the new film shows us what happens when these two musical giants join forces. the director and producer of the film, frank marshall, sat down with anderson to discuss the inspiration behind the project. frank, thank you so much for joining us. carole king, james taylor, they re friends, they ve been writing and performing music together for half a century. what was it about this project that really attracted you? well, for me, it was kind of a dream come true, because i was a amateur folk singer back in the 60s and, of course, all the songs that i did were james and carole s songs, and i think lucky for the world, i ended up behind the camera rather than a microphone. and i won t ask you to sing a few bars. yeah, please don t. but what about their relationship that did you find that was sort of the focus? well, i think what was really interesting is, they are genuine
fr friends. and they they never toured before 2010, which is when the troubadour leereunion tour happened. and they were great music collaborators. and i think james says in the piece, they kind of had the same dna. and i think you see that when they re playing together. they just weave in and out. they know what each other is thinking. and for me, trying to explore how that comes about was fascinating. what capturing this capturing chemistry, capturing that kind of relationship is a difficult thing, i would think, in a film. yes, and this is really more of a concert film, anderson. they shot 28 of their 50 shows, and so, we have all this footage. and so, it s put together in a way that you see the full songs. it s a concert film with a little bit of documentary in between, every once in awhile,