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Backstory
2000 - 2005 6.5 (2 votes) 6 Seasons
Genres
Documentary
Networks
AMC

Backstory

Overview

A provocative and in-depth look at the making of a classic movie, providing viewers with great movies. And the stories behind them.

Seasons

Season 0 (1999)

No overview available.

8 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Roman Holiday
1999-06-27

A look at the making of the classic 1953 romantic comedy “Roman Holiday,” starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. Included: behind-the-scenes footage, screen tests and interviews with cast members and production personnel. Narrated by Donald Sutherland.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 2: Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001-04-03

This special two-hour documentary event explores the myriad of dramatic conflicts, love affairs, soaring cost overruns and near death experiences that miraculously produced what stands as one of the great epic cinematic visions of all time.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 3: Carmen Jones
2002-02-23

Through this half-hour special, AMC explores the story behind the first successful film featuring an all African-American cast. The musical drama raised the profile of actress Dorothy Dandridge, whose performance made Hollywood history when she became the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award® in the Best Actress category.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 4: Halloween
2002-10-26

This one-hour special unveils the tumultuous production of the indy chiller and how the ingenuity of Carpenter and his team, coupled with the modest budget of $320,000, drove the filmmakers to create some of the most inventive, and memorable, images ever put to film.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 5: The Terminator
2003-01-18

Backstory features new interviews with director James Cameron, producer Gale Ann Hurd, actress Linda Hamilton and Oscar-winning special makeup effects artist Stan Winston.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 6: The Breakfast Club
2003-04-18

A special episode of Backstory examining the cult 80's movie and its teen stars.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 7: The Omen
2003-10-24

A one-hour special examining the 1976 movie that introduced audiences to the angelic face and demonic heart of Damien and its sequels.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 8: Working Girl

Runtime: 22 min
Season 2 (2001)

No overview available.

15 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: An Affair to Remember
2001-01-08

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 2: Rocky Horror
2001-01-22

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 3: Anastasia
2001-01-29

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 4: The Day the Earth Stood Still
2001-04-09

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 5: Valley of the Dolls
2001-04-23

Documentary about the making of the 1967 film "Valley of the Dolls."

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 6: Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte
2001-05-07

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 7: Bus Stop
2001-05-14

Backstory reveals that Monroe had everything riding on the film Bus Stop – her reputation, her fledgling production company, and most of all, her sense of self. The pressure was almost too much for her, but she persevered and received outstanding reviews for her work.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 8: Big
2001-06-04

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 9: The Boston Strangler
2001-06-11

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 10: The Long, Hot Summer
2001-06-18

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 11: The Verdict
2001-06-25

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 12: Myra Breckenridge
2001-09-24

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 13: Miracle on 34th Street
2001-10-22

Backstory reveals how the movie that 20th Century Fox thought would be a trifling stocking stuffer became one of the greatest Christmas films ever made. Candid interviews with stars Maureen O'Hara, Alvin Greenman and Robert Hyatt, actress Natalie Wood's sister Lana Wood, film historian Rudy Behlmer and Wood biographer Suzanne Finstad, along with behind-the-scenes footage, film clips and the film's original theatrical trailer illuminate the story behind the story of this timeless holiday favorite.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 14: Tora! Tora! Tora!
2001-12-03

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 15: The Robe
2001-12-10

Runtime: 22 min
Season 3 (2002)

No overview available.

18 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Die Hard
2002-01-21

Actors Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia and Alan Rickman, producer Joel Silver, director John McTiernan and cinematographer Jan de Bont discuss how cast and crew overcame endless skepticism and difficult production challenges to create the 1988 action thriller.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 2: Young Frankenstein
2002-01-28

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 3: Sophie's Choice
2002-02-04

Features an interview with actress Meryl Streep, who won her second Academy Award® for her portrayal of a holocaust survivor in the 1982 film based on William Styron's novel.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 4: Speed
2002-02-11

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 5: Predator
2002-02-18

Co-stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Duke, writers Jim and John Thomas, producer John Davis and effects guru Stan Winston reveal how they overcame the dangers of the jungle and a production crisis that shut down the film and emerged with a hit.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 6: Moulin Rouge
2002-03-04

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 7: Edward Scissorhands
2002-03-11

Stars Johnny Depp and Wynona Ryder, director Tim Burton, screenwriter Caroline Thompson, producer Denise Di Novi, composer Danny Elfman, effects creator Stan Winston and others share candid details about the origins of the highly personal, poignant screenplay and how it materialized on film. The episode also includes interview footage with Vincent Price, as well as an interview with Price's daughter, Victoria.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 8: Wall Street
2002-03-18

Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen and Darryl Hannah, director/screenwriter Oliver Stone, co-writer Stanley Weiser and others reveal how friction on the set helped an intense and timely film about the tyranny of greed.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 9: The Towering Inferno
2002-03-25

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 10: Goodfellas
2002-04-08

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 11: Sex, Lies and Videotape
2002-04-15

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 12: There's Something About Mary
2002-04-29

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 13: Cast Away
2002-05-06

Backstory reveals how shooting the tale of one man's survival became a lesson in fortitude for the cast and crew alike. Interviews with actors Tom Hanks and Helen Hunt, director Robert Zemeckis and various crew members recount the perils and problems of bringing this film to the big screen.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 14: Planet of the Apes
2002-05-13

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 15: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2002-05-20

Backstory reveals how a low-budget production on an impossibly tight schedule led to friction among its collaborators, but paved the way for a pop culture television franchise. Interviews with director Fran Rubel Kuzui, producer Howard Rosenman, and actors Donald Sutherland and Luke Perry explore the struggles involved in making this film.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 16: My Cousin Vinny
2002-06-03

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 17: Broadcast News
2002-06-10

Backstory examines the hit movie about real life in the newsroom that took Holly Hunter from obscure actress to movie star. Interviews with director James Brooks, actress Holly Hunter and Susan Zirinsky, one of Brooks' inspirations for the leading role, are included.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 18: Robocop
2002-10-19

Runtime: 22 min

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