Richard Dreyfuss, a familiar face in Steven Spielberg’s filmography, went to unorthodox lengths to land a role in one of their collaborations. While Dreyfuss’s performance in Jaws cemented his status as a leading actor, it wasn’t a smooth sail to win the role in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
A still of Richard Dreyfuss in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).
Steven Spielberg explored various options by seeking an actor with a touch of eccentricity to portray the role. Initially considering names like Steve McQueen, Al Pacino, Gene Hackman, and Jack Nicholson, Spielberg had his eyes set on an actor who could embody Neary’s beloved yet unconventional character.
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Amidst the competition, Richard Dreyfuss emerged as a frontrunner by strategically advocating for himself. Going beyond traditional auditioning, Dreyfuss adopted a bold approach.
A still of Richard Dreyfuss in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).
Steven Spielberg explored various options by seeking an actor with a touch of eccentricity to portray the role. Initially considering names like Steve McQueen, Al Pacino, Gene Hackman, and Jack Nicholson, Spielberg had his eyes set on an actor who could embody Neary’s beloved yet unconventional character.
Suggested‘Halloween’ Director John Carpenter Dismissed 1 Steven Spielberg Film as “Pretentious”, Claimed Director “Lost control of it”
Amidst the competition, Richard Dreyfuss emerged as a frontrunner by strategically advocating for himself. Going beyond traditional auditioning, Dreyfuss adopted a bold approach.
- 3/16/2024
- by Prantik Prabal Roy
- FandomWire
The Academy Awards have a chance to do something that has only been done three previous times in their entire history. With Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”) and Emma Stone (“Poor Things”) nabbing surprising wins at the Critics Choice Awards, it’s the first time ever that both of their lead acting winners matched with the Golden Globe Musical/Comedy champions. If they both repeat at the Oscars on March 10, it would only be the fourth time that the winners of Best Actor and Best Actress paired with the Globe comedy winners.
The first time we had this match since the Golden Globe category creation in 1950 was for the year 1964 when musical films dominated the awards with Rex Harrison winning for “My Fair Lady” as Professor Henry Higgins and Julie Andrews for “Mary Poppins” as the title character. Those movies went on to be the top two nominated films at the...
The first time we had this match since the Golden Globe category creation in 1950 was for the year 1964 when musical films dominated the awards with Rex Harrison winning for “My Fair Lady” as Professor Henry Higgins and Julie Andrews for “Mary Poppins” as the title character. Those movies went on to be the top two nominated films at the...
- 1/22/2024
- by Christopher Tsang
- Gold Derby
Created by Stern, the official Jaw pinball machine features a shark, chum bucket, and pictures of Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw. It looks magnificent.
It’s almost 50 years since Jaws first terrorised a generation of would-be swimmers, but incredibly, there’s never been an officially licenced pinball machine based on Steven Spielberg’s killer shark thriller.
That is, until now. As reported by IGN, the Chicago-based manufacturer Stern has unveiled a toothsome and entirely official Jaws pinball table.
Its features include a video screen that shows clips from the 1975 movie alongside helpful hints (“Shoot the fin!!”), airbrushed likenesses of actors Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss, a motorised shark fin, and a chum bucket that tips over when struck by your silver ball.
It also includes newly-recorded soundbites from Dreyfuss himself, as well as samples of John Williams’ unforgettable durr-durr-dunnnn score.
Stern is also manufacturing three versions of the Jaws table,...
It’s almost 50 years since Jaws first terrorised a generation of would-be swimmers, but incredibly, there’s never been an officially licenced pinball machine based on Steven Spielberg’s killer shark thriller.
That is, until now. As reported by IGN, the Chicago-based manufacturer Stern has unveiled a toothsome and entirely official Jaws pinball table.
Its features include a video screen that shows clips from the 1975 movie alongside helpful hints (“Shoot the fin!!”), airbrushed likenesses of actors Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss, a motorised shark fin, and a chum bucket that tips over when struck by your silver ball.
It also includes newly-recorded soundbites from Dreyfuss himself, as well as samples of John Williams’ unforgettable durr-durr-dunnnn score.
Stern is also manufacturing three versions of the Jaws table,...
- 1/5/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
Fifty years after the release of horror classic Jaws, star Richard Dreyfuss is headed back into shark-infested waters in the upcoming Into the Deep, The Daily Jaws reports this week.
Scout Taylor-Compton (Halloween) stars alongside Dreyfuss in the film.
In director Christian Sesma’s (Section 8) new movie Into the Deep, “A group of divers searching for sunken treasure witness the murder of drug dealers by modern-day pirates, but a killer great white is determined not to let any of them escape its waters.”
The cast also includes Stuart Townsend, Jon Seda, AnnaMaria Demara, Ron Smoorenburg, Lorena Sarria, Callum McGowan, Maverick Kang Jr., Tom O’Connell, and Tofan Pirani.
We don’t yet have a trailer or any release information, but a poster available on IMDb (seen below) teases the Alien-inspired tagline: “Under water, no one can hear you scream.”
Stay tuned for more information as we learn it.
Chad Law...
Scout Taylor-Compton (Halloween) stars alongside Dreyfuss in the film.
In director Christian Sesma’s (Section 8) new movie Into the Deep, “A group of divers searching for sunken treasure witness the murder of drug dealers by modern-day pirates, but a killer great white is determined not to let any of them escape its waters.”
The cast also includes Stuart Townsend, Jon Seda, AnnaMaria Demara, Ron Smoorenburg, Lorena Sarria, Callum McGowan, Maverick Kang Jr., Tom O’Connell, and Tofan Pirani.
We don’t yet have a trailer or any release information, but a poster available on IMDb (seen below) teases the Alien-inspired tagline: “Under water, no one can hear you scream.”
Stay tuned for more information as we learn it.
Chad Law...
- 1/4/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Forty-nine years after playing a major role in the Steven Spielberg classic Jaws (and fourteen years after making an appearance in Alexandre Aja’s Piranha 3D), Richard Dreyfuss has been cast in another film that promises to be packed with aquatic thrills, Vigilante Diaries director Christian Sesma’s Into the Deep. This one managed to get all the way into post-production before catching the attention of the folks at The Daily Jaws.
Scripted by Chad Law and Josh Ridgway – who have previously collaborated on the alligator movie The Flood, the Dolph Lundgren action thriller Section 8, the biker werewolf movie Howlers, and the mystery Miss Willoughby and the Haunted Bookshop – Into the Deep has the following synopsis: A group of divers searching for sunken treasure witness the murder of drug dealers by modern-day pirates, but a killer great white is determined not to let any of them escape its waters.
Dreyfuss...
