Which Hollywood Film Took 48 Years to Complete Due to Financial Disasters?

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In this Things We Should Know Segment, we host a trivia challenge on films with the longest production gaps due to financial struggles. Guest Michael Mendelsohn demonstrates his film industry knowledge by correctly identifying that an Orson Welles film took 48 years to complete. The conversation reveals the critical importance of film financing in both starting and finishing movie projects.

We also talk about:

• Various films that experienced extended production delays, including Megalopolis, Black Barbie documentary, Out of Africa, and Platoon [0:01:15]
• The challenges of defining criteria for measuring longest production times across different types of films [0:01:51]
• Michael Mendelsohn's personal experience financing Robin Hood: Men in Tights [0:05:00]
• The revelation that Michael may have used external help to answer the trivia question [0:06:55]
• Playful banter about collaboration and rhyming between the hosts [0:08:02]

Products, software, websites, people, or places mentioned:

• Netflix [0:06:17]
• Francis Ford Coppola [0:01:15]
• Orson Welles [0:03:28]
• Frank Marshall [0:05:58]
• Soho House [0:09:24]
• The Other Side of the Wind (film) [0:05:40]
• Megalopolis (film) [0:01:15]
• Black Barbie (documentary) [0:01:52]
• Apocalypse Now [0:03:30]
• Out of Africa [0:03:30]
• Platoon [0:03:38]
• Lord of War [0:03:42]
• Air Force One [0:03:50]
• The Fugitive [0:04:35]
• Robin Hood: Men in Tights [0:05:00]

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