Al Pacino and Barry Levinson have become a bit of a dream team for HBO, partnering on past films for the pay cable network including “Phil Spector” and the Jack Kevorkian story “You Don’t Know Jack.”Now, they’re behind this Saturday’s “Paterno,” with Pacino once again playing a controversial, and much maligned, real-life figure.
Pacino and Levinson said they frequently end up at HBO because, in all honestly, the movie studios aren’t making the kind of character films that are their specialty.“We’re able to do certain kinds of films that you might not be able to do otherwise,” Levinson said.
“The theatrical world is much more adventure action type of things, and these are much more personal, more intimate stories.”Levinson also noted that thanks to the reach of a network like HBO, “you get a real audience.
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