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Strike It All

In 1982 British filmmaker James Scott had made an Academy Award winning adaptation of a Graham Greene novella. Adapting another Greene novella, this time as a feature length film, seemed like a natural progression of things. ...

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Strike It All
Dec. 12, 2023

Strike It All

In 1982 British filmmaker James Scott had made an Academy Award winning adaptation of a Graham Greene novella. Adapting another Greene novella, this time as a feature length film, seemed like a natural progression of things.…
Elaine's Mayhem
Nov. 28, 2023

Elaine's Mayhem

Elaine May will always be best known for her comedy with Mike Nichols and her screenwriting skills. However, as a director May is an uncompromising force who seemingly would do whatever it takes to get her vision on the scre…
Blake Edwards Strikes Again
Nov. 14, 2023

Blake Edwards Strikes Again

The death of actor Peter Sellers in 1980 also seemed like the death of the Pink Panther film series. Instead, director Blake Edwards decided it was a new beginning. A beginning of numerous lawsuits, several flops, and one un…
Alan Dean Foster
Oct. 31, 2023

Alan Dean Foster

Alan Dean Foster is an accomplished author in his own right, but in this episode of The Industry, he shares his process of writing movie novelizations and some of the more interesting novelizations he's done. From Star Wars,…
Novelizations 101
Oct. 17, 2023

Novelizations 101

Back in the 1970s and 80s if you walked into a bookstore you would undoubtedly had seen whatever the newest movie was in theaters sitting on a display in book form. The movie novelization is a world unto itself. We take a lo…
Unmade Hitchcock
Oct. 3, 2023

Unmade Hitchcock

By the 1960's director Alfred Hitchcock was at the absolute height of his powers. He had reached the point where he could make any movie he wanted. Yet as the decade rolled on. Hitchcock seemingly had project after project h…
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Dan Delgado

Host / Creator

Dan is the creator and driving force behind The Industry. Previously he was host of the The Radio Dan Show (2006-2020), a talk show about entertainment news that aired online and on public radio stations. He lives in South Florida.