About this episode

The episode discusses the film 'My Cousin Vinny', exploring its screenplay, cast, and surrounding production stories.

Somehow, I've never seen this film before for reasons to do with "the 90's" as described in the episode. What a great experience to watch a ruthlessly efficient screenplay in the hands of such an excellent and fun cast. Plus, it turns out there's plenty of funny off-screen content surrounding this production, including casting drama, studio interference, and some deft machinations from both screenwriter Dale Launer and director Jonathan Lynn. The Rolling Stone Oral History of My Cousin Vinny The 1985 "controversial" profile of MCV screenwriter Dale Launer .

Topics covered

• film analysis
• screenplay
• 90's cinema
• casting drama
• studio interference

Keywords

• My Cousin Vinny
• Dale Launer
• Jonathan Lynn
• 90's film
• screenplay
• casting drama
• studio interference

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rolling Stone

Books & works: My Cousin Vinny

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