Robert Benton

And it really contributes to the feeling of this small town life being very real and lived and messy and not, uh, a movie construct.

I like Robert Benton.

I, I think he is a, a, a solid filmmaker.

I just recently showed Kramer vs. Kramer to Alan, who was over for the weekend, and he picked it.

The movie itself won Best Picture.

Robert Benton won for Directing and Adapted Screenplay, and Meryl Streep won for Supporting Actress.

Hoffman wasn't simply a recognizable movie star in November of 1980.

He was the newly crowned best actor in the world.

So yeah, I'm a fan of this series and I'm a fan of this film as well.

My next film is Kramer vs. Kramer, written and directed by Robert Benton.

It has a critic score of 1184 and it has a 7.8 IMDb score.

This film was nominated for nine Oscars, including Best Supporting for Justin Henry, who's the little boy in the story, and Jane Alexander as the family friend who lends a supportive ear to Dustin Hoffman's lead character.

In, in that time, and look, luckily it all happened at different points for each of you, but like when Chase kind of exploded and Kitsch exploded on Friday Night Lights, were you like-

And Toby, 'cause Toby did, um, Robert Benton's movie Uh, so, so-

Yeah

... which was a, a huge cast and everything.

Don't forget.

So you're talking Bonfire of the Vanities, Mortal Thoughts, I Want to See It, Hudson Hawk, All-Time Bomb, Billy Bathgate, Uncredited, which he does again, which we'll get to later, Robert Benton, the director, the great director.

Nobody went to see it.

Last Boy Scout... you know, against the budget, no go Tony Scott, big, big hype.

Newman's like, I don't remember ever working with you.

He's like, yeah, it was an extra in Verdict.

Robert Benton directed Willis in Billy Bathgate.

Well, this is uncredited.

I just saw for the first time a movie that we don't talk enough about, which is 1977's The Late Show with Art Carney and Lily Tomlin.

And it's one of the first films that Robert Benton directed, and...

There are so many movies that try so hard to fit in the shape of a noir, but make it contemporary.

And it just at some point falls apart.

And when it came to the Academy Awards for that particular season, it actually ended up winning for Best Adapted Screenplay and got nominated for Best Picture, Best Actress for Emma Thompson, Best Supporting Actress for Kate Winslet, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Score.

And as it is the 21st of September, we are going to be watching Places in the Heart from 1984, directed by Robert Benton and starring Sally Field.

So bringing up the poster and looking at the cast, I do not have a recollection of this movie.

I probably should have at the time, but again, not really knowing what this movie was about or when it took place or anything like that.