In conversation with director John Badham: Drop Zone, Blue Thunder, Nick Of Time and more

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In a special episode of the Film Stories podcast, Simon is joined by Saturday Night Fever and WarGames director John Badham for a special episode. They chat about Badham's updated book, and then explore films he's not asked about quite as much: Drop Zone, The Assassin/Point Of No Return, The Hard Way and Nick Of Time for instance. That, and stories of A Perfect World and So I Married An Axe Murderer too... Find Simon on Twitter at @simonbrew, and the podcast can be found at @filmstoriespod. You can find the Film Stories website here. 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. I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine and a very warm welcome to a special episode of the Film Stories podcast.
0:08.0	Sorry about that. I literally had to fly in from outer space.
0:13.0	Come with me.
0:14.0	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
0:18.0	And movies. Movies that had stories.
0:23.1	That the story just sucks a man.
0:24.3	This is just the beginning.
0:30.5	We would be honored if you would join us.
0:36.0	Hello and a very warm welcome to Film Stories with Simon Brew.
0:37.0	I am Simon Brew.
0:38.0	It's everything you need to know about me. The aim of the podcast though, well I'm here to talk off stories of film and I talk about
0:42.8	development stories, production stories, marketing stories, behind the seas of stories, all the bits and
0:47.5	bobs really that go to make the films that we know and sometimes love, just that the films that we know
0:52.9	and sometimes love. The films i tend to choose
0:55.8	this podcast they have really a bit of a mainstream leaning to them they're films i'm interested in
1:00.3	or invested in to some degree i try not to punch down i try not to do snark and every now and then
1:05.8	i try and bring in a special guest for a special episode of the podcast as well. And this is one of those episodes.
1:13.1	I'm really thrilled with this as well because what you're going to hear is a prolonged conversation
1:18.5	with director John Baddam, ostensibly about the launch of the latest version of his
1:25.8	excellent book, John Bad Badham, on directing.
1:28.6	Several times in the Film Stories podcast, I've recommended both that book and I'll be in my
1:33.1	trailer that he wrote with Craig Maderno. And Baddham's, both of those books are full of
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