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The South Bank show.
- Title
- The South Bank show. David Mamet [videorecording] / An LWT programme for ITV ; produced and directed by Nigel Wattis ; edited and presented by Melvyn Bragg ; [rebroadcast by] Bravo Profiles.
- Publication
- New York, c1996.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS, SP) (51 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Playwright, director and novelist David Mamet is interviewed in a New York tavern by Melvyn Bragg. Mamet discusses his recent play Oleanna, the controversy it provoked, and the challenges of turning the play into a film. He also discusses the differences between writing for the stage and for the screen, film acting, his writing process, and his first novel, The village. Excerpts from Mamet's films Oleanna and Homicide, and from his play The cryptogram, are shown. Scenes from Mamet's novel The village were staged for this program.
- Series Statement
- South Bank show
- Alternative Title
- Bravo Profiles
- David Mamet on The South Bank show
- Subject
- Mamet, David
- Mamet, David > Interviews
- Homicide (Motion picture)
- Oleanna (Motion picture)
- Dramatists, American
- Dramatists > Interviews
- Novelists, American
- Playwriting
- Theater > New York (State) > New York
- Motion pictures > Production and direction
- Motion picture acting
- Documentary television programs > England
- Genre/Form
- Documentaries and factual works.
- Television.
- Interviews.
- Note
- Credits at end of tape.
- With (note)
- This material is on the same cassette as Interview with Paula Vogel (NCOX 1431).
- Credits (note)
- Editor, Gordon Mason ; sound, Paul Vigars ; cameras, Marcus Birsel, Phil Gries, and Steve Haskett.
- Performer (note)
- Interviewer: Melvyn Bragg.
- Performers (Oleanna): William H. Macy and Debra Eisenstadt.
- Performers (Homicide): Joe Mantegna and Alan Polonsky.
- Performers (The cryptogram): Richard Claxton, Lindsay Duncan, and Eddie Izzard.
- Performers (The village): Ted Maynard and Robert Swales.
- Event (note)
- Originally broadcast in England in 1994 over the ITV Network. This video derives from a 1996 rebroadcast on the Bravo Network.
- Call Number
- NCOX 1432
- OCLC
- NYPG02-F275
- Title
- The South Bank show. David Mamet [videorecording] / An LWT programme for ITV ; produced and directed by Nigel Wattis ; edited and presented by Melvyn Bragg ; [rebroadcast by] Bravo Profiles.
- Imprint
- New York, c1996.
- Series
- South Bank show
- With:
- This material is on the same cassette as Interview with Paula Vogel (NCOX 1431).
- Credits
- Editor, Gordon Mason ; sound, Paul Vigars ; cameras, Marcus Birsel, Phil Gries, and Steve Haskett.
- Performer
- Interviewer: Melvyn Bragg.Performers (Oleanna): William H. Macy and Debra Eisenstadt.Performers (Homicide): Joe Mantegna and Alan Polonsky.Performers (The cryptogram): Richard Claxton, Lindsay Duncan, and Eddie Izzard.Performers (The village): Ted Maynard and Robert Swales.
- Event
- Originally broadcast in England in 1994 over the ITV Network. This video derives from a 1996 rebroadcast on the Bravo Network.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Wattis, Nigel, producer.Wattis, Nigel, director.Bragg, Melvyn, 1939- producer.Bragg, Melvyn, 1939- program editor.Bragg, Melvyn, 1939- interviewer.Mason, Gordon, editor of moving image work.Vigars, Paul, sound.Birsel, Marcus, camera.Gries, Phil, camera.Haskett, Steve, camera.Macy, William H., 1950- actor.Eisenstadt, Debra, actor.Mantegna, Joe, actor.Polonsky, Alan, actor.Claxton, Richard, actor.Duncan, Lindsay, actor.Izzard, Eddie, actor.Maynard, Ted, actor.Swales, Robert, actor.London Weekend Television (Firm)ITV (Firm)Bravo Cable Network.
- Research Call Number
- NCOX 1432