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Jul 26

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD was released 5 years ago today. Acclaimed as one of Quentin Tarantino’s greatest movies and featuring an all-star cast, the behind the scenes story is as big as the film…

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Once Upon A Time In Hollywood started life as a novel. Tarantino referred to the project as his ‘Magnum Opus’ and developed it over 5 years. Over time, QT realised it would work better as a screenplay.

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When the allegations against Harvey Weinstein surfaced, QT severed ties and wrote to all major studios asking if they wanted his new script. After leaks on The Hateful Eight, Tarantino said they could send one representative to his agent’s office read the script.

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Jul 26

BARBIE was released 1 year ago today. Based on one of the most iconic toys ever made, and a cultural and box office smash, the behind the scenes tale proves it is literally impossible to be a woman…

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In 1959, American businesswoman Ruth Handler created a new fashion doll based on the German Bild Lill doll. Manufactured by Mattel, Barbie was an instant smash, and would go on to sell over a billion dolls and become one of the most famous toy lines in the world.

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In the mid-1980s, Cannon Films purchased the film rights to Mattel toy line Masters of the Universe. Believing it a sure hit, they also started working with Mattel on a live-action Barbie movie. Plans were scrapped when Masters of the Universe bombed at the box office.

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Jul 24

BLOW OUT was released 43 years ago today. Despite rave reviews, it dropped without a trace until critical reappraisal started in the 90s. It is now thought by many as the definitive Brian De Palma film, here’s the incredible making of story…

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De Palma was editing Dressed To Kill (1980) with his sound designer Dan Sable. There was a wind effect which De Palma complained had been used a number of times, and sent Sable out to get some new effects. This gave him the seed of an idea for Blow Out.

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After the success of Dressed To Kill, De Palma had a few projects to pick from, including Flashdance (1983). He decided to go with his own story of a movie sound man caught up in a conspiracy. It was originally called Personal Effects.

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Jul 24

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN was released 26 years ago today. Acclaimed as one of the most realistic depictions of WWII warfare, and among Steven Spielberg’s most popular films, the making of story is enormous. Earn this…

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In 1994, writer Robert Rodat received a gift from his wife: Stephen Ambrose’s D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II. He was interested in writing a script and, visiting Tonawanda cemetery in New York, came across a monument that inspired him further.

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The monument was to the Niland Brothers – 4 young American men who fought in the Second World War. When three of the Nilands were reported KIA, the surviving brother, Fritz, was sent home. (It turned out one of the brothers was alive and held captive in a Burmese POW camp).

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Jul 22

DUNKIRK was released 7 years ago today. Christopher Nolan’s first war film, and acclaimed as one of the great World War II movies this century, the story of how it came to be is as epic as the film…

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In 1992, student filmmaker Christopher Nolan and girlfriend Emma Thomas took a trip across the English Channel – a recreation of the Dunkirk evacuation route. Nolan said it took 19 hours, freezing cold, and very tough, but it did give him an idea…

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In the following 15 years, Nolan would go on to become one of the biggest filmmakers in Hollywood. The idea for a Dunkirk movie stuck with him all that time and, after he had a few big blockbusters under his belt, Nolan decided the time was right for his war film.

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Jul 21

OPPENHEIMER was released one year ago today. One of Christopher Nolan’s most successful films, the behind the scenes story is, like most Nolan productions, enormous…

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In 2005, American Prometheus was published. Written by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, it told the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a theoretical physicist who was director of the Manhattan Project, and known as “The father of the atomic bomb.”

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The book won a Pulitzer Prize in 2006 and Sam Mendes was interested in adapting it for the big screen. He had as script written which told Oppenheimer’s whole life story. Studios weren’t interested and, after 4 years, Mendes allowed his option to expire.

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