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Career. Schiff began his career as a documentary cameraman in his hometown of New York City before moving into directing for MTV, where he was on staff for four years during the early days of the fledgling cable channel. His success at the network led to an introduction to film executive Joe Roth, who would go on to become his mentor.
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Apr 29, 1994 · Paul Schiff: The movie was released with a PG-13 rating. I will always be haunted by what I think was the funnier cut of the picture, which would have gotten an R. We were forced to release it as ...
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Paul Schiff. Producer: Awake. PAUL SCHIFF began his career as a documentary cameraman in his hometown of New York City before segueing into directing for MTV, where he was on staff for four years during the early days of the fledgling and groundbreaking cable channel.
- Paul Schiff
- I. The Screenplay
- II. Casting
- III. Heading to Georgia
- IV. The Courtroom
- V. The Release
- VI. The Phantom Sequel
- VII. The Legacy
The basic concept for My Cousin Vinnycame to Dale Launer when he was a college student in 1972, after a friend in law school told him about a guy who took the bar exam 13 times before passing. Dale Launer (screenwriter):I wasn’t a film major at the time. But I joked, “What if you’re traveling through the deep south and you’re arrested for a murder ...
When Launer wrote the screenplay for My Cousin Vinny, he had a very particular look in mind for the main character. Launer:Vinny was supposed to be a heavyweight boxer. It was mentioned in the screenplay, but got cut out. But he was supposed to look like a big thug, like muscle for the mob. I saw him as six feet four and 220 pounds. That’s why Andr...
Before Atlanta and New Orleans became the production hubs they are today, lots of Hollywood movies that supposedly take place in the South were filmed either on Hollywood backlots or even in Canada for tax purposes. But for My Cousin Vinny, there was never an idea to film anywhere but the actual South. Schiff:It was very important to us to shoot th...
The outdoor scenes were shot in a variety of little towns around Greensboro, but they headed to Covington, Georgia, to film all of the courtroom sequences. Whitfield:It was the same stage where they shotIn the Heat of the Night. They had just wrapped filming when we came in. McGill:It rains a lot in Georgia. And when it rained, that warehouse was u...
The initial cut of My Cousin Vinnywas two hours. Most studio comedies are just 90 minutes, and Fox initially wanted them to trim off about a quarter of the running time. Schiff:We really believed that if we had cut down on the setup, the payoff would have been damaged. We really, really needed to invest that time in our characters and the situation...
Lynn:I think a sequel could have worked. I don’t know why it didn’t happen. I never saw a script. I think Joe and Marisa were not that keen to do another one. Sometimes it’s a good idea just to leave a hit the way it is. Most sequels don’t work very well. Launer:I wrote a sequel. It starts with Vinny in England. Marisa has been arrested and he gets...
Nearly everyone involved with the movie looks back on it with incredible fondness and nostalgia. McGill: It gets rerun more than anything I’ve done except maybe Animal House. My wife and I saw it on a flight recently. I was hysterical because the flight attendants were standing behind and watching me watch myself and laugh. Lynn:I’m delighted that ...
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Paul Schiff. Producer: Awake. PAUL SCHIFF began his career as a documentary cameraman in his hometown of New York City before segueing into directing for MTV, where he was on staff for four years during the early days of the fledgling and groundbreaking cable channel. His success at the upstart network led to an introduction to film executive Joe Roth, who would go on to become his mentor ...
