"GOTCHA!" The Jeff Kanew Intervie...

"GOTCHA!" The Jeff Kanew Interview (part 1)

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The Tuesday Morning Screening Room Podcast by The Tuesday Morning Screening Room Podcast
S1 · E51
Dec 31, 2025
01:23:00

Episode notes

IN PART ONE OF AN INTERVIEW THAT COULDN'T BE CONTAINED TO JUST ONE EPISODE... Director/Editor/Producer Jeff Kanew (Revenge of the Nerds/Troop Beverly Hills) takes us through the beginnings of his incredible career... starting as a singer in a 1960's vocal group... through editing trailers for historic films such as The Good, the Bad & the Ugly, The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy and more... into his directorial debut... brushes with legends including Paul Simon and Muhammad Ali... and finally, his experience editing 1980's Best Picture Winner - Ordinary People - and working with that film's director, the late Robert Redford!

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