Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Bill Couturié
Brian Grazer
Steven Spielberg
Penny Marshall
Morgan Freeman
Richard Dreyfuss
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Documentary film takes a behind the scenes look at big Hollywood blockbusters, their development, production and their recipe for success. Zeitgeist films, such as "American Graffiti," the epic genre-films, such as "Birth of a Nation," and films made from a best-selling book, such as "The Godfather," will be examined. Celebrities, filmmakers and executives weigh in on the creative rewards of making films as well as overcoming failures in the business.
Director
Bill Couturié
Cast
Brian Grazer
Steven Spielberg
Penny Marshall
Morgan Freeman
Richard Dreyfuss
John Singleton
Nia Vardalos
Robert Evans
Danny De Vito
Peter Bogdanovich
Gloria Huyck
Alan Horn
Jodie Foster
Sherry Lansing
George Clooney
Charlize Theron
Willard Huyck
Sydney Pollack
David Brown
Peter Guber
Pierce Brosnan
Tom Rothman
Richard D. Zanuck
Crew
Matthew Alcorn
Dave Baker
Peter Bart
Peter Bart
Peter Bart
Richard Beanan
Howell Begle
Leon Benzakein
Todd Boekelheide
Tom Bonauro
Mark Brewer
John Brookbank
Tshaka Brookes
Adam Brown
Chris Burton
Jude Calder
Joe Celeste
Roger Chingirian
Steven Condiotti
Marcus L Conner
David Conte
Thomas Conway
Bill Couturié
Bill Couturié
Robert Dean Dowling
Steve Ellington
Alexis Ercoli
Alexis Ercoli
Melvone Farrell
Patrick Fitzgerald
Kelly Flood
Jon Fontana
Diane Ford
Stephanie Fowler
Shana Fruman
Kevin Goddard
Tessie Goddard
Jonathan Grandi
Tim Gray
Deborah Green
Barbara Gregson
Derek Hackett
Judy Haft
Ned Hallick
Phelps Harmon
Hans Herneke
Cathy Highland
John G. Hoffman
J E Jack
Leslie Ann Jones
Kyle Klutz
Charles Koones
George Krivobok
Rick Larsen
Stephen Lighthill
Stephen Lighthill
Larry London
Stephan Lundgren
Alex Luu
Richard Marin
Chris Martin
Winston A Martin
Adam Mcdaid
Jim Meek
Bashirah Muttalib
Sheila Nevins
Jack Norflus
Anne Onglengoo
Adam Orellana
Prometheus Patient
Christian Pichler
Bobby Reid
Michael C Reilly
Sam Rider
Scott Roberts
John M. Roche
Jim Rosenthal
Jimmy Ross
Freddie Saba
Donna Salmon
Jeff Samuelson
Anne Sandkuhler
Jake Sauerbrey
Jeff Siedlik
Morgan Smith
John Steinhilber
James Temme
Peg Thielen
Danny Thompson
Richard Turtletaub
Sandra Valde
Jonathan Wank
Bill Weber
L Ann Wieseltier
Lucienne Zammit
Dan Zimbaldi
Dan Zimbaldi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States June 29, 2006
Aired in United States May 2006
Aired in United States June 2006
Shown at the Cannes Film Festival (Hors Competition) May 17-28, 2006.
Shown at SILVERDOCS:AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival (Opening Night) June 13-18, 2006.
Network picked up to production for the 2005-2006 season.
Miramax Books will publish Peter Bart's book, "Boffo! How I Learned to Love the Blockbuster and Fear the Bomb," in June, 2006.
Aired in the USA on HBO Network June 29, 2006.
