Rain Man (1988) and Michael Flatley's Blackbird (2022)
Film Stories
Monday, 30 September 2024 - 57 minutes
The film Rain Man became a huge box office hit at the end if 1988, and an Oscar-winner in 1989. Yet here was a movie that went through the hands of at least three directors who didn't make it, including Steven Spielberg, who was attached for nearly half a year.
But Barry Levinson did make the film - and he was able to take advantage of a situation that gave him a surprising amount of control.
Michael Flatley meanwhile had seemingly total control over his passion project, Blackbird. He wrote, directed, produced and starred in the movie, which debuted in 2018 - but then seemed to disappear.
The stories of both films are told in this episode...
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