Joe Dante

Maltin on Movies

Leonard Maltin

Comedy, Jessie, Leonard, On, Tv & Film, Maltin, Movies

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Director and film buff extraordinaire Joe Dante and Leonard go back a long, long time—to their teens, in fact—and enjoy swapping stories about early inspirations, moviegoing adventures in New York City, Joe’s move to Hollywood, his first big breaks, and events leading up to casting Leonard as himself in Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Jessie learns some things she never knew before in this entertaining episode.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. If you're in L.A., please join us this Saturday night at 6 p.m. at Arena Cinellounge on
0:06.6	sunset for an evening with me. Jesse and I are going to be on stage, and I'm going to be telling
0:13.0	stories and anecdotes from my long years of experience in the movie world, and I've got lots to
0:20.0	tell. And we'll show a couple of surprise short subjects
0:23.9	and Jesse what else we're going to have just a fun time.
0:27.0	You're going to be selling the Hooked on Hollywood book and you can even use movie pass
0:32.2	to join us.
0:34.0	And why not?
0:35.0	You can get more information at either of our Twitter or Instagrams at Jesse Malton at Leonard Malton.
0:41.4	You can also look at the Arena Cinealounge website.
0:45.0	See you there.
0:47.8	Now entering nerdist.com. com Hi, I'm Leonard Malton.
1:01.8	With our guest today, Joe Dante.
1:04.3	Hello.
1:05.6	A familiar face to us and a familiar name in the credits to many of you.
1:12.4	Do you remember how you two met?
1:14.4	These were the questions I was throwing in him last night.
1:16.7	Do you remember how you too met?
1:17.7	I don't remember the specific moment, but I do believe it was in New York, and I do believe
1:23.5	it was at some sort of comic or movie convention.
1:26.9	Could it have been at Jim Parrish's office on 57th Street?
1:31.0	That's what I think.
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