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‘Ruby Sparks’ Filmmakers; 'Game of Thrones’ Language Creator
'The Little Miss Sunshine' filmmakers make 'Ruby Sparks.' The linguist behind the 'Game of Thrones' language.
By Kim Masters • • 28m ListenFilmmakers Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris on making ‘Ruby Sparks’-- the follow up to their hit ‘Little Miss Sunshine.’ Plus, the linguist who created the language Dothraki for the HBO Fantasy series ‘Game of Thrones.’
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3 storiesThe Hollywood News Banter
Michael Schneider,Bureau Chief of TV Guide Magazine joins John Horn, Film Writer for The Los Angeles Times, to banter about some of this week’s top Hollywood News stories.
Read the story7 min‘Ruby Sparks’ Filmmakers
Filmmakers Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris talk with Kim Masters about the pressure to follow their 2006 indie sensation ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ with just the right second film. They had many starts and stops on other projects over the last six years and often went back to directing commercials to pay the bills.
Read the story13 min‘Game of Thrones’ Linguist
Saul Gonzalez visits Berkeley-trained linguist, David Peterson in his Orange County apartment and finds the brain behind the ‘Game of Thrones’ warrior language, Dothraki. Peterson explains how he got the gig writing for the HBO fantasy series and how he works with the production-- translating and recording the Dothraki lines for actors.
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