Beginners Accepted
The recent announcement that writer Nora Ephron was set to direct a feature for producer Linda Obst and Columbia Pictures caught us by surprise: Ephron has never directed a movie--no student films, no shorts, nothing. But Obst, a one-time journalist who considers Ephron her mentor (Ephron is also buddies with Columbia production prez Dawn Steel), insists she has no qualms about Ephron’s ability to rein Columbia’s big screen “This Is Your Life.”
“She’s been a writer-on-set working alongside great directors like Mike Nichols and Rob Reiner,” Obst said. “I don’t think she’ll have any problem. We’ll protect her with the very best crew imaginable.”
As for budget, the film “won’t be very expensive.”
Nora is in N.Y.C., working on “Life” with her sister Delia, who’s in L.A. They’re collaborating by FAX machine.
Obst called it a “drama with comedy” about “two teen-age girls trying to grow up normal in an abnormal household.” She hopes to shoot next summer.
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