HOLBROOK/
TWAIN: AN AMERICAN ODYSSEY documentary director
Scott Teems shares his new film with clips, trailer, and explanation about
Hal Holbrook's brilliant and definitive ongoing performance as
Mark Twain in MARK TWAIN TONIGHT.
Holbrook, Twain, and the costs and rewards of brilliant creativity are all examined in this
BYOD, hosted by
Ondi Timoner.
GUEST
INFO:
Scott Teems is a Georgia-born writer-director whose debut narrative feature,
That Evening Sun, premiered at
South by Southwest, where it won the
Audience Award and
Special Jury Prize. It went on to win a dozen awards at film festivals across
North America and was nominated for two
Film Independent Spirit Awards. Scott is currently a writer for the critically-acclaimed SundanceTV drama
Rectify. In addition, he has several film and television projects in development, including adaptations of
Stephen King's novella
The Breathing Method for
The Weinstein Company, and
Andre Dubus' acclaimed short story "A
Father's
Story," which he is planning as his next feature as writer-director. His debut feature documentary, Holbrook/Twain:
An American Odyssey, will premiere in 2014. Scott lives in
Pasadena, California, with his family.
Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain is an icon of
American theatre. Since first walking onto stage in 1954, Holbrook has performed his one-man show on
Broadway, in all fifty states, in twenty countries, behind the
Iron Curtain, and before five
U.S. Presidents.
Millions have seen the
Tony and
Emmy Award-winning show, and countless actors and scholars have been influenced by the work. Directed by Scott Teems (who directed Holbrook in the award-winning film That Evening Sun), this documentary celebrates the sixtieth consecutive year of Holbrook's one-man masterpiece, and features interviews with
Sean Penn,
Martin Sheen,
Emile Hirsch,
Cherry Jones, and a host of others. This is the epic story of "
Mark Twain Tonight!" This is the story of an
American odyssey.
ADD'L LINKS:
https://twitter.com/HolbrookTwain
http://thelip.tv/show/byod-bring-your-own-doc/
BYOD Full
Episodes Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adLfOddmPR8&list;=PLjk3H0GXhhGdZbrANmO6kYPy8IQC0GiN_&index;=1
BYOD
Short Clips Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCG66CxxH54&index;=2&list;=PLjk3H0GXhhGeu2DCf6Ouo7hTsA5QB2MAL
http://www.youtube.com/theliptv
https://www.facebook.com/BYODOC?directed_target_id=0
https://www.facebook.com/thelip.tv?ref=hl
EPISODE BREAKDOWN:
00:01
Welcome to BYOD
.
01:00
Introducing Scott Teems.
06:50 Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey clip.
08:45
Intimacy with Hal Holbrook.
12:10 Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey clip.
14:01
Looking through the illustrious career of Holbrook.
18:00
Shooting the film in glorious black and white.
19:29 Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey, clip:
Becoming Twain.
21:00 The show contained in a box
.
22:55 Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey, clip:
Performance.
25:38
Gaining access to the inner-workings of the show.
27:20 Candid exposure of Holbrook, and the costs of art.
29:51 Twain and his family.
31:45 The reward of the show.
34:22 Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey clip.
- published: 11 Jun 2014
- views: 2666