Hollywood Unscripted
88 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsA show for film lovers by film lovers. Hollywood Unscripted delves into illuminating and unique conversations with top professionals in the entertainment industry. Hear stories and lessons from behind the scenes of the biggest blockbusters and most-admired features in film history. Featuring candid conversations with Hollywood legends, moguls, auteurs and other industry insiders, host Jenny Curtis goes far beyond the standard celebrity interview to take listeners inside the creative process. Listen each week to find out how the most creative minds in film and television do what they do and what their work ultimately means to them. From CurtCo Media.
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27 - Classics for Quarantine with Paul Dergarabedian: A Stuck at Home Special
June 01, 2020 08:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBPaul Dergarabedian, Senior Media Analyst and Box Office Analyst for Comscore, joins Hollywood Unscripted's Executive Producer Stuart Halperin for a 'Stuck at Home Special' to share recommendations of great movies to catch up on while staying inside, including the movies they fell in love with, fun facts, and more. TIMESTAMPS: 2:20 - What inspires them both to watch movies. 2:30 - Roman Holiday (1953) with Audrey Hepburn & Gregory Peck. They also discuss the range in directorial style for ...
27 - Classics for Quarantine with Paul Dergarabedian
June 01, 2020 08:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBPaul Dergarabedian, Senior Media Analyst and Box Office Analyst for Comscore, joins Hollywood Unscripted's Executive Producer Stuart Halperin for a 'Stuck at Home Special' to share recommendations of great movies to catch up on while staying inside, including the movies they fell in love with, fun facts, and more. TIMESTAMPS: 2:20 - What inspires them both to watch movies. 2:30 - Roman Holiday (1953) with Audrey Hepburn & Gregory Peck. They also discuss the range in directorial style for...
26 - James D. Stern - A Stuck at Home Special
May 18, 2020 08:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBJames D. Stern joins host Scott Tallal for another special episode of “Hollywood Unscripted: Stuck at Home”. Throughout the conversation, James discusses: 0:44 - Missing sports during quarantine 1:11 - the IMAX film on Michael Jordan (MICHAEL JORDAN TO THE MAX), and its affect on THE LAST DANCE. 1:52 - Staying busy at home during the quarantine and the impact on some filmmakers 2:44 - The distribution of GIVING VOICE and the challenges of coming back from the pandemic for film and Broad...
26 - James D. Stern: A Stuck at Home Special
May 18, 2020 08:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBJames D. Stern joins host Scott Tallal for another special episode of “Hollywood Unscripted: Stuck at Home”. Throughout the conversation, James discusses: 0:44 - Missing sports during quarantine 1:11 - the IMAX film on Michael Jordan (MICHAEL JORDAN TO THE MAX), and its affect on THE LAST DANCE. 1:52 - Staying busy at home during the quarantine and the impact on some filmmakers 2:44 - The distribution of GIVING VOICE and the challenges of coming back from the pandemic for film and Broad...
26 - James D. Stern
May 18, 2020 08:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBJames D. Stern joins host Scott Tallal for another special episode of “Hollywood Unscripted: Stuck at Home”. Throughout the conversation, James discusses: 0:44 - Missing sports during quarantine 1:11 - the IMAX film on Michael Jordan (MICHAEL JORDAN TO THE MAX), and its affect on THE LAST DANCE. 1:52 - Staying busy at home during the quarantine and the impact on some filmmakers 2:44 - The distribution of GIVING VOICE and the challenges of coming back from the pandemic for film and Broa...
25 - Jim Sturgess - A Stuck at Home Special
May 11, 2020 08:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBJim Sturgess joins host Jenny Curtis in another “Stuck At Home” special of Hollywood Unscripted. Throughout the conversation, Jim discusses - 0:35 - Life in quarantine away from home. 2:49 - The real events behind HOME BEFORE DARK and the process behind creating characters from a real family. 4:43 - Brooklyn Prince, who stars as Hilde in HOME BEFORE DARK. Developing the father/daughter relationship for the show and Jim’s real life friendship with Brooklyn. 7:09 - Working with children...
