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To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio
When you think of great movie musicals, what comes
to mind? "Singing in the Rain" with Gene Kelly swinging
from a streetlight in the middle of a torrential downpour. How about
"A Hard Day's Night" - with images of hysterical fans
mobbing the Beatles at a train station. According to Roger Ebert
they rank together as great movie musicals. In this hour of To
the Best of Our Knowledge, Roger Ebert discusses great movies.
And Scott Berg reminisces about his friendship with the late Katherine
Hepburn.
SEGMENT 1:
A. Scott Berg is the author of "Kate
Remembered." The book is a biography of Katherine Hepburn
in the form of a memoir of the author's twenty year friendship
with the actress. Berg tells Anne Strainchamps that Hepburn was
a woman who liked to be in control of herself and others, and
that she accepted Spencer Tracy's alcoholism but never lost the
essence of her own character.
SEGMENT 2:
Film critic Roger Ebert visited Madison,
Wisconsin for the Wisconsin Film Festival. He came into our studios
and talked with Jim Fleming about some of the exciting new work
he'd seen and about what makes a great movie. Ebert's written
a book called "The Great Movies" in which he describes
100 films he thinks make the cut. Among them is Richard Lester's
film of the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night." We hear clips,
and Ebert tells Jim why that film is so important. Also, Mary
Sweeney was producer, editor and co-writer of "The Straight
Story." The film concerned an elderly man's cross country
journey on a riding mower and was directed by David Lynch. Sweeney
has edited many of Lynch's films. She tells Jim Fleming how she
made "The Straight Story" and what it's like to work
with David Lynch. And we hear lots of movie clips.
SEGMENT 3:
Paul Auster is both a film-maker and a novelist.
His new book is "The Book of Illusions: A Novel." It's
about a professor who discovers the work of a silent film comedian.
Auster reads from the novel, and tells Steve Paulson why he wanted
to write about silent films.
Cassette copies are available
at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 03-08-17-A.
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Books:
- Paul Auster,
The Book of Illusions: A Novel (Henry Holt & Company)
- A. Scott Berg, Kate Remembered (Putnam)
- Roger Ebert, The Great Movies (Broadway
Books)
FILM CLIPS:
-- "Pat & Mike" (Warner Studios)
-- "A Hard Day's Night" (Miramax Entertainment)
-- "The Straight Story" (Disney Studios)
-- "Mulholland Drive" (Universal Studios)
MUSIC
-- "Consider the Source"/Ramsey Lewis
from the CD, "Ramsey Lewis's finest hour" (Verve)
-- "A Hard Day's Night"/The Beatles
from the CD, "A Hard Day's Night" (Capitol)
-- "A Hard Day's Night"/Ramsey Lewis
from the CD, "Ramsey Lewis's finest hour" (Verve)
-- "Llorando (Crying)"/Rebekah Del Rio
from the CD, "David Lynch's Mulholland Drive" (Milan)
http://www.milanrecords.com
-- "Kitten on the Keys"/Dick Hyman, Piano
from the CD, "The Home Video Album" (RCA Victor)
-- "Fanfare" and "The Big Chase"/Gaylord Carter,
Organ
from the CD, "The Home Video Album" (RCA Victor)
Distribution dates:
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be addressed to: flemingj@wpr.org
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