Film

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel

2006 · 1h 28m · Documentary

An interview series that gives unprecedented looks into the lives of working screenwriters.

Few screenwriters can concentrate for more than a few hours, let alone sustain a career in Hollywood for over 30 years. But the blockbuster comedy writing team of Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel has been making television and film audiences laugh for decades. In the early '70s, Ganz was writing for The Odd Couple while Mandel was receiving his first paychecks for work on M*A*S*H and Busting Loose. In total, Ganz and Mandel have written an astonishing 18 produced feature screenplays, including City Slickers, A League of Their Own, Mr. Saturday Night, Forget Paris, Where the Heart Is, Robots, and Fever Pitch, while also maintaining a "secret career" of un-credited rewrites on studio comedies.

Lowell Ganz

Himself

Babaloo Mandel

Himself

Michael De Luca

Himself

• Dave MoldavonDirector

Release date

October 20, 2006

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 28m

Genres

Documentary