Episode 49: Simpson/Bruckheimer

Published: Oct. 8, 2021, 9:05 p.m.

Life is about balance but art is another story. Sometimes two different types of mayhem create hit films. If Jerry Bruckheimer is chaos then his former producing partner Don Simpson was a riot during a coup d\u2019\xe9tat. When Simpson/Bruckheimer were in top form they couldn\u2019t be stopped, producing one blockbuster after the next. When it didn\u2019t work we wound up with a Denis Leary Xmas movie or drug induced heart failure. We\u2019ll take the crab juice. Blockbuster Film School examines the producing wildfire that gave us Axel Foley, Michael Bay, and Michelle Pfeiffer in a Coolio video. Seriously though, kids: if you or anyone you love have a serious drug addiction please contact the Producers Guild of America. You might have points on a movie you don\u2019t remember making.