Scripted by Chad Law and Josh Ridgway – who have previously collaborated on the alligator movie The Flood, the Dolph Lundgren action thriller Section 8, the biker werewolf movie Howlers, and the mystery Miss Willoughby and the Haunted Bookshop – Into the Deep has the following synopsis: A group of divers searching for sunken treasure witness the murder of drug dealers by modern-day pirates, but a killer great white is determined not to let any of them escape its waters.
Dreyfuss...
- 1/4/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
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Sometimes, the reputations of certain movies have been built up so much over the decades that, to an extent, newcomers can't help but come away disappointed when they finally experience it for the very first time. Others, however, live up to every inch of their status as bona fide classics. It's safe to say that "Close Encounters of a Third Kind," director Steven Spielberg's first film about extraterrestrial visitors, belongs firmly in the latter category. Although multiple generations of movie lovers only encountered the 1977 film through their parents, film school courses, or entirely on their own, various re-releases over the years and constant praise from both filmmakers and critics alike have kept "Close Encounters" exactly where it deserves to be -- at the forefront of the conversation about the greatest and most influential movies of all time.
Of course,...
Sometimes, the reputations of certain movies have been built up so much over the decades that, to an extent, newcomers can't help but come away disappointed when they finally experience it for the very first time. Others, however, live up to every inch of their status as bona fide classics. It's safe to say that "Close Encounters of a Third Kind," director Steven Spielberg's first film about extraterrestrial visitors, belongs firmly in the latter category. Although multiple generations of movie lovers only encountered the 1977 film through their parents, film school courses, or entirely on their own, various re-releases over the years and constant praise from both filmmakers and critics alike have kept "Close Encounters" exactly where it deserves to be -- at the forefront of the conversation about the greatest and most influential movies of all time.
Of course,...
- 12/19/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
"Jaws" is an immortal classic, but decades on from its 1975 release, several of the movie's principal players have left us. Peter Benchley, the source novel's author and the film's co-writer turned shark conservationist, passed in 2006. Robert Shaw, who played the shark-hating fisherman Quint, died in 1978, a mere three years after the premiere of "Jaws." Shaw still left his mark on film history thanks to his masterful monologue about Quint's experience during the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis.
Of course, the biggest winner of "Jaws" was director Steven Spielberg, who entered the production of "Jaws" as a scrappy young upstart and turned it into his first rung while climbing the Hollywood lader. Spielberg is the most influential American filmmaker of his generation and the ones that have followed. He's never lost his magic touch either, so we can only hope and pray he stays with us even longer.
In the years since then,...
Of course, the biggest winner of "Jaws" was director Steven Spielberg, who entered the production of "Jaws" as a scrappy young upstart and turned it into his first rung while climbing the Hollywood lader. Spielberg is the most influential American filmmaker of his generation and the ones that have followed. He's never lost his magic touch either, so we can only hope and pray he stays with us even longer.
In the years since then,...
- 12/5/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Like Jaws before it, the release of Cocaine Bear earlier this year has resulted in a slew of natural horror films, many of which are using the same conceit of an animal driven to extreme behavior by the consumption of narcotics. Projects already in production include Crackcoon and the delayed Methgator, created by The Asylum. You can probably guess their plots.
One animal-on-drugs movie that has already seen release is Cocaine Shark. Whereas that film treated its subject matter with an unabashedly schlocky approach, though, the more recent Deep Fear takes a similar gimmick and plays it with a straighter face. It could be the perfect post-summer movie for anyone who wants a fun cinematic trend taken a little more seriously.
Set on a yacht sailing around Grenada, Deep Fear centers on a woman named Naomi (Mãdãlina Ghenea) who, during a sailing trip to see her boyfriend (Ed Westwick), gets...
One animal-on-drugs movie that has already seen release is Cocaine Shark. Whereas that film treated its subject matter with an unabashedly schlocky approach, though, the more recent Deep Fear takes a similar gimmick and plays it with a straighter face. It could be the perfect post-summer movie for anyone who wants a fun cinematic trend taken a little more seriously.
Set on a yacht sailing around Grenada, Deep Fear centers on a woman named Naomi (Mãdãlina Ghenea) who, during a sailing trip to see her boyfriend (Ed Westwick), gets...
- 11/9/2023
- by Dan Caffrey
- bloody-disgusting.com
All of a sudden, Matt Hooper’s iconic quote – “I think that I am familiar with the fact that you are going to ignore this particular problem until it swims up and bites you on the ass!” – is more relevant for its speaker, as Richard Dreyfuss is now taking umbrage with a play about the making of Jaws. Co-written by and starring Ian Shaw, son of the late Robert Shaw – who died just three years after Jaws scared moviegoers in theaters (and out of the ocean) – The Shark Is Broken is the latest target of Dreyfuss, who is none too pleased about his depiction and that of the supposedly makeshift feud between himself and Shaw.
Although it debuted in 2019 and Richard Dreyfuss even attended a performance, he is not too happy that Ian Shaw didn’t consult him on the making of Jaws; instead, Shaw used his father’s diary as a reference.
Although it debuted in 2019 and Richard Dreyfuss even attended a performance, he is not too happy that Ian Shaw didn’t consult him on the making of Jaws; instead, Shaw used his father’s diary as a reference.
- 10/29/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Richard Dreyfuss thinks “Jaws” director Steven Spielberg and the film’s co-screenwriter Carl Gottlieb played a factor in how he was portrayed in the new Broadway show “The Shark Is Broken.”
Dreyfuss made his remarks about the play during an interview with Vanity Fair, after he went to see the production earlier in October.
“The Shark Is Broken” imagines what could have happened behind the scenes during the classic film’s production and features character portrayals of the real stars of the movie, Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider and the late Robert Shaw. It was c0-written by Shaw’s son, Ian, who also stars in the show.
Dreyfuss said Ian never contacted him to gain his perspective.
“Ian, who has more than any right to write whatever he wants, never called me and said, “Give me some background,’ Or, ‘Give me your taken on this and this,’ and they just decided...
Dreyfuss made his remarks about the play during an interview with Vanity Fair, after he went to see the production earlier in October.
“The Shark Is Broken” imagines what could have happened behind the scenes during the classic film’s production and features character portrayals of the real stars of the movie, Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider and the late Robert Shaw. It was c0-written by Shaw’s son, Ian, who also stars in the show.
Dreyfuss said Ian never contacted him to gain his perspective.
“Ian, who has more than any right to write whatever he wants, never called me and said, “Give me some background,’ Or, ‘Give me your taken on this and this,’ and they just decided...
- 10/28/2023
- by Raquel 'Rocky' Harris
- The Wrap
Jaws actor Richard Dreyfuss recently caught a performance of Broadway’s The Shark Is Broken, the comedy-drama about the making of Steven Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster. Despite the smile on his face in meet-the-cast photos, he wasn’t very happy.
