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In Episode 7 of Season 2, writer/director/producer DALE LAUNER joins us in studio to talk about his illustrious film career, that include titles such as MY COUSIN VINNY and DIRTY ROTTEN...
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Jul 8, 2023 · Why My Cousin Vinny Is Perfect (An Interview With The Writer Dale Launer) LegalEagle. 3.2M subscribers. Subscribed. 16K. 387K views 10 months ago. I went to the source. 🚀 Watch the extended ...
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- I. The Screenplay
- II. Casting
- III. Heading to Georgia
- IV. The Courtroom
- V. The Release
- VI. The Phantom Sequel
- VII. The Legacy
The basic concept for My Cousin Vinnycame to Dale Launer when he was a college student in 1972, after a friend in law school told him about a guy who took the bar exam 13 times before passing. Dale Launer (screenwriter):I wasn’t a film major at the time. But I joked, “What if you’re traveling through the deep south and you’re arrested for a murder ...
When Launer wrote the screenplay for My Cousin Vinny, he had a very particular look in mind for the main character. Launer:Vinny was supposed to be a heavyweight boxer. It was mentioned in the screenplay, but got cut out. But he was supposed to look like a big thug, like muscle for the mob. I saw him as six feet four and 220 pounds. That’s why Andr...
Before Atlanta and New Orleans became the production hubs they are today, lots of Hollywood movies that supposedly take place in the South were filmed either on Hollywood backlots or even in Canada for tax purposes. But for My Cousin Vinny, there was never an idea to film anywhere but the actual South. Schiff:It was very important to us to shoot th...
The outdoor scenes were shot in a variety of little towns around Greensboro, but they headed to Covington, Georgia, to film all of the courtroom sequences. Whitfield:It was the same stage where they shotIn the Heat of the Night. They had just wrapped filming when we came in. McGill:It rains a lot in Georgia. And when it rained, that warehouse was u...
The initial cut of My Cousin Vinnywas two hours. Most studio comedies are just 90 minutes, and Fox initially wanted them to trim off about a quarter of the running time. Schiff:We really believed that if we had cut down on the setup, the payoff would have been damaged. We really, really needed to invest that time in our characters and the situation...
Lynn:I think a sequel could have worked. I don’t know why it didn’t happen. I never saw a script. I think Joe and Marisa were not that keen to do another one. Sometimes it’s a good idea just to leave a hit the way it is. Most sequels don’t work very well. Launer:I wrote a sequel. It starts with Vinny in England. Marisa has been arrested and he gets...
Nearly everyone involved with the movie looks back on it with incredible fondness and nostalgia. McGill: It gets rerun more than anything I’ve done except maybe Animal House. My wife and I saw it on a flight recently. I was hysterical because the flight attendants were standing behind and watching me watch myself and laugh. Lynn:I’m delighted that ...
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Dale Launer (born May 19, 1952) is an American screenwriter, film director and producer, best known for his work in comedy films. His films include Ruthless People, Blind Date, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and My Cousin Vinny.
Join Mike and Dan as they talk to Dale about screenwriting, his inspiration for Vinny Gambini (hint: it's a rock star who died in 2013), and how the torrid tale of the making and unmaking of Blind Date (1987) reflects the perils of screenwriting, producers, and too many chefs. He also shares his list of favorite screenplays.
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Mar 22, 2019 · “Allow yourself to cut loose,” Dale Launer advises on his recent visit to Yale Podcast Network’s To Live and Dialogue in LA. In order to write the way you should, Launer, the celebrated screenwriter of My Cousin Vinny and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, says all inhibitions must be erased.
