72 From Ed Wood to O.J.: Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski

Maltin on Movies

Leonard Maltin

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

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2016

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski have a terrific skill writing movies about real people in their films Ed Wood, Man on the Moon, and Big Eyes—not to mention The People vs. O.J.. They join Leonard this week to discuss how they went from writing Problem Child to biopics, adding their own life experience into their writing, and why their Robert Ripley & Marx Brothers projects never got made. Plus, they recommend some underrated films that have influenced them.

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0:00.0	Hello, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls.
0:07.0	I'm Leonard Malton. This is Malton on movies.
0:10.0	Farron Vaughn is not here today, but I am here with two very special guests.
0:14.0	They're old friends of mine.
0:15.0	And they've been enjoying modest success of late, which we'll talk about.
0:20.0	They are screenwriters and film buffs extraordinaire, and their names are Scott Alexander and Larry Karazuski.
0:26.7	Scott, why don't you identify yourself vocally?
0:29.1	Hi, Leonard.
0:29.7	This is Scott.
0:30.6	It sure is.
0:31.5	Hello, Leonard.
0:32.3	Good to be here.
0:32.9	This is Larry Karasuski.
0:34.3	Well, hi, fellas.
0:35.6	Now, I knew these guys a long, long time ago when they were just getting started out and they sold their first script and Scott's wife was working at entertainment tonight the same time I was and we got friendly and acquainted. And they've had a long and successful career. And they made their mark by writing films about real people,
0:57.0	screenplays about real people, real people like Ed Wood, and real people like Larry Flint,
1:03.0	and the People versus Larry Flint, and Andy Kaufman in Man in the Moon, which Jim Carrey played so well.
1:09.0	And they worked with all sorts of people, and they've had a very good and enduring career.
1:14.9	And just lately, they've gotten a little of attention, you know, buzz for this mini-series called the People
1:22.1	versus OJ.
1:23.1	Yes, those guys.
1:24.5	Those guys are here.
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