The Plot Thickens: I’m Still Peter Bogdanovich - Episode 4: Babe Ruth just Bunted

Episode 4: Babe Ruth Just Bunted
Following The Last Picture Show, Peter directs two more major hits, What’s Up, Doc? and Paper Moon. But then his wife leaves him, and his next three movies are high-profile flops. As his relationship with Cybill is splashed across the tabloids, Peter finds himself despised by the public and ostracized in Hollywood.
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[@elizabethj8510]

In Cybill Shepherd's autobiography, she had a picture of Peter and herself with the sardonic (in retrospect) caption "We're Peter and Cybill, and you're not". That pretty much was the reason why they were unpopular.

[@swannoir]

They brought a lot of pain to some people but never seemed to give it a thought.

[@ojacobsen3727]

Love the story of Bogdanovich. have heard so many of his anecdotes and impressions so many times, but he's just an interesting guy. the films (The first four + Saint Jack for sure) are very good. The life he led, the people he worked with, the women he knew, being a powerhouse of 70's Hollywood, the Orson Welles stuff, and then of course the horrible second act. Always come back to this guy. He was kind of the proto-Tarantino, someone who brought an encyclopedic knowledge of American film history to his work, who had studied the great directors. He formed the Directors' Company with Friedkin and Coppola. Imagine those three guys in the same room. What the hell was that like? He also wrote some memorable books. I also recommend Karina Longworth's Polly Platt podcast.

[@roccoz2231]

Exactly. Bogdanovich practically wrote the blueprint for the film nerd who didn't go to film school who later becomes a filmmaker. He paved the way for Tarantino, Rodriguez, Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach, Paul Thomas Anderson, David O. Russell, etc.

[@yulno]

Peter's daughter: "Dad, Orson at all the Haagen Dazs!!" (brief pause) Peter: " Well, he is a great director!" Simply priceless. Thank you TCM~

[@JeffRebornNow]

I was 9 when What's Up, Doc? came out, and loved it. And I was 10 when Paper Moon came out and I saw it 3 or 4 times in a row. The only other movie I liked more at that point in my life was American Graffiti, which I saw like 7 times, going to the movies each day for about a week in the summer of '73. When I was young there was no such thing as VHS tapes or DVDs or Netflicks or torrenting. You never knew when or if you would ever see a movie again so you paid really close attention when you saw it at the theater. And if you loved it you went back and saw it again; at least I did with wonderful movies like Paper Moon.

[@MathieuDeflem]

The Village Voice review was called "At Long Last Lousy."

[@markodjuric4282]

This is extraordinary! Thank you for this!😊❤

[@1dbanner]

He's not asking for sympathy, but my heart always breaks hearing his story.

[@jasonraschen1109]

Sad but informative chapter in Peter’s life. Bring on Episode 5!

[@tmrezzek5728]

Excellent stuff. Keep 'em coming!

[@davidfreeman2883]

"Well there's not much to see actually." We're inside a podcast.

[@CommieGobeldygook]

'Orson ate all the ice cream!'

[@Soundofsilence-j4d]

WHATS UP DOC IS SO FUNNY.

[@donnacobb4027]

Hollywood is indeed weird

[@Soundofsilence-j4d]

HOLLYWOOD IS NOT FOR ME. IM SQUARE I HATE WEED. DO YOU THINK ALFRED HITCHCOCK SMOKED NO WAY.

[@veritas6335]

Of course not. Hitchcock didn’t smoke pot nor did any of the other famous film directors of the classic era. Pot makes you stupid. And you end up with dementia.

[@angelarogers448]

so great... ❤❤❤❤❤

[@veritas6335]

Daisy Miller flopped because Cybill was wrong for it. She just didn’t have the class to pull it off.

[@nomiddlenamenmn427]

I believe Peter was not as physically attractive as Cybill. They sound obnoxious together. It is arrogant when people accuse others of being jealous or envious. You can respectfully disagree. Saying people are jealous (they likely mean to be envious) is a rude put-down. Everyone is entitled to have their own perspective. Narcissistic people, though, always make everything about them. Great video. Thank you.

[@rqshepherd]

jeez quit for how weekday afternoon dreams are unlike for what's shows maybe that al eugster done some for mae young after her hands years in wrestling from fucking toot on drawn together herself please goddammit though

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[@ScrapNfight]

PLEASE, LESS mansplaining from Mankiewicz. Just play the interview. The placating to the listeners is off putting.