70 Meet Midnight Special's Jeff Nichols

Maltin on Movies

Leonard Maltin

Comedy, Jessie, Leonard, On, Tv & Film, Maltin, Movies

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2016

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Filmmaker Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Mud) joins Leonard to discuss his terrific new sci-fi chase film Midnight Special, which is best appreciated on a theater screen. Jeff explains why he continues to shoot on film, how he began his collaboration with Michael Shannon, directing child actor Jaeden Lieberher, and making the moviegoing experience special. He also reveals which movies have influenced him as a fan and a filmmaker.

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0:48.5	Hello, everybody. It's Leonard Malton. This is Malton on movies. And my guest today is Jeff Nichols.
0:57.0	And if you don't know that name yet, shame on you. Because you should. you should have seen Take Shelter and mud and even his first film, Shotgun Stories. They all, incidentally, and not so incidentally,
1:03.3	star Michael Shannon, who is featured more prominently than ever in his latest film, Midnight
1:10.8	Special, which is just open in a
1:12.4	handful of cities and will go wider on April 1st. And I have just recently come back from Austin,
1:18.6	Texas, which is Jeff's place of residence. And it debuted there at the South by Southwest Film Festival
1:25.6	to great acclaim. And I'm very happy to welcome
1:29.9	them here today.
1:30.6	Hi there.
1:31.1	Hi, thank you for having me.
1:32.6	It's fun to see you again.
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