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Additional authors

1. Lipton, James
2. Penn, Arthur, 1922-2010
3. Parsons, Estelle
4. Del Prete, Lou
5. Badalamenti, Angelo
6. Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.)
7. Bravo Cable Network.
8. Betelgeuse Productions.
9. In the Moment Productions, Ltd.
10. Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.), donor.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (63 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. James Lipton hosts an evening of discussion with film, television and stage director Arthur Penn, and with actor Estelle Parsons. Penn talks about his upbringing and family life; his early involvement in community theater following his discharge from the Army; attending Black Mountain College in Asheville, N.C. and forays into theater there with fellow students Merce Cunningham, John Cage and Buckminster Fuller; his work as a director for live television in the 1950s, and his first job directing for the stage; his support of the acting technique learned from his drama teacher Michael Chekhov; his involvement with the Actors Studio, from which he hired many actors; and his career as a director of such hit Broadway plays as Two for the season, Toys in the attic, An Evening with Nichols and May, and All the way home. Parsons, who joins the conversation at this point, speaks about her experience rehearsing a play directed by Penn at the Berkshire Theatre Festival Playhouse in Stockbridge, Mass. Penn discusses his direction of such films as The left handed gun, The chase, The miracle worker, Bonnie and Clyde, and Little big man, and the discussion is illustrated with clips from these works. A brief question and answer session with Penn and Parsons 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. Television
2. Motion pictures > Production and direction
3. Interviews
4. Motion picture producers and directors > Interviews
5. Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
6. Parsons, Estelle > Interviews
7. Penn, Arthur, 1922-2010 > Interviews
8. Actors > Interviews
9. Talk shows
10. Theater > New York (State) > New York > Production and direction

Genre/Form

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

Call number

1. NCOX 1649

Note

1. Originally broadcast on the Bravo Network.
2. Credits and title from video.
3. Episode no. 108.
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 March 27, 1995. First broadcast on Nov. 22, 1996.

Title

1. Inside the Actors Studio. Arthur Penn [and] Estelle Parsons [videorecording] / a co-production of the Actors Studio and Bravo, the Film and Arts Network ; executive producer, James Lipton ; produced and directed by Lou Del Prete ; written by James Lipton.

Imprint

1. New York, N.Y. : Actors Studio, c1995.

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 March 27, 1995. First broadcast on Nov. 22, 1996.

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. Penn, Arthur, 1922-2010, interviewee.
4. Parsons, Estelle, interviewee.
5. Del Prete, Lou, producer.
6. Del Prete, Lou, 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 1649