MASTER AND COMMANDER, FROM NOVEL TO SCREENPLAY
An audio documentary podcast series about the sea-faring classic - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. The series will be an oral history of the film's conception and production, a discussion of the film’s critical reception, and the increasing resonance in the now 19 years since its release. For episode one, we're talking to the co-writer of Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, John Collee, about getting the gig and collaborating with the master Peter Weir.
Featured interviews in order of appearance:
Co-writer of Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, John Collee.
Former film critic at the L.A. Weekly and Village Voice turned filmmaker, screenwriter of Black Christmas, and the former host of The Switchblade Sisters podcast, April Wolfe.
Academy Award ® Winning Director of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Peter Ramsay.
One of the greatest living film critics, whose episode of Netflix’s Profane and Profound is one of the best film critiques of the century and Walter Hill chronicler Walter Chaw.
Writer/Director behind films like Happily and T.V series ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? and the UNTITLED SCOTT PILGRIM ANIME SERIES, BenDavid Grabinski.
Online veteran, film critic, screenwriter, industry analyst, the legendary Drew McWeeny.
Senior editor and critic at Rolling Stone and the former Time Out New York editor, David Fear.
Narrator: Ken Jeacle
Theme: Andrew Viller
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