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"Death At a Funeral" director praises Alan Tudyk

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Sunday, August 12, 2007 1:19 PM

DONCOAT


The National Public Radio program "All Things Considered" interviewed Frank Oz, director of the new movie "Death At a Funeral". Alan Tudyk is a featured actor, and he gets praise from Oz in the interview.

You can listen here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12725846
The comments about Alan come at about the 3:20 mark of the audio. Alan's character is named Simon, oddly enough.

And yes, Frank Oz is the same fellow who came to fame via his work with Jim Henson and the Muppets.


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Sunday, August 12, 2007 3:25 PM

FLORALBUNNY


Oh, DonCoat, you beat me here to post that.(time zone? heh) The Simon name cracked me up. Also, did you notice Oz's description of Alan being "rigorous" about his performance, which is far different from the "working in essences" he seems to have done for TV in Firefly?

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Sunday, August 12, 2007 4:28 PM

JOSSISAGOD


Frank's praises actually come at around 4:20, not 3:20. Great interview though!

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Sunday, August 12, 2007 5:08 PM

STOWEAWAY


I only caught the tail end of this interview on the radio. Thanks for posting the whole thing.

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Sunday, August 12, 2007 10:22 PM

KAYNA

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I want to see that movie sooooo badly. Alan does great comedy. I'm also a big fan of Frank Oz (not just for the muppets), I'm glad he thinks highly of Alan. It might mean oportunities.

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Monday, August 13, 2007 1:39 AM

DONCOAT


Quote:

Originally posted by jossisagod:
Frank's praises actually come at around 4:20, not 3:20. Great interview though!


Hmm, that's odd. My player showed 3:20, give or take a few seconds. I wonder if the clip was changed since I played it, or if one of our players has its timing display really messed up.

I thought it was pretty funny when Oz complained (a bit) about people (especially interviewers) who still think of him only as Miss Piggy or Yoda. Hey, he's hardly the first to be stereotyped. Does anybody think that Ron Howard's obituary will not refer to "Little Opie"?

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Monday, August 13, 2007 9:03 AM

BROWNCOATSANDINISTA


Though he is right in that he shouldn't be thought of as "Yoda" or "Miss Piggie", I still can't resist the thought of Yoda saying -
"Excellent actor, Alan is."

Death at a Funeral is a great movie, however you look at it.

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Monday, August 13, 2007 9:03 AM

BROWNCOATSANDINISTA


Though he is right in that he shouldn't be thought of as "Yoda" or "Miss Piggie", I still can't resist the thought of Yoda saying -
"Excellent actor, Alan is."

Death at a Funeral is a great movie, however you look at it.

"I'm not going to say Serenity is the greatest SciFi movie ever; oh wait yes I am." - Orson Scott Card

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