Hs mathlete starts hanging out with group of burn out series#
The documentary – which opens with a gorgeous rendition of Bad Reputation by Canadian singer Hannah Georgas – also charts the impact of the series the creative partnerships that emerged from the experience and the shows they collaborated on. And I just wanted to tell the story of Freaks and Geeks versus the story of Franco and what he’s done since.” He’s a character in this film and he’s a character in the story that’s important. James Franco was one of the principal actors in it I think it was fair to keep him in. “It’s the story about Freaks and Geeks from 1999.
There was talk of not having him in,” says Hodge, who opted not to deal with the issue or cut Franco. “They’ve come up in conversation, that’s for sure. One issue the documentary – which was finished last July – does not address are the allegations of sexual impropriety against Franco, which have surfaced since then (and did not involve his time on the show). “He was like, ‘Ah, it’s been 20 years, go for it.’” It did, but incoming NBC Entertainment president Garth Ancier was famously not a fan.
Elsewhere in the suburban family home, geeky Sam hangs out with best pals Neal (Samm Levine) and Bill (Martin Starr).Ĭontemporary audiences binge-watching Freaks and Geeks on Netflix will recognize not just a whole bunch of future stars, but also a style of TV-making that has become ubiquitous and standard: a (broadcast) hour-long single-camera dramedy, minus the laugh tracks and three-jokes-a-page sitcom formula.Ĭreated by Paul Feig, the show was championed by a young Apatow at Dreamworks and a couple of NBC executives, one of whom said she would quit the TV business if the show didn’t get made. When Lindsay has a spiritual crisis, she drifts from her brainiac mathlete life to hang out with the high-school burnouts – the freaks, including Daniel (Franco), Ken (Rogen), Nick (Jason Segel) and mean girl Kim (Busy Philipps).
The show, set in 1979-80, centres on siblings Lindsay Weir (Linda Cardellini) and little brother Sam (John Francis Daley).
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