Polly Platt, c. early 1990's | Photo y Mary Ellen Mark
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Platt collaboration with Brooks hits choppy waters with I’ll Do Anything, which at one point was a musical with songs by Prince, but which became one of the most notoriously misbegotten productions of the 1990s. Polly recaptures her indie roots by shepherding the directorial debut of Wes Anderson.
SHOW NOTES:
Sources specific to this episode:
This season is based in large part on Polly Platt's unpublished memoir, It Was Worth It, excerpted with the permission of Sashy Bodganovich.
This episode includes excerpts from interviews with: Rachel Abramowitz, Lisa Maria Radano, Polly Finkelman Cox, Antonia Bogdanovich, Kelly Wade, Paula Herrold, Stacey Sher, Nancy Griffin and Barbara Boyle.
Owen Wilson with Wes Anderson on the set of Bottle Rocket, Produced by Polly Platt (1995)
Music:
The music used in this episode, with the exception of the intro, was sourced from royalty-free music libraries and licensed music collections. The intro includes a clip from the film Casablanca.
Excerpts from the following songs were used throughout the episode:
No Place - DJ Masque
Rite of Passage - Kevin MacLeod
I Know a Guy - Kevin MacLeod
Wanna Be Free - King Sis
Gagool - Kevin MacLeod
Faster Does It - Kevin MacLeod
Sunset - Kai Engel
Quantum Jazz - Passing Fields
Tikopia - Kevin MacLeod
Readers Do You Read - Chris Zabriskie
What You’re Made Of - Gary Combs
Divider - Chris Zabriskie
Polly Platt in Hawaii, 1990's | Photo courtesy of Sashy Bogdanovich.jpeg
Credits:
This episode was written, narrated and produced by Karina Longworth.
Featuring special guests: Maggie Siff as the voice of Polly Platt.
Research and production assistant: Lindsey D. Schoenholtz.
Social media, transcription and additional research: Brendan Whalen.
Transcription and additional research: Kristen Sales and Wiley Wiggins.
Edited by: Brendan Byrnes
Produced by: Tomeka Weatherspoon
Audio engineers: Jared O'Connell, Andrea Kristins and Brendan Byrnes.
Supervising Producer: Josephine Martorana.
Executive Producer: Chris Bannon.
Logo design: Teddy Blanks.