SARA TUGMAN BAIS CHABAD CENTER
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At The Movie

twist OF faith

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MONDAY, JULY 26, 1999
7:30 P.M.
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At this performance

Sara Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center

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DR. ALAN & ANDREA STAWIS

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'American pie'

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Michigan native Warren Zide is a co producer
of the teen comedy being hailed as the next
"There's Something About Mary"

"If it's funny because the characters
do it," he continues, "then great, but
you don't want to take it so far over
the top that its not believable."
hat we were trying to
This distinction is important to
accomplish was a real
Zide. The 33-year-old, who grew up in
teen movie," says
Southfield, has based his dual career —
American Pie producer
as an established literary agent (repre-
Warren Zide, "that shows high school
senting screenwriters) and burgeoning
kids as they really are. We were interest-
film producer — on a passion for good
ed in making a movie that kids would
movies and the ability to bring togeth-
like because they could relate to it."
er the elements necessary to make one.
When American Pie hits movie the-
A case in point is American Pie's 26-
aters today, audiences can finally see
year old screenwriter,
what's behind all the
half-baked hype that
Adam Herz, who
Above, left to right: "Producer
categorizes this smart,
Zide signed up as a
Warren Zide, Producer Chris
funny teen comedy as
client
based on the
Weitz, Director Paul Weitz
writing ability he saw
this summer's There's
and Screenwriter Adam Herz
Something About
in Herz's sample
collaborated on the teen comedy
Mary, and filmmakers
scripts. Herz now
"American Pie." Says Zide's
Chris and Paul Weitz
mother-, Nancy Zide of West
credits Zide with
Bloomfield: "I thought it was very nurturing the screen-
as gross-out heirs
funny — raunchy, but Anny"
apparent to the
play that would
Farrelly brothers.
become American Pie,//
The film deals frankly with adoles-
providing vital feedback and guidance.
Zide and his partner Craig Perry
cent sexual anxiety and experimenta-
then shopped the completed script to
tion. But, insists Zide, via telephone
various studios, landed a good deal at
from Los Angeles, "this movie wasn't
Universal, and stayed with the project
based on how far you could push
as producers.
scenes just to do it for the sake of
doing it. We didn't want to do gross-
"There are certain managers that
just take the title as producer," says
out for the sake of gross-out."

SERENA DONADONI
the Jewish News

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