RoboCop 2 (1990) and Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

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Adam Randall on directing Slow Horses, his mystery IMDB film, and Gary Oldman's text messages

In a special episode of Film Stories, Simon Brew turns to his attentention to the Apple TV show Slow Horses, which has just returned for its sixth season. The man directing season 6, as he did season 4, is Adam Randall. He chats to Simon about landing the Slow Horses job, making ...  Show more

 . 33min 29sec
James Cameron's Titanic (1997), the two battling studios, and drugs in the chowder

James Cameron knew as he pitched Titanic to 20th Century Fox that it wasn't likely to be as commercial a film as the one he'd just done, True Lies. The budget was set to be lower, the release date was initially set for just a year after the start of filming, and there was to be n ...  Show more

 . 1h 6min

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