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Additional authors

1. Lipton, James
2. Woods, James, 1947-
3. Kostel, Mike
4. Servidio, John
5. Wurtz, Jeff
6. Badalamenti, Angelo
7. Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.)
8. Bravo Cable Network.
9. Betelgeuse Productions.
10. In the Moment Productions, Ltd.
11. Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.), donor.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (54 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. James Lipton hosts an evening of discussion with film and television actor James Woods. Woods speaks about his family and the impact of his father's death when Woods was 12; attending MIT where he developed his dramatic skills; leaving MIT to pursue an acting career in New York City; moving to Hollywood where he appeared in the 1972 motion picture The visitors, directed by Elia Kazan. Woods examines his role in the 1973 motion picture The way we were starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford; his experience acting in the 1978 television miniseries Holocaust; his role as a psychotic killer in the 1979 film The onion field; his personal favorite role as the gangster Max in the 1984 movie Once upon a time in America, directed by Sergio Leone; his 1986 role in Oliver Stone's motion picture Salvador; his portrayal of a schizophrenic in the 1986 made-for-television movie Promise; his role as Alcoholics Anonymous founder Bill Wilson in the 1989 television movie My name is Bill W.; his title role in the 1992 television movie Citizen Cohn, about controversial lawyer Roy Cohn; and his portrayal of the racist murderer Byron De La Beckwith in Ghosts of Mississippi. Woods elaborates on being typecast as a "bad guy"; how he incorporates himself into his characters; his love of acting; and his technique for portraying heinous, reprehensible characters. A brief question and answer session with Woods and the Actors Studio master's degree students concludes the program.

Series statement

1. Inside the Actors Studio

Alternative title

1. Inside the Actors Studio : The craft of theater and film

Subject

1. Talk shows
2. Interviews
3. Motion pictures > Production and direction
4. Ghosts of Mississippi (Motion picture)
5. My name is Bill W. (Motion picture)
6. Way we were (Motion picture)
7. Salvador (Motion picture)
8. Visitors (Motion picture)
9. Actors > Interviews
10. Television
11. Citizen Cohn (Motion picture)
12. Woods, James, 1947- > Interviews
13. Once upon a time in America (Motion picture)
14. Onion field (Motion picture)
15. Holocaust (Motion picture)

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Talk shows.
3. Television.

Call number

1. NCOX 1666

Note

1. Originally broadcast on the Bravo Network.
2. Credits and title from video.
3. Episode no. 605.
4. "Betelgeuse Productions" and "In the Moment Productions, Ltd." --credits at end of video.

Credits (note)

1. Original music by Angelo Badalamenti.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the John L. Tishman Theater of The New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y. on Nov. 11, 1999. First broadcast on April 30, 2000.

Title

1. Inside the Actors Studio. James Woods [videorecording] / a co-production of the Actors Studio and Bravo, the Film and Arts Network ; executive producer, James Lipton ; produced by Mike Kostel and John Servidio; directed by Jeff Wurtz ; written by James Lipton.

Imprint

1. New York, N.Y. : Actors Studio, c2000.

Series

1. Inside the Actors Studio

Credits

1. Original music by Angelo Badalamenti.

Performer

1. Host: James Lipton.

Event

1. Videotaped at the John L. Tishman Theater of The New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y. on Nov. 11, 1999. First broadcast on April 30, 2000.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Lipton, James, interviewer.
2. Lipton, James, producer.
3. Woods, James, 1947- interviewee.
4. Kostel, Mike, producer.
5. Servidio, John, producer.
6. Wurtz, Jeff, director.
7. Badalamenti, Angelo, composer.
8. Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.)
9. Bravo Cable Network.
10. Betelgeuse Productions.
11. In the Moment Productions, Ltd.
12. Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.), donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 1666