Magnolia (1999) and Police Academy (1984)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, an Oscar-nominated one-off, and a hit comedy that was anything but a one-off. After Boogie Nights, writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson had a moment where he could make what he wanted, and get total creative control. It helped that he got Tom Cruise involved in Magnolia too. Police Academy was the film that launched regular templated sequels - but there was a genuine fear that the original film wasn't going to be lowbrow enough to succeed. Stories of both are told in this episode. Find Simon on Twitter at @simonbrew, and the podcast can be found at @filmstoriespod. Support our work at 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	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:02.0	I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine and you're listening to the Film Stories podcast.
0:07.0	Now, in some exciting news, I've got a new boss for a little bit.
0:10.0	Tom Cruise is in charge today and I'm not allowed to start until he says now.
0:15.0	I am the one who's in charge.
0:18.0	I am the one who says yes.
0:23.1	No!
0:24.8	No! Now!
0:25.9	Come with me.
0:28.1	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
0:31.4	And movies.
0:32.5	Movies that had stories.
0:34.2	That the story just sucks a man.
0:36.7	This is just the beginning.
0:39.2	We would be honored if you would join us.
0:46.0	Oh, huge thanks to Tom Cruise there.
0:48.2	Hello and a very warm welcome to the Film Stories podcast.
0:51.7	I am Simon Brew.
0:52.8	That's absolutely everything you need to know about me.
0:55.2	The aim of the podcast, though, as the title suggests, is to tell the stories of films.
0:59.2	And I tend to talk about development stories, marketing stories, production stories, released,
1:02.8	or all the bits and bobs really that go to make the films that we know and sometimes love.
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