Bradley Thomas
Biography
Bradley Thomas (born November 30, 1965) is an American film and television producer. Thomas is the co-founder of Imperative Entertainment, a studio specializing in the development, production, and financing of original and branded entertainment across all platforms focusing on film, television, and documentaries. Imperative Entertainment films include The Square (Palme d'Or at the 2017 Festival de Cannes), All the Money in the World, and The Mule. Imperative Entertainment also produced the 2023 Academy Award nominated film Killers of the Flower Moon which stars Leonardo DiCaprio. Thomas has produced films with Peter and Bobby Farrelly such as Dumb and Dumber, There’s Something About Mary, Me Myself and Irene, Shallow Hal, Hall Pass, and also co-produced Triangle of Sadness. and Black Bird for Apple TV.
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Movie - 2002, 2h 15m • as Self
This short documentary provides discussion of how the fat suits and other make-up effects were done for the film as well as considerations of exactly the look. There's also some test footage of the make-up effects and interviews with Paltrow, Black, the Farrellys, Paltrow and Paltrow's body double, Ivy.
Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • as Self
Comments from the Farrellys, Thomas, Wessler, Damon, Kinnear, and actors Ray “Rocket” Valliere, Wen Yan Shih, Lawyer Milloy and Tom Brady. They chat about the origins of the film and its slow path to the screen, casting, the story and character development, disabilities in the film, and their use of athletes in cameos.
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Self
An expansive, five-part 45 minute making-of with cast and crew interviews.
Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • as Self
Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.
Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • as Self
We find notes from the Farrellys, Damon, Kinnear, Thomas, Wessler and special make-up designer Tony Gardner. The latter participant dominates the show as he lets us know about the design of the conjoined rig, the various challenges and its execution. We also learn about general issues and the way the actors related to each other.
Movie - 2005, 2h 15m • as Himself
Behind the scenes talks about what it was like to make a fictional film about an event as it was really happening.
Movie - 2001, 2h 15m • as Self
The HBO special is hosted by star Brooke Burns, who spends more time talking to people on the street about what it means to be shallow than discussing the film itself.