Episode 102: Sacha Gervasi On The Music Of Anvil, Danny Elfman & More

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Edith Bowman

Music, Arts, Tv & Film

4.6 • 786 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Our latest guest is another of those 'annoying' multi-talented sorts, who's written, directed and produced a whole host of movies to widespread acclaim.

Sacha Gervasi's first film was The Big Tease, which he co-wrote with Craig Ferguson. He went on to pen The Terminal, made into a film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks. That's some feat.

He also directed the brilliant rockumentary Anvil, which tells the deeply personal story of a heavy metal band who've been plugging away for 30 years.

And it's with Anvil that we began. If you're unfamiliar with their work, it's pure Spinal Tap, only real …

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Simon Mayo.
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0:29.8	My guest this week is another of those annoying, multi-talented sorts
0:33.1	who's written, directed and produced a whole host of movies to widespread acclaim.
0:38.4	Sasha Gervaisi's first film was The Big Tees, which he co-wrote with Craig Ferguson.
0:43.4	He went on to Penn the Terminal, made into a film directed by Stephen Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks.
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