Never Say Never Again (1983) and Analyze This (1999)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Sean Connery had vowed he was never going to return as James Bond after 1971's Diamonds Are Forever. Meanwhile, a man called Kevin McClory had agreed not to exercise his screen rights to the story of Thunderball until 1975. Yet the highest profile 'unofficial' Bond project would bring them both together, as Never Say Never Again did battle with the official 007 film Octopussy at the 1983 box office. A different battle played out in 1999, as Robert De Niro took the plunge into comedy with Analyze This. It'd be an early hit in a year that was awash with them - yet the idea of a mob boss seeing a shrink, that seemed original when the film was conceived - was about to slam head-first into a brand new TV show... 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 Onthebeach.com.
0:21.3	Conditions apply.
0:22.6	Seven night minimum stay outbound only from selected airports for up to six people at all protected.
0:28.7	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:32.9	I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine and a very warm welcome to the film stories podcast what's in
0:39.5	it you say i hope we're going to have some gratuitous sex and violence i certainly hope so too
0:44.9	come with me and i show you how deep the rabbit hole goes in movies movies that had stories
0:53.4	that the story just sucks a man.
0:56.1	This is just the beginning.
0:58.7	We would be honored if you would join us.
1:05.5	Hello and a very warm welcome to Film Stories with Simon Brew.
1:10.0	I am Simon Brew as always has absolutely everything
1:12.7	you need to know about me. The aim of the podcast though is given away by its title. I'm here to talk
1:17.2	off the stories of films and I tend to talk about production stories, marketing stories, release
1:21.2	stories, distribution stories, two James Bond films in the same year stories, all the ingredients really
1:26.5	that go towards making the
1:27.6	films that we know and sometimes love, just that the films that we know and sometimes love.
1:32.8	The films I tend to cover on this podcast, they lead more towards the mainstream than anything
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