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Even before Johnny Carson retired, Letterman and Leno were jockeying for The Tonight Show. Letterman had a proven record, but at a later time slot, with an edgier crowd. Leno had the guest-host position and the support of the network. HBO dramatizes the struggle for the 11 p.m. slot in The Late Shift, a made-for-cable movie that reveals the seedier side of talk television. Kathy Bates gives a hysterical--both in the funny and the manic sense--performance as Leno's manager. John Michael Higgens is a convincing Letterman and Daniel Roebuck (with mounds of latex on his chin) gets the Leno voice right. And while the studio execs and agents (played humorously by Bob Balaban, Ed Begley Jr., Treat Williams, among others) appear as sharks, both Leno and Letterman come off sympathetically. Even though the outcome is well known, The Late Shift is an entertaining look at the craziness that is late-night TV. --Jenny Brown
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Betty Thomas |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 24 February, 1996 |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | PAL |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
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Customer Reviews of The Late Shift [Region 2]
Not Bad Saw this on HBO a few years ago. Each actor portrayal of Leno and Letterman was, in my opinion, pretty right on. <
>Kathy Bates' portrayal of Lenos's agent was based on the actual woman with the foulest mouth in Hollywood. How she ever made it in the business, I'll never know. All in all this was a very entertaning flick.
Late Shift
An interesting timeline of events that transpired during the time of the Tonight Show Johnny Carson departure and the scrambling for the position that ensued afterwards. It is certainly a depiction of the ugliness of television power brokers that is seldom told. If you're a fan of latenight talk, and want a better appreciation of how the hosts got there, this is an entertaining watch.
Kathy Bates is awesome!
This is a great HBO telefilm based on the late night talk show wars of the early 90s. The actors portraying Leno and Letterman give dead-on impersonations as their respective hosts. In particular, the Leno was able to capture the essence of unfunny smarminess that is Leno's personality. While these guys were great, the real star is Kathy Bates as the foul-mouthed control freak, Helen Kushnik! What a tour-de-force! She is at her nastiness while behind the wheel of her Mercedes shouting insults and cutdowns galore at uptight studio heads. Unfortunately the real Helen is no longer with us, so be sure to pay tribute to her memory by purchasing this now!