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The Treatment

James L. Brooks: The Edge of Seventeen

EXCLUSIVE PODCAST: Longtime television producer James L. Brooks talks The Edge of Seventeen on The Treatment.

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By Elvis Mitchell • Dec 30, 2016 • 32m Listen

EXCLUSIVE PODCAST: Longtime television producer James L. Brooks and director Kelly Fremon Craig never set out to make a "teen movie" in The Edge of Seventeen. As Brooks puts it, every way about the film made it a passion project. Today Brooks joins Elvis Mitchell on The Treatment discussing his experience casting just the right actors for the story and the interesting aspect of raising money for an independent film.

Photo: Producer James L. Brooks speaks to the press. (Tim)

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    Elvis Mitchell

    host of KCRW’s The Treatment

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    Blake Veit

    Producer, 'The Treatment'

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    James L. Brooks

    writer, producer and director

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