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Allen White: I in point of fact just reviewed Big fairy story Dave correct last flimsy, just come close to look wrap up your formerly work — I’d disregard Big earlier and • Decrease Font SizeIncrease Font SizeText SizePrint This PageSend by Email Before he was the director of the phenomenally successful The Hunger Games Gary Ross had made a name for himself by writing high profile scripts like Big, Mr. Baseball, and Dave. Ross’ directorial debut, which he also wrote, was Pleasantville. I interviewed Ross at the premiere of that film in Austin in 1998. Pleasantville, which I consider Ross’ best film, takes place in an alternative universe of black and white. The production was troubled at the time when one of the crew members died while driving home from an extra-hours day. Below is the interview that originally ran in Houston’s Other. Gary Ross makes his directorial debut with Pleasantville, a sunny story with pop-sci-fi overtones. Best known as the writer of Dave and Big, Ross used his original script for Pleasantville, which follows two teens after they’re sucked into the surreal world of a ’50s sit-com, as a launching pad for his directorial ambitions. Ross also wrote and produced the film. While the story seldom veers into pure darkness, the actual production saw the kind of life and death challenges that can make or break a career. ‘Technique • Poor Gary Ross. As a writer and director, he’s never made a bad movie. But he’s also failed to make a big impression on movie audiences through his films. Filmmakers like Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and James Cameron, for all their faults, are household names because they made some films that struck a chord with audiences and made them unforgettable. Gary Ross has a reputation for doing good films, but it doesn’t look like he’ll ever do anything more or less than that. Big Entrance He started out strong, co-writing the 1988 classic, Big. The trouble with that film is that most of the credit for its greatness goes to Tom Hanks’ brilliant performance. The story isn’t all that interesting when you get right down to it: A kid wakes up in an adult body and learns what it means to be an adult. It’s just another fish-out-water premise in the same vein as Freaky Friday and Vice Versa. But it’s the way that Hanks reacts to everything around him that sells the audience on the premise and makes us want him to succeed. Mr. Ross Goes to Washington After that breakout hit, Ross was fairly busy in the early ‘90s. He co-wrote films like the underrated Mr. Baseball and the decent Lassie, and he took sole writing credit for one of director Ivan Reitman’s last enjoyable f Gary Ross interview