Revisiting James L. Brooks

Maltin on Movies

Leonard Maltin

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

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

From The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Taxi to such movies as Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News and As Good as It Gets, writer-director-producer James L. Brooks has created quality entertainment for decades and has no intention of slowing down. He has served as mentor to the likes of Cameron Crowe and Wes Anderson and continues to work with young talents behind the camera. Oh yes—he’s also produced The Simpsons for the past 30 years. Leonard and Jessie were honored to talk to this multi-award-winning talent about his remarkable career.

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0:33.5	Hi everybody. This is Leonard Malton.
0:37.7	And I'm Jesse Malton.
0:38.8	And you are listening to Malton on movies. And our guest today is a man who's made a lasting mark on movies, having conquered the world of television.
0:50.0	He really does have a remarkable career in that way.
0:57.2	And he's brilliant at everything he does.
0:59.0	And he's also from New Jersey.
1:03.7	Most importantly, also from New Jersey.
1:07.0	Listen, Jersey boy, you can't judge the ones who are like you. No, no, no, no indeed.
1:09.1	It's James L. Brooks.
1:10.4	Hello, Jim. How you doing? Fine. The last
1:13.3	time we saw each other was also like this on Zoom. And we had been gathered by Tom Sturges, Preston Sturge's son.
1:22.7	That's right. Talk about his father's brilliant movie The Lady Eve.
1:27.8	Yeah. Boy, was that fun.
1:29.9	Yeah.
1:31.4	It doesn't get much better than that, does it?
1:34.8	It's still around.
1:38.8	Did you grow up listening to radio a lot?
1:43.6	Uh, uh, I, grow up listening to radio a lot?
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