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Article: Robin Williams: the famously hyperkinetic comic talks to an old friend about modern life, including car alarms and why one should never shy away from a dead fish.(MOVIE PROFILE)(Interview)
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- August 1, 2006
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In Patrick Stettner's The Night Listener, the celebrated comedian plays a late-night radio host who develops intense relationships with a woman (Toni Collette) and her adoptive son (Rory Culkin), a 14-year-old who claims to have had a horrifying childhood. Based on Armistead Maupin's novel, Listener is a creepy and satisfying coda to Williams's turn as a stalker in One Hour Photo (2002).
ROBIN WILLIAMS: Hey, Timbo.
TIM ROBBINS: The Night Listener. What a great performance. What a great movie.
RW: You liked it? It's a very unusual story. You know it actually happened, or almost did.
TR: Yeah, it's weird, because it brought to mind.... ...