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S38E4: Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames | Clip

Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames (ASL Trailer)

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Explore the story of director, screenwriter and producer Blake Edwards, known for cinema classics such as “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “Days of Wine and Roses” and the “Pink Panther” series. This version of the trailer contains on-screen ASL interpretation.

TRANSCRIPT

(AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE)

(upbeat music) - Those opening credits, Blake Edwards production.

This guy knows how to make the funniest movies I've ever seen.

(piano booming) - It was so exciting.

You could just tell it was gonna be a hit.

(explosion booming) - We sunk a truck.

- You go from "Operation Petticoat," to "Breakfast at Tiffany's" to "The Pink Panther."

It's like he could do no wrong.

- And I remembered watching this huge screen and thinking, what is my dad doing in the back row with Mary Poppins?

(light music) - [Julie Andrews] I was driving, and a very beautiful car came into the meridian, and I looked across, and Blake rolled down his window and said, "You're Julie Andrews?"

And I said, "Yes, I am."

(light music) It was pretty instantaneous.

He was dangerously attractive.

(smooth music) - It's a fascinating pairing.

I remember as a kid finding out they were married.

It's like, what?

How's that possible?

She's from "Sound of Music" and he's this comedy guy.

- [Blake Edwards] She is a remarkable human being.

She really, truly is.

- Blake was working to take Julie out of that mold that everybody had put her in.

She'd really been stuck in Mary Poppins, Maria von Trapp.

(upbeat music) - [Andrews] Collaborating with your spouse is extremely nerve-wracking.

Underlying that incredible charisma, and charm, and talent, he had a very dark side to him.

- Comedy people are an interesting breed.

They have problems with depression.

- Even though he looked so happy, there was a lot of sadness.

- [Edwards] It was just too much.

I couldn't handle Hollywood.

- [Andrews] In a way, he wrote out his demons.

- [Edwards] I said, "That's it, I'm just gonna write, and they'll buy it or they don't."

(ball thudding) - The first thing people think about when they think of him, they think of the "Pink Panther" films, but I actually think of the range.

It's intangible, it's perfect, and it's just.

- Comic genius.

- Controlled insanity.

- My director.

- One of those things like lightning striking.

(chuckling) - Dude knew how to put on a show.

(upbeat music) - That's just movie magic right there.