Griffin Dunne on a literary family's legacy

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@GjpgrD 5 ай бұрын

I met Griffin in the blistering cold winter of 1990 when he was in Boston filming Once Around with Holly Hunter, Richard Dreyfuss, Gena Rowlands & Danny Aiello. It's one of my favorite films, not the least of which because both he & Richard were so kind to me. Also love his dad's novels!

@samanthab1923 5 ай бұрын

I haven’t seen that in years. That house! ❤

@GjpgrD 5 ай бұрын

@@samanthab1923 The Bella family house was actually in North Carolina & the snow there was fake. The ice skating scenes were filmed in New Hampshire. Pretty much everything else was shot in Boston. I know this because my boyfriend at the time was hired to be Dreyfuss' stand-in until at the very last minute, they decided to go with a paler guy. My boyfriend was an olive-skinned Italian, but otherwise had a similar build & face. We thought it was weird because they had Richard all tanned up for the part. The scene on the Longfellow Bridge where Richard & Holly jump out of the limo was filmed on a -20 below wind-chill day. The steam coming out of their mouths & their shivers were very real.

@djmylesmatisse Ай бұрын

I went to the Oscars in 1996 when Whoopi Goldberg hosted. I was working at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences where I parked cars. They let me go to the Academy Awards. I took my sister. During the show, I went downstairs at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to the bar and restrooms. Hanging out down there was Tom Cruise with Nicole Kidman, Quentin Tarantino talking with Tim Roth, Jeff Goldblum (who ironically was my acting teacher at Playhouse West) and Griffin Dunne. After talking with Jeff, I went up and spent 5 minutes talking with Griffin, who was standing alone. I told him how I loved AFTER HOURS and we had a good time conversing. A really great guy. I told him i was an actor and that hopefully we would work together some day. He answered that it was such a small town that it was bound to happen. Fast forward to 2024. We haven't worked together yet. What i do have is a wonderful memory of having the opportunity to talk with him a bit and realize he's as wonderful in person as I had hoped. I'll have to get his book. The audiobook from Audible as well because Griffin actually reads the book himself. I know that'll be awesome and emotional.

@Jebbie1976 5 ай бұрын

His father, Dominick, was a fantastic author. I have several of his books.

@samanthab1923 5 ай бұрын

Loved his breakdown of the OJ trial & VF articles 🌟

@riverebec1 18 күн бұрын

@@samanthab1923 Yes, I looked so forward to Dunn's VF article on the OJ trial every month. Oh, those days before the internet and social media...

@samanthab1923 18 күн бұрын

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@curiouslyconscious111 5 ай бұрын

This book is so amazing. It's even better to listen to as Griffin reads it.

@Mia7189 5 ай бұрын

Always been a fan of his work. AFTER HOURS is one of my all-time favorite films.

@ann40069 5 ай бұрын

Such a GOOD MOVIE

@sandybear61 5 ай бұрын

I fell in love with Griffin in This is Us. What a life! And still gorgeous!

@melissaolson6108 5 ай бұрын

Yes! He'll always be Uncle Nicky to me.

@OsoAnimation 5 ай бұрын

After Hours is one of my favorite films of all time!

@ManChan-w5p 5 ай бұрын

Lower Manhattan is a roller coaster.

@HeidiFinck 5 ай бұрын

Knew the Dunne family while working down the stree from them as a Governess. Both families kids were very close, still many pictures of the youngens hanging out in our house. Was taken aback by their tragedies, saddened when Dominique, sister, and Dad, Dominic died! To see and hear you this.morning on CBS was a treat! Going to get your book, lived a part of it with you! Where is Alex?

@catherineh2755 5 ай бұрын

Griffin’s mannerisms uncanny resemblance to his father. Dominick would be proud of this book. Can’t wait to read it.

@rootedsorrow 3 ай бұрын

He looks a lot like his dad now and talks like him

@pibly7784 5 ай бұрын

After Hours is one of my favorite movies.

@maddymud 5 ай бұрын

It’s Scorsese’s best. I said it

@SmilingOakTree-jy7du 2 ай бұрын

That is a good but strange movie.

@Seekthetruth3000 5 ай бұрын

Six and a half years for murdering an innocent woman! What kind of justice is that?

@GjpgrD 5 ай бұрын

And he only actually served 2!

@Ladybhive71 5 ай бұрын

Horrible

@samanthab1923 5 ай бұрын

That was a disgrace. I remember Miguel Ferrer talking about what horrible condition Dominque was in. She was unrecognizable. 🙏🏻

@xrrrismickey 5 ай бұрын

The libs in ca

@kimslygh4758 3 ай бұрын

Just a travesty. No justice for Dominique or her family. I was always a fan of this Griffin’s! ❤

@Mr.EastCoast-oj2xk 5 ай бұрын

Dunne is a performer of our time

@dr.aniasara7038 5 ай бұрын

You would be a wonderful person to have a conversation with. Great interview.

@steveconn 5 ай бұрын

So much tragedy with his murdered sister. Love him in the Kafkaesque After Hours (he looks like Kafka!)

@Richie8a8y 5 ай бұрын

Looking forward to reading this on the beach this summer Griffin!

@samanthab1923 5 ай бұрын

Griffin should go on Who Do You Think You Are? Or the PBS one Finding Your Roots 🌞

@pinaopina Ай бұрын

His voice is just like his father.

@pixieanna2058 5 ай бұрын

I'm a fan of his murdered sister, have been since the release of Poltergeist and a guest spot she did on the show "Fame" (I was devastated by her death at age 14)...thus I am a fan of his and of the whole family. I am counting the days until his book comes out!

@seinfeldchik 5 ай бұрын

No mention of his role in My Girl and This is Us?!

