Proudly Resents: Interviews Adam Spiegelman

Carolyn Minnott played the mom in “The Room,” you know the one who drops the bomb that she has cancer, but it never comes up again? Carolyn gives her side of the story and dishes the dirt about being in the worst movie ever made. Hear more interviews below.



Welcome to Proudly Resents. The obsessive podcast about cult movies. Today it’s all about the Room. The Room is considered the Citizen Kane of bad films. Check out past episodes where I talk to other actors from the film and the director Tommy Wiseau. Today I have the pleasure to talk to the woman who played a character that definitely had cancer. It’s official, I’m talking to Carolyn Minnott.



I’ve been lucky enough to record interviews with Tommy Wiseau, Denny Aka Phillip, Lisa’s frisky best friend aka Robin Paris and script supervisor Sandy Schklair with his controversial interview.

 

Song, Baby in a Bar at the end of the show is by Rob Paravonian 

You can also find past episodes, make a donation, contact me or but a very cool well-made t-shirt from Busted Tees. We get a piece of the action. If you haven’t worn a shirt before, wow, trust me, a game changer. And you can get into better restaurants.

Have you thought more about this wearing a shirt thing? It’s highly recommended. And if you must wear a shirt, why not wear a cool with your favorite movie on it. The room, Star Wars, Stranger Things… Oh yeah, that cool. There’s a banner ad on the website or got to pr.shirts.

I’ve done over 200 episodes so I spit it up on Apple podcasts into different categories. There’s Proudly Resents Bad movie recaps where hilarious comedian talks about terrible movies, PR Interviews – with people like Bobcat Goldthwait and Lloyd Kaufman. And Pr The Room – with interviews with actors and behind the scenes actors from the movie.

Thanks to Robin Paris for putting this together. You can watch”The Room Actors: Where Are They Now? A Mockumentary.”  on YouTube. Support Robyn’s show by joining her Patreon page. 

More “The Room” interviews below:



 

Proudly Resents Room Episodes:

Tommy Wiseau:



Sandy Schklair’s first interview:



Philip Halderman:



Rick Harper, Director of the Room doc, “Room Full of Spoons”

The Man who played Chris-R

More fun stuff:

Newcomers review of The Room:



Play “The Room” video game!

Review of “Room Full of Spoons”

The man who writes “The Room” fan fiction & his version of the prequel.



Leave a donation – Keep the lights on!

Check out  Proudly Resents Interviews for more interviews with outsider movie makers like Lloyd Kaufman or Bobcat Goldthwait. Also on Proudly Resents Bad movie Recaps. I review terrible films with amazing comedians and podcasters. Look up Proudly Resents on apple podcasts or stitcher or where ever.

Dan Janjigian didn’t just play Chris-R in “The Room” he’s an Olympic athlete, reality star and he was played by heart throb Zach Efron in the Oscar-nominated film “The Disaster Artist.’ But his teenage daughter is still not impressed. Listen to the interview.



Dan’s Official Chris-R Etsy account!

Dan’s Official Chris-R Facebook Page

Welcome to Proudly Resents. The obsessive podcast about cult movies. Today it’s all about “The Room.” I’m talking with the man who played drug dealer with a black beanie and absolutely no patients, Chris-R. I’ve been obsessed with the movie the room since I saw it at a midnight screening in 2004. So it’s so exciting to see it go mainstream. I still think it’s cool. Tommy impressions have replaced Borat impressions with the office goofball.

I’ve been lucky enough to record interviews with Tommy Wiseau, Denny Aka Phill



ip, Lisa’s frisky best friend aka Robin Paris and script supervisor Sandy Schklair with his controversial interview.

 

Robin was the one who put me in touch with today’s guest Chris-R himself,

Dan Janjigian. Dan is not just Chris-R, but you’ll hear about his Olympic career

 

and his wife’s unusual profession. Got to Proudlyresents.com/Chris-r to find links to his site and Facebook pages. Also, you’ll find interviews with other Room actors include Tommy Wiseau, Phillip Halderman who played Denny and Robin Paris who was Lisa’s frisky best friend. Plus a controversial interview with the man who claims he was real director of the movie.

You can also find past episodes, make a donation, contact me or but a very cool well-made t-shirt from Busted Tees. We get a piece of the action. If you haven’t worn a shirt before, wow, trust me, a game changer. And you can get into better restaurants.

