Die Hard (1988) and Anna & The Apocalypse (2017)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, how the world first met John McClane, and the world's only Christmas comedy horror musical. 1988's Die Hard got the greenlight quickly once Fox realised it was short on a summer release that year - but it had to negotiate a contractual obligation first. Anna & The Apocalypse meanwhile did something very different with the Christmas movie - and its origins lie in part with Ryan Gosling and some breakfast cereal. Stories of both are told in this episode. Find Simon on Twitter at @simonbrew, and the podcast can be found at @filmstoriespod. Support our work at www.patreon.com/simonbrew. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:01.8	I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine and a very warm welcome to the Film Stories podcast.
0:06.7	Come with me.
0:08.9	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
0:12.2	In movies, movies that had stories.
0:15.1	That the story just sucks them in.
0:17.5	This is just the beginning.
0:20.1	We're stories. We would be honored if you would join us.
0:27.0	Hello and of everyone welcome to film stories with Simon Brew.
0:30.6	I am Simon Brew.
0:31.5	As always, it's everything you need to know about me.
0:33.9	The aim of the podcast though, well, I here, as the title suggests, to talk off the
0:37.6	stories of films that I tend to talk about development stories, production stories, behind-the-scenes
0:41.7	stuff, all the bits and bobs that go to make the films that we know and sometimes love, just
0:46.2	that the films that we know and sometimes love. I've got a couple of corkers for you
0:50.6	this episode as well. The films that I tend to pick, well, they have a mainstream
0:55.4	leaning really. They're films I'm interested in or invested in to some degree, not really
0:59.9	interested in snark, not really interested in punching down. I just think it's worth celebrating
1:05.3	just how difficult it is to make a movie, particularly a good one. This episode is coming out
1:10.8	in December 2020, so I'm moving
1:12.8	into my festive collection of films that I'm going to cover in the podcast just over the next
1:17.4	couple of episodes, and I'm starting, well, every time I put out on my Patreon, patreon.com slash
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