CHARLIE ROSE {KATHY BATES} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of talk shows hosted by Charlie Rose. In this program, Rose interviews actress Kathy Bates. Bates describes her wariness of "celebrity" status and her experience of becoming famous in mid-life. She discusses her role as a "dustbuster" political adviser in "Primary Colors" (1998) and muses on the similarities between that movie and real-life politics. Next, she explores the role of a director in modulating a performance to the right pitch, using as an example Rob Reiner, who directed her in "Misery" (1988). In remarking on the qualities she seeks in a director, she cites Mike Nichols, dwelling on his ability to know a film's characters better than the actors playing them. After viewing a clip from her performance in "Primary Colors," Bates compares her work in the film to that in "Titanic" (1997), praises Kate Winslet and the British system of training actors, and marvels over "the Leonardo phenomenon." She compares the directorial styles of Nichols and James Cameron, and she and Rose watch a clip from "Titanic." Bates recalls the seminal moment in which she decided to make acting her career, her parents' support of her goal, and her disappointment in failing to land the role for the movie version of the stage play "'Night, Mother" (1986). Following a clip from her performance in "Misery," she tells an amusing story about receiving an Oscar for her performance in that film. After a clip of her portrayal as Jay Leno's manager in the HBO movie "Late Shift," Bates discusses her propensity for playing strong females and concludes the program by examining the far reaching effects of the arts on the public.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by Rosalind P. Walter, 1999.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: March 30, 1998 11:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:57:13
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:57369
- GENRE: Talk/Interviews
- SUBJECT HEADING: Acting; Motion picture actors and actresses; Motion picture producers and directors; Theater; Biography
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1991-2017
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Charlie Rose … Executive Producer
- Yvette Vega … Senior Producer
- Christine Mangan … Supervising Producer
- Josh Block … Producer
- Rebecca Carroll … Producer
- Jonathan Norman … Producer
- Irene Wang … Producer
- Cara Familet … Associate Producer
- Thomas Carter … Line Producer
- Rene Woolley … Director
- Courtney Litz … Researcher
- Iva Zoric … Researcher
- Charlie Rose … Host
- Kathy Bates … Guest
- James Cameron
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Jay Leno
- Mike Nichols
- Rob Reiner
- Kate Winslet