
Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca
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Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca mentions Moneyball by Michael Lewis and Social Network with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
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they have been behind such movies as Birdman, The Big Short, The Revenant, The Social Network, Moneyball, Captain Phillips, Austin Powers, Boogie Nig…
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“I remember reading Moneyball, that was 2003. The great Michael Lewis. When that book came out. I've read all his books.”
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“Or Social Network were like, I want to see a fucking movie about Facebook. And it was incredible.”
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Movies & Documentaries Mentioned
Captain Phillips
“The impetus was we were watching the news. You get a version of the story from the news, but you know, we were thinking, gee, the news can't tell you what's being said inside that lifeboat.”
Moneyball
“I did Moneyball, Captain Phillips and Social Network all based on true stories. And the neat thing about dramatizing true stories is you can bring audiences dramatic structure.”
Social Network
“I did Moneyball, Captain Phillips and Social Network all based on true stories. And the neat thing about dramatizing true stories is you can bring audiences dramatic structure.”
Teen Titans Go to the Movies
“I think, I feel like I sunk you guys with, with Teen Titans Go to the Movies, which is actually a great movie if you've ever seen it.”
Seven
“When we hired David Fincher to do Seven, you know, I thought Alien 3 was a beautiful movie.”
Talk to Me
“Another great horror movie that came out, Talk to Me, you know, by these two people.”
Barbarian
“We just made a movie with this guy, Zach Kreger, who did the movie Barbarian.”
Barbie
“Talking about the biggest movie that they did, referencing a Hasbro doll.”
No Hard Feelings
“I thought Jen Lawrence's movie, No Hard Feelings, was a good shot at it.”
Dune
“Mentioned as an example of young audiences creating new movie stars.”
Anyone But You
“Also, Anyone But You came out and worked theatrically.”
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