In conversation with James L Brooks

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Film History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Hollywood royalty joins the Film Stories podcast for this special episode, as writer, producer and director James L Brooks. The starting point for the chat is a film that Brooks has produced, the long awaited screen adaptation of Judy Blume's Are You There God, It's Me Margaret. And then they get chatting about making movies, about the 1994 box office disappointment I'll Do Anything, a brief drive by As Good As It Gets, and a few hints as to the film he's workong on next. Are You There God, It's Me Margaret is in UK cinemas now. 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	Are you a smart booker or a silly booker?
0:07.4	Smart bookers get access to a three airport lounge by booking a five-star holiday with On the Beach.
0:13.8	Silly bookers?
0:14.8	Well, enjoy those cues at the bar.
0:17.1	Stop booking around and visit on the beach.com.
0:22.2	Conditions apply.
0:26.4	Seven night minimum stay outbound only from selected airports for up to six people at all protected.
0:32.0	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:39.4	I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine and a very warm welcome to a very special episode of the film stories podcast.
0:41.1	Come with me.
0:44.9	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
0:46.2	And movies.
0:48.1	Movies that had stories.
0:50.4	That the story just sucks a man.
0:51.6	This is just the beginning.
0:59.0	We would be honored if you would join us hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with simon brew i am simon brew as always there's
1:06.0	absolutely everything you need to know about me the aim of the podcast though well it's given away the title. I'm here to talk of the stories of films and I tend to talk about development stories,
1:15.6	production stories, marketing stories, release stories, all the ingredients really that go towards
1:19.9	making the films that we know and sometimes love, just that the films that we know and
1:23.9	sometimes love. But what you've happened upon here is one of my occasional special episodes
1:29.1	at the podcast where I bring in a guest to talk about their body of work and stroke or their latest
1:34.2	release, a bit of both in this case. And I can't tell you what a thriller is to be joined by writer,
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