'Booksmart' Bonanza and the Best High School Movies, With Olivia Wilde, Beanie Feldstein, and More | The Big Picture

The Big Picture

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4.3 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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We preview ‘Booksmart,’ Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut out this weekend, and the latest in a long tradition of what we call “high school movies"—of which we share our top five lists (1:10). Then (recorded previously at SXSW), Sean is joined by Olivia Wilde, Beanie Feldstein, Kaitlyn Dever, Katie Silberman, and Billie Lourd to talk about making ‘Booksmart’ and what it takes to make a successful high school comedy in 2019 (49:30). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guests: Olivia Wilde, Beanie Feldstein, Kaitlyn Dever, Billie Lourd, Katie Silberman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Liz Kelly and welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:04.6	Before you get to the show, make sure you check out the Ringer.com for our extensive NBA
0:09.0	playoff coverage leading up to the NBA Finals.
0:11.6	Also look out for a 2019 NBA draft guide, which now features 50 of Kevin O'Connor's scouting
0:17.3	reports.
0:18.3	The draft guide has a first-round mock draft, big board rankings from our draft experts
0:22.5	like Jonathan Charks and Danny Chow, and much more to come leading up to the draft itself
0:26.7	on June 20th.
0:28.2	Once again, check out the Ringer's 2019 NBA draft guide and all of our NBA coverage
0:32.8	over on the Ringer.com.
0:35.2	I'm Sean Fennesee.
0:44.9	And I'm Amanda Dobbins.
0:45.9	And this is the big picture, a conversation show about high school, I think.
0:50.5	We're here today, Amanda, to talk about high school, in part, because the movie Booksmart
0:54.1	is coming out on Friday, a movie that we love.
0:56.4	In the back half of this show, I have a conversation with five women who made Booksmart.
1:00.2	Among them, Olivia Wilde, Caitlin Deever, Beanie Feldstein, Billy Lorde, and the co-screenwriter,
1:06.8	Katie Silberman.
1:07.8	It's a very fun conversation.
1:09.2	Before we get to that, Amanda and I are going to talk about our favorite high school
1:11.9	movies, what makes a great high school movie.
1:14.3	And a little bit to start about Booksmart and why it worked so well.
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