The Late Shift
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Movie Reviews of The Late Shift
Movie Review: Late Shift
Summary: 5 Stars
An interesting timeline of events that transpired during the time of the Tonight Show Johnny Carson departure and the scrambling for the position that ensued afterwards. It is certainly a depiction of the ugliness of television power brokers that is seldom told. If you're a fan of latenight talk, and want a better appreciation of how the hosts got there, this is an entertaining watch. Movie Review: Kathy Bates is awesome!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great HBO telefilm based on the late night talk show wars of the early 90s. The actors portraying Leno and Letterman give dead-on impersonations as their respective hosts. In particular, the Leno was able to capture the essence of unfunny smarminess that is Leno's personality. While these guys were great, the real star is Kathy Bates as the foul-mouthed control freak, Helen Kushnik! What a tour-de-force! She is at her nastiness while behind the wheel of her Mercedes shouting insults and cutdowns galore at uptight studio heads. Unfortunately the real Helen is no longer with us, so be sure to pay tribute to her memory by purchasing this now!Movie Review: Wonderfully Acted DocuComedy On Leno/Letterman!
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't tell you how long I have waited for this DVD. A very true story of the dark side of late night comedy, specifically focusing on the year Johnny Carson gave up his chair on The Tonight Show.Movie Review: Letterman Deserved the Tonight Show
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a terrific video with Kathy Bates absolutely hateful as Leno's manager. The actors portraying Leno and Letterman are good but try too hard to mimic rather than portray each. The video is great at showing the behind the scenes maneuvering that allowed Leno to steal The Tonight Show from David Letterman. That may be harsh but I don't think there is any other way to describe what happened. The rightful heir to Carson was Letterman. Leno was (and still is) a poor pretender to the throne.
That being said, the intrigue and lies used to move the transfer of the Tonight Show to Leno is great. CBS's decision to enter the late night market and lure Letterman is played out realistically. It's interesting to note that if Letterman got the Tonight Show, CBS was ready to go after Leno.
The video is a good companion to the book. The book provides much more detail and inside information but the video hits the highlights. If interested, you may want to read the book before viewing the video.
Look forward to seeing this on DVD hopefully with some extras.
Movie Review: Waiting for the DVD!
Summary: 5 Stars
Please please please release "The Late Shift" on DVD!! Its a great movie, but we need the DVD (with perhaps some extras)!