brings to life

Reiner pulled together an extraordinarily rich array of archival material, including much that brings to life the worlds of Brooks’ parents: Harry Einstein, a master of Greek dialect comedy whose character Parkyakarkus was popular on the radio shows of Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson, and Thelma Leeds, a singer and actor who had a brief movie career before her marriage.

But he muscularly brings to life that quality that sets Wilson’s protagonists apart — the sense of a mind wrestling against constraints that are as existential as they are societal.

He remains an indispensable guide to these changes, as much of a pioneer as the generations of artists he brings to life on the page.

"It's hard to articulate. Obviously, it brings to life the history at that particular time, but to think he's your direct descendant of somebody of that heroic proportions is cool," Douglas said with a smile to Gates.

RITCHSON: He really brings to life in us the desire that we all have to see justice done in a world that is so unjust, in a world where law is so cumbersome and clumsy and slow and he’s instant righteousness.