Jan de Bont
Dutch retired film directorWikipedia
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Oct 14, 2026
AC WilsonHOST
It is a structural marvel of filmmaking, and the brilliance starts entirely behind the camera with what the author dubs the diehard duo.
speaker_1HOST
Right, director John McTiernan and director of photography Jan De Bont.
AC WilsonHOST
What they accomplished visually in this film is honestly nothing short of astonishing.
speaker_1HOST
It's studied in film schools.
Eric BrandstromHOST
We're like, "Yes, Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson.
Eric BrandstromHOST
Jan de Bont, the director of Speed and Twister.
Eric BrandstromHOST
It's gonna be amazing." Lifeless.
Travis RoyHOST
[laughs]
Josh HallamHOST
But yeah, Dean Gundy's great.
Jamie AllertonHOST
Or Jan de Bont.
Jamie AllertonHOST
Yeah,
Josh HallamHOST
Jan de Bont.
Jamie AllertonHOST
Yeah, it's...
Jamie AllertonHOST
And it does...
Greg SwinehartGUEST
I'm sure people have heard of it.
Greg SwinehartGUEST
And so cinematographer Jan de Bont steps up to the plate and decides to make Speed.
Greg SwinehartGUEST
It's a movie where they're on this bus, and if the bus goes less than 50 miles an hour, it's going to blow up.
Greg SwinehartGUEST
Another characteristic of great bad movies is if you say the plot, you can't say it without laughing.
speaker_6NARRATOR
Starts Friday, May 10th.
Andre JosephHOST
This is Jan de Bont's first film after Speed, so he was coming hot off of that, Steven Spielberg producing.
Andre JosephHOST
And we have Helen Hunt, the star of Mad About You, teamed up with Bill Paxton, and they play, uh, divorced storm chasers.
Andre JosephHOST
Right
Andrew GaudionHOST
[laughs]
Joshua GlennHOST
Uh, if you've got any thoughts on "Twisters" with a dollar sign, or indeed Jan de Bont's 1996 original, uh, please do blue sky us @ramblingambling.
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speaker_2HOST
Yeah.
speaker_1HOST
The remake of the Jan de Bont film that Crichton co-wrote and produced.
speaker_2HOST
Yeah, and that debuted at number one and grossed over $372 million.
speaker_1HOST
So within a matter of weeks, his legacy is generating hundreds of millions of dollars across multiple mediums.
Steve MorrisHOST
You're absolutely right.
Steve MorrisHOST
Yeah, and part of it is Jan de Bont and all the screenwriter whose name I don't remember and all those things coming together under Joel Silver and all that to make Die Hard.
Steve MorrisHOST
Like, I think Tim Burton in this moment, I mean, look at the cast he has.
Steve MorrisHOST
This cast, all of them are fantastic throughout the whole film.
John ChampionHOST
Yeah
Holly AmosHOST
... 51 episodes because his podcast basically put them into a scenario in which they did a screening with a Q&A with Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves, and the director, Jan de Bont, and I don't think they'd been in a room together since the movie, like, w- premiered on the red carpet.
Holly AmosHOST
And I was very fortunate enough to go to it even though it sold out in, like, 10 seconds.
John ChampionHOST
Why didn't he do 55 episodes?
John ChampionHOST
oh yeah about the
Holly AmosHOST
movie and then it ended up being 51 episodes because his podcast basically put them into a scenario in which they did a screening with a q a with sandra bullock keanu reeves and the director Jan de Bont and I don't think they'd been in a room together since the movie like premiered on the red carpet and I was very fortunate enough to go to it even though it sold out in like 10 seconds
John ChampionHOST
why didn't he do 55 episodes
Holly AmosHOST
because it is right there because the bus has to stay above 50 miles per hour
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