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Albert Brooks On Defending His Life With The Help Of Rob Reiner, Belief In Theatrical & Trusting Comedy Instincts – Crew Call Podcast
“Rob (Reiner) always wanted to do from the moment My Dinner With Andre came out — ‘My Lunch With Albert,” Albert Brooks shares about his best friend’s vision for a movie about himself. “I never wanted to do that,” Brooks adds. But when a documentary about the stand-up comic turned Oscar nominated Best Supporting Broadcast […]
But when a documentary about the stand-up comic turned Oscar nominated Best Supporting Broadcast News actor fell apart, Brooks reached out to Reiner for help. Brooks shares the time he tried out his material to Carl Reiner for Dean Martin’s Golddiggers show moments before broadcast. Will I never see my movie there?”), while Reiner teases Spinal Tap II(“You’ll see it in the first quarter, spring or summer next year”) and how it’s grown from being a cult movie that was about a parallel universe in the music industry to becoming part of the actual music industry culture with performers such as Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks and Elton John co-starring.
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