Three Kings (1999) and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two hit movies, one that proved far more stressful to make than the other. It was the failure of Warner Bros' 1997 blockbusters that led to it gambling on Three Kings. The film's Gulf War subject matter already caused unease: and then came a very, very trouble production. Dodgeball meanwhile was a film virtually every studio passed on, as its writer was insistent he got to direct it too. Even when Ben Stiller got interested, it'd mean a hefty pay cut to get the film off the ground. 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

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:02.4	I'm editor of Film Stories magazine and...
0:04.7	Oh, hang on. That's Rip Torn.
0:07.2	Rick, what you doing?
0:10.8	What?
0:11.7	If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.
0:14.4	Wait, hang on, it's just a podcast.
0:16.5	That bloody hell!
0:18.4	Come with me.
0:20.4	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
0:23.6	And movies.
0:24.8	Movies that had stories.
0:26.5	That the story just sucks a man.
0:28.9	This is just the beginning.
0:31.5	We would be honored if you would join us.
0:38.4	Hello and a very warm welcome to Film Stories with Simon Brew.
0:42.2	I am Simon Brew.
0:43.1	As always, that's absolutely everything you need to know about me.
0:45.9	The aim of the podcast, though, as the title gives away,
0:48.3	is I'm here to talk of the stories of film.
0:50.5	And I tend to talk about development stories, marketing stories,
0:53.2	release stories, production stories, release stories, production
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