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Jan 9
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Is This Thing On? with Bradley Cooper an...

DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA
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Director Bradley Cooper discusses his new film, Is This Thing On?, with fellow Director Bennett Miller in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, he discusses the true story circumstances that inspired the film, how he envisioned and cast Will Arnett and Laura Dern in the leading roles, and utilizing his cinematography to emphasize the vul ... Show More
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