272. Griffin Dunne

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Actor, producer and director Griffin Dunne drops by the studio to talk about vanishing New York, teaming up with Martin Scorsese and Sidney Lumet, the timelessness of Billy Wilder's "Ace in the Hole" and the life (and work) of his famous family members, Dominick Dunne and Joan Didion. Also, Otto Preminger takes a bad trip, Jerry Lewis interprets Gore Vidal, Griffin sneaks onto the set of "Gilligan's Island" and Tim Burton (almost) directs "After Hours." PLUS: "The Panic in Needle Park"! The artistry of Harry Nilsson! The brilliance of Rick Baker! Howdy Doody pleasures himself! And Griffin shares the screen with the Material Girl! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Robert Wall and you are listening to the one, the only, my long-time buddy Gilbert
0:09.2	Godfrey's amazing colossal podcast.
0:13.6	Need I say more?
0:15.0	Need I say more?
0:30.0	Hi, this is Gilbert Godfrey's amazing colossal podcast with my co-host Frank Santopadre
0:43.6	and our engineer Frank Ferdarosa.
0:47.0	Our guest this week is our favorite kind of guest, a New Yorker.
0:52.6	He's also a producer and Oscar-nominated director, a documentary filmmaker and one of
1:00.3	the most visible first-hand island respected actors of his generation.
1:06.7	He's produced prestige films, including Baby Atchew, White Palace, Once Around.
1:14.5	Chili's scenes of winter, the Sydney Lumet directed Running On Empty and a personal
1:22.1	favorite of this podcast, The Martin Scorsese directed After Hours, in which he also starred
1:32.0	as the tormented hero Paul Hackett.
1:36.5	As a director, he's helmed the movie's practical magic, addicted to love, fierce people,
1:44.5	and the Academy nominated shot The Duke of Groove.
1:49.6	He's also produced and directed a terrific documentary about his legendary and Joan Diddy
1:58.3	in.
1:59.3	Joan Diddy in the center will not hold, but it's his decades of excellent work as an
2:06.9	actor that's his best that he's best known for.
2:11.9	Appearing in dozens of notable TV shows such as Frazier Damages House of Lies, The Good
2:21.8	White, This Is Us, The Romanovs and I Love Dick.
2:27.7	As well as his feature films My Girl, Quiche Show, Who's That Girl, Search and Destroy,
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