Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Michelle Danner, Director, “Miranda’s Victim”
About Harvey's guests:
Today’s guest, Michelle Danner, is a highly acclaimed, multi-award winning actress, filmmaker and world renowned acting coach.
On the stage, she starred in over 30 plays and musicals including Tennessee Williams’ “The Rose Tattoo”, “House of Yes”, “Bright Ideas”, “Ibsen's Ghosts”, and “One White Crow”. She’s also directed many award winning stage productions including “The Night of the Black Cat”, “Mental the Musical”, “You’re on the Air”, and “Jane Fonda in the Court of Public Opinion.”
On the big screen, she’s appeared in several movies by other directors, including “Reach” and “Ovation”, as well as in many of her own movies, including “How to Go Out on a Date in Queens”, “Hello Herman”, “The Bandit Hound”, “Bad Impluse”, and “The Runner”. Her movies have won a staggering 56 awards at some of the most prestigious film festivals in the world.
She’s here to discuss her latest film, entitled “Miranda’s Victim”, which in my opinion, is an absolute masterpiece.
The movie tells the true story of the origins of the “Miranda warning”, which the police must give to every criminal suspect and accused person, that they have the right to remain silent, and that anything they say can be used against them in a court of law. Until our guest made this movie, most people had no idea about the circumstances behind the landmark 1966 US Supreme Court ruling in the Miranda case – circumstances involving the horrific kidnapping and rape by Mr. Miranda, of Patricia Weir in Phoenix, Arizona in 1963.
This riveting movie, starring Abigail Breslin, Andy Garcia, Donald Sutherland, Luke Wilson, Ryan Phillippe and Kyle MacLachlan, tells the jaw dropping story of the many astonishing twists and turns throughout the groundbreaking court case, from the perspective of Ms. Weir, the victim. The movie, which is available for streaming on Hulu, has won 15 film festival awards, and has been universally praised not only by film critics, but also by leading members of the legal profession and justice system.
In addition to being a highly acclaimed stage director and filmmaker, our guest is also a renowned acting coach. She’s given acting workshops around the world and she’s worked with many A-list actors including Donald Sutherland, Henry Cavill, Gerard Butler, Penelope Cruz, Andy Garcia, Salma Hayek and many others. She teaches classes at the Michelle Danner Studio and the Los Angeles Acting Conservatory. She’s also the Founding Director of the Creative Center for the Arts, where she has served as Artistic Director for more than 20 years.
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