An Oscar-nominated writer and filmmaker known for classic comedies like “Private Benjamin,” “Baby Boom” and “Father of the Bride,' Charles Shyer has died.
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“We went to a meeting at Paramount after they read the script, and Mike Eisner was the president of the studio, and we sat in his office with Mike and Don Simpson. And Mike said to Goldie, ‘This is a mistake for you to make this movie,’” Shyer told Indiewire in 2022. “God bless Don Simpson who spoke up and said, ‘Mike, you’re 100% wrong on this one.’”
They followed with “Baby Boom,” in which Diane Keaton plays a working woman who suddenly has to care for a baby, and “Father of the Bride,” which reimagined Vincente Minnelli’s 1950 film for the 1990s with Keaton, Steve Martin and Martin Short leading the comedic ensemble. It was successful enough to spawn a sequel.
“You try to write things that are not basically of the moment, especially in comedy,” he told Indiewire. “Try to write stories about human beings that will reflect on today and tomorrow and yesterday.” “I just gravitated towards stuff I like,” he told Indiewire. “I’ve never seen a James Bond movie. I’ve never seen one. I never liked science-fiction movies. … I like movies about people, and I want them to have substance.”
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