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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