Listen "Rock 'n Roll Ghost S5 E05 - Interview with filmmaker Jim McBride (The Big Easy, Great Balls of Fire)"
Episode Synopsis
Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Jim McBride (The Big Easy, Great Balls of Fire, Breathless, David Holzman's Diary) about his career in film.
McBride reveals what he's been up to in the years since leaving filmmaking, insight into how he began his career, and dives deep into filming his three iconic works The Big Easy, Great Balls of Fire and Breathless, including working with Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin and Richard Gere (and a look at how Robert DeNiro was almost in Breathless).
McBride reveals what he's been up to in the years since leaving filmmaking, insight into how he began his career, and dives deep into filming his three iconic works The Big Easy, Great Balls of Fire and Breathless, including working with Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin and Richard Gere (and a look at how Robert DeNiro was almost in Breathless).
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