How Disney sort-of crowdfunded its 80s and early 90s films
by Simon Brew | May 31, 2022 | Feature, News
The unusual way that Disney financed its 1980s and early 90s slate of films, including 1990's Warren Beatty-starring Dick Tracy....
Good Morning Vietnam
Disney, and how the 1980s ended its 20 year search for a box office hit
by Simon Brew | Nov 02, 2021 | Feature, News
Disney went through the back end of the 1960s, the 1970s and early 80s on the search for a box office hit: here's the story....
Podcast: Super 8 (2011) and Good Morning Vietnam (1987)
by Simon Brew | Sep 21, 2020 | Podcasts
In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a film designed to be something of a surprise, and a comedy that a major studio abandoned....
Good Morning Vietnam (1987) and The Martian (2015)
by Simon Brew | Nov 26, 2018 | Podcasts
Simon looks at the long gestation of Good Morning Vietnam, and the plans for Spider-Man films that brought The Martian to Ridley Scott.