In an exclusive Vanity Fair interview, Dreyfuss criticizes the play – written by and co-starring Ian Shaw, dead-ringer son of the late Jaws actor Robert Shaw – for what he says are inaccuracies and for making him look like “a big jerk.”
“I went to see it, to see if it really was gonna hurt,” Dreyfuss tells Vf‘s Chris Murphy. “And it did.”
The comedy, based in part on Robert Shaw’s diary, depicts the long-rumored feud between Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw during the film’s hurry-up-and-wait Cape Cod shooting as the the cast – Dreyfuss, Shaw and Roy Scheider – was all but sequestered on the floating Orca set. Dreyfuss, played by Alex Brightman,...
In an exclusive Vanity Fair interview, Dreyfuss criticizes the play – written by and co-starring Ian Shaw, dead-ringer son of the late Jaws actor Robert Shaw – for what he says are inaccuracies and for making him look like “a big jerk.”
“I went to see it, to see if it really was gonna hurt,” Dreyfuss tells Vf‘s Chris Murphy. “And it did.”
The comedy, based in part on Robert Shaw’s diary, depicts the long-rumored feud between Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw during the film’s hurry-up-and-wait Cape Cod shooting as the the cast – Dreyfuss, Shaw and Roy Scheider – was all but sequestered on the floating Orca set. Dreyfuss, played by Alex Brightman,...
- 10/27/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Richard Dreyfuss is the Oscar-winning actor who has been an integral part of so many American films that are now considered classics. His career really took off in the 1970s with “Jaws,” “American Graffiti” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” by being a key collaborator on a number of films directed by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.
Dreyfuss has proven himself adept in his wide range of characters — from a music teacher to a blood-thirsty gangster, and from an aspiring actor to an obnoxious oceanographer. The result has been a Best Actor Academy Award for “The Goodbye Girl” with an additional nomination for “Mr. Holland’s Opus,” plus a Golden Globe victory with three additional Globe nominations.
Take a tour of our photo gallery ranking his 12 greatest films from worst to best..
Dreyfuss has proven himself adept in his wide range of characters — from a music teacher to a blood-thirsty gangster, and from an aspiring actor to an obnoxious oceanographer. The result has been a Best Actor Academy Award for “The Goodbye Girl” with an additional nomination for “Mr. Holland’s Opus,” plus a Golden Globe victory with three additional Globe nominations.
Take a tour of our photo gallery ranking his 12 greatest films from worst to best..
- 10/21/2023
- by Tom O'Brien, Chris Beachum and Misty Holland
- Gold Derby
"You always think, if you're a proud son, that you could talk to your father and you could help ... Well, I never got to that." Playing his late father onstage, Ian Shaw delivers these devastating words in "The Shark Is Broken" with matter-of-fact gruffness. His face also bears the weathered and mustached likeness of his father, the late Robert Shaw, the man who embodied the sea captain, Quint, in the 1975 watershed "Jaws."
The legends of the behind-the-scenes snafus of "Jaws" (adapted from Peter Benchley's novel) wouldn't be complete without Robert Shaw's on-set drunkenness, his documented feud with co-star Richard Dreyfuss, and a scuffle provoked by Dreyfuss tossing his alcohol into the sea (loosely dramatized in this play). With co-writer Joseph Nixon, the younger Shaw took inspiration from his father's drinking diary, family archives, and other "Jaws" sources to pen "The Shark is Broken," a comic meditation on the blockbuster's...
The legends of the behind-the-scenes snafus of "Jaws" (adapted from Peter Benchley's novel) wouldn't be complete without Robert Shaw's on-set drunkenness, his documented feud with co-star Richard Dreyfuss, and a scuffle provoked by Dreyfuss tossing his alcohol into the sea (loosely dramatized in this play). With co-writer Joseph Nixon, the younger Shaw took inspiration from his father's drinking diary, family archives, and other "Jaws" sources to pen "The Shark is Broken," a comic meditation on the blockbuster's...
- 8/14/2023
- by Caroline Cao
- Slash Film
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: A man goes to make a movie about a shark.
He decides to shoot on the ocean instead of a tank on a soundstage, to give it that extra sense of realism. Virtually everything that can go wrong does go wrong, including the fact that the main mechanical shark built by the special-effects team has a nagging tendency to either sink or simply not work. The crew nearly mutinies. The locals become hostile. The shoot goes over-schedule and over-budget. The consensus...
He decides to shoot on the ocean instead of a tank on a soundstage, to give it that extra sense of realism. Virtually everything that can go wrong does go wrong, including the fact that the main mechanical shark built by the special-effects team has a nagging tendency to either sink or simply not work. The crew nearly mutinies. The locals become hostile. The shoot goes over-schedule and over-budget. The consensus...
- 8/12/2023
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
It’s nothing new for a musical to be based on a movie. But in the new comedy “The Shark Is Broken,” which officially opened on Broadway Thursday night, viewers are going back to 1975’s “Jaws” — but not in the way movie fans remember.
“The Shark is Broken” is co-written by and starring Ian Shaw, the son of the late Robert Shaw, who of course played ship captain Quint in the original blockbuster. In the play, Shaw portrays his own father alongside Broadway vet Alex Brightman as Richard Dreyfuss and Colin Donnell as Roy Scheider in a behind-the-scenes comedy based on the infamously difficult movie shoot.
As cinephiles are aware, “Jaws” had a troubled production: shooting on the water proved more difficult than Steven Spielberg imagined, and the mechanical shark (nicknamed “Bruce”) frequently broke down. The 90-minute play imagines several days of the shoot when Dreyfuss, Shaw, and Scheider were stuck on a boat,...
“The Shark is Broken” is co-written by and starring Ian Shaw, the son of the late Robert Shaw, who of course played ship captain Quint in the original blockbuster. In the play, Shaw portrays his own father alongside Broadway vet Alex Brightman as Richard Dreyfuss and Colin Donnell as Roy Scheider in a behind-the-scenes comedy based on the infamously difficult movie shoot.
As cinephiles are aware, “Jaws” had a troubled production: shooting on the water proved more difficult than Steven Spielberg imagined, and the mechanical shark (nicknamed “Bruce”) frequently broke down. The 90-minute play imagines several days of the shoot when Dreyfuss, Shaw, and Scheider were stuck on a boat,...
- 8/11/2023
- by Erin Strecker
- Indiewire
Judith James, a film, TV and Broadway producer who was Richard Dreyfuss’ producing partner for many years and worked on such projects as Quiz Show, Mr. Holland’s Opus and Eleanor: In Her Own Words, has died July 14 of cancer in Santa Barbara, CA. She was 86.
Her son, Jackson James, revealed the news.
“From the minute I met Judy James at the Mark Taper Forum [in Los Angeles], I knew I had found someone who had the same passion for storytelling that I did,” The Goodbye Girl Oscar winner Dreyfuss said in a statement. “In all the years we were producing partners, we were of like mind, not gender, and we always found a way to agree and wouldn’t have done anything without each others’ approval. She was a wonderful woman and a great friend.”
