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The Tobolowsky Files

The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 4 – The Alchemist

The Tobolowsky Files

David Chen

Film Interviews, My Adventures With God, Interview, Tv & Film, Religion & Spirituality, The Dangerous Animals Club, Society & Culture, Storytelling, Stephen Tobolowsky

4.9 β€’ 1.7K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 20 November 2009

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Tobolowsky Files is a new podcast from the people who brought you the /Filmcast, featuring a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry, as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky. In this episode, Stephen shares memories of his mother in honor of her birthday.

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The the the Hello everyone and welcome to the Tobolowski Files episode 4, a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolaski.

0:53.4

My name is David Chen and I'm the host of the slash filmcast at slash film.com

0:57.9

and I'm joined today by one of the main actors in Christopher Nolan's memento. Stephen Tolleaski.

1:04.0

How are you doing today, sir?

1:05.0

Oh, I'm doing great.

1:07.0

I'm doing great, David.

1:08.0

Boy, what a nice mention of that movie.

1:10.0

What a great movie.

1:11.0

I think I've that to introduce you,

1:13.4

I'm gonna just pull out one of your many credits

1:16.3

at the beginning of every single episode.

1:18.6

You know, I remember when I got that script.

1:22.2

I got that script of Bemento, and it was a lot bigger than most

1:25.8

scripts you get, movie scripts you get, and I remember sitting upstairs in the bedroom, I started

1:31.2

reading it and reading it, and about halfway through it I was

1:34.8

going like this is one of the most remarkable things I've ever read of my life it

1:39.4

better have a good ending or I'm going to be really pissed. And I kept reading it and I got to the end and I

1:46.0

remember throwing that script across the room and yelling to my wife downstairs. I think I just

1:52.0

read the best screenplay I've ever read in my life to this point.

1:59.0

And that screenplay was exactly like the movie. I mean it was a blueprint for that movie with

2:06.6

this scene is repeated exactly the way Teddy and Leonard were before it.

2:11.3

It was amazing just to read that.

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