In conversation with producer Tommy Harper: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Mission: Impossible, Star Trek, Star Wars, Showgirls and more

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Producer Tommy Harper joins Simon for a Film Stories podcast special, to talk through a career that's taken him from not being allowed on the set of Showgirls, to producing Star Wars, Mission: Impossible and Star Trek films. Oh, and the brand new release, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. It's quite a story, with the likes of JJ Abrams, Paul Verhoeven, Tim Burton and more popping up. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is in cinemas now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:02.8	I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine
0:04.6	and a very warm welcome to a very special episode
0:07.9	of the Film Stories podcast.
0:10.6	Come with me.
0:12.8	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
0:16.1	In movies.
0:17.3	Movies that had stories.
0:19.0	That the story just sucks a man.
0:21.4	This is just the beginning.
0:24.0	We would be honoured if you would join us.
0:30.9	Hello and a very warm welcome to Film Stories with Simon Brew.
0:35.2	I am Simon Brew.
0:36.2	As always, that's absolutely everything you need to
0:38.3	know about me. The aim of the podcast, though, is given away by its title. I'm here to talk of the
0:42.7	stories, the stories of films. And I tend to talk about development stories, production stories,
0:46.3	marketing stories, release stories, all the ingredients really that go towards making the films that we
0:50.7	know and sometimes love, just the films that we know and sometimes love.
0:55.2	The films I tend to cover on this podcast lean more towards the mainstream than anything else.
0:59.5	They're films I'm interested in or invested in to some degree.
1:02.2	I try not to do snark.
1:03.5	I try not to punch down.
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