Reporting from Boston, journalists Steve Head and John Black interview
Tom McCarthy, director of
Win Win. They discuss McCarthy's inspiration for Win Win, Harold Becker's 1985 film Vision Quest (It's true, Win Win and Vision Quest are directly related); as well as the representative meanings of Win Win's character's, played by
Paul Giamatti,
Bobby Cannavale,
Amy Ryan,
Alex Shaffer and the irreplaceable
Burt Young, co-star of the Rocky films. The interview is approximately 23 minutes long. The intro and outro was recorded at Panera Bread next to the Regal Fenway 13 theater in Boston. Listen to The Post-Movie Podcast online at
Post-Movie.net. Follow Steve on Twitter at
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