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Inside the Actors Studio.

Title
Inside the Actors Studio. Ben Stiller [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, c2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Lipton, James
  • Stiller, Ben, 1965-
  • 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) (54 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
James Lipton hosts an evening of discussion with comedian, actor, film producer and director Ben Stiller. Stiller discusses his upbringing in Manhattan in a Jewish/Irish Catholic show business family, and his parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, who performed together as the comedy team Stiller and Meara; his early involvement with filmmaking; his education, and decision at age 17 to become an actor; his drama studies at the Actors' Studio; his early stage role in the 1986 Lincoln Center Theatre production of The house of blue leaves; and his sketch comedy television program The Ben Stiller show. Stiller examines his roles in such motion pictures as Empire of the sun (1987), Reality bites (1994), The cable guy (1996), Flirting with disaster (1996), There's something about Mary (1998), Permanent midnight (1998), Meet the parents (2000), The royal Tennenbaums (2001), and Zoolander (2001), which he wrote and directed. Stiller also elaborates on his approach to his roles; the "art" of comedy; and the "risk" involved with being a comedian. A brief question and answer session with Stiller 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. 718.
  • "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. ca. July 2001.
Call Number
NCOX 1752
OCLC
220934834
Title
Inside the Actors Studio. Ben Stiller [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, c2001.
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. ca. July 2001.
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Added Author
Lipton, James, interviewer.
Lipton, James, producer.
Stiller, Ben, 1965- 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 1752
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