Episode 147: Elf
Beyond the Screenplay
Michael Tucker
4.7 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2022
⏱️ 72 minutes
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The BTS team discusses how Elf delivers on its premise, the pacing and structure of the character beats, and why it instantly felt like a timeless classic.
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| 0:35.2 | Hi, I'm Michael and welcome to Beyond the Screenplay. |
| 0:38.7 | The podcast for each episode, we do a conversational deep dive analysis into a film. |
| 0:43.9 | Today we are talking about Elf, the 2003 film written by David Barrenbaum and directed by John Favreau. |
| 0:51.0 | I'm joined by the Beyond the Screenplay team, Trisha O'Rand. |
| 0:54.5 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:55.8 | Brian Pitner. |
| 0:57.0 | I love you. I love you. I love you. |
| 1:01.7 | And Alex Galleros. |
| 1:03.8 | Hi. |
| 1:05.4 | Okay, so. |
| 1:07.9 | Hi. |
| 1:10.0 | He came out way like drier than I expected. |
| 1:13.3 | It's perfect. |
| 1:13.9 | It's great. |
| 1:14.6 | We're doing it. |
| 1:15.5 | So it brings Brian down. |
| 1:19.0 | You're the father figure to the elf. |
| 1:21.6 | Yeah, I'm the James Khan. |
| 1:22.6 | You're James Khan. |
| 1:23.5 | Yeah. |
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