{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep 571: Renny Harlin","description":"Filmmaker Renny Harlin (NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4, DIE HARD 2, CLIFFHANGER, DEEP BLUE SEA, THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, DRIVEN, EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his long and incredible career journey. From growing up in Finland and sneaking into restricted films underage\u2026 to watching a scene being filmed for Don Siegel\u2019s TELEFON (1977) as a child and deciding in that moment that he was going to become a Hollywood action director\u2026 to how shooting just a part of his debut feature BORN AMERICAN (1986) lead to a US production company fully financing the rest of the production\u2026 to his early days being broke and struggling in Hollywood while living in a friend\u2019s garage\u2026 to how casting Kane Hodder in his first role as a creature character in 1987\u2019s PRISON lead to John Carl Buechler casting Kane as \u201cJason Voorhees\u201d one year later\u2026 to making A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER and how he came up with and shot the film\u2019s amazing opening sequence\u2026 to the unfortunate timing of 1990\u2019s THE ADVENTURES OF FIRD FAIRLANE which was released right as the cultural backlash began against comedian\/star Andrew Dice Clay and how the film has surprisingly gone on to become one of his most beloved\u2026 to working with Sylvester Stallone on 1993\u2019s CLIFFHANGER\u2026 to creating one of the most memorable moments in cinema while shooting 1999\u2019s DEEP BLUE SEA\u2026 to making his latest feature THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1 (in theaters this weekend!) as part of a trilogy that was shot all at once\u2026 to the real reason he has yet to attend a DGA social event\u2026 Renny candidly opens up in this phenomenal conversation that is filled with cinema anecdotes, filmmaking advice and loads of inspiration. This episode is being released in its entirety publicly to remind those who are still only listening to the first hour of each week\u2019s new episode what they are missing by not supporting THE MOVIE CRYPT on Patreon. For just $1 a month you could be getting the FULL version of every episode and help keep this long running weekly podcast truly independent and commercial free. Sign-up today at www.Patreon.com\/TheMovieCrypt ","author_name":"The Movie Crypt","author_url":"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TheMovieCrypt","html":"