Interviews With "The Holdovers" Stars Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa & Editor Kevin Tent

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

"The Holdovers" had its world premiere at the 2023 Telluride Film Festival, where it received universal acclaim, with many claiming it to be Alexander Payne's best film since "Sideways." The film reunites him with that 2004 film's star Paul Giamatti in a role that has earned him Critics Choice and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor, while his co-star Da'Vine Joy Randolph has received the same nominations with both winning prizes from the National Board Of Review. The film also introduces the world to Dominic Sessa in his first film role, for which he's won a few breakout prizes this awards season and is nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Breakthrough Performance. Giamatti and the film's editor, Kevin Tent, were kind enough to spend time talking with me while Joy Randolph and Sessa spoke with Daniel Howat. Please be sure to listen to the interviews below and check out the film, which is now streaming on Peacock and is up for your consideration in all eligible categories at the 96th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You were listening to the Next Best Picture podcast, and this is my interview with the star from the holdovers, Paul Giamatti, followed by Daniel Howitt's interview with two of the other stars from the holdovers, Divine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa.
0:15.0	Concluding with my interview with the film's editor, Kevin Tatt.
0:18.7	Sir, I don't understand. That's glaringly apparent.
0:21.3	I can't fail this class.
0:22.9	Oh, don't say yourself short, Mr. Coates.
0:24.4	I truly believe that you can.
0:27.3	Every year at Barton Academy,
0:29.7	students, faculty, and staff
0:31.3	depart the campus for a two-week winter break.
0:34.5	But there are always an unfortunate few
0:36.8	who have nowhere to go for the holidays.
0:39.3	They're known as the holdovers.
0:42.3	Mr. Handum.
0:43.3	Hello, Mary.
0:44.3	I had you got stuck with babysitting duty this year. How'd you manage that?
0:47.3	You know, it used to be a student, right?
0:49.3	Yeah, that's why he knows how to inflict maximum pain on him.
0:52.3	I thought all the Nazis were hiding in Argentina. Stifle it, Tully. You just earned yourself a detention, sir. He's here with you. He's already one big big hatching. Son of a bitch, that's another detention. Do you think I want to be babysitting you? No, I was praying your mother would pick up the phone, or your father would arrive in a helicopter or a flying saucer. My father's dead. Hi, Paul. How are you today? I'm fine,
1:17.1	Matt. How are you? I'm doing really well. Thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy
1:21.3	schedule to talk with me about your pleasure. Yeah, I mean, we are such massive fans of this movie
1:27.4	and of your performance in it.
1:29.2	And I'm just really, really happy to see that it seems it's not just a small pocket of people.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Next Best Picture Podcast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Next Best Picture Podcast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.