𝗜𝗡𝗧. 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗢 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 – 𝗗𝗔𝗬 (𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟲) The room is bustling with activity as technicians scramble to set up the projection equipment. Philippe Erlanger, a determined French diplomat and historian, stands near the stage, overseeing the preparations. PHILIPPE ERLANGER: Robert, we need to get this sorted out. The festival starts in an hour. ROBERT FAVRE LE BRET: I know, Philippe, but we have technical issues. The projectionist is still missing, and the reels
𝗜𝗡𝗧. 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗭𝗢𝗘𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗘 – 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗮’𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 – 𝗗𝗮𝘆 (𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟬) FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, an American film director, sits next to his production team partner and fellow American director, GEORGE LUCAS. COPPOLA – “I think it’s a sort of salacious, trying-to-make-money kind of book.” LUCAS – “It’s going to be a mafia movie. A film about gangsters.” COPPOLA – “I just don’t see the point of making a movie about an Italian
That time I learned to write creatively. 𝗙𝘂𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: I was the ahole class clown. Like literally did anything for a laugh. Who knows? I came from a house where my 3 older siblings were 10+ years away from my age. Tons of adult jokes I’m sure landed on these tiny ears during my toddler years. Well, here I am in 4th grade. 👩🏫 And even though Mrs. King was literally the kindest, most empathetic
📰 That time I was in the local Cleveland Plain Dealer for an improv class feature. 𝗙𝘂𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: This was the first round of improvisation classes I ever took. Until this point, I had been only doing standup comedy and some minor acting roles. This was probably class #4 and the local paper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, came to do a feature on the Cleveland Improvisation Institute. I was fortunate enough the be the actor
📙 That time I landed my first bookshelf home for my book, “𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘜𝘯𝘜𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥: 𝘈𝘯 𝘈-𝘵𝘰-𝘡 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦: 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳.” 𝗙𝘂𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: I was working tirelessly to get my first book published. After all, you have to gain clout in any industry, and what better way than to pump out a couple, few books? This first one, pictured, was a 3-year journey to