The Rocketeer (1991) and Blockers (2018)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a much-loved 90s superhero film, and a comedy that took nearly a decade to get to the screen. The Rocketeer was a big hope in 1991. It was switched to come out under the Disney label, and there were sequel plans too. And then its release happened. As for Blockers, how a first-time movie director got the job - and how the film evolved into something rather special. Stories of both are discussed 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

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Simon Brew. I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine and a very warm welcome to the Film Stories podcast.
0:07.0	Come with me.
0:09.2	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
0:12.5	And movies. Movies that have stories.
0:15.3	That the story just sucks a man. This is just the beginning.
0:20.3	We would be honored if you would join us.
0:27.1	Hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with Simon Brew.
0:30.8	I am Simon Brew. As always, that's absolutely all you need to know about me.
0:34.9	The aim of this podcast, though, is given away in its title. I'm here to
0:38.2	talk of the stories of films and I tend to talk about development stories, production stories,
0:42.5	behind the scenes stories, marketing, release, all that kind of stuff really, all those little
0:47.5	ingredients that go to make the films that we know and sometimes love just that, the films that we
0:53.0	know and sometimes love. The movies that I pick
0:55.9	tend to have a bit of a mainstream leaning. They're films I'm invested in to some degree as well and
1:00.6	interested in. I don't do snark. I make no apologies for that, nor am I being snarky about
1:05.8	people who like snark. I'm just not very good at it, and instead I just waffle on too much about films.
1:11.8	And I really like the two films I'm talking about in this episode, so I'm going to shut up and play you a clip from the first of those two films, and I'll come to its story the other side of this.
1:22.1	Rockets in the tool test, right? Yeah.
1:25.7	Why?
1:35.5	Yeah. Why? Ladies and gentlemen, we have an emergency.
1:39.0	Please clear the field.
1:40.6	Please clear the field.
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