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Jul 26 • 49 tweets • 32 min read
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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Jul 26 • 61 tweets • 36 min read
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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Jul 24 • 30 tweets • 20 min read
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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Jul 24 • 38 tweets • 25 min read
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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Jul 22 • 46 tweets • 31 min read
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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Jul 21 • 35 tweets • 22 min read
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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Jul 20 • 32 tweets • 21 min read
MIDNIGHT RUN was released 36 years ago today. One of the best buddy comedies to come out of the 80s, its behind the scenes story was a cross-country thrill ride
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Writer George Gallo was inspired to write a buddy movie based on the dynamic of his parents. He said “my father was very emotional whereas my mother was far more calculating. She would let him talk and lead him down alleys and then strike like a cat."
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Jul 20 • 49 tweets • 34 min read
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES was released 12 years ago today. The closing part of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy and featuring an all-star cast, the behind the scenes story is Gotham’s reckoning…
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After the success of The Dark Knight in 2008, Warner Bros wanted Nolan to complete the trilogy. He hadn’t planned a third film and said "How many good third movies in a franchise can people name?” He said he would do it, but only if he could get a good story.
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Jul 19 • 52 tweets • 34 min read
ALIENS was released 38 years ago this week. Acclaimed as one of the great action movies and best sequels ever made, the making of story is like being on an express elevator to hell… going down…
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With the success of Alien, 20th Century Fox were keen on a sequel but it was delayed until 1983. At that time, James Cameron was sending his script for The Terminator to studios to find writing work. Fox read it and liked it.
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Jul 18 • 48 tweets • 31 min read
THE DARK KNIGHT was released 16 years ago today. Acclaimed as one of the great superhero movies and the film that cemented Christopher Nolan as the event moviemaker of his generation, the making of story will either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain…
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After the success of Batman Begins, Warner Bros were keen on Christopher Nolan directing a sequel. Two factors convinced Nolan to return:
- He’d never made a sequel before
- Batman Begins writer David S. Goyer had a treatment Nolan loved with The Joker as the villain
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Jul 17 • 39 tweets • 27 min read
ROBOCOP was released 37 years ago today. One of the most popular science fiction/action films of the 1980s and a classic example of Paul Verhoeven satire, the making of story is one you would definitely buy for a dollar…
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In the early 80s young screenwriter Edward Neumeier had an idea for a movie about a robot cop. He then came across student filmmaker Michael Miner who had an idea of a human cop who becomes a donor for a cyborg police officer. They felt they could combine the two ideas….
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Jul 16 • 44 tweets • 28 min read
INCEPTION was released 14 years ago today. A masterclass in how to blend digital and practical effects and one of the definitive films of Christopher Nolan, the making of story might have you believing it’s all a dream…
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Nolan first pitched the idea of Inception to Warner Bros after his third movie, Insomnia, in 2002. He had an 80 page treatment about ‘dream-stealers’, and WB loved it. To keep creative control, Nolan said he’d show them a finished script in a couple of months.
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Jul 15 • 49 tweets • 28 min read
POINT BREAK was released 33 years ago today. A hugely popular action film, and one of the most acclaimed of director Kathryn Bigelow, the behind the scenes story is like a death-defying skydive…
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In the mid-1980s, filmmaker Rick King was lounging on a beach and read an L.A. Weekly article stating that Los Angeles was the bank robbery capital of the USA. Taking in the waves, he imagined a movie about a gang of surfers holding up a bank.
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Jul 14 • 40 tweets • 23 min read
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT was released 25 years ago today. One of the most influential horror movies of its generation, and made on a shoestring budget, the making of story will have you scared to close your eyes…
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Student filmmakers Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez met at the University of Central Florida in 1993 and bonded over a love of horror. Together they came up with an idea: a group stumble upon a terrifying house in the woods and aren’t able to resist going inside.
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Jul 13 • 49 tweets • 29 min read
TRON was released 42 years ago today. A groundbreaking blend of concept and digital effects, and a film that launched the career of actor Jeff Bridges, the story of how it came to be is as thrilling as a Light Cycle…
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In 1976, animator Steven Lisberger came across the now-classic Atari video game Pong, and couldn’t stop playing it. Fascinated by the idea of computer-generated graphics, he had the idea for a movie set entirely within a digital-based world.
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Jul 12 • 43 tweets • 26 min read
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY was released 35 years ago this week. A classic rom-com, and among the most popular of director Rob Reiner, the story behind the scenes will have you wanting what she’s having…
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In the mid-80s, Rob Reiner and producer Andy Scheinman met writer Nora Ephron at the Russian Tea Room, NYC, to discuss working together. Having been through a divorce with Penny Marshall, Reiner pitched an idea based on his dating life, piquing Ephron’s interest.
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Jul 11 • 55 tweets • 39 min read
X-MEN was released 24 years ago this week. The first movie adaptation of the classic Marvel Comics characters, and one of the films that started the superhero genre, the story behind the scenes will you have you heading for Xavier’s School for the Gifted…
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In 1963, comic book legends Stan Lee and Jack Kirby unveiled their latest creation. A superhero team based around a group of mutants born with superpowers, The X-Men #1 was published by Marvel in September and was an instant hit with readers.
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Jul 10 • 39 tweets • 29 min read
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK was released 43 years ago today. A cult classic and one of the best films of the John Carpenter/Kurt Russell collaboration, its behind the scenes story was out there, even for Carpenter…
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After the Watergate scandal broke in 1976 and made global headlines, young filmmaker John Carpenter was inspired to write a script that reflected the public’s lack of faith in the government. Influenced by Death Wish, he penned a screenplay he called Escape From New York.
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Jul 9 • 40 tweets • 28 min read
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL was released 21 years ago today. One of the biggest blockbusters of its time - that led to one of the biggest ever movie franchises - the story of how it came to the screen is either madness, or brilliance…
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In the early 1990s, screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio were keen on reinventing the pirate genre for the big screen. They came up with ideas around a swashbuckling adventure based upon the Pirates of the Caribbean Disney World ride.
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Jul 8 • 41 tweets • 27 min read
THE GREAT ESCAPE was released 61 years ago this week. Featuring a huge all-star cast and one of the most iconic themes in film, the making of story is as extraordinary as the events on which it is based…
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In 1943, Australian Spitfire pilot Paul Brickhill was shot down over Tunisia and taken to World War II POW camp Stalag Luft III in Poland. There, he was one of 600 men who played a role in hatching and executing an escape from the camp.
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Jul 7 • 30 tweets • 20 min read
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON was released 24 years ago today. One of the most popular and most successful foreign language films in western culture, the story of how it came to be is as mind-boggling as its fight choreography…
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The Crane Iron Pentalogy is a series of 5 novels published in the 1930s and 1940s by acclaimed wuxia novelist Wang Dulu. The 4thbook in the series was called Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.