Thanks to dan for that great interview. Go to Proudlyresents.com/chrisr to find links to things he was talking about. Plus you can watch”The Room Actors: Where Are They Now? A Mockumentary.”  find past interviews and reviews, leave a donation or buy a shirt.  Have you thought more about this wearing a shirt thing? It’s highly recommended. And if you must wear a shirt, why not wear a cool with your favorite movie on it. The room, Star Wars, Stranger Things… Oh yeah, that cool. There’s a banner ad on the website or got to pr.shirts.

I’ve done over 200 episodes so I spit it up on Apple podcasts into different categories. There’s Proudly Resents Bad movie recaps where hilarious comedian talks about terrible movies, PR Interviews – with people like Bobcat Goldthwait and Lloyd Kaufman. And Pr The Room – with interviews with actors and behind the scenes actors from the movie.

 

Thanks to Robin Paris for putting this together. You can watch”The Room Actors: Where Are They Now? A Mockumentary.”  on YouTube. Support Robyn’s show by joining her Patreon page. 

More “The Room” interviews below:



 

Proudly Resents Room Episodes:

Tommy Wiseau:



Sandy Schklair’s first interview:



Philip Halderman:



She played Lisa’s mom. The results are in!



Robyn Paris – played Lisa’s best friend. Was stalked by Tommy IRL



Tommy sued Rick Harper for making a tell all doc about The Room. “Room Full of Spoons” director tells all



More fun stuff:

In this interview,” The Room” actress Robyn Paris, opens up about shooting the worst film ever, the awkward premiere and Tommy’s abusive behavior. Robyn claims that director Tommy Wiseau has actively gone out of his way to stop the former stars of his film from profiting from their “The Room” fame.”The Disaster Artist” could not tell everyone’s story of filming “The Room.” Here’s Robyn Paris’ story.

 

After the second actress playing “Lisa” was fired, Tommy



Wiseau promoted Juliette Danielle from a smaller part to the female lead. So Robyn Paris got a frantic phone call from Greg Sestero asking how soon she could be on set.

Robyn Paris had less than an hour to get on set, learn her lines and start shooting her infamous role as Michelle, a.k.a. “Chocolate Girl.”  Almost 10 years later the movie has gone mainstream and Robyn has launched a career as a writer/director.

Robyn has been able to turn her turn as Michele into a career as a filmmaker. The actress has written and directed the “Funny or Die” web series, “The Room Actors: Where Are They Now? A Mockumentary.” 

Support Robyn’s show by joining her Patreon page. 

More “The Room” interviews below:



Proudly Resents Room Episodes:

Sandy Schklair’s first interview:



Philip Halderman:



Tommy Wiseau:



Newcomers review of The Room:



Rick Harper, Director of the Room doc, “Room Full of Spoons”

More fun stuff:

Play “The Room” video game!

Review of “Room Full of Spoons”

The man who writes “The Room” fan fiction & his version of the prequel.



Leave a donation – Keep the lights on!

Check out  Proudly Resents Interviews for more interviews with outsider movie makers like Lloyd Kaufman or Bobcat Goldthwait. Also on Proudly Resents Bad movie Recaps. I review terrible films with amazing comedians and podcasters. Look up Proudly Resents on apple podcasts or stitcher or where ever.

 



Sandy Schklair wrote the book, “Yes, I Directed The Room” to let you know just that. I interviewed the script supervisor and controversial director in his home about what it was like to see his life on the big screen in the new James Franco movie, “The Disaster Artist” and being played by a movie star, Seth Rogan. Sandy explains why he feels he directed the film, why he deserves credit and what that means to him. He also clears up some discrepancies in the movie “The Disaster Artist.”

Sandy Schklair also tells some great behind the scenes stories including the origin of the spoon. Check out lots more in Sandy’s book, “Yes, I directed the Room.”

I want to thank Sandy and Dina for doing the interview and Rick Harper and Alexandre Royal Pelletier

for setting it up. Well, what do you think? Did Sandy direct the movie and if so, so what? What did you think of The Disaster Artist.

This is the second interview I did with Sandy. Listen to it to see some contradictions.

Let me know what you think – @proudlyresents on Twitter or email me at Reachadam@mac.com.



Other “The Room” related interviews:

Proudly Resents Room Episodes:

Sandy Schklair’s first interview:



Philip Halderman:



Tommy Wiseau:



Newcomers review of The Room:



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rick Harper, Director of the Room doc, “Room Full of Spoons”

More fun stuff:

Play “The Room” video game!

Review of “Room Full of Spoons”

The man who writes “The Room” fan fiction & his version of the pre-quel.



