Capone talks regrets, Lily Tomlin, and the mustache with GRANDMA star Sam Elliott and writer-director Paul Weitz!!! Read the full article on AICN Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here. GRANDMA is the wonderful new film from writer-director Paul Weitz (AMERICAN PIE, ABOUT A BOY, AMERICAN DREAMZ, ADMISSION), starring Lily Tomlin as Elle, an older woman who must take her granddaughter (Julia Garner) on a driving trip not only around town to borrow money from someone for Garner’s character to get an abortion.