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Academy Award winning screenwriter, Walter Bernstein on his film The Front. The Front starred Woody Allen and explores what it was like to be a writer on the Hollywood Blacklist during the red scare and McCarthyism. He brings humor and candor to the ordeal that impacted his career for over a decade.  “Fronts” were writers who were not on the blacklist whose names blacklisted writers could use. The film was nominated for an Academy Award.

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Jason Alexander explains how his role model for the character of George Costanza began as Woody Allen, but evolved into his version of “Seinfeld” so-creator, Larry David.

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Jason Alexander on the Inspiration for George Costanza appeared first on Witnify.

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Actor Penelope Cruz discusses what it’s like to work with director Woody Allen, including the degree to which he trust actors and a couple of the ways that she worries she drives him crazy. She also comments on the maximum number of takes he likes to shoot. Cruz has appeared in Allen’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” in 2008 and “To Rome With Love” in 2012.

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Oscar-winning actor Cate Blanchett talks about appearing in the 2013 film, Blue Jasmine, written and directed by Woody Allen. Blanchett shares how she chooses which parts to play; what she likes about working with Allen; to what degree he sticks to the written script; and how Allen’s sense of humor and “prism of understanding” adds to a film.

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Comedian Jon Lovitz talks about how he first met his idol, Woody Allen, and shares behind-the-scenes info from the film he did with Allen: Small Time Crooks (2000). Discover why Lovitz worried about being fired; why he was nervous asking Allen a question on set; and why he started crying during filming.

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Actor Zach Braff recalls appearing in a one-minute scene with Woody Allen, Diane Keaton and Angelica Huston in the 1993 film, Manhattan Murder Mystery directed by Allen. Discover how he first met Allen and Keaton; how the first running of the lines went; and more. Braff went on to become better known as Dr. John Dorian in 2001 in the television series Scrubs.

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Zach Braff Reminisces About Woody Allen appeared first on Witnify.

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Actor Penelope Cruz discusses what it’s like to work with director Woody Allen. She discusses the degree to which he trust actors, a couple of the ways that she worries she drives him crazy and the maximum number of takes he likes. Cruz has appeared in Allen’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” in 2008 and “To Rome With Love” in 2012.

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Penelope Cruz on Her Admiration for Woody Allen appeared first on Witnify.