
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Nearly 500 episodes in, and the Film Stories podcast finally arrives at a Godfather film. Specifically, The Godfather Part III, a fascinating project whose behind the scenes story went on for over a decade. The number of attempts to get the film made climbed into double figures, named such as Sylvester Stallone, Madonna and John Travolta were amongst those linked.
But also: writer/director Francis Ford Coppola was not keen to make the movie.
Writer/director Amy Heckerling had an opposite problem with Clueless. She was keen to make the story, but for a while, she couldn't get anyone to stump up the bill. When they did? Well, Heckerling finally got some of the respect she deserved...
Stories of both are told in this episode...
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
By Simon Brew4.9
8888 ratings
Nearly 500 episodes in, and the Film Stories podcast finally arrives at a Godfather film. Specifically, The Godfather Part III, a fascinating project whose behind the scenes story went on for over a decade. The number of attempts to get the film made climbed into double figures, named such as Sylvester Stallone, Madonna and John Travolta were amongst those linked.
But also: writer/director Francis Ford Coppola was not keen to make the movie.
Writer/director Amy Heckerling had an opposite problem with Clueless. She was keen to make the story, but for a while, she couldn't get anyone to stump up the bill. When they did? Well, Heckerling finally got some of the respect she deserved...
Stories of both are told in this episode...
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

541 Listeners

355 Listeners

155 Listeners

603 Listeners

1,430 Listeners

53 Listeners

2,451 Listeners

188 Listeners

108 Listeners

550 Listeners

223 Listeners

205 Listeners

33 Listeners

328 Listeners

894 Listeners