Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Lipton, James
2. Weaver, Sigourney, 1949-
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) (54 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. James Lipton hosts an evening of discussion with actor Sigourney Weaver. Weaver discusses her upbringing in New York City, the daughter of former actress Elizabeth Inglis and pioneering television executive Sylvester "Pat" L. Weaver; her education at private schools and at Stanford University, where she became involved in "guerilla theater"; her studies at Yale School of Drama; moving to back to New York City, where she performed in workshop productions and struggled to get her career off the ground; landing her leading role in the 1979 hit motion picture Alien; and returning to work in the theater following that success in the 1984 Broadway success Hurlyburly by David Rabe, directed by Mike Nichols. Weaver examines her roles in such motion pictures as The year of living dangerously (1982), Ghost busters (1984), Une femme ou deux (1985), playing opposite Gérard Depardieu, Gorillas in the mist (1988), Working girl (1988), the Alien sequels Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992) and Alien: resurrection (1997), and Death and the maiden (1994), directed by Roman Polanski. Weaver discusses her attraction to playing eccentric female characters, and explicates her theory of acting. A brief question and answer session with Weaver 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. Ghostbusters (Motion picture : 1984)
2. Theater > New York (State) > New York
3. Actresses > Interviews
4. Weaver, Sigourney, 1949- > Interviews
5. Aliens (Motion picture)
6. Alien (Motion picture)
7. Alien 3 (Motion picture)
8. Weaver, Sigourney, 1949- > Family
9. Working girl (Motion picture)
10. Alien resurrection (Motion picture)
11. Motion pictures > Production and direction
12. Television
13. Death and the maiden (Motion picture)
14. Talk shows
15. Gorillas in the mist (Motion picture)
16. Une femme ou deux (Motion picture)
17. Interviews
18. Rabe, David > Hurlyburly
19. Year of living dangerously (Motion picture)
20. Weaver, Sigourney, 1949- > Friends and associates

Genre/Form

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

Call number

1. NCOX 1750

Note

1. Originally broadcast on the Bravo Network.
2. Credits and title from video.
3. Episode no. 611.
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. 28, 2000. First broadcast on Oct. 29, 2000.

Title

1. Inside the Actors Studio. Sigourney Weaver [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, ©2000.

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. 28, 2000. First broadcast on Oct. 29, 2000.

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. Weaver, Sigourney, 1949- 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 1750