In conversation with director Michael Caton-Jones: Memphis Belle, Rob Roy, This Boy's Life, The Jackal, Basic Instinct 2, Shooting Dogs and more

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

In a special episode of the Film Stories podcast, Simon is joined by director Michael Caton-Jones for a candid conversation about his work. Films covered go from Memphis Belle and Doc Hollywood, to Rob Roy and The Jackal through to making Shooting Dogs and Basic Instinct 2 back to back. Plus, they chat about his latest film, Our Ladies. Note: this podcast contains some very strong language. It also contains a lot of stories not yet told! Find Simon on Twitter at @simonbrew, and the podcast can be found at @filmstoriespod. Find Michael at @mcatonjones. 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 Song and Brew.
0:02.0	I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine
0:03.5	and a very warm welcome to a special episode
0:05.6	of the Film Stories podcast.
0:07.9	Sorry about that.
0:09.4	I literally had to fly in from outer space.
0:12.2	Come with me.
0:14.2	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
0:17.5	And movies.
0:18.7	Movies that have stories.
0:20.3	That the story just sucks a man.
0:22.8	This is just the beginning.
0:25.4	We would be honored if you would join us.
0:32.1	Hello and a very warm welcome to Film Stories with Simon Brew.
0:35.7	I am Simon Brew.
0:36.8	As always, that's absolutely everything you need to know about me.
0:39.7	The aim of the podcast, though, is, well, title gives it away. I'm here to talk of the stories of the stories, production stories, behind-the-scenes stories, marketing stories, all the bits and bobs that go to make the films that we know and sometimes love, just that the films that we know and sometimes love.
0:55.2	You've happened upon one of my special episodes of the podcast where I bring a filmmaker in
1:00.0	and in this case talk about their body of work. The filmmaker in question is director Michael
1:05.4	Caten Jones and I've been drawn to lots of his films over the years and for instance just in the
1:10.2	buildup to this, I had a look at shooting dogs the first time rewatch Memphis Bell but what we're going to do
1:15.3	is because lots of his stories aren't out there we're going to take his film career from his second
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