25 - Jim Sturgess: A Stuck at Home Special
May 11, 2020 08:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBJim Sturgess joins host Jenny Curtis in another “Stuck At Home” special of Hollywood Unscripted. Throughout the conversation, Jim discusses - 0:35 - Life in quarantine away from home. 2:49 - The real events behind HOME BEFORE DARK and the process behind creating characters from a real family. 4:43 - Brooklyn Prince, who stars as Hilde in HOME BEFORE DARK. Developing the father/daughter relationship for the show and Jim’s real life friendship with Brooklyn. 7:09 - Working with children...
25 - Jim Sturgess
May 11, 2020 08:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBJim Sturgess joins host Jenny Curtis in another “Stuck At Home” special of Hollywood Unscripted. Throughout the conversation, Jim discusses - 0:35 - Life in quarantine away from home. 2:49 - The real events behind HOME BEFORE DARK and the process behind creating characters from a real family. 4:43 - Brooklyn Prince, who stars as Hilde in HOME BEFORE DARK. Developing the father/daughter relationship for the show and Jim’s real life friendship with Brooklyn. 7:09 - Working with childre...
24 - Catalina Sandino Moreno: A Stuck at Home Special
May 04, 2020 08:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBCatalina Sandino Moreno joins host Scott Tallal in a discussion about her career, quarantine and her new film, THE QUARRY in this special episode of “Hollywood Unscripted: Stuck at Home”. 0:35 - Catalina discusses how her time in quarantine has evolved from week to week and how her lack creative energy has turned to an increased focus on family. 2:41 - Catalina describes why LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA or any other movie couldn’t have prepared her for the experience of Covid-19. 3:22 - ...
24 - Catalina Sandino Moreno
May 04, 2020 08:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBCatalina Sandino Moreno joins host Scott Tallal in a discussion about her career, quarantine and her new film, THE QUARRY in this special episode of “Hollywood Unscripted: Stuck at Home”. 0:35 - Catalina discusses how her time in quarantine has evolved from week to week and how her lack creative energy has turned to an increased focus on family. 2:41 - Catalina describes why LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA or any other movie couldn’t have prepared her for the experience of Covid-19. 3:22 -...
23 - 'Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist' with Mandy Moore: A Stuck at Home Special
April 27, 2020 08:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBAward-winning Choreographer, Mandy Moore joins host Scott Tallal in a discussion of the art of dance, creativity and working on ZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST in this special episode of “Hollywood Unscripted: Stuck at Home”. 0:40 - Mandy discusses her time home during quarantine 2:04 - Mandy explains how she got involved with ZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST and the journey through to the filming of the pilot. 5:49 - Scott and Mandy talk about the volume of numbers they created in the season...
23 - 'Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist' with Mandy Moore
April 27, 2020 08:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBAward-winning Choreographer, Mandy Moore joins host Scott Tallal in a discussion of the art of dance, creativity and working on ZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST in this special episode of “Hollywood Unscripted: Stuck at Home”. 0:40 - Mandy discusses her time home during quarantine 2:04 - Mandy explains how she got involved with ZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST and the journey through to the filming of the pilot. 5:49 - Scott and Mandy talk about the volume of numbers they created in the seaso...
22 - Stacey Sher: A Stuck at Home Special
April 13, 2020 08:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBAn incredible career retrospective with prolific producer Stacey Sher, hosted by Jenny Curtis with special guest co-host Dana Gourrier. In a conversation focused on connection, passion, and the love of filmmaking, we hear stories and advice from Stacey and Dana. :24 - The introductions of our co-host and guest. We learn that in this special, we are joined by actress Dana Gourrier, who has previously worked with our guest for this episode, producer Stacey Sher. 2:04 - Stacey discusses her cu...
