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WWTW Interview: ‘Poliwood’ co-stars Rachael Leigh Cook and Richard Schiff
November 20, 2009 Actress Rachael Leigh Cook entered the lion’s den in the summer of ‘08 - the Republican National Convention in her home town of Minneapolis. For a dyed in the wool liberal, that took some effort. But she’s a member of the nonpartisan Creative Coalition, and she figured it was only right to visit the RNC after making a stop in Denver for the Democratic National Convention. “A lot of people didn’t even wanna go,” Cook says of her fellow coalition members. “I was really curious to go.” Director Barry Levinson covered Cook’s visit to both political conventions as part of “Poliwood,” his film essay on actors who speak out on the issues of the day. Leigh, who chatted with WWTW earlier this week along with fellow coalition member Richard Schiff (“The West Wing”), says she learned more in an hour at the RNC than her entire time at the DNC. “These are people who are generally small business owners,” she says of the GOP convention visitors she met during her visit. “Poliwood” follows coalition members as they visit the two conventions. The actors discuss why they speak out on political issues, share their hardscrabble roots and, at one point, debate Republican pollster Frank Luntz on how they express themselves in public. That last moment set off some fireworks. Some of the actors resisted Luntz’s advice, a few rather heatedly. “What doesn’t come through the in film is that he had a real air about him,” Cook says of Luntz. “We all respond to people’s energy and he walked in looking down on us … and he had such an attitude.” [...] “Poliwood” also features a scene in which people in a focus group harangue celebrities for talking politics with the press. One woman in particular sounded offended by people like Cook and Schiff. “I heard so much hurt in her voice,” Cook says, remembering how the woman accused actors of thinking they were better than she. “’How come no one is listening to me,’” she recalls the woman saying, adding her anger is misdirected. “She should be mad at the system.” Source: http://whatwouldtotowatch.com/...-and-richard-schiff/ ------- “When I was born, the doctor asked my parents, ‘How do you want to spell Rachel?’ And they were, like, ‘There's another way to spell it?’ It didn't cost anything extra, and they liked it, so they added the ‘a.’ But now at restaurants when I put my name down, they always call out Raquel or Rach-a-el.” - RACHAEL LEIGH COOK. |
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Media Bloodhound |
seems Poliwood is nowhere to find yet. will it be released on DVD too? What ya think?
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I suppose so. (Look at this eBay link)
------- “When I was born, the doctor asked my parents, ‘How do you want to spell Rachel?’ And they were, like, ‘There's another way to spell it?’ It didn't cost anything extra, and they liked it, so they added the ‘a.’ But now at restaurants when I put my name down, they always call out Raquel or Rach-a-el.” - RACHAEL LEIGH COOK. |
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Media Bloodhound |
ah yes, thx! haven't checked ebay yet. maybe we can get a copy from there.
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This one was part of a Press Kit.
------- “When I was born, the doctor asked my parents, ‘How do you want to spell Rachel?’ And they were, like, ‘There's another way to spell it?’ It didn't cost anything extra, and they liked it, so they added the ‘a.’ But now at restaurants when I put my name down, they always call out Raquel or Rach-a-el.” - RACHAEL LEIGH COOK. |
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