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The ViewDec 18th 1998Meredith Yes it’s him. You’ve seen him in some of the biggest blockbusters in movie history from Jurassic Park to Independence Day and his movies continue to reach for the heavens. You can hear him as Moses’ brother Aaron in the movie that critics are calling the number one family movie of the season, take a look at The Prince of Egypt (Days Work Clip)
Joy Moses is very cute too... (hosts comment, yeah, he is cute, etc.) You know, I am attracted to Jewish cartoon figures. (hosts laugh) I’m a sucker for a Jewish cartoon Debbie Jeff, your character was very cute as well Jeff Thank you Debbie Joy Did you have to read the Bible to prepare for this? You know what did you have to do? Jeff Well, I knew about the story since I was a ki--kid, but I did look at it more and what a (trademark Goldblum pause) ummm, story, what a heroic story. Of course, it’s a moving story but very relevant, you know, if you sort of, if you sort of uncover for meanings and messages and lessons from it. It’s very interesting isn’t it? (hosts agree) To me it is (trademark long s) Starr That sort of leads us to where we’re going a little bit today. You know, when you sit in the pit the women we sometimes do the question of the day, and since the Prince of Egypt is about the battle of good triumphing over evil and you play a pretty scrupleles guy, you’re Aaron, a good guy, and we wanted to find out just how much a good guy the real Jeff Goldblum is, so we thought it would be fun to play a game we call "What would you do if". Jeff I know this game, I love this game, there’s a board game like this called Scruples right? (hosts "Oh yeah" "You’re exactly right") Starr OK, here’s how this works, in the bowl there are cards containing questions to answer, and trust me they are not easy questions to answer. Joy How do you know? Meredith Because she’s seen them Joy Have you seen them? Starr I have not seen them. All hosts then how do you know? Starr Because the person who is the producer is an evil woman and she would not make them easy to answer. Aaron I love you. Pick out a card, read the question, and answer it, and Jeff you get to choose.
Jeff All sorts of things are possible Debbie I agree, there’s nothing wrong with playing footsie. You’re not having an affair, you haven’t even kissed the person. Joy I would stay, but I would stay because my toes are my best feature and I would want to show them off. Look at these toes! Jeff Nothing wrong with those toes Joy perfectly graduated Jeff Yes, perfectly graduated Joy Are you a foot a fetisher? Jeff Fetish...fetish is weird in some way, but in fact I’m very particular and attracted to certain kinds of hands and feet and if I’m interested in somebody, I notice their hands and feet. Joy You know both my husbands have had these huge gnarled toes. It’s disgusting..... Starr We’re going to continue to discuss feet and hands and all kinds of things that happen in hot tubs because when we come back Jeff will be joined by the man behind Prince of Egypt, Jeffery Katenzburg. Commericial Break. When they return from Commerical, Katzenburg is siting on couch beside Jeff.
(crowd cheers, Katenzburg and Jeff both nod) Starr so I hear that’s there is a little anxiety because.... Katenzburg well, (to Jeff) today were feeling a little bit better, right? (Jeff nods) Joy What’s the anxiety? Katenzburg well you know it’s opening in 10,000 theaters around the world hosts "wow" "great deal" Katenzburg we spent 4 years of our lives working on it, that’s 10% of my life, that’s a long time to do one thing. We have a little cheer that we do. hosts: do the cheer
Meredith I don’t think so Joy I didn’t think so, talk about an action figure Starr in a hot tub. Katenzburg I can’t top any of that. (laughs from hosts) I just think it’s one of the most exciting stories that we have and that we know. I mean Cecile B. Demile told it first a silent film and then years later as a talking movie thought that he could do so much more with it, umm, when my partner Steve Speilburg said "why don’t you do the ten commandments in animation?" to me it was just an instantly great idea and I thought we could make a really exciting interesting fun movie for people which is an amazing story about a remarkable man. Meredith It’s filled with a lot of other celebrity voices as well like Val Kilmer, Ralph Finees, Michelle Peifer, Danny Glover Katzenburg Sandra Bullock Merecith how did you select the actors? Katenzburg we actully listened to the voice, we have a wonderful casting director whose worked with me for years, Leslie Phelps. She comes in and we tell her what the roles are that we want and then she plays the voices and doesn’t tell use who they are. It’s kind of like name that tune. I could name Jeff Goldblum in four words. It such a distinctive voice. Starr And then you went after them based on their voice for the animation? Katenzburg Right and because in the movie we’re trying to do something that’s very real. Its actually trying to bring a painting to life as opposed to a cartoon. We really needed the best actors and actresses in the world. and the reason that they are such big stars is that they are the best. (hits Jeff friendly in the knee, Jeff smiles) Starr: Not Bad Debbie I was fixin’ to say, wow! I’m sorry I keep sucking up about the movie but it is wonderful Joy He doesn’t mind a little sucking up Starr Well, some of the scenes in the move are fantastic. I don’t want to give anything away... Katenzburg Give it away Starr The parting of the red sea is just amazing Katenzburg It’s an interesting thing, I don’t know about you, but when I went to see Titanic, I knew it was going to sink. I think everyone knows the red sea is going to part, so give it away, go for it. Starr OK, so give it away. You cannot imagine how overwhelming it is Katenzburg I didn’t imagine how it was going to sink, I just knew it would sink. Starr the chariot chase is great also, it’s great! we’re giving all the good stuff away. I promise you’ll be fascinated by it when you go and your whole family will be fascinated by it. Not bad, not bad at all. Thank you two, both Jeffs. The movie is Prince of Egypt and is playing at theaters everywhere. When we come back the critic who knows all, Rex Reed........ Back to TV Archive |
