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films in a variety of capacities, and
then one day (in 2000) Weinstein
stunning in its scope and authenticity.
casually informed him he had been
Scorsese, celebrated almost as much
promoted to associate producer and
for his perfectionism as his talent,
was to leave for London the next day
recreated 1860s New York on the out-
to work with director Kenneth
skirts of Rome, building more than a
Branagh on Love's Labour Lost.
mile of city life as well as two huge
When he arrived, Schwartz recalls,
ships for several harbor scenes.
he told Branagh he had no idea what
All of this made life both incredibly - to do but said if Branagh were patient
difficult and exciting for Schwartz,
with him, he'd be willing to learn and
who was on the scene throughout the
help. It must have worked, because
shoot as well as for the post-produc-
Schwartz became increasingly trusted
tion proces, editing the film down to
by Weinstein and went on to serve as
its final length, and getting to see the
executive in charge of production for
genius of Scorsese's filmmaking up
Giuseppe Tornatore's Malena, and
close.
Birthday Girl, the Nicole Kidman
He is indebted to Weinstein (the
film, and executive producer of The
subject of yet another major profile in
Others, also starring Kidman, before
a Dec. 16 New Yorker, depicted, again,
and during Gangs.
as a highly talented man given to
"Rick is modest about his talents,
bouts of abusive behavior and deep
but he is especially appreciated for his
ability to develop relationships
and maintain his compoSure in
challenging moments," said
Matthew Hiltzik, Miramax's sen-
ior vice president for corporate
communications.
The two young men have
become good friends.
"We come from the same place,
literally and figuratively," said
Hiltzik, who also grew up in
Teaneck and is an observant Jew.
Schwartz said that while the
rest of his family is "quite
Orthodox, I am still finding my
— Rick Schwartz way, but I no longer take my
Jewish education for granted."
He graduated from the Moriah
insecurity), who hired him after the
day school in Englewood, N.J., and
briefest of interviews more than six
Frisch yeshiva high school in Paramus,
years ago.
N.J., and said he increasingly appreci-
"By the time I met Harvey, I had
ates the rootedness his traditional
spent hours with people at Miramax
Jewish lifestyle gives him.
telling me how tough he was, and I
"I operate in two worlds," he said,
was terrified," recalled Schwartz recent- "and while Hollywood is filled with
ly, while waiting to fly with Weinstein
Jews, many of them are nominally
on a private jet to Los Angeles.
Jewish. Hollywood is all about fantasy,
"They marched me in, the room
and it's very seductive, and I see peers
was small, there were other people
who get lost, searching for something
there, Harvey was on the phone, and
to ground them, whether it's Buddhism
he cupped his hand over the phone
or Scientology or something else.
and asked me why I wanted to be in
"So there is an immense benefit for
the movie business."
me to come off of Tom Cruise's pri-
Schwartz said he was tempted to
vate jet and feel very anchored," he
just say he was delivering pizza, and
said, referring to his family (he and his
flee. He doesn't recall his response to
wife, Heidi, have two young daugh-
the question, but they spoke briefly
ters) and the Englewood Jewish com-
about family life — "Harvey was try-
munity where they live.
ing to find out what kind of a person I
He attends Ahvas Torah, a Modern
was" — and he was hired on the spot.
Orthodox synagogue there, and his
He spent the next 2 I/2 years as an
oldest daughter attends kindergarten at
assistant to Weinstein and was at his
Moriah, where her father started out.
beck and call at all times, attending
"It's exciting," Schwartz said of his
meetings and flying around the world.
professional life, '`but literally, you have
Along the way he worked on various
to know where you come from."
LIFE WITH HARVEY
from page 70
"Hollywood is all about
fantasy, and it's very
seductive, and I see
peers who get lost,
searching for something
to ground them."