Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

Season 12008

Renowned film critic and television/radio personality Elvis Mitchell interviews various actors and directors to find out what has influenced them and the films they made.

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8 Episodes

E01 Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack considers how movies can combine historical perspective and character drama in this out-take from TCM's Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence.

July 7, 2008

E02 Bill Murray

Actor Bill Murray on working with other actors when you're not on camera, and speculating about Cary Grant, from TCM's Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

July 14, 2008

E03 Laurence Fishburne

In each half-hour episode of this series, Mitchell invites special celebrity guests to sit down and talk about how classic film has influenced their lives. In the interview with Lawrence Fishburne, the actor discusses working with director Francis Ford Coppola and his observations on actor Clark Gable.

July 21, 2008

E04 Quentin Tarantino

In each half-hour episode of this series, Mitchell invites special celebrity guests to sit down and talk about how classic film has influenced their lives. In the interview with Quentin Tarantino, the director discusses his interest in low-budget exploitation films and why he sometimes shows Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday to his actors.

July 28, 2008

E05 Edward Norton

Actor Edward Norton compares directors Spike Lee and Sidney Lumet in this excerpt from TCM's Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence,

November 7, 2008

E06 Joan Allen

In each half-hour episode of this series, Mitchell invites special celebrity guests to sit down and talk about how classic film has influenced their lives. In the interview with Joan Allen, the actress discusses the adjustment she had to make going from theatre to film and her appreciation of genre films, citing Carrie with Sissy Spacek as one example.

November 14, 2008

E07 John Leguizamo

John Leguizamo talks about Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro and his experience working with them on Righteous Kill, 2008.

November 21, 2008

E08 Richard Gere

Host Elvis Mitchell sits down with actor Richard Gere. They talk about two primary influences to the way the Gere acts: music and gymnastics. Gere talks about blues music in particular, and the natural rhythms in that style which he uses in the rhythms of his performances. He believes that all actors have an inherent musicality within them upon which to frame a performance. He also discusses what he believes are movies that have that blues rhythm in its pacing and storytelling. He equates rhythm with physical space and framing in movie making, with an actor going in and out of that frame set for him. He concludes with talking about what drew him to certain actors from the golden age of movies. With the women, it was who he considered the great beauties. With the men, it was the ability to be within the moment without looking like they were acting.

November 21, 2008

Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

E01 Sydney Pollack

E02 Bill Murray

E03 Laurence Fishburne

E04 Quentin Tarantino

E05 Edward Norton

E06 Joan Allen

E07 John Leguizamo

E08 Richard Gere

Trapper John, M.D.

Home from Home

Cavalcade of America

An Army Reborn

420

Couple Palace

Scrabble

Desus & Mero

Paul Merton in Galton & Simpson's

RIDER TIME: Kamen Rider Ryuki

Undercover Agent Lizard

Thirty Years' War: The Age Of Iron

The Sound

Mr. Winner

Okamikakushi: Masque of the Wolf

E01 Sydney Pollack

E02 Bill Murray

E03 Laurence Fishburne

E04 Quentin Tarantino

E05 Edward Norton

E06 Joan Allen

E07 John Leguizamo

E08 Richard Gere