Director Bruce Pittman Reveals Details Behind 'Hello Mary Lou' & Teases Possibility of Prom Night 5!

Dive into the world of Bruce Pittman, the director Prom Night II: Hello Mary Lou. Get the inside scoop on his creative process, the secrets behind his favorite movies, and what he has learned throughout his career. Learn what makes his movies so special and discover his journey as a filmmaker.


Special thanks to Bruce Pittman who was lovely and kind enough to discuss Prom Night II and his other work.

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0:00 Introduction
0:06 AN INTERVIEW WITH BRUCE PITTMAN Director of Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night ii
1:10 HOW DID YOU BECOME ATTACHED TO DIRECT HELLO MARY LOU?
2:29 HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN THE MOVIE WAS RETITLED AND DISTRIBUTED AS PROM NIGHT IT?
4:09 DID THE RESHOOTS DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE FINAL CUT?
5:28 WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SCENE?
6:44 HOW DID MICHAEL IRONSIDE JOIN THE CAST?
7:24 HOW WAS MARY LOU RECEIVED IN CANADA?
10:00 WOULD YOU RETURN TO DIRECT ANOTHER PROM NIGHT MOVIE?

Works Cited

Kicks11. Picture of Anthony Kramreither, Listal, 1 Jan. 2019, www.listal.com/viewimage/17217393.
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Lynch, Paul, director. Prom Night. IMDb, Astral Films, 1980, www.imdb.com/title/tt0081383/.

MTV International, 30 Apr. 2019.
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Norstar Films, 4 Oct. 2011, www.norstarfilms.com/peter_simpson.html.
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Pittman, Bruce, director. Harrison Bergeron. Youtube, Viacom, 1995,    • Harrison Bergeron 1995  .

Pittman, Bruce, director. Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II . IMDb, Norstar Releasing, 1987, www.imdb.com/title/tt0093176/.

“Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.: ‘My Father Had a Tremendous Love for Movies’ .” FILM TALK INTERVIEWS WITH ACTORS AND FILMMAKERS , Film Talk, 1 Jan. 2015, filmtalk.org/2015/01/11/sam-goldwyn-jr-my-father-had-a-tremendous-love-for-movies/.
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Scheer , Paul, et al. “Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II: LIVE! (w/ Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen).” Earwolf, How Did This Get Made?, no. #212, 25 Apr. 2019, www.earwolf.com/episode/hello-mary-lou-prom-night-ii-live-w-charlize-theron-seth-rogen/.
Accessed 4 July 2020.

Thomas, Kevin. Review of Hello Mary Lou: Enriching a Genre With Imagination , Review of Movie Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 1987.

Music Attributions:

1.) Malt Shop Bop by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

2.) Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Artist: http://audionautix.com/


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