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WHAT WENT WRONG

American History X

WHAT WENT WRONG

Sad Boom Media

Flop, Film, Film History, Blockbuster, Acting, Disaster, History, Tv & Film, Movie, Directing, Hollywood

4.84.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

'American History X' was a tough sell on paper, though that didn't stop up-and-coming star Edward Norton from fighting for it. But what started as a promising collaboration between Norton and first-time director Tony Kaye would soon explode into one of the most infamous behind-the-scenes battles in movie history.

This week, Chris and Lizzie break down how tensions that started brewing on set spiraled into an all out war in post-production. Discover how Kaye got completely shut out of the edit, and find out why he decided to spend $100K of his own money to retaliate... in public.


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And

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And action

0:20.0

Nicholas Holt Daniel Radcliffe,

0:23.4

Ryan Gosling,

0:25.4

Tofer Grace,

0:27.2

who are four actors who went full white supremacists

0:31.4

for potential Oscar glory,

0:34.7

and what movie were they inspired by?

0:37.1

That's the movie we're talking about today.

0:39.6

Welcome back, guys, to another episode of What Went Wrong. Your favorite podcast, full stop,

0:44.4

that just so happens to be about movies and how it's nearly impossible to make them,

0:47.6

let alone a good one, let alone the equivalent of blunt force trauma, audio visually to the head.

0:55.9

As always, my name is Chris Winterbauer, joined by Lizzie Bassett, being led by Lizzie Bassett into a very controversial,

1:02.7

interesting, oddly prescient, maybe weirdly relevant today. Film, Lizzie, what have you picked for us

1:08.5

this morning? I've picked a movie that is more of a horror movie than I remembered, and that is American

1:14.9

History X. This is a really interesting episode. I'm very excited to talk about both this movie,

1:20.7

because I think it has aged not necessarily badly, but interestingly, and also the story

1:25.4

behind it is really fascinating. Before we dive in, though,

1:28.3

I do want to say we've gotten a lot of emails that, you know, say they love how well researched

1:33.0

the show is. And if you're new to the show, I just want to call out. That's because we have

1:37.6

wonderful researchers who help us. We have Jesse Winterbauer and we have Laura Woods. Laura

1:42.5

researched this episode. She did an amazing

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