Happy new year!!! Before they worked with Ruth & Ray to create iHeartMedia podcast "GEORGE BAILEY WAS NEVER BORN", husband-wife KURT ENGFEHR & ELIZABETH MARCUS worked with Michael Moore on two of the biggest and most controversial documentaries ever, Oscar-winning "BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE" and Cannes Palm d'Or-winning "FAHRENHEIT 9/11". And boy do they have some stories to tell! Just their impression of Harvey Weinstein in the edit room makes this ep worth a listen!
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Timestamps:
0:50-Welcome back! Episode 1 recap
2:36-Guests of the week preview: Kurt Engfehr and Elizabeth Marcus
6:00-What are Ruth and Ray up to? What are we watching or listening to in the new year? From introducing our almost-5 year-old Pablo to Back to the Future II to brainstorming for our next podcast pitch, cookbook proposal and more.
25:00-Ray's funny personal stories with Michael Moore.
34:00-Interview with Kurt and Elizabeth - The meet cute.
39:00-Elizabeth's first film with Kurt and Michael Moore and the making of Bowling for Columbine.
45:00-Behind the Scenes of working with Michael Moore in television and blockbuster Fahrenheit 9/11.
55:00-Elizabeth's directorial debut in documentary, No Manifesto: A Film About Manic Street. What encouraged her to direct her first film and more.
1:00:00-A hilarious anecdote about working with Harvey Weinstein and more behind the scenes of what it was like to be part of the most profitable documentary productions of their time.
1:08:00-How Kurt and Elizabeth's films have affected us personally and mention of other fine works by Elizabeth and Kurt. Plus, the state of documentary distribution.
1:16:50-Kurt and Elizabeth tell us what it was like to work on their very first podcast production, our own, George Bailey Was Never Born. An honest, funny and revealing conversation about working together and creative direction.
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