A conversation with Andy Erwin - S9.E14
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🗓️ 10 December 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Filmmaking siblings, the Erwin brothers, release their biggest project to date on Christmas Day. American Underdog tells the story of NFL Hall of Famer Kurt Warner. In this conversation with host Warren Smith, Andy Erwin talks about the process of making the film, working with his brother, and putting together an all-star cast.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Warren Smith and today you'll be listening in on my conversation with Andy Erwin. |
| 0:08.6 | With his brother, John, he's the co-director of the new film, American Underdog. |
| 0:14.1 | The story of Prof. Ball Hall of Famer, Kurt Warner. |
| 0:20.1 | The elements of the movie are just so unbelievable that we had to really root it and the reality |
| 0:24.4 | to earn the audience going with us on that journey. |
| 0:28.4 | And so we really grounded it in as much real life documentation as we could. |
| 0:34.0 | The movie business has spawned its share of film-making brothers. |
| 0:39.2 | The cone brothers, Ethan and Joel, are perhaps the best known with huge hits like Oak Brother |
| 0:45.0 | where art thou, Fargo, and no country for old men. |
| 0:49.8 | But they are far from alone. |
| 0:52.2 | The Wachowski brothers were the creative forces behind the Matrix franchise. |
| 0:57.8 | Matt and Ross Duffer, the Duffer Brothers, are the showrunners for the hit Netflix series, |
| 1:04.2 | Stranger Things. |
| 1:05.8 | There's Ridley and Tony Scott, the Farley Brothers, the list goes on. |
| 1:11.6 | And the phenomenon exists in Christian film-making as well. |
| 1:16.1 | Alex and Stephen Kendrick, the Kendrick Brothers, have had hits such as Fireproof and Facing |
| 1:21.7 | the Giants. |
| 1:22.9 | Now we can add to this list the Irwin Brothers, John and Andy. |
| 1:28.1 | Back in 2019, I had them on the program to discuss the creation of a new production company, |
| 1:34.5 | Kingdom Studios, now known as Kingdom Story Company. |
| 1:39.7 | Today I have Andy back to talk about one of the movies to come out of that company. |
| 1:46.5 | It's the story of Pro Football Hall of Famer Kurt Warner, and it's called American Underdog. |
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