Leave a donation – Keep the lights on!

Check out  Proudly Resents Interviews for more interviews with outsider movie makers like Lloyd Kaufman or Bobcat Goldthwait. Also on Proudly Resents Bad movie Recaps. I review terrible films with amazing comedians and podcasters. Look up Proudly Resents on apple podcasts or stitcher or where ever.

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“The Room” is fully exposed in Rick Harper’s doc “Room Full of Spoons.”

 

Find out a

 

bout the legal feud with Tommy, their strange friendship, where Tommy is actually from, how much work did it take to find his home town, and what Rick thinks of James Franco’s new movie “The Masterpiece.”

RICK REVEALS WHERE TOMMY IS FROM!



Rick Harper is a filmmaker who likes many became obsessed with what’s been considered, the Citizen Kane of bad films, called “The Room.” The movie is about a man betrayed by his best friend and his future wife.

Turns out, the story behind the story is even more fascinating. The most interesting person in this is the film’s director, Tommy Wiseau. Rick spent over five years and $100,00 of his own money to make the definitive document in the room.his fascinating documentary, “room full of spoons” is available on Roomfullofspoons.com.

Interviews: 



Tommy Wiseau!

“Denny” – Philip Haldiman

The man who claims he directed “The Room.”

More:

Play “The Room” video game!

Review of “Room Full of Spoons”

The man who writes “The Room” fan fiction & his version of the pre-quel.

Two newcomers give their reaction to “The Room.”



Review from IMDB.com

I had no idea of what the hell I was gonna watch… a documentary about the worst movie ever??? Can it be good or will it be bad as the movie? Well this documentary is great, and even if it is 2 hrs long, it doesn’t feel like 2 hrs… I guaranteed that you will laugh will watching, and then you will for sure make at least one research on Google to know more about the movie The Room even if pretty much all the topics are covered in the documentary. It also demonstrate the great quality that an independent studio can deliver as a final product… It can be easily compared to big production documentaries. It is easy to follow since the story line is well written and the different topics are well presented. Nice jobs made by the production. Great time guaranteed to watch with your friends!

“Uncle Kent 2” — “Adventure Time” writer Kent Osborne moonlights as a mumblecore leading man. With parts in “Hannah Takes the Stairs,” “Uncle Kent” and now it’s unlikely sequel, “Uncle Kent 2.” We talk to the star about making the niche cult classic and his other movie roles.

(HEY! BUY THAT “THE ROOM,” “LIFE DAY” OR “BREAKING BAD” UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATERS!)

“Hannah,”“Uncle Kent” and 1/8th of “Uncle Kent 2” were directed by Joe Swanberg. The rest of the movie was directed by Todd Rohal. Let’s hope for an Uncle Kent 3.

Buy the book and the movie!

The opinions expressed by my guests are strictly their opinion. So please don’t punch me in the face.

Go see it in the theaters this weekend at the Alamo Draft House in Brooklyn!

Here’s me on Kent’s cartoon “Cat Agent.”







Press

“Uncle Kent 2 is the craziest movie sequel ever. A defiantly unconventional crowdpleaser.”

– Eric Kohn, Indiewire

“Allow your head to Explode.”

– Mike S. Ryan, Hammer To Nail

“The most stand-alone sequel ever made.”

-Calum Marsh, The Village Voice  

“Uncle Kent 2 is Freaking Magic.”

-Steve Dollar, The Wall Street Journal 

“The fact that making a sequel to one of Joe Swanberg’s more obscure films is one of the least bizarre things about Uncle Kent 2 should tell you something.”

-Stephen Saito, The Movable Fest

Synopsis

In a desperate search to create a follow-up to Joe Swanberg’s 2011 film UNCLE KENT, Kent Osborne travels to a comic book convention in San Diego where he loses his mind and confronts the end of the world.  Reuniting in the GREMLINS 2 of “Indie” sequels, Joe Swanberg, Jennifer Prediger and Tipper Newton return in a surrealist look into Osborne’s madness. Written by Osborne and passing the directors’ torch over to Todd Rohal (THE CATECHISM CATACLYSM) UNCLE KENT 2 plays out like an absurdist successor that bends the rules of sequels and the minds of the audience.

“It started as this running joke,” says Osborne, who in addition to his acting career (School Ties, the Swanberg-directed Hannah Takes the Stairs) has also worked as a writer on a slew of animated shows, including SpongeBob SquarePants and Adventure Time. “The idea of putting a ‘2’ after that particular movie was really funny to a lot of people.”