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Inside the Actors Studio.

Title
Inside the Actors Studio. Martin Sheen [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.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Actors Studio, c2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Lipton, James
  • Sheen, Martin
  • Kostel, Mike
  • Servidio, John
  • Wurtz, Jeff
  • Badalamenti, Angelo
  • Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.)
  • Bravo Cable Network.
  • Betelgeuse Productions.
  • In the Moment Productions, Ltd.
  • Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.), donor.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (53 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
James Lipton hosts an evening of discussion with actor Martin Sheen. Born Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez, Sheen discusses his childhood in Dayton, Ohio in a large Roman Catholic household headed by his Irish-born mother and Spanish-born father; his dislike of school and early ambition to be an actor; the death of his mother just before his eleventh birthday; coming to New York following his appearance on the television program The rising generation, where he met CBS casting director, Robert Dale Martin; adopting his screen name Martin Sheen; getting involved with the experimental theatre group The Living Theatre; his four children; his Catholicism; and his political activism. Sheen discusses his work with director Terence Malick in the 1973 motion picture Badlands; his role in the made-for-television movie The execution of Private Slovik (1974); and his role as Captain Benjamin Willard in the 1979 film Apocalypse now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Sheen describes the shooting of his harrowing scene in a sleazy Saigon hotel room, and the heart attack he suffered during the making of the film. He speaks about his struggles with alcoholism during that period, and his recovery from addiction. Sheen also discusses his series of politcal portrayals in such works as the television movie The missles of October (1974), the television miniseries Kennedy (1983), and as President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet in the television program The west wing, in which he co-stars with Stockard Channing. The discussion is illustrated with clips from some of these works. A brief question and answer session with Sheen and the Actors Studio master's degree students concludes the program.
Series Statement
Inside the Actors Studio
Alternative Title
Inside the Actors Studio : The craft of theater and film
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Talk shows.
  • Television.
Note
  • Originally broadcast on the Bravo Network.
  • Credits and title from video.
  • Episode no. 905.
  • "Betelgeuse Productions" and "In the Moment Productions, Ltd." --credits at end of video.
  • The video contains blackouts at commercial breaks and editor's titles.
Credits (note)
  • Original music by Angelo Badalamenti.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the John L. Tishman Theater of The New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y. ca. June 2003.
Call Number
NCOX 2032
OCLC
220957604
Title
Inside the Actors Studio. Martin Sheen [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
New York, N.Y. : Actors Studio, c2003.
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Credits
Original music by Angelo Badalamenti.
Performer
Host: James Lipton.
Event
Videotaped at the John L. Tishman Theater of The New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y. ca. June 2003.
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Added Author
Lipton, James, interviewer.
Lipton, James, producer.
Sheen, Martin, interviewee.
Kostel, Mike, producer.
Servidio, John, producer.
Wurtz, Jeff, director.
Badalamenti, Angelo, composer.
Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.)
Bravo Cable Network.
Betelgeuse Productions.
In the Moment Productions, Ltd.
Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.), donor.
Research Call Number
NCOX 2032
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