4.6 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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When he was just starting his career, ‘Indiana Jones’ and ‘Jurassic Park’ producer Frank Marshall got a job with Orson Welles on what would be the legendary director’s last film. It was still unfinished when Welles died in 1985, but Marshall was determined to see the job through. He and fellow producer Filip Rymsza tells us about the decades-long quest to finish ‘The Other Side of the Wind.’
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0:00.0 | From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business. |
0:04.8 | When you make a movie, you want to finish it. |
0:08.0 | Yes. |
0:08.3 | And I started on this movie in 1971 when I was 25, and I'm now finishing it in 2018 when I'm 72. |
0:18.0 | So it's been quite a journey. |
0:20.1 | When Born Identity and Jurassic World producer Frank Marshall |
0:23.3 | was just starting his career, |
0:25.2 | he got an irresistible offer to work with Orson Wells |
0:28.1 | on what would turn out to be the legendary director's last film. |
0:32.3 | The other side of the wind was still unfinished |
0:34.1 | when Wells died in 1985, |
0:36.3 | but Marshall was determined to see the job through. |
0:39.4 | Marshall and fellow producer Philip Rimsha tell us how the quest to get this quirky film released |
0:44.4 | involve the Shah of Iran's brother-in-law, Napoleonic Law, and an Indiegogo campaign that failed, |
0:51.3 | but succeeded in getting some attention from Netflix. |
0:54.6 | But first on the news banter, speaking of Netflix, stick around. It's the business from |
0:59.4 | KCRW. |
1:05.7 | I am joined by my colleague in banter, Matt Bellany of the Hollywood reporter. Hello, Matt. |
1:10.7 | Hi there. |
1:12.1 | So, Netflix finally cracked. |
1:14.9 | Netflix has made some grudging concessions to give some movies a theatrical run for those who want to see them in theaters, |
1:22.0 | but it has to be the same day that these movies drop on Netflix until now. They have wanted desperately to get into the |
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