Kevin Costner: Behind His $100M Movie Gamble Against Hollywood

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 648 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Today’s guest is Academy Award winning filmmaker, Kevin Costner. Costner co-wrote, directed, and stars in the new film Horizon: An American Saga. In this episode of Change Agents, he and Andy Stumpf discuss why he invested so much personally into the project, his career, his philosophy on storytelling and more. Stay tuned till end of the episode to hear Andy's honest reaction about the movie. CHAPTER ONE hits theaters June 28th, and CHAPTER TWO in theaters August 16th. Join the Frontier Pass at Fandango.com for exclusive content, and grab tickets for both Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 now. Sponsors: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠ MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. Four Branches Bourbon Check out their story at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.fourbranches.com⁠⁠⁠ and pick up a bottle of their fine bourbon today. Use the code “IRONCLAD10” to get 10% off. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.2	There were some dark moments. Holy shit. I thought I was a relatively tough individual until that.
0:23.9	We ought to probably have dinner sometime.
0:29.0	But if you ask me what I'm most proud of is that I got control of my own life, that I would decide my fate.
0:36.8	It exceeds any difficulty in pain that I ever experienced professionally. I know what it's like to have to do something in a tough situation. I don't have to make something important, but what I have to try to do is make something you'll never forget.
1:04.2	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to change agents, an ironclad original, presented by our friends just down the road at Montana Knife Company.
1:06.7	Today's episode is a little bit different.
1:08.8	It is with filmmaker Kevin Costner, who co-wrote, directed, and stars in the new film Horizon,
1:16.1	an American saga.
1:17.1	And this is the first of a four-part series that is going to be coming to a theater near you.
1:24.0	We talked about a lot of things, the history of our own country,
1:28.3	why these stories are important, the character development,
1:32.3	the essential need to drive towards the unknown
1:36.3	and challenging things physically and mentally.
1:40.3	It was an honor to sit down and talk with Mr. Costa.
1:42.3	I've been a fan of his work for a long
1:44.6	time and i hope you enjoy the conversation let's get into it i like how you roll mr costner getting
1:57.6	shit set up let's go with kevin and we'll be in good shape. Fair enough. Fair enough. Is this all your day, just media all day, interview to interview? Yeah, it kind of has to be. If I just come here for nothing, I might as well just work. You know, it's time to get it done. You know, you make these movies and you make them for people. And when you're an
2:17.7	independent filmmaker, you know, you're, you're, you're almost running twice as fast, you know,
2:23.0	because it's, there's no machine behind you. There's just what can you do? So, you know,
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