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Old 07-16-20, 08:22 PM
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Showbiz Kids Alex Winter HBO documentary on Child Movie and TV Stars

Anyone check this out?

It premiered on HBO this week

Henry Thomas, Evan Rachel Wood, and Mara Wilson from this family friendly movies in the 90's are featured in this


Showbiz Kids offers an unvarnished look at the high-risk, high-reward business of working as a child actor in the entertainment industry. Written and directed by former child actor Alex Winter (Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, The Panama Papers), the film chronicles the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a child.

The film features a wealth of intimate, revealing interviews with successful child actors such as Henry Thomas, who starred in E.T. at the age of 11; Mara Wilson, who first appeared in Mrs. Doubtfire at the age of 6; Todd Bridges, who was on TV’s Diff’rent Strokes beginning at age 13; the late Cameron Boyce, star of Disney TV’s Jessie at age 12; Milla Jovovich; Evan Rachel Wood; Jada Pinkett Smith; Wil Wheaton and more.

https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/showbiz-kids

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Anyone check this out?

It premiered on HBO this week

Henry Thomas, Evan Rachel Wood, and Mara Wilson from this family friendly movies in the 90's are featured in this




https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/showbiz-kids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLuoIesqz9g
No Corey Haim?
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Re: Showbiz Kids Alex Winter HBO documentary on Child Movie and TV Stars

I recorded this. Anyone watch?
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They showed the news coverage of Haim's death but not a big discussion on him.
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I met Mara Wilson once. She seems pretty well adjusted all things considered. She also has a great sense of humor.
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Re: Showbiz Kids Alex Winter HBO documentary on Child Movie and TV Stars

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I met Mara Wilson once. She seems pretty well adjusted all things considered. She also has a great sense of humor.
She has a pretty solid Twitter account to follow.
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Really solid documentary, wifey and I enjoyed immensely....
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Thought it was acceptable at best. A few new pieces of info, but a lot of these people we have heard a ton from already, and if not from them, the sentiments have been heard before 1000 times. Wil Wheaton wasn’t particularly insightful (a few of the interviewees seemed to be blowing off steam) nor were any of the auditions from the pilot season hopefuls interesting in any way.

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Re: Showbiz Kids Alex Winter HBO documentary on Child Movie and TV Stars

^ Every time I hear Wil Wheaton speak about acting, I get the sense that he thinks he’s a better actor than he actually is.
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Re: Showbiz Kids Alex Winter HBO documentary on Child Movie and TV Stars

Much like many child actors, I found this largely forgettable.
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Re: Showbiz Kids Alex Winter HBO documentary on Child Movie and TV Stars

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^ Every time I hear Wil Wheaton speak about acting, I get the sense that he thinks he’s a better actor than he actually is.
see The Big Bang Theory for verification...
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^ Yeah, I’ve seen it. He seems like a mostly likable guy but he can’t act for shit.
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he's a geek. plain and simple. he's made a little go a long way. i never watched what ever Star Trek series he was on (sure, i've seen clips or whatever). all i know him from is Stand By Me...
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Re: Showbiz Kids Alex Winter HBO documentary on Child Movie and TV Stars

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^ Every time I hear Wil Wheaton speak about acting, I get the sense that he thinks he’s a better actor than he actually is.
Yeah, him and Evan Rachel Wood were saying they were pretty good (at being hired to act). Henry Thomas on the hand was pretty humble, and even his audition footage was far superior than any of their movie/tv clips. Showing actual footage from E.T. would have been cheating at that point

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