Billy Crystal Interview 1987 Brian Linehan's City Lights

In this interview from 1987, Billy Crystal talks about Throw Momma From The Train. He discusses his co-star and director Danny DeVito, their characters Larry Donner and Owen Lift, the film as a comedy drama (before the term dramedy was used) and writer Stu Silver. A favorite 1980s film Throw Momma From The Train was Danny DeVito's debut as a director. Crystal also talks about his SNL character Buddy Young Jr and his early ideas for what became the 1992 film Mr. Saturday Night. As a child, he spent lots of time in the jazz world and tells stories about Billie Holiday and Chuck Mangione.

From 1974 to 2000, Canada’s Brian Linehan conducted thousands of in-depth interviews with the greatest actors and directors from over 60 years of film history. His programs City Lights and Linehan have not been seen since they first aired and are now available for the first time for licensing. Linehan, a stylishly gifted broadcaster, meticulously did all his own research and that, coupled with his knowledge and passion about film and filmmaking, puts him in a class all by himself.

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Brian Linehan, who passed away in 2004, left his entire estate to The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation to provide training, work opportunities and promotion for young actors of exceptional talent. All of the income of his Foundation is donated to not-for-profit institutions for that purpose. In the decade since his death, recipients of the Foundation’s support have included extraordinary young actors affiliated with the Canadian Film Centre, The National Screen Institute of Canada, the Stratford Shakespearean Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, which, since Brian's passing, has preserved and housed Brian's personal archive and tape library.