernest. The film remains unfinished. Ernest later appeared in Spielberg's ''

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''. ''Slipstream'' also co-starred Tony Bill, who was already an established actor, and Jim Baxes, who went on to co-star in 1975 in the TV show '' SWAT'' under the stage name James Coleman. While preparing to shoot ''Slipstream'', Spielberg's assistant director on the project, Peter R. J. Deyell, introduced him to aspiring cinematographer

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, who was working at Studio City Camera, a motion picture equipment rental facility. Spielberg hired Daviau to shoot ''Slipstream'', and years later Daviau would again collaborate with the now-established Spielberg on three feature-length films: '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'', ''

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''. Relatively inexperienced at the time, Spielberg believed that ''Slipstream'' could be made for $5,000. Despite getting equipment, film and services donated, he soon ran out of money and ended production.

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