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5 days ago · Christopher Schobert June 3, 2024. Before now there has never been a full-length biography of Elaine May, the icon known for being one-half of Nichols and May and the director of A New Leaf, The Heartbreak Kid, Mikey and Nicky, and the hilarious, unfairly maligned Ishtar . Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s ...
4 days ago · “Mikey and Nicky” is a tale of two small-time gangsters: Nicky, a reckless charmer who thinks he’s being targeted by a hit man because he double-crossed his Mob boss; and Mikey, his...
5 days ago · Courogen gives an entertaining account of how May hid reels of film on Mikey and Nicky, a “punk rock” move to ensure final cut. Though May didn’t agree to an interview — May agreed to answer four...
2 days ago · Well-researched and entertaining chapters on the chaotic creation of “Mikey and Nicky,” the industry hit-job on “Ishtar,” and May’s many screenwriting coups are especially informative ...
1 day ago · a dysfunctional partnership pushed to its extremes. Unlike the nihilistic extremes of Mikey and Nicky, though, Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty play lovable idiots, men who are so desperate to become the next Simon and Garfunkel that they never stop to notice that they can neither sing nor write music.
4 days ago · After performing their Broadway smash An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Elaine set out on her own. She toiled unsuccessfully on Broadway for a while, but then headed to Hollywood where she became the director of A New Leaf, The Heartbreak Kid, Mikey and Nicky, and the legendary Ishtar.
4 days ago · After performing their Broadway smash An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Elaine set out on her own. She toiled unsuccessfully on Broadway for a while, but then headed to Hollywood where she became the director of A New Leaf, The Heartbreak Kid, Mikey and Nicky, and the legendary Ishtar.
