If you would like to listen to the interview you can download the MP3 here, otherwise the transcript is below.

He has a lot of interesting things to say but I especially liked hearing him talk about hosting Saturday Night Live – which he had done less than a week before we did the roundtable. When the little girl says that Mimzy contains a most serious message from the future, a scientific scan shows that Mimzy is part extremely high level electronic and part organic! Everyone realizes that they are involved in something incredible…but exactly what? I’m a big fan of Rainn and I think his work on The Office is always brilliant. The children are focused on these strange objects, Mimzy, and the important mission on which they seem to have been sent. When a mysterious blackout shuts down the city and the government traces the source of the power surge to this one family’s house, things quickly spin wildly out of their control. Emma, the younger of the two, tells her confused mother that one of the toys, a beat-up stuffed toy rabbit, is named Mimzy and that “she teaches me things.” Emma’s mom becomes increasingly concerned. Their parents, too, realize something extraordinary is happening. Their teacher tells their parents that they seem to have grown beyond genius. As the children play with these “toys,” they begin to display higher and higher intelligence levels. The people who made the film have already written a good summary of what the film is about so why should I spend time trying to re-word it? I run the site on my own and I only have so much time in the day…I figure it would be better to use it posting more content and not re-writing stuff that’s already good… Based on the acclaimed sci-fi short story by Lewis Padgett, The Last Mimzy tells the story of two children who discover a mysterious box that contains some strange devices they think are toys. I’ve gotten a few emails about why I’m posting the straight synopsis and here’s the answer. If you are not familiar with the movie here is the synopsis (from the studio) after a few words from me.

Since the good folks at New Line are trying to get the word out on Bob Shaye’s return to the director’s chair, they held a press day for the film here in Los Angeles and I decided to attend the event and support the film.

The last mimzy movie poster