Everything Is Copy
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Nora Ephron: Scripted & Unscripted
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| director = {{Plainlist|
- Jacob Bernstein
- Nick Hooker
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| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Graydon Carter
- Annabelle Dunne
- Carly Hugo
- Sheila Nevins
- Matthew Parker
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| narrator =
| music = Joel Goodman
| cinematography = {{Plainlist|
- Christine Ng
- Bradford Young
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| editing = Bob Eisenhardt
| studio = {{Plainlist|
- Loveless
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| distributor = HBO
| released = {{Film date|2015|09|29|New York Film Festival|2016|03|21}}
| runtime = 89 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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Everything Is Copy — Nora Ephron: Scripted & Unscripted is an American documentary film that premiered on March 21, 2016 on HBO. Directed and written by Jacob Bernstein and Nick Hooker, the film explores the life and legacy of legendary writer and film director Nora Ephron.{{cite web|last1=Berkshire|first1=Geoff|title='Everything Is Copy': Jacob Bernstein Talks Nora Ephron's Legacy and His Documentary Debut|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/everything-is-copy-nora-ephron-documentary-jacob-bernstein-1201735352/|website=Variety|accessdate=March 21, 2018|date=March 21, 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Fallon|first1=Kevin|title=Life, Death, and Everything Is Copy: Nora Ephron's Final, Most Revealing Lessons|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/life-death-and-everything-is-copy-nora-ephrons-final-most-revealing-lessons|website=The Daily Beast|accessdate=March 21, 2018|language=en|date=March 21, 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Garber|first1=Megan|title=Nora Ephron: Prophet of Privacy|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/03/nora-ephron-prophet-of-privacy/475011/|website=The Atlantic|accessdate=March 21, 2018|date=March 23, 2016}}
Premise
Everything Is Copy — Nora Ephron: Scripted & Unscripted follows Ephron's career "from her gig as the “mail girl” at Newsweek to reporting for the New York Post to becoming a prestigious essayist at Esquire to successfully writing and directing Hollywood movies that revitalized the romantic comedy genre. The film captures Ephron's "razor-sharp wit while at the same time presenting her flaws through interviews with her closest friends like Meg Ryan, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, the late Mike Nichols and journalists like Gay Talese and Richard Cohen."{{cite magazine|last1=Chi|first1=Paul|title=How Would Nora Ephron Describe Her Son's Documentary About Her? "It's Almost Good"|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/03/nora-ephron-everything-is-copy-documentary|magazine=Vanity Fair|accessdate=March 21, 2018|language=en|date=March 21, 2016}}
Persons featured
The documentary features interviews with Meg Ryan, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Mike Nichols, Rosie O’Donnell, Rob Reiner, Rita Wilson, Gay Talese, and Richard Cohen.
Release
=Marketing=
On March 6, 2016, HBO released the first trailer for the film.{{cite web|title=Everything Is Copy - Nora Ephron: Scripted & Unscripted (HBO Documentary Films)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9wiAhnkVBc|website=YouTube|accessdate=March 21, 2018|date=March 6, 2016}}
=Premiere=
On September 29, 2015, the film held its official premiere during the annual New York Film Festival.{{cite web|last1=Zeitchik|first1=Steven|title=With NYFF premiere of 'Everything Is Copy,' Nora Ephron returns to the screen|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-nora-ephron-movie-jacob-bernstein-nyff-20150930-story.html|website=The Los Angeles Times|accessdate=March 21, 2018|date=September 30, 2015}}
Reception
=Critical response=
Everything Is Copy has been met with a positive response from critics. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 8.5 out of 10, based on 14 reviews.{{cite web|title=Everything Is Copy - Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/everything_is_copy/|website=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=March 21, 2018|language=en}} Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the season a score of 88 out of 100 based on 6 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".{{cite web|title=Everything Is Copy - Metacritic|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/everything-is-copy|website=Metacritic|accessdate=March 21, 2018}}
=Awards and nominations=
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| scope="row"| Palm Springs International Film Festival
| January 10, 2016 | Audience Prize for Documentary Feature | Everything Is Copy | {{win}} |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/everything-is-copy Everything Is Copy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406175645/https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/everything-is-copy |date=2020-04-06 }} on HBO
- {{IMDb title|2831414}}
{{HBO documentaries}}
Category:HBO documentary films