Shots In The Dark

It's quite remarkable to watch a film in which Hollywood stars talk modestly about their own gifts and expansively about how much someone else made them better.

On Monday night at the Tribeca Film Festival I saw a wonderful movie that deserves wider recognition—and a theatrical release.  Special Thanks to Roy London, is the story of acting coach Roy London, who died of AIDS in 1993. I hadn't heard of London, who never allowed his acting classes to be recorded and gave only two interviews. But as this documentary shows, he had a fascinating life and a huge influence on an enormous number of actors, including Jeff Goldblum, Garry Shandling, Sharon Stone, Geena Davis, and Hank Azaria. It's quite remarkable to watch a film in which Hollywood stars talk modestly about their own gifts and expansively about how much someone else made them better. Roy London sounds like a very special person.

This film was a labor of love and it shows. An amazing job.

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