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2 days ago · Locke is part of a lineage of female creatives – among them the late screenwriter Diane Thomas and the producer, writer and production designer Polly Platt – who smuggled their way into the...
1 day ago · Pretty Baby is a 1978 American historical drama film directed by Louis Malle, written by Polly Platt, and starring Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, and Susan Sarandon. Set in 1917, it focuses on a 12-year-old girl being raised in a brothel in Storyville, the red-light district of New Orleans, by her prostitute mother.
Jun 27, 2024 · People (real people) hated the gist of the profile “Living Together Is Sexy”—particularly since the director had left wife-collaborator Polly Platt to shack up with his Last Picture Show protegee—then hated them again when the duo guest-hosted The Tonight Show, exuding smug self-satisfaction.
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4 days ago · Texasville is a 1990 American drama film written and directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Based on the 1987 novel Texasville by Larry McMurtry, it is a sequel to The Last Picture Show (1971), and features Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Timothy Bottoms, Randy Quaid, and Eileen Brennan reprising their roles from the original film.
3 days ago · Although Brooks "never meant" to return to television, he was helping Tracey Ullman start The Tracey Ullman Show and when she could not find another producer, he stepped in. On the suggestion of friend and colleague Polly Platt, who gave Brooks the nine panel Life in Hell cartoon entitled "The Los Angeles Way of Death" which hangs outside ...
Jul 3, 2024 · Catch a series of episodes covering the life of producer, screenwriter, and trailblazer Polly Platt. Wrapping up Filmmaking podcasts offer a wealth of knowledge and advice on how to not only break into the industry but also thrive in it.
Jun 26, 2024 · Reading Roger Corman for touches of the auteur means accounting for a near-infinity of pilfered limbs: Joe Dante, Jonathan Demme, Francis Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Peter Bogdanovich, Polly Platt, John Sayles, James Cameron, Nicolas Roeg.
