It Happened In Hollywood

By The Hollywood ReporterTV & Film Film Interviews History Film History

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It Happened In Hollywood episodes

April 07 Amy Heckerling: ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’
The director reveals how she transformed Cameron Crowe’s undercover reporting into a defining portrait of messy, horny, sun-bleached youth.

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49 min
March 31 Andrew McCarthy: ‘Pretty in Pink’
The reluctant heartthrob from John Hughes’ 1986 teen classic revisits Brat Pack mania and the last-minute ending that changed everything.

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46 min
March 24 Henry Thomas: ’E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’
The star of the beloved sci-fi film from 1982 looks back on how a tearful, instinctive audition won him screen immortality and childhood superstardom.

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44 min
March 17 Jane Alexander and Lynne Littman: ‘Testament’
The Oscar-nominated star and director of the 1983 nuclear war drama join Seth as the podcast kicks off a new season.

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42 min
December 19, 2025 Mira Nair: 'Salaam Bombay!'
The writer-director joins Seth to share tales of the making of this gritty and entrancing tale of life in the slums of India.

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37 min
November 24, 2025 Larry Smith: 'Eyes Wide Shut'
Cinematographer Larry Smith describes executing Stanley Kubrick’s exacting vision on what would be his final film.

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52 min
November 24, 2025 William Petersen: 'Manhunter'
The star of Hollywood’s first take on Hannibal Lecter reveals the obsessive lengths gone to by Michael Mann to craft a procedural masterpiece.

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41 min
October 01, 2025 Adrian Lyne: ‘Jacob’s Ladder’
The director revisits the making of his nightmarish 1990 vision of life after the battlefield starring Tim Robbins.

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28 min
September 26, 2025 Patty McCormack: ‘The Bad Seed’
The star of the 1956 thriller that introduced the “evil child” genre joins Seth to retell the making of a horror classic.

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57 min
September 17, 2025 Philippe Rousselot: ‘Diva’
The Oscar-winning cinematographer walks Seth through the making of the gorgeous cult French film from 1981.

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42 min

About It Happened In Hollywood

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On this podcast, Seth Abramovitch, senior writer at The Hollywood Reporter, takes you behind the scenes of the indelible pop culture moments that shaped Hollywood history — with special guests who were actually there. In a town where everything old is eventually new again, Seth gives listeners a front-row seat to the way things were. Welcome to IT HAPPENED IN HOLLYWOOD!