Born Judith Rutherford, James moved to New York after college to pursue a career in theater. She...
Her son, Jackson James, revealed the news.
“From the minute I met Judy James at the Mark Taper Forum [in Los Angeles], I knew I had found someone who had the same passion for storytelling that I did,” The Goodbye Girl Oscar winner Dreyfuss said in a statement. “In all the years we were producing partners, we were of like mind, not gender, and we always found a way to agree and wouldn’t have done anything without each others’ approval. She was a wonderful woman and a great friend.”
Born Judith Rutherford, James moved to New York after college to pursue a career in theater. She...
- 7/17/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Judith James, the longtime producing partner of Richard Dreyfuss who worked with the Oscar winner on films including Mr. Holland’s Opus, Quiz Show and Mad Dog Time, has died. She was 86.
James died Friday at her home in Santa Barbara after a bout with cancer, according to her son, Jackson James.
James and Dreyfuss worked together for 35 years, and their partnership also included the telefilms Funny, You Don’t Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville and the Prisoner of Honor, which aired in 1987 and 1991, respectively, and The Lightkeepers (2009). They were co-writers on You Don’t Look 200 as well.
“From the minute I met Judy James at the Mark Taper Forum, I knew I had found someone who had the same passion for storytelling that I did,” Dreyfuss said in a statement. “In all the years we were producing partners, we were of like mind, not gender, and we always found...
James died Friday at her home in Santa Barbara after a bout with cancer, according to her son, Jackson James.
James and Dreyfuss worked together for 35 years, and their partnership also included the telefilms Funny, You Don’t Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville and the Prisoner of Honor, which aired in 1987 and 1991, respectively, and The Lightkeepers (2009). They were co-writers on You Don’t Look 200 as well.
“From the minute I met Judy James at the Mark Taper Forum, I knew I had found someone who had the same passion for storytelling that I did,” Dreyfuss said in a statement. “In all the years we were producing partners, we were of like mind, not gender, and we always found...
- 7/17/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Richard Dreyfuss has criticized the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new diversity and inclusion requirements, stating that the new standards for Best Picture nominees “make me vomit.”
The four diversity and inclusion guidelines were announced in 2020 and will be applied for the first time to the upcoming 2024 Academy Awards ceremony. Two of the four standards need to be met to receive a nomination for best picture. They include expanding on-screen representation, themes or narrative; increasing representation among creative leadership; providing industry access to underrepresented people and expanding representation in audiences.
The Oscar-winning actor’s remarks came during an interview on the PBS show Firing Line With Margaret Hoover. During the conversation, Dreyfuss talked about civics education in the U.S., politics and the Academy’s diversity policy.
“It’s an art. No one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest,...
The four diversity and inclusion guidelines were announced in 2020 and will be applied for the first time to the upcoming 2024 Academy Awards ceremony. Two of the four standards need to be met to receive a nomination for best picture. They include expanding on-screen representation, themes or narrative; increasing representation among creative leadership; providing industry access to underrepresented people and expanding representation in audiences.
The Oscar-winning actor’s remarks came during an interview on the PBS show Firing Line With Margaret Hoover. During the conversation, Dreyfuss talked about civics education in the U.S., politics and the Academy’s diversity policy.
“It’s an art. No one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest,...
- 6/5/2023
- by Alex Nguyen
- Uinterview
As unfortunate as it is that the reason the Academy’s inclusion standards are back in the news (because of an answer Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss recently gave in an interview that ultimately led into his defense of blackface), it is worth it to take a closer look at them before they officially go into effect this coming film awards season.
While one can find a more detailed description of them on the Academy website, the organization has listed Standards A through D with the requirement that a film meet at least two in order to qualify for Best Picture (the only category the standards are applied to).
Standard A focuses on on-screen representation, themes, and narratives, meaning the film could be centered on an underrepresented group (women included), or have some level of meaningful diversity among its acting ensemble (even a significant supporting role for an actor of color...
While one can find a more detailed description of them on the Academy website, the organization has listed Standards A through D with the requirement that a film meet at least two in order to qualify for Best Picture (the only category the standards are applied to).
Standard A focuses on on-screen representation, themes, and narratives, meaning the film could be centered on an underrepresented group (women included), or have some level of meaningful diversity among its acting ensemble (even a significant supporting role for an actor of color...
- 5/10/2023
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Richard Dreyfuss doesn’t get it, but most grouchy, self-proclaimed keepers of the old Hollywood guard never do when it comes to creating an industry that gives a chance for everyone to thrive.
It was Sept. 8, 2020, and I was one week into my job as the awards editor for Variety when the Academy dropped its bombshell news that as part of its Aperture 2025 initiative, the organization was introducing new representation and inclusion requirements for submitting in the best picture category. There are four standards, and a film must meet only two in order to be eligible. So naturally, the news designed to promote and encourage diversity in the Hollywood system was met with divisive reactions. Some, such as Viggo Mortensen, said, “It’s about exclusion, which is discrimination.”
Others like comedian and actor Andy Samberg pointed out the apparent loopholes in the Academy’s gesture: “The parameters if you look at them closely…...
It was Sept. 8, 2020, and I was one week into my job as the awards editor for Variety when the Academy dropped its bombshell news that as part of its Aperture 2025 initiative, the organization was introducing new representation and inclusion requirements for submitting in the best picture category. There are four standards, and a film must meet only two in order to be eligible. So naturally, the news designed to promote and encourage diversity in the Hollywood system was met with divisive reactions. Some, such as Viggo Mortensen, said, “It’s about exclusion, which is discrimination.”
Others like comedian and actor Andy Samberg pointed out the apparent loopholes in the Academy’s gesture: “The parameters if you look at them closely…...
- 5/8/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Richard Dreyfuss criticized the Academy Awards’ new representation and inclusion standards for Best Picture nominees going into effect in 2024 during an interview on Friday for PBS’ Firing Line with Margaret Hoover.
“They make me vomit,” the Oscar winner said in response to Hoover’s query regarding the upcoming eligibility requirement. He emphasized film as “an art form,” which to him, means “no one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is. What are we risking? Are we really risking hurting people’s feelings? You can’t legislate that.” Dreyfuss then offered his own, alternative solution, saying, “You have to let life be life. I’m sorry, I don’t think there is a minority or majority in the country that has to be catered to like that.”
He continued by praising the late Laurence Olivier...
“They make me vomit,” the Oscar winner said in response to Hoover’s query regarding the upcoming eligibility requirement. He emphasized film as “an art form,” which to him, means “no one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is. What are we risking? Are we really risking hurting people’s feelings? You can’t legislate that.” Dreyfuss then offered his own, alternative solution, saying, “You have to let life be life. I’m sorry, I don’t think there is a minority or majority in the country that has to be catered to like that.”
