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Gary Michael Goetzman (born November 6, 1952) is an American film and television producer and actor, and co-founder of the production company Playtone with actor Tom Hanks. Life and career [ edit ] Born in Los Angeles, Goetzman began his career as a child actor.
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- 1967–present
- Producer, actor
Gary Goetzman. Producer: A Man Called Otto. Gary Goetzman was born on 6 November 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for A Man Called Otto (2022), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) and Mamma Mia!
- November 6, 1952
- Gary Valentine
- Jon Peters
- Jack Holden
- Joel Wachs
- Lucy Doolittle
- Fred Gwynne
- B. Mitchel Reed
- Mary Grady
- Why Licorice Pizza Missed Out at The Oscars
Licorice Pizza’s leading man Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman), is based on Paul Thomas Anderson’s friend Gary Goetzman, a former child actor. Goetzman, now a well-known producer who frequently collaborates with Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks, inspired almost all of the specific anecdotes within Licorice Pizza from his own teenage years. Goetzman star...
Jon Peters, played by Bradley Cooper in Licorice Pizza, is a real producer and former hairdresser from the ‘70s. An interesting tidbit is that he was dating actress Barbra Streisand at the time of the film’s setting, a point that Cooper’s portrayal reiterates to Gary. Jon produced Barbra Streisand’s A Star is Born remake, which is an excellent East...
Licorice Pizza’s motorcycle-riding actor Jack Holden is based on Oscar-winning movie star William Holden. PTA told Variety that Jack Holden is a “stand-in for William Holden,” as he felt it more appropriate not to use the actor’s real name. Played by Sean Penn, Jack Holden’s Licorice Pizza character is introduced when Alana gets an audition to star...
Another real-life figure whose name isn’t changed in Licorice Pizza is Joel Wachs, a politician who ran for council member in Los Angeles in the early 1970s. Played by Uncut Gems director Benny Safdie in Licorice Pizza, Wachs’ role becomes significant when Alana quits Gary’s waterbed business and gets a job volunteering on Chairman Wachs’ campaign....
Licorice Pizza’s Lucy Doolittle character is another example of slightly changing a real-life Hollywood actor’s name as deemed appropriate by PTA. Doolittle's role is early in the film as an actress leading Gary’s variety show Under One Roof. Anderson keeps the inspirational actress’s first name and changes the last, as Lucy Doolittle is based on n...
Another true star of the ‘60s portrayed as himself on screen, Paul Thomas Anderson’s frequent collaborator John C. Reilly cameos in a blink-or-you’ll-miss-it scene of Licorice Pizza. As Gary sets up his “Soggy Bottom” stand at the Teen-Age Fair, Licorice Pizza pans over to a booth for The Munsters’ original cast, where Fred Gwynne (Reilly) is dress...
After Alana and Gary decide to go into business together for Fat Bernie’s Water Beds, the two schedule a live radio ad as done by B. Mitchel Reed. Licorice Pizza portrays the radio jockey as the actual B. in only about a two-minute scene. Mitchel Reed, who is played in the movie by accomplished voice actor Ray Chase. Reed was best known for his dis...
In a small but memorable scene, Licorice Pizza features a segment where Alana and Gary meet with Mary Grady, a real-life child actor agent from the ‘70s. Played by frequent PTA collaborator Harriet Samson Harris, Mary Grady was a well-known talent agent for many of Hollywood’s greatest child stars of the era. Licorice Pizza’s real-life Grady was al...
Among nine other films, Licorice Pizza was nominated for Best Picture, and didn't win — but what made many audiences upset was that Alana Haim got missed entirely. Licorice Pizza was up against quite a formidable group in terms of the Best Picture Oscar. Between King Richard, allegorical disaster-comedy Don't Look Up, Belfast, and Dune, it was perh...
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Gary Goetzman. Producer: A Man Called Otto. Gary Goetzman was born on 6 November 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for A Man Called Otto (2022), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) and Mamma Mia!
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Sep 29, 2022 · Gary Valentine is Based on Gary Goetzman. MGM/Getty Images. Cooper Hoffman’s character is modeled on Gary Goetzman, a friend of Paul Thomas Anderson and the co-founder of Tom Hanks’ production ...
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Gary Goetzman (Gary Michael Goetzman) was born on 6 November, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, United States, is a Producer, actor. ... His wife is Leslie Anne ...
Aug 18, 2023 · The Talking Heads’ manager Gary Kurfirst had a lot to do with that, but so did Goetzman’s relationship with label chairman and CEO Mo Ostin. “I had known Mo since I was 14,” Goetzman said ...
