"Inside the Actors Studio" (1994) Série TV 1994-????

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Date de sortie:

1994 (USA)

Genre:

Talk-Show

Intrigue:

Famous actors, directors and writers reminisce about their careers and the philosophy behind their careers.

Plot Keywords:

Show Business | Actors Studio | Acting | Film Making | Film Industry

Récompenses:

Nominated for 14 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Hit or miss, with a good (if full of himself) interviewer

Ensemble

James Lipton

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Host / ... (Episodes, 1994-2009)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Inside the Actors Studio: The Craft of Theatre and Film (USA) (first season title)

Durée:

65 min | 60 min (including commercials)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Son:

Stereo

Classification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Brazil:Livre

Lieux de tournage:

John L. Tischman Theater, The New School, New School University - 65 West 12th Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Société:

Actors Studio, The

Anecdotes:

So far, Tom Hanks, Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, and Billy Crystal are the only guests to have been interviewed for an encore episode. (Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick both appeared a second time as well, but to discuss The Producers (2005)).

Guillemet:

James Lipton: What is your favourite word?
Meryl Streep: I... well, y'know, I don't want to lie...
James Lipton: Don't lie.
Meryl Streep: Because I knew that this was coming and so I asked my daughter what her favourite word is and she's six and ever since she said her favourite word, which she said without hesitating, I can't think of anything else...
James Lipton: Say it.
Meryl Streep: Coconut milk.

Connexions De Film:

Parodié dans Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 2 (2004) (V)

Hit or miss, with a good (if full of himself) interviewer

James Lipton would be really just a good Film and acting professor at the New School in New York City (it may be a different school now) if not for his show Inside the Actors Studio, where he brings on a different big name actor (and occasionally the infamous director, comedian, or even TV show cast or musician) and interviews them about the process. It ends then with his 'questions', which usually bring out hilarious responses, then leading to the students asking questions.

It's hard sometimes to watch the show to not think of Will Ferrel's dead-on imitation of Lipton from SNL; there is something to Lipton that is full-of-himself, that he's so honored to be interviewing these highly revered celebrities and actors about their craft. Sometimes this is a worthy place to be that he's in; interviews with Robert De Niro, Meryl Street, Martin Scorsese, Robin Williams, Tom Hanks, and Steven Spiebgerg are very worthwhile to hear from. But sometimes the questions asked by the students themselves end up having some more worth, as they're the ones who will want to know more for their lives than Lipton; also, some of the interviewees are either still on their way in their careers, or make you scratch you head thinking 'why is HE on the show'? But for the most part, it is a consistently interesting program past the overly serious and sad points, and for film buffs it is always of some fascination to hear their favorites speak about the craft and the process and the actors they work with. Sometimes it is a little too full of bull, but then that is countered with the funnier guests (people like George Carlin and the cast of the Simpsons have appeared).