He continued by praising the late Laurence Olivier...
- 5/7/2023
- by Bryan Kress
- Consequence - Film News
Richard Dreyfuss criticized the Academy Awards’ diversity and inclusion standards — which go into effect in the Best Picture category in 2024 — in a new interview.
“They make me vomit,” the Oscar-winning actor told PBS’ The Firing Line of the guidelines. “Because this is an art form. It’s also a form of commerce, and it makes money, but it’s an art. And no one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is.”
In 2020, the Academy...
“They make me vomit,” the Oscar-winning actor told PBS’ The Firing Line of the guidelines. “Because this is an art form. It’s also a form of commerce, and it makes money, but it’s an art. And no one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is.”
In 2020, the Academy...
- 5/7/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
This year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be introducing four new diversity and inclusion standards that must be met in order for a film to be considered for an Oscar nomination.
Richard Dreyfuss, who won an Oscar in 1978 and a nomination in 1996, is not fan of these new requirements, and came out swinging in a recent interview with PBS’ “Firing Line with Margaret Hoover”.
“They make me vomit,” Dreyfuss said when asked what he thought about the Oscars’ inclusion standards, and proceeded to explain why.
Read More: Kirstie Alley Calls New Diversity Rules For Best Picture Oscar A ‘Disgrace To Artists Everywhere’
“Because this is an art form,” Dreyfuss stated.
“It’s also a form of commerce, and it makes money. But it’s an art. And no one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most...
Richard Dreyfuss, who won an Oscar in 1978 and a nomination in 1996, is not fan of these new requirements, and came out swinging in a recent interview with PBS’ “Firing Line with Margaret Hoover”.
“They make me vomit,” Dreyfuss said when asked what he thought about the Oscars’ inclusion standards, and proceeded to explain why.
Read More: Kirstie Alley Calls New Diversity Rules For Best Picture Oscar A ‘Disgrace To Artists Everywhere’
“Because this is an art form,” Dreyfuss stated.
“It’s also a form of commerce, and it makes money. But it’s an art. And no one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most...
- 5/7/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Richard Dreyfuss is blasting the Oscars’ looming new inclusivity requirements — and defending the use of blackface in the process.
The Oscar-winning “Goodbye Girl” actor sat down for an interview with PBS’ “Firing Line With Margaret Hoover,” released this Friday (via Variety). Although the majority of the interview focused on Dreyfuss’ advocacy for civics education in public schools, he also spoke about the soon to be implemented inclusivity requirements for Best Picture nominees at the Oscars. First announced in 2020 by the Academy after years of criticism against its overwhelmingly white winners and nominees, the rules go into effect in 2025, and only apply to the Best Picture category, with hopefuls needing to achieve certain benchmarks in order to qualify for consideration.
These benchmarks aren’t particularly difficult to reach — all films need to meet just two out of four standards in onscreen representation, crew inclusivity, internship opportunities, or marketing representation — but Dreyfuss said they “make me vomit.
The Oscar-winning “Goodbye Girl” actor sat down for an interview with PBS’ “Firing Line With Margaret Hoover,” released this Friday (via Variety). Although the majority of the interview focused on Dreyfuss’ advocacy for civics education in public schools, he also spoke about the soon to be implemented inclusivity requirements for Best Picture nominees at the Oscars. First announced in 2020 by the Academy after years of criticism against its overwhelmingly white winners and nominees, the rules go into effect in 2025, and only apply to the Best Picture category, with hopefuls needing to achieve certain benchmarks in order to qualify for consideration.
These benchmarks aren’t particularly difficult to reach — all films need to meet just two out of four standards in onscreen representation, crew inclusivity, internship opportunities, or marketing representation — but Dreyfuss said they “make me vomit.
- 5/7/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss issued some criticism for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new diversity and inclusion standards, saying that the updated requirements for Oscar contention “make me vomit.”
Dreyfuss’ comments came during a wide-ranging interview on PBS’ ‘Firing Line With Margaret Hoover’, in which the actor discussed civics education in the US, partisan discourse and the Academy’s diversity inclusion initiative, reports ‘Variety’.
“It’s an art. No one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is. What are we risking? Are we really risking hurting people’s feelings? You can’t legislate that,” Dreyfuss said.
“You have to let life be life. I’m sorry, I don’t think there is a minority or majority in the country that has to be catered to like that.”
The four new diversity...
Dreyfuss’ comments came during a wide-ranging interview on PBS’ ‘Firing Line With Margaret Hoover’, in which the actor discussed civics education in the US, partisan discourse and the Academy’s diversity inclusion initiative, reports ‘Variety’.
“It’s an art. No one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is. What are we risking? Are we really risking hurting people’s feelings? You can’t legislate that,” Dreyfuss said.
“You have to let life be life. I’m sorry, I don’t think there is a minority or majority in the country that has to be catered to like that.”
The four new diversity...
- 5/7/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Richard Dreyfuss is criticizing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new diversity and inclusion requirements.
The Jaws actor told Margaret Hoover on Friday’s episode of PBS’ Firing Line that the minimum requirements films will have to meet related to representation and inclusion to be eligible for the best picture Oscar “make me vomit.”
“This is an art form,” he continued. “It’s also a form of commerce, and it makes money, but it’s an art. And no one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is.”
In 2020, the Academy announced that it would start rolling out inclusivity standards in 2021 “to encourage equitable representation on and off screen in order to better reflect the diversity of the movie-going audience.” And beginning in 2024, films will have to meet minimum requirements to be considered for the best picture category.
The Jaws actor told Margaret Hoover on Friday’s episode of PBS’ Firing Line that the minimum requirements films will have to meet related to representation and inclusion to be eligible for the best picture Oscar “make me vomit.”
“This is an art form,” he continued. “It’s also a form of commerce, and it makes money, but it’s an art. And no one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is.”
In 2020, the Academy announced that it would start rolling out inclusivity standards in 2021 “to encourage equitable representation on and off screen in order to better reflect the diversity of the movie-going audience.” And beginning in 2024, films will have to meet minimum requirements to be considered for the best picture category.
- 5/7/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Richard Dreyfuss is not a fan of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ soon-to-be implemented diversity requirements for awards eligibility, saying bluntly, “They make me vomit.”
“It’s an art. No one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is,” Dreyfuss told Margaret Hoover on PBS’ “The Firing Line With Margaret Hoover.” “What are we risking? Are we really risking hurting people’s feelings? You can’t legislate that. You have to let life be life. I’m sorry, I don’t think there is a minority or majority in the country that has to be catered to like that.”
The standards to which Dreyfuss is referring were first announced by the Academy in 2020. Starting in 2024, to be eligible for an Academy Awards for Best Picture, a film will be required to have...
