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Ivan Reitman is the most successful director of comedy in the history of filmmaking. Everyone has heard of his films - Ghostbusters, Meatballs, Twins - to name only a few. Although he lives the life of a hollywood mogul, he remains a proud Canadian. Now, for the first time, he tells his own story in this 48 minute documentary, directed by Academy Award nominated director, David Paperny.
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Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946 in Komárno in Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a Slovakian-born Canadian film actor, producer, and director. He is best known for the comedies he has directed and produced, especially in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Although he received less personal publicity than his box-office powerhouse contemporaries George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, Ivan Reitman had a comparable impact on filmmaking trends of the late 1970s and 80s. When the demographics of moviegoers shifted
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Ivan Reitman directs a great cast that includes Luke Wilson, Uma Thurman, Rainn Wilson, Wanda Sykes, Anna Faris, and Eddie Izzard. Matt (Luke Wilson) has a crush on Hanna (Anna Faris), but she has boyfriend. Matt, at the suggestion of his friend Vaughn (Rain Wilson) asks out Jenny (Uma Thurman). Jenny turns out to be two things; crazy, and a super heroine named G-Girl who possesses super strength, super speed, the ability to fly and she is nearly impervious to all forms of physical harm. Well, she basically has Superman's powers. She gained these from a meteor that blew up in front of her and her now jealous friend Barry, the super villain Professor Bedlam (Eddie Izzard).
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Ivan Reitman and producing partner Tom Pollock have managed to score co-financing -- to the tune of $200 million over five years -- for 10 new films from their Montecito Picture Company. lots and lots of comedies. The deal is sort of complicated -- for example, the funding body, Cold Spring Pictures... has the option of financial involvement in Montecito properties that don't get picked up by partner DreamWorks -- but the point is that Reitman and Pollack are very happy men this morning. When taken in combination with their recently extended first-look deal with DreamWorks, this news means they can make what they want, and that what they make will get distribution without a struggle.
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A fascinating interview at the Oxonian Society www.oxoniansociety.com by Ivan Reitman, producer and director, who has created many of American cinema's most successful and best loved feature film comedies and has worked with Hollywood's acting elite. Reitman made such hits as the ground-breaking sensation "National Lampoon's Animal House", which introduced John Belushi to American fimgoers. From there, he directed and produced a number of blockbuster comedies including Stripes (Bill Murray and Harold Ramis), Ghostbusters (Dan Aykroyd), Meatballs, Legal Eagles (Robert Redford, Debra Winger and Daryl Hannah), Twins (Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito), Kindergarten Cop, Dave (Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver), Beethoven, Private Parts (Howard Stern and Robin Quivers), and Old School (Will Ferrell and Luke Wilson). What Lucas and Spielberg did for fantasy adventure, Reitman did for comedy. The Society is dedicated to provocative discussion and debate with the world's best and most interesting minds, and is open to people of all backgrounds and experiences www.oxoniansociety.com A longer version of the whole free video can be viewed at www.oxoniansociety.com
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