A pair of bang up to the minute films in this episode of Film Stories, both of which enjoyed the fruits of viral marketing.
Saltburn (2023) had been in the head of its writer/director Emerald Fennell for years before she even got to work on her Oscar-winning Promising Young Woman (2020). The catalyst? A really rather famous scene in with a bathtub. But who could have guessed how the internet would take hold of her film post-release?
In the case of Mean Girls (2024), the battle was on to hide what it actually was. The new take on the 2004 film of the same name was a musical, but you'd never guess that from the (very deliberate) way that Paramount marketed the movie. A movie that, incidentally, was originally intended for streaming services before getting a cinema upgrade...
Stories of both are told in this episode.
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny (2023) and Roxanne (1987)
Dungeons And Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) and The Phantom Of The Opera (2004)
In conversation with Fiona Shaw - IF, Terrence Malick, Super Mario Bros, The Avengers, Brian De Palma and more.mp3
Halloween (2018) and Rocky V (1990)
In conversation with director Wes Ball - Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes and more
Star Wars The Rise Of Skywalker (2019) and Road House (2024)
In conversation with Drew Pearce: The Fall Guy, Iron Man 3, Hobbs & Shaw, No Heroics and lots more
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) and Sunshine On Leith (2013)
Quentin Tarantino's 10th film (unreleased) and Erin Brockovich (2000)
In conversation with Dan Stevens
Saving Private Ryan (1998) and Mass (2021)
Scoop (2024), with director Philip Martin
In conversation with Dolph Lundgren
Ghostbusters II (1989), plus Ernie Hudson
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024), with co-writer and director Gil Kenan
A View To A Kill (1985) and Buster (1988)
Film Stories in conversation with Phillip Noyce - Fast Charlie, Clear And Present Danger, Patriot Games, Blind Fury, Rabbit Proof Fence and more
Dunkirk (2017) and Dangerous Minds (1995)
In conversation with Jeff Wadlow - Imaginary, Truth Or Dare, Blumhouse and more
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