Unstoppable with William Goldenberg and Ben Affleck (Ep. 517)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Director William Goldenberg discusses his new film, Unstoppable, with fellow Director Ben Affleck in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses coming into directing a feature for the first time after working as an editor, seeking to make the wrestling scenes as authentic as he could, and having the real Anthony Robles advise and even wrestle in some scenes of the film. The film tells the inspiring true story of competitive athlete Anthony Robles, who was born with one leg. With the unwavering support of his mother, the encouragement of his coaches, and his own indomitable spirit, Anthony fights through adversity and defies the odds to become an NCAA division 1 champion wrestler. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://dga.org/Events/2025/January2025/Unstoppable_QnA_1224

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0:00.0	I wanted it to be totally authentic.
0:01.9	I wanted the whole film to be authentic.
0:03.3	I wanted the wrestling community to be proud.
0:05.3	I wanted wrestlers to look at and go, yeah, that's how it is.
0:08.2	Because I've worked on other sports movies in Ali and C Biscuit.
0:11.5	And it was always important to me, even as an editor,
0:15.0	to have the people that really do it think it was cool and think it was real. Hello and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.
0:43.2	In this episode, a disabled athlete competes for a wrestling championship and director William
0:48.8	Goldenberg's biographical sports drama, Unstoppable.
0:53.1	The film tells the inspiring true story of competitive athlete Anthony
0:57.2	Robles, who was born with one leg. With the unwavering support of his mother, the encouragement
1:03.0	of his coaches, and his own indomitable spirit, Anthony fights through adversity and defies the odds
1:08.9	to become an NCAA Division I champion wrestler.
1:14.0	Unstoppable is Goldenberg's directorial debut.
1:18.6	Following a screening of the film at the DGA theater in Los Angeles,
1:22.8	Goldenberg spoke with director Ben Affleck about filming Unstoppable.
1:27.5	Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
1:35.6	Hello, thank you.
1:37.4	Very much.
1:38.3	This is William Goldenberg.
1:39.8	He directed the movie you just saw.
1:41.7	New member of the DGA.
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