@RichardQuaid 5 ай бұрын

He has had quite the life.

@seinfeldchik 5 ай бұрын

@@RichardQuaidI honestly had never heard of him until his stint on TIS. I didn’t recognize him in My Girl until after the fact.

@metroG93 4 ай бұрын

I really hope he gets to direct the "Practical Magic" sequel.🙏

@pibly7784 5 ай бұрын

Great head of hair for his age.

@jojopuppyfish 5 ай бұрын

His sister was in Poltergeist. But I liked her in a tv movie called "The Day the Loving Stopped" with Dennis Weaver. An interesting tv movie about dealing with divorce as a child

@JoseMorales-lw5nt 5 ай бұрын

I believe she was in the original V T.V. movie as the teen who gave birth to an alien child! The ratings success of V lead to the TV series. Robert Englund co-starred in that movie, as well.

@alexthompson9516 5 ай бұрын

I love Griffin Dunne. I always enjoyed when he played the annoying "Bob" who plagued Kelsey Grammer on that one episode of "Frasier."

@Ladybhive71 5 ай бұрын

😂 I remember that!

@aiai-j7i 5 ай бұрын

Squeek!! 😂

@pixieanna2058 5 ай бұрын

Yes!! That scene where his stupid golf cap goes by the window has me in stitches every time!!

@susanmorris9392 20 күн бұрын

Have to read this book. I've been exactly there. I was almost murdered at 21 yrs. Old. Still in PTSD. My murderer " " received 6mos. 😊 at a hospital for the criminally insane. Let go.

@DoubleHeader97 Ай бұрын

I remember his guest role on The Good Wife. The character he portrayed was a judge (how ironic!).

@MaríaSantos-x5n7g 5 ай бұрын

I really liked his character in This is Us.

@ninamc6116 5 ай бұрын

His book is great! Read it

@tallunique 5 ай бұрын

That was nice. Thank you.

@marthacousins 2 ай бұрын

This man is the most handsome man who ever lived.

@kifacorea 5 ай бұрын

After hours was nice. He was also quietly good in MY GIRL and DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

@samanthab1923 5 ай бұрын

I liked him as the hippy doctor in Dallas…..

@johnurban7333 5 ай бұрын

Great on This is Us

@nataliemeenakshithegreat7780 Ай бұрын

What a great guy I just love him I had a crush on him I met him in his room to Interview him at the Cannes film festival I had a huge crush on him I was a composer but wanted to be a movie actress he gave me his office number in New York and said contact me years later I tried

@phlooney 5 ай бұрын

What’s his name? Louden. What’s his last name? [pause] Clear.

@biegebythesea6775 5 ай бұрын

looked like kurt russell in the thumbnail.

@seanahmed9079 5 ай бұрын

Who's That Girl!!

@irvinemuscle 5 ай бұрын

Good guy, reminds me a lot of his dad, mannerisms.

@3l3llala13 5 ай бұрын

Did he regret making "Who's That Girl" with Madonna ? LOL. He looks so different now.

@michaelg.golden7327 5 ай бұрын

Older folks looks usually change mostly for the worse.

@ManChan-w5p 5 ай бұрын

No one saw that so what's there to regret?

@curtismichael4703 5 ай бұрын

@@ManChan-w5p😂 I JUST watched it because I thought his role had been played by actor David Strathairn. Not the greatest movie but the soundtrack isn’t bad.

@ManChan-w5p 5 ай бұрын

@@curtismichael4703 The actor in the baseball movie with women starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks and of course Ciccone. A League of their own. When the soundtrack is better than the movie.....Flash Gordon.

@gigilamoore2656 5 ай бұрын

I like that movie.

@kellietaylor9913 Ай бұрын

He looks and sounds just like his dad

@deepakchoke-ya2560 Ай бұрын

I’m a fan of Griffin’s acting and feel for what he and his family went through with what happened with his sister Dominique. I was enjoying the interview up until the question about nepotism. Did the interviewer really have to put him on the spot with the nepotism question? I could understand it if he was interviewing someone like Tori Spelling for instance. Seemed a little unnecessary but he answered the question honestly.

@GaylaGriffiths-hi8zm 5 ай бұрын

I am sick from being a floral designer. I have a lung disease from Sporotrichosis, which had me @ 5/13/12.FLORISTS should be wearing haz mat suits.Mold toxicity,and formaldehyde, and 30 +years .in the hospital for 8 days.My oxygen level at 40%.I lost everything,my car,place to live, belongings and My Job.I got fired too as soon as I told them what I had is from Flowers.It is recognized by the cdc. Yeah they are not letting it out. Pitiful shame on you cdc,nih, my doctors,and my friends....Yeah after I got sick no one can be bothered.....

@eddieg6436 5 ай бұрын

I remember waiting in a LONG line of people to see Who’s that girl back in 1986 (everyone OF COURSE was there to see Madonna). The movie was SOOOOOO BAD, I distinctly remember watching people get up and leave the theater!! …..like 15-20 people!! It was an AWFUL movie!! 🤷🏼‍♂️😂

@SmilingOakTree-jy7du 2 ай бұрын

Griffith sounds and looks like his Dad. Liked him in American werewolf in London.

@Sunshine-do3yv Ай бұрын

Interesting 🫂🫂🫂

@donniemoder1466 5 ай бұрын

Who's That Gird was an awful movie (what I saw of it as it was so bad I just had to leave the theater before it ended) because of Madonna's bad acting and insipid character. Nothing to do with Griffin who was just stuck in that turkey. I liked the Joan Didion documentary.

@ManChan-w5p 5 ай бұрын

No one saw that movie so no regrets.