How the classics actually got made — the broken sharks, unwanted sequels, and mid-shoot recastings that accidentally produced masterpieces.
From a contractual obligation to Frank Sinatra to the perfect action film — the unlikely paper trail behind Nakatomi Plaza.
A broken mechanical shark forced a 27-year-old Spielberg to invent modern suspense. The best film school lesson ever taught by a malfunction.
Norm settles it with four decades of evidence: the range, the robberies, the broken ankle, and the man who dragged the movie theater itself back from the dead.
Norm's August pick: a Tom Cruise drama that burned through four directors, survived a writers' strike, and won Best Picture — precisely because Spielberg walked away.