After making an award-winning short while a student at NYU ("Hot Dogs for Gaugin" starring Danny De Vito), Brest wrote and directed his first feature, "Hot Tomorrows" (1977), during a fellowship program at the American Film Institute. He achieved "wunderkind" status at age 28, directing veteran performers George Burns, Lee Strasberg, and Art Carney in "Going in Style" (1979), which he also…
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