Robert De Niro Profile – Episode #36 (July 21st, 2015)

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4.9 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2015

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Popcorn Talk proudly presents Profiles with Malone and Mantz! In this vodcast series hosts Alicia Malone and Scott "Movie" Mantz break down and focus on some of the most prolific Hollywood directors, writers and actors in the entertainment industry - past & present. Today it's all about Robert De Niro. Download The Godfather here on iTunes: http://j.mp/TheGodfatheriTunes Robert De Niro (/dəˈnɪroʊ/; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor and producer who has starred in over 90 films. His first major film roles were in the sports drama Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) and Martin Scorsese's crime film Mean Streets(1973). In 1974, after being turned down for the role of Sonny Corleone in the crime film The Godfather (1972), he was cast as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II (1974), a role for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. De Niro's longtime collaboration with Scorsese later earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jake LaMot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Popcorn Talk Network.
0:02.0	For the online broadcast network that features movie discussion, news, and interviews, press one.
0:09.3	Popcorn Talk, we talk movies.
0:26.3	From the Popcorn Talk Network, the online broadcast network for Movie Talk,
0:29.3	Alicia Malone with Scott Movimance and the Schmoz know.
0:30.7	This is Profiled.
0:34.9	In-depth spotlights on the greatest filmmakers and artists in motion picture history.
0:38.5	Hello, Profilers.
0:44.7	Welcome to a very special, long overdue episode of Profiles.
0:47.9	It's about time that we are getting to.
0:53.0	One of the greatest, if not the greatest actors of all time. The question is, what took us so long before we get to Robert De Niro?
0:58.0	Well, I love that this is almost a companion piece to our Martin Scorsese episode we've already done,
1:03.4	because, of course, these two have collaborated so well together,
1:07.3	and we'll be talking about many Scorsese movies in our Fast 5, but talking about
1:12.5	them this time from the perspective of the actor.
1:15.7	And Robert De Niro, he has to be one of the most committed actors around.
1:20.7	71 years old, still going strong, is starred in over 90 films and he is a method actor.
1:26.5	Method with a capital M. I i mean it's the famous story
1:29.5	that he gained 60 pounds or whatever it is to play jake lamata and raging bull also drove a cab
1:36.5	for taxi driver uh went to sicily for godfather part two i mean he puts everything into every role he does, and you can see it.
1:46.2	He's so natural. He doesn't do anything in halves. And during the 70s, he joins the list of Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoppin, and just one of the great actors of that time and of all time. And he really did raise the bar for every actor that followed, every generation
2:03.7	that followed. And his intense physical and mental preparation, he is so committed. Like we talked
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