Movies

Category: Talk-Show
All Genres: Talk-Show
Release Year: 1994
Country: USA
Runtime: 65
Rating: 7.3 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Fred Dekker
Sound: Stereo
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Writing by: Fred Dekker – writer

Produced by: Bill Finnegan – executive producer
Charles Gordon – producer
Donna Smith – associate producer

Cast: James Lipton – Host / … (189 episodes, 1994-2007)
Matthew Broderick – Himself (2 episodes, 1995-2005)
Nathan Lane – Himself (2 episodes, 1996-2005)
Alec Baldwin – Himself (2 episodes, 1994-2007)
Arthur Penn – Himself (2 episodes, 1994-1999)
Ellen Burstyn – Herself (2 episodes, 1995-2006)
Tom Hanks – Himself (2 episodes, 1999-2006)
Matt Damon – Himself (2 episodes, 2001-2007)
Jeanne Moreau – Guest Audience / … (2 episodes, 2002-2003)

Music: Barry De Vorzon
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Plot Outline: Famous actors, directors and writers reminisce about their careers and the philosophy behind their careers.
Plot: James Lipton interviews some of todays most talented actors, directors and writers. In the audience are students and famous alumni of the Actors Studios master of fine arts program. The interviewees talk about their childhood, how they got started in show business, their early career and behind-the-scenes trivia. The interview concludes with a standardized questionnaire that includes such questions as “What is your favorite word?” and “If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive?” After that, Lipton and the interviewee move to a classroom where the M.F.A. students can question the interviewee directly.

Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
The end credits appear on a Neverland map and later feature Neverland objects.

Goofs: We know about 2 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: When the Bradster calls, Cynthia puts the phone to her ear twice.

Trivia: There are 18 entries in the trivia list – like these:

• During Robin Williamss interview, a man in the audience had to be removed from the theatre by ambulance. Hed laughed so hard, hed acquired a hernia.
• The ten questions by Bernard Pivot that host James Lipton asks every guest are: – 1. What is your favorite word? – 2. What is your least favorite word? – 3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? – 4. What turns you off? – 5. What is your favorite curse word? – 6. What sound or noise do you love? – 7. What sound or noise do you hate? – 8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? – 9. What profession would you not like to do? – 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
• Although every single seat is filled at each of the Actors Studio seminars featuring a celebrity, James Lipton recalls the auditorium was filled beyond capacity when Johnny Depp and Harrison Ford were guests on the show.