Episode IV: Dreams Have Limits

Blockbuster

Epicleff

Tv & Film, Drama, Film History, Fiction

5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

George and Steven struggle with crews, imploding budgets and nature itself. A $40-million handshake. "The Star Wars" faces its biggest threat. 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 🏆 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 4.
0:21.1	Summer 1976.
0:23.1	London.
0:24.1	Fox continues to increase the budget of the Star Wars, now past the $10 million mark.
0:29.0	It's not enough.
0:30.8	George's stress level continued to rise and talking to Marsha back in LA seemed to help,
0:36.0	but now George was breaking bad news, trying to explain why he'd put much of their personal
0:41.3	savings into this struggling film.
0:44.0	400 grand.
0:46.0	George, that's our money.
0:48.0	We needed for the special effects.
0:50.0	What if we never get that back?
0:51.6	Marsha had a point.
0:52.9	Movies flop all the time, but George didn't have time to think it over.
0:56.9	He was all in.
0:58.4	Fox won't pay for it.
1:04.6	Like his friends, Steven Spielberg on Jaws, George was still rewriting parts of the script
1:09.0	as they were shooting scenes.
1:11.6	Sky Walker.
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