The Industry Dan Delgado

In 1982 British filmmakerJames Scott had made an Academy Award winning adaptation of a Graham Greene novella. Adapting another Greene novella, this time as a feature length film, seemed like a natural progression of things. He had Greene's blessing to take his novella Loser Takes All and turn into a film that would feature stage star Robert Lindsay and Molly Ringwald. He had every element in place. Almost. The only thing left was getting American distribution. And that was found when a deal was struck with Miramax. All that James Scott had to do in order to get his modest British comedy made was deal with a producer named Harvey Weinstein, who had a lot of ideas on how this film should be made.
Links
James Scott's Website
Sources
Rizov, Vadim. The Legend of Harvey Scissorhands. MTV.com, August 9, 2013.
https://www.mtv.com/news/zs4qqu/harvey-weinstein-snowpiercer-cuts
Ringwald, Molly. All The Other Harvey Weinsteins. The New Yorker, October 17, 2017.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/all-the-other-harveys
Robert Lindsay: 'Monster' Weinstein blacklisted me. BBC.com, November 9, 2017.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-41927167
Connelly, Christopher. The Heartbreak Kid. Premiere Magazine, July 1990.


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Elaine May will always be best known for her comedy with Mike Nichols and her screenwriting skills. However, as a director May is an uncompromising force who seemingly would do whatever it takes to get her vision on the screen. This episode looks at the great lengths May went to in order to get Mikey and Nicky, a lifelong passion project made, and what that lack of compromise cost her.
Author Patrick Cooper, director of photography/cameraman Jack Cooperman, and an unnamed crewmember help tell this story of a seemingly simple production that was anything but.

Links
Check out Patrick Cooper's book Aren't You Gonna Die Someday?
Courtney Kocak's podcasts are Podcast Bestie and The Bleeders
Articles
Before the Snyder Cut: Look back at other Hollywood director's cuts (ew.com)
Cock, Jay. Cinema: Hit Men. Time Magazine. January 31st, 1977.
https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,918649,00.html
MIKEY AND NICKY - HOLLOW SQUARE PRESS


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The death of actor Peter Sellers in 1980 also seemed like the death of the Pink Panther film series. Instead, director Blake Edwards decided it was a new beginning. A beginning of numerous lawsuits, several flops, and one unseen television pilot. Author John LeMay and actor Charlie Schlatter help tell the story of what happened when Blake Edwards kept trying to keep the Panther on the hunt.

Sources
Books
LeMay, John. Trailing the Pink Panther Films: An Unauthorized Guide to the Pink Panther Series. Bicep Books, January, 2022.
Oldham, Gabriella. Blake Edwards: Interviews. University Press of Mississippi, December, 2017.
Wasson, Sam. A Splurch in the Kisser: The Movies of Blake Edwards. Wesleyan University Press, July, 2011.
Articles
"Seller’s Widow Wins $1 Million Damages Over Panther Film" AP News. AP Services, May 24, 1985. https://apnews.com/article/39ab5abec851ab132d99965780aa6a7e
"Film maker Blake Edwards filed a $180 million lawsuit..." UPI Archives. September 28, 1983. https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/09/28/Film-maker-Blake-Edwards-filed-a-180-million-lawsuit/1090433569600/
"BLAKE EDWARDS SUED BY MGM/UA" New York Times. Aljean Harmetz. April 17, 1984. https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/17/movies/blake-edwards-sued-by-mgm-ua.html
Links
Closing Night: Victor Victoria episode
Transcription Available at The Industry Podcast website.



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Alan Dean Foster is an accomplished author in his own right, but in this episode of The Industry, he shares his process of writing movie novelizations and some of the more interesting novelizations he's done. From Star Wars, Alien, The Thing, The Black Hole, and even a very special episode of Maude, Alan shares many of his experiences in this unique writing world.

Links
Dan Delgado on Twitter and Bluesky
Visit Alan Dean Foster's website
Alan Dean Foster's Memoir of his novelization work

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Back in the 1970s and 80s if you walked into a bookstore you would undoubtedly had seen whatever the newest movie was in theaters sitting on a display in book form. The movie novelization is a world unto itself. We take a look at what it takes to adapt a movie to a novel, why the differences can be interesting, and get into why they exist in the first place. With insight from novelization experts Alan Dean Foster and Tim Waggoner, podcast host Paxton Holley, and filmmaker Whit Stillman, the rare filmmaker who has novelized his own films.
Links
Dan Delgado on Twitter and Bluesky
Listen to Paxton Holley's I Read Movies Podcast
Visit Tim Waggoner's website
Visit Alan Dean Foster's website
Buy Whit Stillman's books
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By the 1960's director Alfred Hitchcock was at the absolute height of his powers. He had reached the point where he could make any movie he wanted. Yet as the decade rolled on. Hitchcock seemingly had project after project he had developed not blossom into a feature film. What was keeping Hitchcock from making the movies he really wanted to make? We attempt to answer this question with help from HitchCon's Joel Gunz and author Shawn Levy.
Links:
Listen to Lew Wasserman's story on Glitter and Might: Glitter and Might (pod.link)
Check out HitchCon '23: HitchCon International Alfred Hitchcock Conference
Kaleidescope Test Footage: Alfred Hitchcock's Kaleidoscope Footage - YouTube
Hitchcock documentary: Hitchcock - Reputations - YouTube
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