National Treasure (2004) and Fortress (1992)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Film History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a dose of Nicolas Cage, and a futuristic prison movie. National Treasure (2004) was originally announced for a summer 2000 release. Yet by the time it finally got going, it had nine writers who'd worked on it - and Nicolas Cage agreeing to star. 1992's Fortress meanwhile was originally developed as a vehicle for Arnold Schwarzenegger. When he turned it down, the budget was slashed - but in the hands of star Christopher Lambert and director Stuart Gordon, it'd be in profit before it opened in America. Stories of both are told in this episode. Find Simon on Twitter at @simonbrew, and the podcast can be found at @filmstoriespod. 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	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:02.0	I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine and a very warm welcome to the Film Stories podcast.
0:07.0	It's all about the love of movies. What do you love?
0:10.0	I'd really love not to go to prison.
0:14.0	I can't even begin to describe how much I would love not to go to prison.
0:19.0	Come with me.
0:24.0	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
0:25.4	In movies.
0:27.2	Movies that had stories.
0:29.6	That the story just sucks a man.
0:30.8	This is just the beginning.
0:37.0	We would be honored if you would join us.
0:42.9	Hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with Simon Brew.
0:45.4	I am Simon Brew as always all you need to know about me.
0:48.7	The aim of the podcast though is completely given away in the title.
0:53.0	I'm here to talk of the stories of film and I tend to look at development stories, marketing stories, production stories,
0:54.5	release stories, all those ingredients that go to make the films that we know and sometimes love,
0:59.3	just that the films that we know and sometimes love. The films I tend to cover in this podcast,
1:04.6	are more mainstream-leaning than anything else. They're films I'm certainly interested in or
1:08.3	invested in to some degree. I try not to punch down.
1:11.2	I try not to do snark.
1:12.6	This podcast is a celebration of cinema of the fact that films get made.
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