Trailer: Lucas, Spielberg & the Movie Revolution

Blockbuster

Epicleff

Tv & Film, Drama, Film History, Fiction

5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2019

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Season 1 Trailer. 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! Facebook: http://facebook.com/BlockbusterPod Twitter: http://twitter.com/Blockbuster_Pod Instagram: 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. 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	It was a word once used to describe a massive bomb.
0:09.4	But in 1975, blockbuster would take on an even more explosive meaning.
0:17.1	In the middle of an economic crisis, a war in Vietnam and worries of a nuclear showdown
0:22.2	with the Soviet Union arrived a game-changer in culture.
0:27.6	In the shoulders of two soon-to-be revolutionaries, Stephen Spielberg and George Lucas, their films
0:37.2	were pure spectacle, a momentary escape from a world falling apart.
0:45.6	This is a true story, told in six episodes, about two rebels armed with lights, cameras
0:52.6	and microphones.
0:55.6	The world builders, rivals and most of all best friends, risking their careers, life savings
1:03.6	and their own health for a chance at triumph.
1:10.9	I'm Matt Schrader and this is a true story that transformed the movies, the mythology,
1:17.4	and in turn the entire world.
1:21.4	This is Blockbuster.
1:24.4	Feel free to watch more on Apple Podcasts and all other platforms.

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