In 1943, 13-year-old Zuzana Justman and her family are sent to Theresienstadt, a transit camp and ghetto in occupied Czechoslovakia. While the Nazis claim Theresienstadt was a model ghetto with a thriving cultural life, Zuzana and her family face starvation, illness, and fear of the mysterious transports that take her loved ones away, never to return. Learn more at www.lbi.org/justman . Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute, New York and Antica Productions. It’s narrated by Mandy Patinkin. This episode was produced by Rami Tzabar. Our executive Producers are Laura Regehr, Rami Tzabar, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Our associate producer is Emily Morantz. Research and translation by Isabella Kempf. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson. Theme music by Oliver Wickham. Special thanks to the German Federal Archives, the Guardian, Will Coley, The International Festival of Slavic Music for the use of their 2018 performance of Hans Krasa’s Brundibar, as well as Zuzana Justman for the use of her film, Voices of the Children. This episode of Exile is made possible in part by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Finance and the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future.…
An Alien in Hollywood is the story about the life and times of legendary filmmaker and “Godfather of Hollywood science fiction” Ronald Shusett. Unless you’re a Hollywood behind-the-scenes aficionado you've probably never heard of Ron. He is no less than the man who co-created, wrote, and produced three of the most influential, iconic and mind-blowing science fiction blockbusters in film history – Alien, Total Recall and Minority Report. His movies have grossed over one and a half billion dol ...
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Total Recall - The Schwarzenegger Effect
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00:15 – Robin recalls the story of how she met Ron Shusett 03:57 – Preproduction in Mexico City during the summer of 1989 05:15 – Ron recounts a funny exchange with Arnold Schwarzenegger 07:27 – Early days of set building 09:52 – Special effects in Total Recall 14:35 – Ron’s thoughts on the gratuitous violence in Total Recall 18:20 – Ron recalls ot…
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00:14 – Robin and Harry introduce the topic of today’s episode, Rom Shusett’s Total Recall 03:28 – The decision to buy the rights to Philip K. Dick’s short story 10:00 – First steps to making Total Recall 11:34 – Dan O’Bannon’s involvement 12:54 – Challenges with Disney 17:29 – Meeting with famed producer, Dino De Laurentiis 19:47 – The unique deal…
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00:14 – Robin and Harry share their favorite moments and stories from the season thus far 04:06 – Ron explains why he never used other films as inspiration for Alien 04:45 – The creation of the adult Alien creature 07:18 – How Ron’s editing advice led to one of the biggest scare scenes in Alien 11:11 – Ron describes the feeling of seeing his words …
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Highlights 00:16 – Robin tells the story of how she met Ron Shusett 02:58 – Introducing today’s episode, Alien: Nostromo 03:21 – Pre-production of Alien 04:56 – Casting Alien 05:46 – The controversy behind Sigourney Weaver landing the lead role of Ellen Ripley 09:27 – Figuring out the pacing of Alien 14:16 – An incredible crisis that developed amon…
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Alien - Birth of a Hollywood Blockbuster
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00:13 – Harry introduces his new podcast, An Alien in Hollywood 02:11 – Robin describes Ron Shusett 05:04 – How Harry met Robin 07:24 – Robin breaks down the format of the first few episodes of this podcast 09:01 – The genesis of the movie Alien 14:47 – The progress Dan O’Bannon made on the first act of Alien 15:46 – How Ron came up with the soluti…
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