Moonraker (1979) and Look Who's Talking (1989)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Film History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, how James Bond responded to Star Wars, and a comedy that onlookers had all but written off. Moonraker wasn't expected to be the Roger Moore James Bond adventure to follow up The Spy Who Loved Me. But then Star Wars happened, and a co-production deal opened up some funding too. 007 was going to space. More down to earth was comedy sleeper hit Look Who's Talking, a genuinely sleeper success that in turn made Bruce Willis very rich for four days of work. It's also the first film on this podcast that involves puppeteers operating sperm. Find Simon on Twitter at @simonbrew, and the podcast can be found at @filmstories Support this podcast: www.patreon.com/simonbrew. Find our print magazines at store.filmstories.co.uk 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.
0:32.4	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:39.1	I'm near to a film stories magazine and a very warm welcome to the latest episode of the film stories podcast enjoy your flight come with me and i show you how deep the rabbit hole goes
0:47.3	and movies movies that had stories and the story just sucks a man this is just the beginning
0:54.1	stories we would be honored if you join us
1:02.4	hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with simon brew i am simon brew as always
1:08.0	that's everything you need to know about me the aim of the podcast though is given by the title. I'm here to talk of the stories of films and I tend to talk about development stories, production stories, marketing stories, release stories, all those ingredients that go towards making the films that we know and sometimes love. Just that, the films that we know and sometimes love. The films I tend to cover on this podcast lean more towards the mainstream than anything else.
1:30.9	They're films I'm interested in or invested in to some degree.
1:33.9	I try not to do snark.
1:35.2	I try not to punch down.
1:36.4	This podcast is a celebration of cinema and a real appreciation of just how hard it is to make a film.
1:42.4	Even a slightly middling James Bond one.
1:45.1	So let's start there. Let's go back to the 1970s with the first of the two films I'm talking about in this episode of film stories.
1:51.7	It involves 007. It involves a space rocket. I'll play you a clip. Come to the story, the other side of this.
2:01.9	From the most exotic locations on Earth,
2:05.0	Moonraker will transport you to another world.
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