vhs THE LATE SHIFT 1996 1st Edition HBO 7 EMMY Noms "LENO vs LETTERMAN"

Description: Vintage video collectible from the earliest days of the home video industry. The quality of playback and visual presentation is good. ART SLEEVE is COMPLETE & UNCUT. These items are inspected but individual items slip through occasionally, and we apologize for any inconsistency. Please, ask questions before purchase, we will do our best to oblige you. FAST DELIVERY. 1) THE LATE SHIFT 1996. Directed by Betty Thomas. TAGLINES: "Two heads fighting for the late night crown - One head's gotta roll" "Letterman, Leno and the battle over the Tonight Show" - A dramatization of the rivalry between David Letterman and Jay Leno over which of them would succeed Johnny Carson as the host of "The Tonight Show". HBO movie about the behind-the-scenes network politics responsible for the changes in late-night talk-show hosts, after the retirement of Johnny Carson from NBC's "The Tonight Show." Jay Leno and David Letterman were both vying for the position, but Leno's tough manager Helen Kushnick got him the spot. In the wake of her 'stepping on the toes' of powerful network executives and 'playing hardball' tactics with guest bookings, she found herself being pushed out of her job as "Tonight Show" Executive Producer and Jay's manager. Letterman, devastated by his being passed over, brought in superagent Mike Ovitz to negotiate on his behalf, resulting in his move to CBS. Nominated for SEVEN Primetime EMMYS. CAST includes John Michael Higgins, Daniel Roebuck, Kathy Bates, Bob Balaban, Peter Jurasik, John Kapelos, John Getz, Ed Begley Jr, Steven Gilborn, Reni Santoni, Lawrence Pressman, Nichoas Guest, Lucinda Jenney, Sandra Bernhard, Treat Williams, Little Richard, Rich Little. BEHIND THE SCENES TRIVIA : A few days after the film's premiere, John Michael Higgins was booked on Late Show with David Letterman (1993) to talk about the movie and what it was like to portray Letterman. Higgins then sat in the green room as Letterman spent the next hour padding bits and doing filler, all the while promising Higgins was "coming up". At the end of the show Letterman apologized to Higgins for "running out of time", pointedly saying he hoped the actor could "come back again soon." Higgins was never re-booked. Both David Letterman and Jay Leno were vocal in their disapproval of the film, with Letterman calling it "the single biggest waste of film since my wedding photos." In an interview he said his self-loathing tendencies were overplayed, in particular a scene where he throws baseballs at an archery target, and he also took issue with the red hair color given to the actor who played him, John Michael Higgins. A library of 20,000 to 30,000 video items from 1978 forward, including multiples, is being offered for the first time to the eBay community. A Please, ask questions before purchase, we will do our best to oblige you.

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