22 - Stacey Sher
April 13, 2020 08:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBAn incredible career retrospective with prolific producer Stacey Sher, hosted by Jenny Curtis with special guest co-host Dana Gourrier. In a conversation focused on connection, passion, and the love of filmmaking, we hear stories and advice from Stacey and Dana. :24 - The introductions of our co-host and guest. We learn that in this special, we are joined by actress Dana Gourrier, who has previously worked with our guest for this episode, producer Stacey Sher. 2:04 - Stacey discusses her c...
21 - Black Monday: A Stuck At Home Special
April 06, 2020 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBActor Don Cheadle and show runners Jordan Cahan & David Caspe join us from home, for a special 'Stuck at Home' edition of Hollywood Unscripted to share inside stories from Showtime’s 'Black Monday'. 1:21 - Don, David and Jordan share their experiences of staying at home how they are practicing social distancing. 3:30 - The three discuss the irony of doing Black Monday with the current stock market situation and how it evolves and relates to today. 4:50 - Don expresses how is working from h...
21 - Black Monday
April 06, 2020 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBActor Don Cheadle and show runners Jordan Cahan & David Caspe join us from home, for a special 'Stuck at Home' edition of Hollywood Unscripted to share inside stories from Showtime’s 'Black Monday'. 1:21 - Don, David and Jordan share their experiences of staying at home how they are practicing social distancing. 3:30 - The three discuss the irony of doing Black Monday with the current stock market situation and how it evolves and relates to today. 4:50 - Don expresses how is working from ...
20 - The Roads Not Taken
March 23, 2020 09:00 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBSally Potter joins Scott Tallal and Jenny Curtis on to discuss her new film, Sally explains what her goal was for exploring this subject matter (0:53) and her personal experience with dementia (1:50).Hollywood Unscripted The Roads Not Taken. They discuss the character of Molly (4:16) and the character’s similarities to Sally’s work-caretaker balance (4:57). Sally reveals the challenge of finding investors versus the ease of signing on actors (5:46). Sally reviews her process of casting and ...
19 - Airplane! A 40th Anniversary Celebration
March 16, 2020 09:00 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBIn a special edition of Hollywood Unscripted, we celebrate one of the funniest movies of all time, Airplane! Host Scott Tallal is joined by producer, director and writer, David Zucker and star Robert Hays. (0:48) They discuss how it all came together through the development of suburb north of Milwaukee, from starting an improv group at University of Wisconsin and how they moved it to LA David discusses how the first idea took a year to write the script and that they had no budget (1:38) b...
18 - Matt Kaplan
March 09, 2020 09:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBMatt Kaplan, Principal Producer of Ace Entertainment joins Hollywood Unscripted to discuss the young adult market. The conversation with Matt and Scott Tallal begins with Matt’s two passions, football and movies (0:34). They then discuss Matt’s early internships and jobs (0:58) and what he learned from them (2:14). They discuss his move to a position at Lionsgate that led him to YA films (2:39). Matt talks about working with Jason Blum (4:22), moving to Dreamworks and Awesomeness (4:52), a...
17 - Kidding
March 02, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBDave Holstein, creator and showrunner of “Kiddingjoins Scott Tallal to discuss this Showtime series.” Dave starts off by explaining how the world was looking for a Fred Rogers-style character who is innately good (1:05) and the differences between the various biographical projects and the inspiration for this fictional character (1:58). He explains his personal reasoning for giving his lead character, Jeff Pickles, so many dramatic hurdles (3:05). Dave delves into how “Kidding” came about,...
16 - Kyle MacLachlan
February 24, 2020 11:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBKyle MacLachlan joins Scott Tallal on Hollywood Unscripted for a conversation of passion and creativity. Starting at the beginning, Kyle describes how his mother was his initial guide into the world of theater (1:17), and discusses his musical training (2:08). He describes how his path changed when he was cast in his first film, “Dune” (2:52) and the experiences of that film. The conversation continues to his next couple films, “Blue Velvet” (4:07) and “The Hidden” (4:30). Kyle returns to ...
