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.

Sorry about that.

I literally had to fly in from outer space.

Come with me.

And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.

And movies.

Movies that had stories.

That the story just sucks them a man this is just the beginning

there are stories we would be honored if you would join us hello and a very warm welcome to

film stories with simon brew i I am Simon Brew as always that's

absolutely everything you need to know about me. The aim of the podcast though well title gives

it away I'm here to talk of the stories of film and I tend to talk about development stories

marketing stories production stories release stories all those 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, just that, the films that we know and sometimes

love. This particular episode is one of my occasional specials where I bring in a filmmaker to

talk about their body of work, in this case in relation to a film that's just landing in UK

cinemas at the point this podcast is being released. I'm delighted to be joined by Simon Farnaby, who is the writer of the brand

new film, The Phantom of the Open, directed by Craig Roberts and starring Mark Rylens. This film is

based on a book that he previously wrote, which tells the story of Morris Flickcroft, who in the

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