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- This trove of letters – approximately 30,000 in total – became the basis of the documentary “Dear Mr. Brody,” which is currently available on VOD and playing in select theaters.
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Dear Mr. Brody is a 2021 documentary film directed and produced by Keith Maitland.The film centers on letters written to Michael James Brody Jr. (born October 31, 1948; died January 26, 1973) from the general public in response to Brody Jr.'s announcement (in early January 1970) that he would give away his inherited fortune (purported to be 25 million USD) to those in need.
Mar 4, 2022 · Not counting the 54 boxes of unread letters in Michael Brody III’s house, Pressman’s letters total over 32,000, 11,000 of which were read by the filmmakers before donating their entire lot to the Columbia Rare Books library.
Mar 2, 2022 · Maitland estimates that up to half a million letters were sent, though many were lost or destroyed over time. More than 30,000 of them are in Pressman’s trove, while another 150,000 remain in a...
Mar 9, 2022 · This trove of letters – approximately 30,000 in total – became the basis of the documentary “Dear Mr. Brody,” which is currently available on VOD and playing in select theaters.
Sep 1, 2020 · “Dear Mr. Brody” can feel unwieldy as it jumps between those exhumed letters and the story of Brody’s downward spiral, but eventually finds a way to bring fresh resonance to a saga that ...
Apr 22, 2022 · The remaining unopened letters from Pressman’s archive were donated to the Rare Book & Manuscripts Library at Columbia University, where anyone can make an appointment and open letters themselves. “Dear Mr. Brody” will be streaming on Discovery+ starting on April 28, 2022.
Feb 28, 2022 · The filmmakers gained access to over 10,000 letters that were mailed to Brody in 1970 and find various ways of engaging with these greedy, desperate, funny, and harrowing—sometimes all at once—time capsules.
