Augie with James Keach and Lynne Littman (Ep. 134)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Director James Keach discusses his film with fellow director Lynne Littman. The film tells the inspirational story of Augie Nieto, a fitness industry luminary, who is diagnosed with ALS in 2005. Today, he takes on ALS with his wife Lynne, leading the race to a cure in the fight to save his own life and the lives of millions.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to the Directors Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America,
0:06.6	where each episode we bring you a fresh and insightful interview featuring one of the film industry's top directors,
0:12.6	conducted by one of their peers.
0:14.8	Remember to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.0	This episode takes us behind the scenes of director James Keach's new documentary, Agi.
0:36.4	The film tells the inspirational story of Agu Nieto, often referred to as the Steve Jobs of the fitness industry, who arguably
0:38.6	saved millions of lives when he catapulted life fitness and the revolutionary life cycle
0:43.0	to worldwide prominence. However, his greatest accomplishment came after he was diagnosed
0:48.2	with ALS in 2005. Today, the wheelchair-bound fitness legend takes on ALS with his wife Lynn, leading the race to a cure in the fight to save his own life and the lives of millions once again.
1:01.4	Augie was screened as part of the DGA's documentary series, which aims to spotlight groundbreaking non-fiction films for DGA members and guests by presenting screenings of documentaries as well
1:11.7	as conversations with their directors.
1:14.4	In addition to Augie, Mr. Keach's filmography includes the feature films waiting for forever,
1:19.7	The Stars Fell on Henrietta, and False Identity, The Documentary Features Glenn Campbell,
1:25.1	I'll Be Me, The Turning Point, and Disease of the Wind,
1:29.3	The Movies for Television, Moms on Strike, Murder in the Mirror, Praying Mantis, and The Forgotten,
1:35.3	and episodes of The District, Jag, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, and The Young Riders.
1:42.3	Following the documentary series screening of the film at the DGA
1:46.3	Theatre in Los Angeles, Mr. Keach spoke with director Lynn Littman about filming Augie. During
1:52.4	their conversation, Mr. Keach discusses why he decided to take on the project, thematic
1:57.7	connections within the films of his career, and why he describes filmmaking as being mindful.
2:08.6	What a beautiful film. What an elegant, elegant, elegant.
2:16.6	We've just met so I'm not trying to be nice to him.
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