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Radio 4,12 Oct 2002,28 mins

Robin Williams

Back Row

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Robin Williams talks about his role in One Hour Photo. He's masqueraded as a Scottish nanny in Mrs Doubtfire, played a night club owner in The Bird Cage and won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Good Will Hunting. In his latest films, Death to Smoochy, Insomnia and One Hour Photo, he plays deeply troubled and tortured characters. He explains to Joe Cornish about why he chose these darker roles. Serial killer clichés; the Back Row guide to becoming a Hollywood serial killer. Sam Peckinpah's controversial 1971 film Straw Dogs, starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George, is released on DVD this week. Back Row talks to the film's producer Dan Melnick, its star Susan George and Sam Peckinpah's assistant Katy Haber.

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