Orion Pictures

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as studio. The films the hosts said they were behind, which the two lists below run through too: Flesh and Blood (1985).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

RoboCop (1987): 1 line

  1. career (career) · through Flesh and Blood (1985), which they were behind as studio / majority financier: Flesh and Blood ⇒ RoboCop (the host's read). Flesh+Blood is the failure that led Verhoeven to Hollywood and RoboCop, where he built entertainment around his interests.
    “from this film on, he figures out how to take everything he's interested in and put it into the body of a conventionally entertaining Hollywood movie”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 0:49:14 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Studio (1) everyone in studio

What was said about them, by kind

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Flesh and Blood → Orion Pictures. Orion financed most of the film and demanded a female character, cutting the rape scene; it kept Verhoeven afterward for RoboCop.
    “Orion demanded there'd be a female character”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 0:28:36 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.