“It’s an art. No one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is,” Dreyfuss told Margaret Hoover on PBS’ “The Firing Line With Margaret Hoover.” “What are we risking? Are we really risking hurting people’s feelings? You can’t legislate that. You have to let life be life. I’m sorry, I don’t think there is a minority or majority in the country that has to be catered to like that.”
The standards to which Dreyfuss is referring were first announced by the Academy in 2020. Starting in 2024, to be eligible for an Academy Awards for Best Picture, a film will be required to have...
- 5/7/2023
- by Mason Bissada
- The Wrap
Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss issued some criticism for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new diversity and inclusion standards, saying that the updated requirements for Oscar contention “make me vomit.”
Dreyfuss’ comments came during a wide-ranging interview on PBS’ “Firing Line With Margaret Hoover,” in which the actor discussed civics education in the United States, partisan discourse and the Academy’s diversity inclusion initiative.
“It’s an art. No one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is. What are we risking? Are we really risking hurting people’s feelings? You can’t legislate that,” Dreyfuss told Hoover. “You have to let life be life. I’m sorry, I don’t think there is a minority or majority in the country that has to be catered to like that.”
The four new diversity...
Dreyfuss’ comments came during a wide-ranging interview on PBS’ “Firing Line With Margaret Hoover,” in which the actor discussed civics education in the United States, partisan discourse and the Academy’s diversity inclusion initiative.
“It’s an art. No one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is. What are we risking? Are we really risking hurting people’s feelings? You can’t legislate that,” Dreyfuss told Hoover. “You have to let life be life. I’m sorry, I don’t think there is a minority or majority in the country that has to be catered to like that.”
The four new diversity...
- 5/6/2023
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Richard Dreyfuss is receiving backlash on social media over his comments about the new diversity rules to be eligible for the Best Picture award at the Oscars.
“They make me vomit,” Dreyfuss said on PBS’ Firing Line. “This is an art form. It’s also a form of commerce, and it makes money, but it’s an art. No one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is.”
The rules set by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will take effect in 2024. When posing the question to Dreyfuss, Firing Line host Margaret Hoover said, “Starting in 2024, films will be required to meet new inclusion standards to be eligible for the Academy Awards for Best Picture. They’ll have to have a certain percentage of actors or crew from under-represented racial or ethnic groups.
“They make me vomit,” Dreyfuss said on PBS’ Firing Line. “This is an art form. It’s also a form of commerce, and it makes money, but it’s an art. No one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is.”
The rules set by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will take effect in 2024. When posing the question to Dreyfuss, Firing Line host Margaret Hoover said, “Starting in 2024, films will be required to meet new inclusion standards to be eligible for the Academy Awards for Best Picture. They’ll have to have a certain percentage of actors or crew from under-represented racial or ethnic groups.
- 5/6/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Veteran actor Richard Dreyfuss, best known for his Oscar-winning turn in The Goodbye Girl, has signed with Innovative Artists for representation.
Dreyfuss made his name starring in many of the most influential films of the New Hollywood period, including George Lucas’s pre-Star Wars, hangout pic American Graffiti alongside Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Other credits include The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, and What About Bob?
Dreyfuss won the Best Actor Oscar in 1978 for his performance as Elliot Garfield in Herbert Ross’ popular romantic comedy The Goodbye Girl. At the time, Dreyfuss became the youngest man (age 30) to win an Oscar for Best Actor. That year Dreyfuss beat out Woody Allen, who was nominated for Manhattan, and John Travolta for Saturday Night Fever.
The film, written by Neil Simon, follows an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter who,...
Dreyfuss made his name starring in many of the most influential films of the New Hollywood period, including George Lucas’s pre-Star Wars, hangout pic American Graffiti alongside Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Other credits include The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, and What About Bob?
Dreyfuss won the Best Actor Oscar in 1978 for his performance as Elliot Garfield in Herbert Ross’ popular romantic comedy The Goodbye Girl. At the time, Dreyfuss became the youngest man (age 30) to win an Oscar for Best Actor. That year Dreyfuss beat out Woody Allen, who was nominated for Manhattan, and John Travolta for Saturday Night Fever.
The film, written by Neil Simon, follows an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter who,...
- 4/20/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.
And today we talk to the legend Richard Dreyfuss, currently starring in the film Sweetwater, in theaters now. Written and directed by Martin Guigui, the film tells the true story of basketball icon Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, the first African-American player to sign an NBA contract. Dreyfuss plays league president Maurice Podoloff, stuck between a desire to integrate the sport and a perceived need to keep the more racist team owners happy.
We chat with Dreyfuss about the new film and a select few of his lesser-seen gems. Among them are the Steven Spielberg 1989 romance Always, the gambling comedy Let It Ride, and the Sidney Lumet drama Night Falls on Manhattan.
We marvel at Dreyfuss’ ability to play complex characters,...
And today we talk to the legend Richard Dreyfuss, currently starring in the film Sweetwater, in theaters now. Written and directed by Martin Guigui, the film tells the true story of basketball icon Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, the first African-American player to sign an NBA contract. Dreyfuss plays league president Maurice Podoloff, stuck between a desire to integrate the sport and a perceived need to keep the more racist team owners happy.
We chat with Dreyfuss about the new film and a select few of his lesser-seen gems. Among them are the Steven Spielberg 1989 romance Always, the gambling comedy Let It Ride, and the Sidney Lumet drama Night Falls on Manhattan.
We marvel at Dreyfuss’ ability to play complex characters,...
- 4/20/2023
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Oscar winner plays 911 operator trying to reach hiker trapped on Appalachian Trail.
Richard Dreyfuss and Annie Malee have been announced as the leads in the contained thriller Abandonment for Storyboard Media and Malee Movies, with Storyboard handling sales.
The Oscar-winning Dreyfuss portrays a 911 dispatch operator racing against time to save an injured hiker on the Appalachian Trail.
Annie Malee plays the hiker and wrote the screenplay, which is described as The Guilty meets The Revenant. Malee also produces through her Malee Movies, and Storyboard Media’s Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard Segel serves as executive producer.
The producers are targeting an autumn release on the project,...
Richard Dreyfuss and Annie Malee have been announced as the leads in the contained thriller Abandonment for Storyboard Media and Malee Movies, with Storyboard handling sales.
The Oscar-winning Dreyfuss portrays a 911 dispatch operator racing against time to save an injured hiker on the Appalachian Trail.
Annie Malee plays the hiker and wrote the screenplay, which is described as The Guilty meets The Revenant. Malee also produces through her Malee Movies, and Storyboard Media’s Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard Segel serves as executive producer.
The producers are targeting an autumn release on the project,...
