A widow’s relationship with an astronaut, the love triangle of a broadcast news team, and now a state lieutenant governor-turned-governor who is bogged down by the men in her life, chiefly her knuckleheaded husband in 20th Century Studios’ dramedy Ella McCay .

The characters on the surface may appear as though they’re not in our immediate sphere, but James L. Brooks in his seven picture directorial canon, has a knack for holding a mirror up to ourselves. Read, Albert Brooks’ Aaron Altman and his romantic confession to Holly Hunter’s Jane Craig in Broadcast News and immediate rejection. It’s a heartbreaking speech any teenager can relate to, forget that it’s coming from the mouths of middle-age working professionals.

On today’s Crew Call , we speak with Brooks about his first di

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