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The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Jackass Forever with Jeff Tremaine and Spike Jonze (Ep. 350)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6848 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Director Jeff Tremaine discusses his new film, Jackass Forever, with fellow director Spike Jonze in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. The original Jackass crew return after 11 years to push the envelope with another round of hilarious and absurd displays of comedy. Please note: spoilers are included. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/Events/2022/April2022/JackAssForever_QnA_0222.aspx

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0:00.0

The most expensive idea almost never makes the movie.

0:02.2

The most expensive idea is usually just this way to make everybody bored while they're waiting for it to get set up.

0:07.6

And when they're bored, they do something hilarious.

0:28.3

Hello, and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

0:41.5

In today's episode, the original Jackass crew returned after 11 years to push the envelope with another round of hilarious and absurd displays of comedy in director Jeff Tremaine's comedic documentary, Jackass Forever.

0:50.7

In addition to Jackass Forever, Mr. Tremaine's directorial credits include the feature films, The Dirt, Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa,

0:57.4

Jackass 3D, the series Jackass 3.5, and episodes of ESPN 30 for 30.

1:03.3

Following a recent screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, Mr. Tremaine shares insight into the making of Jackass Forever with director Spike Jones. Listen on for their

1:08.9

spoiler-filled conversation.

1:18.4

Right. Thank you all for coming tonight. This is our first movie that we've screened at the DJ and I don't know why it took so long. It's a... I wasn't in the DJ on the first one.

1:23.6

Oh yeah, that's fair. But still, there's number two. There's two, three, bad grandpa. Yeah. Jeff, this, Jeff, is this your six movie you directed? Is that right? I was trying to count.

1:33.4

Three jackass movies, bad grandpa. In the dirt, yeah.

1:36.9

No, four back ass movies, bad grandpa in the dirt, six.

1:40.1

Yeah. So Jeff and I have actually known each other since I was in the eighth grade.

1:45.4

We went to the same.

1:47.4

I worked at this BMX shop and he'd work in the summer when there were shows.

1:51.4

And we met and he was like the local BMX legend with a twer.

1:57.8

And so anyways, yeah, we've known each other forever and worked on magazines together

2:04.1

and created Jackass with John. Yeah, Spike, I graduated and we went to high school together

2:09.9

for my senior year, your sophomore year. And Jeff was the only one with the car. And I went

2:15.1

off to college and then Spike moved straight out of high school to

2:19.3

California.

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