15 - Olympic Dreams
February 17, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBJeremy Teicher and his wife, Alexi Pappas, shot a feature inside Olympic Village during this Olympics. Jeremy joins Hollywood Unscripted to discuss the details of this incredible opportunity. This was all possible because Alexi herself is an Olympian. Jeremy starts off by explaining how the origin of grew from their previous film, (0:43) and how that film reached the president of the International Olympic Committee (1:45). They received an offer to join the Artists-in-Residence program at t...
14 - Downhill
February 10, 2020 11:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBNat Faxon and Jim Rash, the co-writers and co-directors of Downhill, join Hollywood Unscripted for a hilarious and candid discussion about their creative partnership. They begin with their friendship, stemming from their days in The Groundlings (0:35). From there they explain the journey to their directorial debut (2:23) and how they got the star names involved in the film (3:20). They discuss how the atmosphere on their sets leans toward being light and fun (3:49), how starting as actors i...
13 - John Fithian: National Association of Theatre Owners
February 03, 2020 11:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBJohn Fithian, the President and CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO), sits down with Scott Tallal to discuss the exhibition side of the movie industry. John opens by shining a light on the continuing myths of disruption in the business (1:21). He discusses how streaming services actually boost theater attendance (2:38). They talk about how the quality of technology at home and in theaters is changing (5:28). John talks about the differences between the experiences of mo...
12 - Kara Vallow
January 27, 2020 11:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBProducer Kara Vallow joins Hollywood Unscripted to discuss her career in animation. The conversation begins with the most recent endeavor, (0:49). Kara discusses her hesitance to take on the project (1:57) and how she eventually came on board (3:07). She explains how Cosmos functioned differently from her other shows (7:13).Cosmos Scott and Kara move on to discuss the large operation she and Seth MacFarlane set up at Fox (8:15). Kara talks about the Family Guy’s original cancellation (8:27...
11 - Irwin Winkler
January 20, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBIrwin Winkler, renown producer, director and writer, sits down with Scott Tallal to discuss his prolific career in moviemaking. He opens by explaining how he stumbled upon his beginnings in the mail room of William Morris (1:11), his feelings about being an agent (2:46), and how he finally found himself in film production (3:31). Irwin goes dives into what being a producer entails and how today’s producer differs from when he started (5:48). He discusses his book, and the process of writing...
10 - Ron Moore
January 13, 2020 11:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBRon Moore joins Hollywood Unscripted for an in-depth conversation about his notable career. Ron starts at the beginning, with his roots in fandom (:49) and how dropping out of school led him to California (2:25). He discusses how a Star Trek set tour led to his first script being picked up (3:34) and tells about how he met Patrick Stewart on the set of shooting that script (6:26). He then moves on to explain how ‘Voyager’ was not a great experience (7:17) and how leaving that job was fortu...
09 - Clemency
January 06, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBAlfre Woodard joins as the first guest of this episode. She starts off by revealing why she says “yes” to a role (1:09). She talks about the prisons she visited with Chinonye Chukwu in preparation to play the role of Bernadine (2:54). She explains how an actor’s body is their instrument and that they are trained to play the notes of their emotions. (4:14)Hollywood Unscripted Alfre discusses her character’s fractured relationship with her husband (5:55), why her profession put the relationsh...
08 - The New Years Special - "Of All The Gin Joints" with Mark Bailey.
December 30, 2019 11:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBMark Bailey regales us with a variety of booze-fueled tales from Old Hollywood. Among various anecdotes, we hear readings of stories about Humphrey Bogart’s penguin troubles (3:08), the disaster set of (9:20), the wild side of Lee Marvin (17:38), Tallulah Bankhead’s off-screen fame (23:31) and Ava Gardner’s night out with Sinatra (31:36).Beat The Devil Happy New Year from Hollywood Unscripted Executive Producer: Stuart Halperin Producer: Jenny Curtis Music By: Celleste & Eric Dick Learn...
07 - Tracy Letts
December 23, 2019 11:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBCalling from New York, Tracy Letts jumps into an open and honest conversation with Scott Tallal. They dive right in with Tracy’s family life, starting with his parents humble beginnings as school teachers who moved on to second careers (0:39) and his real-life family inspirations for (1:55).August: Osage County Tracy describes how his approach to the art form has changed over the years (4:57), the different parts of his personality that are used for performance and writing (6:03) and why th...
