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Inside the Actors Studio.

Title
Inside the Actors Studio. Mike Nichols [videorecording] / a co-production of the Actors Studio and Bravo, the Film and Arts Network ; executive producer, James Lipton ; produced by Mike Kostel and John Servidio ; directed by Jeff Wurtz ; written by James Lipton.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Actors Studio, c1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Lipton, James
  • Nichols, Mike
  • Kostel, Mike
  • Servidio, John
  • Wurtz, Jeff
  • Badalamenti, Angelo
  • Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.)
  • Bravo Cable Network.
  • Betelgeuse Productions.
  • In the Moment Productions, Ltd.
  • Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.), donor.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (61 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
James Lipton hosts an evening of discussion with film director, writer, producer and cabaret entertainer/comedian Mike Nichols. Nichols, who was born in Berlin, Germany, speaks about moving with his German-Russian Jewish family to the United States to flee the Nazis in 1939, and his feelings about his escape from the Holocaust. He speaks about meeting Elaine May, with whom he formed the successful comedy team Nichols and May, and his seminal influences: drama teacher Lee Strasberg and director Elia Kazan; the formation of the cabaret called Compass, where he and May developed and performed most of their skits; his beginnings as a theatre director, collaborating with playwright Neil Simon on such Broadway plays as Barefoot in the park, The odd couple, and Prisoner of Second Avenue, and his direction of motion pictures such as Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf, The graduate, Carnal knowledge, Silkwood, Working girl, and Postcards from the edge. The discussion is illustrated with clips from some of these films. A brief question and answer session with Nichols and the Actors Studio master's degree students concludes the program.
Series Statement
Inside the Actors Studio
Alternative Title
Inside the Actors Studio : The craft of theater and film
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Talk shows.
  • Television.
Note
  • Originally broadcast on the Bravo Network.
  • Credits and title from video.
  • Episode no. 309.
  • "Betelgeuse Productions" and "In the Moment Productions, Ltd." --credits at end of video.
  • The video contains blackouts at commercial breaks and editor's titles.
Credits (note)
  • Original music by Angelo Badalamenti.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the John L. Tishman Theater of The New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y. on Feb. 10, 1997. First broadcast on May 18, 1997.
Call Number
NCOX 1650
OCLC
192167991
Title
Inside the Actors Studio. Mike Nichols [videorecording] / a co-production of the Actors Studio and Bravo, the Film and Arts Network ; executive producer, James Lipton ; produced by Mike Kostel and John Servidio ; directed by Jeff Wurtz ; written by James Lipton.
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : Actors Studio, c1997.
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Credits
Original music by Angelo Badalamenti.
Performer
Host: James Lipton.
Event
Videotaped at the John L. Tishman Theater of The New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y. on Feb. 10, 1997. First broadcast on May 18, 1997.
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Added Author
Lipton, James, interviewer.
Lipton, James, producer.
Nichols, Mike, interviewee.
Kostel, Mike, producer.
Servidio, John, producer.
Wurtz, Jeff, director.
Badalamenti, Angelo, composer.
Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.)
Bravo Cable Network.
Betelgeuse Productions.
In the Moment Productions, Ltd.
Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.), donor.
Research Call Number
NCOX 1650
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