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Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

I believe it was 1973. Writers Guild went on strike, and I had to go on picket dutyat...

Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos • S01E01 • 2024

[protestors chattering] [David] I believe it was 1973. Writers Guild went on strike, and I had to go on picket duty
at Paramount Studios right in front of
the DeMille Gate. And that was great.
I mean, just to be there. It was like, these were all
professional writers that I was on picket duty with. And I got to really look
forward to picket duty because it was starting to feel
like I really am in Hollywood. ["Mission: Impossible"
theme music plays] And I met a guy named
Paul Playdon, the story editor
of Mission: Impossible

Full Transcript

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[protestors chattering]

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[David] I believe it was 1973.

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Writers Guild went on strike,

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and I had to go on picket duty at Paramount Studios

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right in front of the DeMille Gate.

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And that was great. I mean, just to be there.

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It was like, these were all professional writers

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that I was on picket duty with.

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And I got to really look forward to picket duty

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because it was starting to feel like I really am in Hollywood.

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["Mission: Impossible" theme music plays]

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And I met a guy named Paul Playdon,

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the story editor of Mission: Impossible.

Duration

36 seconds

Views

74

Timestamp in Movie

00:21:02

Uploaded

Apr 11, 2025

Season

1

Episode

1

Genres

documentary, biography

Production

B.R.C. Produzione Film

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Movie Summary

Firsthand accounts and revelations from the people who brought the groundbreaking series to life.