Dirty Harry (1971) and Anita And Me (2002)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

It's fairly well known that the role of Detective Harry Callahan was originally set to be played by Frank Sinatra, before he had to pull out as production neared. Yet when Clint Eastwood decided to accept, he had several versions of a script to choose from - and decided to put a call into someone he trusted: Don Siegel. The pair would go on to fashion a cinema classic. The journey to 2002's Anita And Me meanwhile began with the publication of Meera Syal's semi-autobiographical novel in 1996. Work began to then turn it into a film - but the challenge of making an independent film in the UK, with two young, unknown leads? That'd be quite the test. Stories of both are told in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What kind of weekend are you in the mood for?
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0:24.0	Learn more at Disneyplus.com.
0:27.3	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:30.2	I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine
0:32.1	and a very warm welcome to the Film Stories podcast.
0:35.9	A particular welcome to to my special guest. It's Clint Eastwood.
0:40.8	You've got to ask yourself one question. Do I feel lucky? Well, do you your bunker?
0:47.0	Come with me. And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
0:52.4	And movies. Movies that had stories.
0:55.3	That the story just sucks a man.
0:57.7	This is just the beginning.
1:00.3	We would be honored if you would join us.
1:07.1	Hello and a very warm welcome to Film Stories with Simon Brew. I am Simon Brew. As always,
1:13.1	that's absolutely everything you need to know about me. The aim of the podcast is given away by its
1:17.6	title. I'm here to talk of the stories of films and I tend to talk about development stories,
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