06 - Blinded By The Light
December 16, 2019 11:00 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBGurinder jumps into the conversation by discussing the origins of her Bruce Springsteen fandom (0:55) and how Bruce’s music started her bond with journalist Sarfraz Manzoor (2:07), and how they got Bruce involved in the film (2:38). Gurinder discusses the difference between Sarfraz and the character inspired by him (6:22), her working relationship with her husband, Paul Berges (7:33) and the style of films that she makes (12:28). She talks about falling into a career in media in order to m...
05 - Hala
December 09, 2019 11:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBA conversation about with director Minhal Baig and actress Geraldine Viswanathan.Hala Minhal discusses how the kickstarter-funded short (0:45) became the feature, the experience of going to Sundance (3:31), and realizing that the film needed to be more personal than she’d originally intended (6:42). Geraldine and Minhal explain how Geraldine got involved with the project (9:10) and the process of finding the character of Hala (11:49) and the commonalities and differences of being first gen...
04 - Sea of Shadows
December 02, 2019 11:00 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBRichard discusses his path to being a powerful documentary filmmaker started with Jane Goodall (1:57) and how Leonardo DiCaprio’s call changed everything in a pursuing a story that seemed impossible (4:43). Cynthia then discusses the issue and effort from the veterinarian’s point of view (7:40). Jack opens up about why he dropped out of school to get involved with Sea Shepard and the danger they now face every day (11:00). Richard explains the safety preparation involved with a mission lik...
03 - The Report
November 25, 2019 11:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBIn this episode director and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns and producer Jennifer Fox discuss their new film, Hollywood Unscripted, The Report. Scott and Jennifer discuss the challenges and benefits of working on a different budget than anticipated (2:01), the star quality and commitment of the cast (6:04) and how they work as a filmmaking team (11:25). They move on to discuss how Scott’s vision for the style of the film changed (12:13), the surprising facts behind the true story (13:39) and ...
02 - Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer
November 18, 2019 11:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBIn this episode documentary filmmaker Mark Landsman discusses his new film, Hollywood Unscripted, Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer. Starting with why and how this movie came to be (1:19) and why the history of this magazine is relevant today. They go into the history of the creation of the National Enquirer and its first iteration with Generoso Pope (6:15) and the major points in his marketing epiphanies. They discuss the next owner, Steve Coz (14:18). Then CurtCo Medi...
01 - Avengers: Endgame
November 04, 2019 20:41 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBIn the premier episode of directors Anthony and Joe Russo and screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely discuss creating in the Marvel universe (2:08), working in writing/directing teams, the changing landscape of film, the metrics in moviemaking and telling the story that you want to tell.Hollywood Unscripted, Avengers: Endgame Starting with how they developed the idea and creation of they delve into how they developed the big themes of the movie, especially the unifying theme t...
Hollywood Unscripted - Movie Lover's Reel - Trailer
November 02, 2019 20:09 - 1 minute - 1.18 MBThe trailer for the Hollywood Unscripted Podcast. A podcast for movie lovers by movie lovers. Hear from our producers, guests and fans on why they love movies and why we love to hear the behind the scenes stories of how our favorite movies get made. Learn more about Hollywood Unscripted at www.curtco.com/hollywoodunscripted and follow us: Instagram: @curtco.com Twitter: @curtco.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/curtcomedia See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hollywood Unscripted - Trailer
November 01, 2019 21:56 - 1 minute - 1.22 MBA show for film lovers by film lovers. delves into illuminating and unique conversations with top professionals in the entertainment industry. Hear stories and lessons from behind the scenes of the biggest blockbusters and most-admired features in film history. Featuring candid conversations with Hollywood legends, moguls, auteurs and other industry insiders, host Scott Tallal (co-founder and executive director of the Malibu Film Society) goes far beyond the standard celebrity interview to ...