Anyone else watch this series? Great show so far. It is basically documentaries about some of the biggest movies that we grew up with. Tells a lot about the behind the scenes stuff that was involved with making each one. Brings back lots of memories from back then.
Netflix: The Movies That Made Us
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Love them and gives me something to watch with my wife. She loved the Halloween one.
It's crazy how that one was made with only $300k ($70 million return) and a big chunk of that went to the camera. For $300k now you could make a really solid movie like that easier with the technology available to the average person. Of course you couldn't get any big actors and you would have challenges getting it shown in theaters without an in with someone at a studio. You would have to do the film festival route.
So far I watched the ones about Halloween, Friday the 13th, Die Hard, Dirty Dancing, Home Alone, and Ghostbusters. They are listed in reverse order with the seasons and I started with season 1. It doesn't go to season 2 after that so I skipped to season 3 and will just finish in reverse order.
These are great. If you like these you should check out the Unspooled podcast and How Did This Get Made podcasts. Great listens and they go deep on the behind the scenes stuff.
Yup I really like this series as well. The parts I find interesting is how every time either the actor or director had to fight or hide something from the studio to basically make it the great movie it was. I have a feeling as studios continue to get more powerful they are giving less concessions away resulting in all the sequels and bland boring movies that make it to the movie theatres nowadays.
The one thing I know from watching them is that Eric Stoltz blew it. Dude was Marty McFly ready to make bank.
Love the show. I watched every episode outside of Pretty Woman (like how the eff is that included in this series?). I watched the Halloween episode and Friday the 13th episode for this new season.
My favorites of the series so far are Home Alone and Die Hard. Ghostbusters was great as well.
But yes, they seem to all have a similar theme. Studios have very little vision and want a lot of control.
My favorites of the series so far are Home Alone and Die Hard. Ghostbusters was great as well.
But yes, they seem to all have a similar theme. Studios have very little vision and want a lot of control.
Just think about what Ghostbusters would have been like with a cast of John Belushi, Eddie Murphy, and Dan Aykroyd. Not sure how that would have turned out.
I read somewhere that Napoleon Dynamite was made for around $400,000 and made over 45 million at the box office. John Heder was only paid $1,000 to play Napoleon.
That's why you need to negotiate for a % of what is made if it does real well so you don't get screwed like that. He could work at McDonald's and get more than that with the time he probably put in it. Just with like a measly 1% he gets another half million.I read somewhere that Napoleon Dynamite was made for around $400,000 and made over 45 million at the box office. John Heder was only paid $1,000 to play Napoleon.