Esquire interview

 

I figured I'd put the full interview article here. It's interesting that his agent and lawyer begged him not to do Every Which Way But Loose because they thought it was such a terrible script. I loved those movies and Philo Beddo was a man's man for sure. Movies like that and Cannonball Run, and possibly even early Police Academy movies, probably couldn't be made today. Too many people would complain.

 

I had no idea he started his own company in 1967 and has directed so many movies. I hope his son, Scott, does well in Hollywood. It sounds like he's a doer and a learner like his dad, but his dad has raw talent. No one learns that nor inherits it. 

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