Fight Club (1999), plus the dig against Rupert Murdoch at the end

Outside of the very well known rules, there's a whole load of other stuff about 1999's Fight Club. There's the director who turned the book down, freely admitting they didn't get it. There's the moment when the budget was suddenly going to soar. There's the bit where the studio boss knew he was going to hit trouble for greenlighting the film (and boy, did he). And then there was a studio left with a film it didn't know how to market. The story is told in this episode. Please subscribe, leave nice reviews, and try not to punch us hard in an after hours fighting establishment... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Fight Club (1999), plus the dig against Rupert Murdoch at the end

Howard The Duck (1986) and the first Marvel movie, plus Terri White

Gladiator (2000) and its journey to the screen, plus director Morgan Matthews

American Made (2017), and the Tom Cruise film that's fallen through the cracks

In conversation with Sam Campbell - Make That Movie, bananas, VHS tapes, cinema and more

In conversation with Paul Mercurio - Strictly Ballroom, Exit To Eden, and, er, homebrew beer

Jurassic Park (1993), and the struggle to bring dinosaurs to the screen

The New Mutants (2020), and a big missed opportunity

In conversation with director Alicia MacDonald - Finding Emily, Mike Leigh, short films, romantic comedies, Kickstarter

In conversation with Thea Sharrock - Ladies First, Wicked Little Letters, The Beautiful Game, posh chairs

Hook, and how it became the Steven Spielberg film that Steven Spielberg doesn't like