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In a Zoom call with Awards Daily‘s Shadan Larki, Tre Peart, joined by his parents Marvin and Rosa (who also served as producers on The War with Grandpa) discussed bringing a favorite book to the big screen and how he convinced a Hollywood legend to come along for the ride.
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In the book, Peter draws upon American history to stand up for his rights, declaring war upon his grandfather through a misspelled manifesto. It’s replicated in the movie as a bemused De Niro reads the declaration. A war of wits unfolds, although it’s updated for a 21st-century audience. “There were pranks [in the book] about Monopoly pieces,” Marv...
The book’s author, Smith, was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn with Eastern European roots. He died in April at age 89 after living with Alzheimer’s in his later years. Now, the next generation of young readers are being introduced to his life and work through the film. “The War With Grandpa” is one of six young adult novels Smith wrote. In 19...
After serving in the US Army, Robert Kimmel Smith married Claire Medney, who was also from Brooklyn and Jewish. He worked in an advertising agency on Madison Avenue, at one point collaborating with Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett on a campaign for the Circus Nuts company in which Brooks impersonated historical characters, similar to his routine with Car...
When the Pearts worked on adapting “The War With Grandpa” into a film, Rosa Peart said that they kept in touch with Smith. Roger said that his father received a script but was not directly involved; and that both he and his father saw the film before its release. “We were all rooting for a wide release to take place while he was still alive,” the y...
Nov 16, 2020 · For Peart, his wife and fellow producer Rosa Morris Peart, and his son Tre, an Executive Producer on the film, now 15, The War With Grandpa reps a seven-year journey.
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Oct 2, 2020 · – Marvin Peart (about working with and encouraging his son) “I’m lucky enough to have all four grandparents and have good relationships with all of them. It’s made me make sure I am not taking relationships for granted.
Oct 8, 2020 · When Tre Peart read a book at age eight that he thought would make a fun movie, he knew the right people to pitch: his parents, producers Marvin and Rosa Peart. When they agreed to make the movie, they knew the right person to add as a co-producer: Tre himself.
That person in the case of 101 Studios and Brookdale Studios’ family comedy The War With Grandpa was Marvin Peart, who made certain that the movie, first pitched to him by his young son Tre Peart, would be realized on the big screen — and a pandemic nor a studio going out of business wasn’t going to stop it.
Oct 6, 2020 · To the 8-year-old Tre's surprise, no film had been made out of Smith's book. So he turned to his parents, film and television producers Marvin Peart, CEO of Brookdale Studios and chief business...
