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Blockbuster

Episode II: The Shark

Blockbuster

Epicleff

Tv & Film, Drama, Film History, Fiction

5 β€’ 2.3K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 30 April 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The open ocean devours Steven. George finds a home for his space adventure. John Williams returns to film scoring with an inspired idea. Set in the 1970s, this six-part original series tells the story of two big-dreaming filmmakers and friends, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, and how their personal, career and health struggles led to a movie revolution, and the greatest box office flop-turned-triumph of all time: Star Wars. If you enjoyed Blockbuster, please consider a small donation to help the creators continue making this series at http://GetBlockbuster.com/support and receive bonus perks, and your name in the credits! http://facebook.com/BlockbusterPod http://twitter.com/Blockbuster_Pod http://instagram.com/blockbusterpod Follow series creator @MattSchrader on Twitter πŸ† Blockbuster is now an award-winning podcast! Winner of Adweek's Creative Podcast of the Year, two NYF Radio Awards, and Webby Awards Honoree for Best Miniseries. Thanks in advance for sharing Blockbuster with a friend! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The following is a true story about the making of an empire and two visionary world builders

0:07.5

who made it possible.

0:11.0

This is Blockbuster.

0:14.8

Episode 2.

0:16.4

Can I get a reason?

0:22.6

Hollywood.

0:25.4

Stephen Spielberg is struggling to rewrite his script for jaws.

0:29.3

He's meeting his friend, George Lucas, for lunch.

0:31.6

The Hope and Os.

0:32.6

I just saw him on that.

0:34.3

I told him it had to be.

0:35.6

It has to have that sense of movement and trepidation.

0:39.4

The two felt like brothers.

0:40.9

They understood each other's grand ambitions.

0:43.2

They were still relatively anonymous, but they'd both grown into working directors.

0:47.2

George's American graffiti would premiere later that year, and Stephen had landed his

0:51.4

first big budget film.

0:52.8

How many shooting days?

0:54.0

55.

0:55.0

I'm not the end of June.

0:56.0

That's serious.

0:57.0

I'm proud of you, buddy.

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