As I recall, there were lots of production issues with As Good as It Gets, specifically in terms of boosting Cuba Gooding Jr.‘s role (after winning his Oscar) and maybe shortening Skeet Ulrich’s. It all shows, as does the uneasy rewrite Brooks did of Mark Andrus’s script. I have no idea what Andrus’s original script […]
Entries Tagged as 'Greg Kinnear'
As Good as It Gets (1997, James L. Brooks)
March 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tagged: Greg Kinnear· Harold Ramis· Jack Nicholson· James L. Brooks· Mark Andrus· Tri-Star Pictures· ★★
Little Miss Sunshine (2006, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)
June 28th, 2007 · No Comments
Calling Little Miss Sunshine an independent film–regardless of its Fox Searchlight banner at the front–is a misnomer. While the financing might not have come through the traditional channels, it’s got a very high profile cast and its content is about on par with, say, Miramax films of the late 1990s, which means it’s on par […]
Tagged: Alan Arkin· Fox Searchlight Pictures· Greg Kinnear· Jonathan Dayton· Michael Arndt· Toni Collette· Valerie Faris· ★★★½



