Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Lipton, James
2. Nichols, Mike
3. Kostel, Mike
4. Servidio, John
5. Wurtz, Jeff
6. Badalamenti, Angelo
7. Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.)
8. Bravo Cable Network.
9. Betelgeuse Productions.
10. In the Moment Productions, Ltd.
11. Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.), donor.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (61 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. James Lipton hosts an evening of discussion with film director, writer, producer and cabaret entertainer/comedian Mike Nichols. Nichols, who was born in Berlin, Germany, speaks about moving with his German-Russian Jewish family to the United States to flee the Nazis in 1939, and his feelings about his escape from the Holocaust. He speaks about meeting Elaine May, with whom he formed the successful comedy team Nichols and May, and his seminal influences: drama teacher Lee Strasberg and director Elia Kazan; the formation of the cabaret called Compass, where he and May developed and performed most of their skits; his beginnings as a theatre director, collaborating with playwright Neil Simon on such Broadway plays as Barefoot in the park, The odd couple, and Prisoner of Second Avenue, and his direction of motion pictures such as Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf, The graduate, Carnal knowledge, Silkwood, Working girl, and Postcards from the edge. The discussion is illustrated with clips from some of these films. A brief question and answer session with Nichols and the Actors Studio master's degree students concludes the program.

Series statement

1. Inside the Actors Studio

Alternative title

1. Inside the Actors Studio : The craft of theater and film

Subject

1. Nichols, Mike > Friends and associates
2. Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
3. Talk shows
4. Nichols, Mike > Interviews
5. Nichols, Mike > Childhood and youth
6. Motion pictures > Production and direction
7. May, Elaine, 1932- > Friends and associates
8. Interviews
9. Television
10. Theater > Production and direction
11. Actors > Interviews
12. Motion picture producers and directors > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Talk shows.
3. Television.

Call number

1. NCOX 1650

Note

1. Originally broadcast on the Bravo Network.
2. Credits and title from video.
3. Episode no. 309.
4. "Betelgeuse Productions" and "In the Moment Productions, Ltd." --credits at end of video.
5. The video contains blackouts at commercial breaks and editor's titles.

Credits (note)

1. Original music by Angelo Badalamenti.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the John L. Tishman Theater of The New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y. on Feb. 10, 1997. First broadcast on May 18, 1997.

Title

1. Inside the Actors Studio. Mike Nichols [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

1. New York, N.Y. : Actors Studio, c1997.

Series

1. Inside the Actors Studio

Credits

1. Original music by Angelo Badalamenti.

Performer

1. Host: James Lipton.

Event

1. Videotaped at the John L. Tishman Theater of The New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y. on Feb. 10, 1997. First broadcast on May 18, 1997.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Lipton, James, interviewer.
2. Lipton, James, producer.
3. Nichols, Mike, interviewee.
4. Kostel, Mike, producer.
5. Servidio, John, producer.
6. Wurtz, Jeff, director.
7. Badalamenti, Angelo, composer.
8. Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.)
9. Bravo Cable Network.
10. Betelgeuse Productions.
11. In the Moment Productions, Ltd.
12. Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.), donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 1650