Lethal Weapon (1987) and Jingle All The Way (1996)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Film History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a dash of the festive spirit as two Christmas-set movies take centre stage. The first Lethal Weapon movie came together in just a few years, sparked by then-twentysomething Shane Black's script. The project was offered to Leonard Nimoy to look at before Richard Donner signed on the dotted line to direct - and it remains a casting masterclass too. Jingle All The Way meanwhile came together even quicker, with Arnold Schwarzenegger suddenly having a gap in his schedule once a planned Planet Of The Apes movie he was attached to fell apart. Just six months after filming began, the film would be in cinemas - and that didn't help the movie's merchandising plans. Find Simon on Twitter at @simonbrew, and the podcast can be found at @filmstories Support this podcast: www.patreon.com/simonbrew. 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.
0:32.3	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:34.6	I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine.
0:39.8	I'm failing my age, but a very warm welcome to the film stories podcast.
0:43.1	Come to all for this shit. Come with me.
0:47.0	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
0:50.1	And movies. Movies that had stories.
0:53.7	That the story just sucks them in. This is just the beginning.
0:59.9	We would be honoured if you would join us.
1:06.1	Hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with Simon Brew.
1:09.5	I am Simon Brew as always everything you need to know about me.
1:11.0	The aim of the podcast though is given away by the title. I'm here to talk off the stories of films and I tend to talk about
1:15.3	production stories, marketing stories, release stories, distribution stories, all those ingredients
1:19.8	that go to make the films that we know and sometimes love, just that the films that we know
1:24.4	and sometimes love. The films I tend to cover on this podcast,
1:27.9	they lean more towards the mainstream than anything else. There are films I'm interested in
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