No Way Out (1987) and Bull Durham (1988)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Film History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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It's a Kevin Costner double bill in the latest episode of Film Stories - and whilst the films are very different, there is a link between them. 1987's No Way Out is actually a remake, something its director - Roger Donaldson - wasn't actually aware of. One of the very best thrillers of the 1980s - especially if you don't know its twists and turns - its release actually ended up being held back to see if another Costner-headlined movie would prove more successful first. Yet it was the ultimate success of No Way Out that finally led to Bull Durham getting off the ground, after a hell of a challenge to raise the money for the movie. Not the only challenge, either: an executive at Orion Pictures was causing problems, and there was a casting demand that wasn't going away... Both films are covered in this episode. Both films are also making their UK Blu-ray debut this month, and you can find details on the releases at store.filmstories.co.uk --- Film Stories print magazines can be found at store.filmstories.co.uk --- Find Simon on Twitter and Bluesky at @simonbrew, and the podcast can be found at @filmstories Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.7	T's and C's apply. Hello, this is Simon Brew. I'm the editor of film stories magazine and a very
0:35.7	warm welcome to the film stories podcast come with me
0:39.9	and i show you how deep the rabbit hole goes and movies movies that had stories that the story
0:47.9	just sucks a man this is just the beginning there are stories we would be honored if you would join us.
0:59.1	Hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with Simon Brew.
1:03.5	I am Simon Brew.
1:04.7	As always, that's absolutely everything you need to know about me.
1:07.5	At the end of the podcast though, well, the title gives it away.
1:10.2	I'm here to talk of the
1:11.2	stories of films and I tend to talk about production stories, marketing stories, release stories,
1:15.6	distribution stories, all those ingredients really that go towards making the films that we know
1:20.0	and sometimes love, just that the films that we know and sometimes love. The films I tend to
1:25.3	cover on this podcast, they lead more towards the mainstream than anything
1:28.3	else. There are films I'm interested in or invested in to some degree. Try not to do snark. I try not
1:33.3	to punch down. This podcast is a celebration of cinema and a real appreciation that somehow,
1:38.7	throughout all the difficulties, films somehow get made. This particular episode, well, one of my absolute favourite actors is going into the linelight.
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