Three Men And A Baby (1987 Box Office Champ)

The first episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1987 features the highest-grossing film at the box office, family comedy Three Men and a Baby. Directed by Leonard Nimoy from a screenplay by Jim Cruickshank and James Orr and starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson, Three Men and a Baby is a remake of the French film Three Men and a Cradle.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/three-men-and-a-baby-1987), Janet Maslin in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/25/movies/film-three-men-and-a-baby.html), and Michael Wilmington in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-11-25-ca-16083-story.html).Thanks to our special guest, Three Men and a Baby screenwriter James Orr, for joining us. Check out the full interview with James on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenVisit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1987 installment, featuring our pick for a notable filmmaking debut, Chris Columbus’ Adventures in Babysitting.