- 2/27/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
"Starring in a horror movie can't be that hard," you may think. You just run around screaming while being chased by a grown man in a Halloween costume, right? Not so fast. Starring in a horror movie tests your mettle. The budgets are usually cheap, you're paid in pizza, and the demands are more than most movie stars making six figures would endure. However, many actors — especially young actors — think it's totally worth it. Why? Because there are few emotions more pure and primal than fear. If you can make a connection with an audience in a horror movie, it can make you a star. If you're already a star, it can make you an icon.
Hollywood history is filled with numerous actors who became movie stars by starring in horror flicks. Some were complete unknowns who became cult icons or horror household names, while others were well-known actors whose...
Hollywood history is filled with numerous actors who became movie stars by starring in horror flicks. Some were complete unknowns who became cult icons or horror household names, while others were well-known actors whose...
- 1/26/2023
- by Hunter Cates
- Slash Film
When "Easy Rider" was released into theaters in the summer of 1969, popular culture had already shifted significantly to reflect the spirit of rebellion swelling up among teenagers across the country. Signifying a real change, it was time for the box office and Hollywood to catch up with the tides; "Easy Rider" would go on to gross 60 million around the world. Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda starred as two free-wheeling bikers from L.A. heading to New Orleans, and "Easy Rider" represented the beginning of counterculture and the death of the sixties, simultaneously. The soundtrack featuring Steppenwolf and The Band was instantly iconic, and the sweeping vistas that Hopper and Fonda rode through helped to define a road trip movie for a new generation. Then, the film's tragic ending served as a reminder that America wasn't really the land of the free, after all.
The surprise success of "Easy Rider" resulted...
The surprise success of "Easy Rider" resulted...
- 1/13/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
When an actor becomes as successful and beloved as Richard Dreyfuss, it's hard to imagine they could have ended up working an entirely different job, never becoming a quintessential part of Hollywood. It's no secret that a lot of people lie their way into their first job, and it was no different for Dreyfuss early on in his career. Dreyfuss did land a part on "Bewitched" and then essentially talked his way into jobs on western television shows like "Gunsmoke" and "Big Valley."
During a recent interview with TCM's Ben Mankiewicz, Dreyfuss joked about making up a much-needed skill for a cowboy. "It's the actor's oath. You know, the actor's oath is you do whatever it is they ask you to do and you say, 'I was raised on a ranch outside of Las Vegas. Of course I know how to ride.'" (Dreyfuss was raised in New York.
During a recent interview with TCM's Ben Mankiewicz, Dreyfuss joked about making up a much-needed skill for a cowboy. "It's the actor's oath. You know, the actor's oath is you do whatever it is they ask you to do and you say, 'I was raised on a ranch outside of Las Vegas. Of course I know how to ride.'" (Dreyfuss was raised in New York.
- 10/30/2022
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired domestic distribution rights to “Sweetwater,” a recently completed feature about Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, the first African American to land an NBA contract. The drama is written and directed by Martín Guigui and stars newcomer Everett Osborne as Clifton. The ensemble includes veteran actors such as Kevin Pollak, Cary Elwes, Jeremy Piven, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Ri’chard. There are also special appearances by Gary Clark Jr., Jim Caviezel and NBA champion Bobby Portis Jr.
The film follows Clifton (Osborne), who is the star attraction of the Harlem Globetrotters, led by owner/coach Abe Saperstein (Pollak). When New York Knicks executive Ned Irish (Elwes) and Knicks coach Joe Lapchick (Piven) decide it is time for the Knicks to integrate, with the support of NBA President Maurice Podoloff (Dreyfuss), they come together with the other team owners of the league to make history. Briarcliff will give the film a...
The film follows Clifton (Osborne), who is the star attraction of the Harlem Globetrotters, led by owner/coach Abe Saperstein (Pollak). When New York Knicks executive Ned Irish (Elwes) and Knicks coach Joe Lapchick (Piven) decide it is time for the Knicks to integrate, with the support of NBA President Maurice Podoloff (Dreyfuss), they come together with the other team owners of the league to make history. Briarcliff will give the film a...
- 10/11/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
According to his 2000 appearance on "Inside the Actor's Studio," Richard Dreyfuss began acting as a teen at his synagogue in Beverly Hills before landing his first professional job in a TV production of the Norman Weiner play "In Mama's House." He was 15. There was, it seemed, no doubt in Dreyfuss' mind that we was going to be a successful actor. Dreyfuss came to national attention in 1973, playing the role of Curt in George Lucas' nostalgia piece "American Graffiti." Shortly thereafter, he appeared in the amazing and underrated "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz," one of the more notable films of 1970s Canadian cinema. Dreyfuss has since gone on to a massive, impressive, and prolific career, having won an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and even a Razzie (wholly undeserved for the very good film "The Competition"). Now 74, and sharp as ever, Dreyfuss is a legitimate legend.
Somewhere in-between "In Mama's House" and "American Graffiti,...
Somewhere in-between "In Mama's House" and "American Graffiti,...
- 9/30/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
After acting in theater and playing bit parts on various television shows, Richard Dreyfuss broke into Hollywood with the role of Curtis Henderson in George Lucas' "American Graffiti." Following his success in the classic coming-of-age film, Dreyfuss portrayed the sarcastic marine biologist Matt Hooper in Steven Spielberg's "Jaws." In 1977, he teamed up with Spielberg again for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," portraying the obsessive Roy Neary. When it seemed like Dreyfuss' star couldn't shine brighter, Dreyfuss won an Oscar for portraying Elliot Garfield in 1978's "The Goodbye Girl."
For '70s audiences, it must have felt like Dreyfuss came out of nowhere -- landing roles with Hollywood's hottest and new directors. During a 1978 interview with Rolling Stone, the star revealed that many of his peers called him "arrogant" at that time -- especially when he won an Academy Award before hitting 30. But the young actor wasn't at all surprised by his success.
For '70s audiences, it must have felt like Dreyfuss came out of nowhere -- landing roles with Hollywood's hottest and new directors. During a 1978 interview with Rolling Stone, the star revealed that many of his peers called him "arrogant" at that time -- especially when he won an Academy Award before hitting 30. But the young actor wasn't at all surprised by his success.
- 9/13/2022
- by Christian Gainey
- Slash Film
Richard Dreyfuss has shared a rare post to explain why he initially turned down Jaws.
The actor appeared in the 1975 blockbuster alongside Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw.
But, he originally rejected the chance to play marine biologist Matt Hooper after Steven Spielberg offered the role to him at the suggestion of George Lucas, who had directed Dreyfuss in American Graffiti two years before.
Now, sharing the trailer of Jaws’ 3D re-release, Dreyfuss, 74, addressed this detail, revealing that he originally said no as he didn’t want to “have to shoot it”.
He wrote on Twitter: “When they asked me to do Jaws I said no. I said I wanted to watch it but not have to shoot it. Eventually I came to my senses.”
