The FilmJerk Podcast Episode X: Orion Pictures - Part 1 is now available
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This episode starts our first mini-series of episodes, on Orion Pictures, perhaps the best independent distributor not just of the 1980s but of all time. This episode will cover the first five years of their history (1978-1982), as well as some backstory going all the way back to 1951 in order to set their success story up. We talk about movies like Arthur, Caddyshack, Excalibur, First Blood, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Over the Edge, 10, and Time After Time, amongst the 29 movies they would release between 1979 and 1982. And amongst the stars and filmmakers featured include Karen Allen, Alan Arkin, John Boorman, Chevy Chase, Francis Ford Coppola, Rodney Dangerfield, Matt Dillon, Robert Duvall, Diane Lane, Sidney Lumet, Malcolm McDowell, Bill Murray, Nick Nolte, Sir Laurence Olivier, Sissy Spacek, Sylvester Stallone, Mary Steenburgen, Oliver Stone, and David Warner.
Just wait until we start getting into the good stuff in Parts 2 and 3.
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