When Richard Stanley was a kid, he was enamoured by the bright red cover of a book on his parents' bookshelf, an original copy of H.G. Wells' 1896 science fiction novel, The Island of Dr. Moreau. What he didn't realize is that this very material would lead to the most harrowing years of his life as he adapted the novel for screen, sold the screenplay to New Line Cinema, and set on a course to direct one of the most disasterous productions in film history. Dan and Jon marvel at Stanley's path of destruction and how director John Frankenheimer would replace him and perhaps make things even worse. They also discuss how the 1996 film could be revisited today, though it may be the one film in history to truly live up to this podcast's name.

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Ruined Childhoods is produced & edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jon Richardson

When Steve Martin decided to quit stand up comedy at the height of his on-stage success to pursue an acting career, some might have thought that idea as wild and crazy as his comedic persona. But he proved us all wrong in his wildly successful film debut, The Jerk. Co-written by Martin, The Jerk pulls from his stand up routine and weaves together a rags-to-riches-to-rags story that remains a cult classic decades later. Dan and Jon celebrate its place in cinematic history and theorize ways to revisit the film in the present day.

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Ruined Childhoods is produced & edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jon Richardson

Stanley Kubrick's 2nd feature film may not be perfect, but it's a fascinating look at how one of the 20th century's most iconic directors went from scrappy run-and-gun filmmaking to larger-than-life productions like The Shining, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and A Clockwork Orange. Dan and Jon don't just celebrate the birth of a genius, they also theorize fun ways to revisit this 1955 classic 70 years later.

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Next episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Jerk (1979) • The 3rd season of Ruined Childhoods is a year-long cinematic/alphabetic yo-yo, taking listeners from A-Z and then Z-A.

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Ruined Childhoods is produced & edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jon Richardson