Not exact matches
James L. Brooks came to Broadcast News from a storied career in television and following his acclaimed feature debut, Terms of
Endearment (1983).
The wonderful
James L. Brooks followed up his massive, Oscar - winning success Terms of
Endearment with this satirical take on news reporting, Broadcast News, which seems just as relevant today as it did when it was made in 1987, lamenting as it does the loss of real news reporting to the fluffy, inane, non-reporting which passes for news programming today.
The last time the Golden Globes nominated all five eventual AMPAS Best Directors was 1983 when it nominated Peter Yates (The Dresser), Ingmar Bergman (Fanny & Alexander), Mike Nichols (Silkwood), Bruce Beresford (Tender Mercies), and
James L. Brooks (Terms of
Endearment)-- the only rub is that they had six nominees that year and the sixth nominee, Barbra Streisand (Yentl), WON.
Before long, Daniels was cast in several high - visibility Hollywood films, including
James L. Brooks» Terms of
Endearment and Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo.
There were hundreds of films on the father - son relationship, including some excellent ones by Baumbach, but she struggled to think of stories told from the female perspective:
James Brooks's Terms of
Endearment (1983) and Mike Leigh's Secrets and Lies (1996) were among the rare inspirations.
The short then made its way to producer Polly Plat (The Last Picture Show) who sent it to her friend writer / director / producer
James L. Brooks (Terms of
Endearment, As Good As It Gets).
Terms of
Endearment and international mother - daughter films,
James L. Brooks interview, Flashdance, The Right Stuff, midsection on cameramen and cinematography, Supreme Court videocassette ruling, John Sayles in Harlem, Sam Peckinpah's The Osterman Weekend
The Academy Award - winning writer / director
James L Brooks (Terms of
Endearment; Broadcast News; As Good As It Gets) sits with host Kevin Pollak for an insightful, 2 - plus hours of career anecdotes and insights.