Episode 200: Field Of Dreams (1989), with writer/director Phil Alden Robinson

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2021

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

For the 200th episode of Film Stories, a 1989 modern classic that still feels incredible it got through the Hollywood system. That film is Field Of Dreams, and for this special episode, we're delighted to welcome the film's writer/director Phil Alden Robinson. He doesn't give many interviews, and he tells - candidly - the story of the film coming together, and the challenges they faced. Plus, he talks about the legacy of the film, and the recent celebration of it, and the announced TV spin-off. Please note this episode contains big spoilers for the film. 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.
0:04.3	I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine and a very warm welcome to the 200th episode of the film
0:11.8	stories podcast.
0:14.2	If you build it, he will come.
0:19.0	Come with me.
0:21.2	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
0:24.5	And movies.
0:25.6	Movies that had stories.
0:27.3	And the story just sucks a man.
0:29.8	This is just the beginning.
0:32.3	We would be honored if you would join us.
0:39.4	Hello and a very, very warm welcome to film stories with Simon Brew.
0:44.0	I am Simon Brew.
0:45.1	As always, there's absolutely everything you need to know about me.
0:48.1	The aim of this podcast is it's always to tell the stories of film.
0:52.0	And I've been telling production stories, marketing stories,
0:54.5	release stories, all the bits and bobs really that go to make the films that we know and love,
0:59.5	just that the films that we know and sometimes love. This though is a special episode for a couple
1:06.5	of reasons for me. First of all, it is the 200th episode of film stories, something of which I'm still
1:13.3	pinching myself a little bit. Secondly, it's an episode that I'm devoting just to one film,
1:20.2	which I don't usually do, and I'm devoting it to a film that's enormously special to me.
1:25.6	So I'm kind of at the goosebumps stage already with this one.
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