Get the latest gossip
‘The Holdovers’: How Dirty Socks, Preparation H and Books Provide Insight into Paul Giamatti’s Grumpy Professor
'The Holdovers' production designer Ryan Warren Smith discusses recreating the 1970s and shedding light on Paul Giamatti's character.
“ The Holdovers ” production designer Ryan Warren Smith pieced together five school locations for Alexander Payne ’s latest. That meant stripping back anything that looked modern — taking a library from one place, searching for a basketball court that might have had a wooden ring instead of metal and even piecing together old dorms to establish the correct era for Barton. The goal was not to go for 1970s on the nose, but to date things a few years prior to make the world feel believable.
Or read this on Variety