“It only took a few weeks into production to realise that Steven was a genius and he was going to change the world,” Drefuss continued,...
The actor appeared in the 1975 blockbuster alongside Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw.
But, he originally rejected the chance to play marine biologist Matt Hooper after Steven Spielberg offered the role to him at the suggestion of George Lucas, who had directed Dreyfuss in American Graffiti two years before.
Now, sharing the trailer of Jaws’ 3D re-release, Dreyfuss, 74, addressed this detail, revealing that he originally said no as he didn’t want to “have to shoot it”.
He wrote on Twitter: “When they asked me to do Jaws I said no. I said I wanted to watch it but not have to shoot it. Eventually I came to my senses.”
“It only took a few weeks into production to realise that Steven was a genius and he was going to change the world,” Drefuss continued,...
- 9/4/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
One of John Mayer's songs will serve as the basis for a "major" new movie.
During a concert last night, the seven-time Grammy Award winner announced that "Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967," a song from his 2012 album "Born & Raised," is being adapted into a film. The concert was live-streamed online in an effort to raise money to support the Montana community where he's lived for more than a decade, which experienced devastating flooding earlier this summer.
"I want to say one thing that might get me in trouble, 'cause that's what I do," Mayer said after finishing a rendition of "Walt Grace" on stage. "That song is soon to be a major motion picture. It's true. It's true. It's going to be a movie."
"Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967" is one of the most novelistic songs in Mayer's extensive discography. While his typical sound encompasses soulful ballads, blistering guitar jams,...
During a concert last night, the seven-time Grammy Award winner announced that "Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967," a song from his 2012 album "Born & Raised," is being adapted into a film. The concert was live-streamed online in an effort to raise money to support the Montana community where he's lived for more than a decade, which experienced devastating flooding earlier this summer.
"I want to say one thing that might get me in trouble, 'cause that's what I do," Mayer said after finishing a rendition of "Walt Grace" on stage. "That song is soon to be a major motion picture. It's true. It's true. It's going to be a movie."
"Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967" is one of the most novelistic songs in Mayer's extensive discography. While his typical sound encompasses soulful ballads, blistering guitar jams,...
- 8/22/2022
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
The scene is familiar to every child of the ‘80s. Little 10-year-old Elliott and his older brother Michae —still learning how to drive a car—have stolen a van in order to help their newfound alien friend E.T. After rescuing him from the clutches of a team of government agents intent on studying the creature, they rendezvous with Michael’s buddies at a local park. Elliott explains to them that E.T. is a man from outer space and that they’re taking him, via their bicycles, to his spaceship.
“Well, can’t he just…beam up?” asks one of the boys. “This is Reality, Greg,” Elliott responds.
The line always gets a laugh from audiences. But it’s an apt one. For “reality” is exactly what distinguishes Steven Spielberg’s 1982 masterpiece E.T. the Extra Terrestrial from most every other science-fiction blockbuster, particularly those marketed toward kids. At its...
“Well, can’t he just…beam up?” asks one of the boys. “This is Reality, Greg,” Elliott responds.
The line always gets a laugh from audiences. But it’s an apt one. For “reality” is exactly what distinguishes Steven Spielberg’s 1982 masterpiece E.T. the Extra Terrestrial from most every other science-fiction blockbuster, particularly those marketed toward kids. At its...
- 6/10/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Quantico, Teen Wolf, Arrow and Suits!
1 | Why did CNN for a good 15 minutes give priority to a static, empty Inauguration Ball stage, all while three correspondents were speaking at length in the itty-bitty upper-right window?
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2 | How closely must Grimm‘s Sasha Roiz have watched co-star David Giuntoli in order to nail so many of Nick’s mannerisms during the hat spell?
3 | If Sleepy...
1 | Why did CNN for a good 15 minutes give priority to a static, empty Inauguration Ball stage, all while three correspondents were speaking at length in the itty-bitty upper-right window?
RelatedPilot Season ’17: Scoop on Fall’s (Possible) New Shows
2 | How closely must Grimm‘s Sasha Roiz have watched co-star David Giuntoli in order to nail so many of Nick’s mannerisms during the hat spell?
3 | If Sleepy...
- 1/27/2017
- TVLine.com
With the 64th annual Primetime Emmy Awards set to take place tomorrow evening, we have gathered the final predictions — with commentary — of ScottFeinberg.com’s holy trinity of TV pundits: TV editor/columnist Rachel Bennett, TV contributor Carson Blackwelder, and editor-in-chief Scott Feinberg. We encourage you to share your predictions — with commentary — in the comments section at the bottom of the post.
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Drama Categories
Outstanding Drama Series
Bennett: Mad Men
I’m so tempted to pick Breaking Bad or Homeland, which had extraordinary seasons, but I think that voters will want to give Mad Men one last turn in the winner’s circle in order to set a new record for most consecutive wins in the category.
Blackwelder: Homeland
Everyone loves an upset, and I’m betting that this widely-acclaimed new show will spoil Mad Men‘s chance at history.
Feinberg: Homeland
This category’s a crapshoot, but I bet...
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Drama Categories
Outstanding Drama Series
Bennett: Mad Men
I’m so tempted to pick Breaking Bad or Homeland, which had extraordinary seasons, but I think that voters will want to give Mad Men one last turn in the winner’s circle in order to set a new record for most consecutive wins in the category.
Blackwelder: Homeland
Everyone loves an upset, and I’m betting that this widely-acclaimed new show will spoil Mad Men‘s chance at history.
Feinberg: Homeland
This category’s a crapshoot, but I bet...
- 9/22/2012
- by Scott Feinberg
- Scott Feinberg
When we planned this post, before Scandal’s Kerry Washington and a pajama-wearing Jimmy Kimmel announced the 64th Primetime Emmy nominations, we thought we’d make this list short and sweet. Traditionally, this is an awards show that ignores our faves and gives all the kudos to the shows our parents love. But then we got a very pleasant surprise and discovered we actually care about almost all of the nominees. Maybe the Emmy voters are finally getting younger and hipper. Or maybe really good TV is back in a place where everyone can agree on the shows that Can’T be ignored.
Our longtime obsession Mad Men and new addiction American Horror Story lead the pack with a whopping 17 nominations apiece. Downton Abbey’s got 16 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series and acting nods for Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Brendan Coyle, Jim Carter, Maggie Smith and Joanne Froggatt. Of course,...
Our longtime obsession Mad Men and new addiction American Horror Story lead the pack with a whopping 17 nominations apiece. Downton Abbey’s got 16 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series and acting nods for Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Brendan Coyle, Jim Carter, Maggie Smith and Joanne Froggatt. Of course,...
- 7/19/2012
- by Sabrina Rojas Weiss
- TheFabLife - Movies
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