The Abyss (1989) and Big (1988)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Film History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two films facing very different challenges. James Cameron knew he was trying to do things that hadn't been done before on film with 1989's The Abyss. The film would be such a difficult shoot that even its trailer would boast about it. Big meanwhile earned Tom Hanks his first Oscar nomination. But Robert De Niro nearly starred, and director Penny Marshall had some difficult tonal challenges to balance. Stories of both are told in this episode. Find Simon on Twitter at @simonbrew, and the podcast can be found at @filmstoriespod. Support our work at www.patreon.com/simonbrew. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:04.0	I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine
0:09.0	and a very warm welcome to the latest episode
0:14.0	of the Film Stories podcast.
0:18.0	Hey stories podcast.
0:26.5	Come with me.
0:30.3	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
0:31.6	In movies.
0:33.5	Movies that had stories.
0:35.9	This story just sucks a man.
0:37.0	This is just the beginning we would be honored if you
0:42.3	join us hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with simon brew i am simon brew as always that's
0:51.0	absolutely everything you need to know about me. The aim of the podcast,
0:54.6	well, title gives it away. I'm here to talk of the stories of films. I tend to talk about
0:58.6	development stories, production stories, release stories, marketing stories, stories involving huge
1:03.5	water tanks, all the bits and bobs really that go and make the films that we know and sometimes
1:07.8	love, just that the films that we know and sometimes love.
1:11.6	The films I tend to choose this podcast have more of a mainstream leaning to them than anything
1:16.1	else. There are certainly films I'm interested in or invested in to some degree. Try not to do
1:20.6	snark. I try not to do punching down. I'm just here to celebrate the movies. Without further
1:27.0	ado, I'm going to crack on with the first of the two films I'm going to talk about in this episode of film stories.
1:31.7	They're both linked by being 20th century Fox movies from the back end of the 1980s, but they couldn't be more different.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Simon Brew, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Simon Brew and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.