Remixing the Heist Film in "Baby Driver"

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 27, 2017

Director/writer Edgar Wright joins us to discuss his new film “Baby Driver.” The film follows Baby, a talented young getaway driver (Ansel Elgort) who is reluctantly coerced to work for a crime boss (Kevin Spacey) in exchange for the chance to start of a better life with the girl of his dreams (Lily James). But a doomed heist threatens to destroy his life, love and future. Opens in theaters June 28th.

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