Joel Silver
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Sep 10, 2026
Guy DavisHOST
He's coming off Platoon.
Guy DavisHOST
He could've top-lined an action movie for Joel Silver, and, and I think he would've been a good, uh, good John McClane.
Charlie ClausenHOST
I wonder if that, I wonder if he's ever in any of those discussions because, like, I think of his big action films, like, what, The Substitute in, like, 1999-
Guy DavisHOST
Yeah
Denise DiNoviGUEST
Women go along and men decide the movies.
Denise DiNoviGUEST
And that's why we had all those, you know, Joel Silver movies and the action movies and everything, because they said, oh, those are ones that men like.
Denise DiNoviGUEST
And so a needle in the eye movie is a movie that a guy would rather put a needle in his eye than go to the movie, right? So you'd only get the female audience.
Denise DiNoviGUEST
And so it became a term actually.
Joshua RyanHOST
To celebrate this movie being such a big hit, this is a funny story.
Joshua RyanHOST
Warner Brothers invited Richard Donner, Mel Gibson, and Joel Silver, the producer, to a lunch in a private dining room at the Burbank Lot.
Joshua RyanHOST
Their plan was to surprise each of the three with brand new Range Rovers costing about $50,000 each.
Joshua RyanHOST
Well, Donner doesn't know this plan, and he keeps inviting more and more people to the lunch.
Joseph MancusoGUEST
Yeah
Joshua RyanHOST
... to celebrate this movie being such a big hit, this is a funny story, uh, Warner Brothers invited Richard Donner, Mel Gibson, and Joel Silver, the producer, to a lunch in a private dining room at the Burbank lot.
Joshua RyanHOST
Their plan was to surprise each of the three with brand-new Range Rovers costing about 50,000 each.
Joshua RyanHOST
Well, Donner doesn't know this plan, and he keeps inviting more and more people to the lunch.
Tony YayoHOST
Ricochet was another one that's a classic, too.
Ice-TGUEST
And Joel Silver was the producer, and I walked in.
Ice-TGUEST
I said, well, I know I'm about to get paid now.
Ice-TGUEST
He said, iced tea.
LukeHOST
All right, we've got Bill Duke as Cook.
LukeHOST
Of course, in 87, Bill Duke and producer Joel Silver and Arnie, they reunited on Predator.
LukeHOST
So that's an important connection there.
LukeHOST
He's in it.
Kim MastersHOST
De Laurentiis quickly discovered that his idea of a lesbian movie was very different from the film the Wachowskis had in mind.
Kim MastersHOST
In the second part of our conversation, Lily Wachowski recalls how she and her sister went from living paycheck to paycheck as carpenters to having producer Joel Silver beg them to sell him The Matrix.
Kim MastersHOST
Plus, she teases the Drew Goddard Matrix project, which may be happening or not.
Kim MastersHOST
But first, we banter.
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Lily WachowskiGUEST
And so he would come to the set and see what we were doing.
Lily WachowskiGUEST
And then he was like he suddenly gave us gave us his blessing.
Kim MastersHOST
Coming up after the break, Lily Wachowski can do a pretty spot on Joel Silver impersonation.
Kim MastersHOST
You're listening to The Business from KCRW.
Craig CohenHOST
Peckinpah is a perfect choice for this network, and I mean...
Craig CohenHOST
It's weird because he seems like the kind of director that is talked about probably in certain films, you know, circles, you know, when people talk about, you know, gritty action movies or uncompromising action movies prior to like, you know, the Joel Silver definition of action movies.
Craig CohenHOST
But outside of that, I don't think people give him at least contemporarily.
Craig CohenHOST
I mean, back then, the critics, I'm sure, were fine.
Paul RootHOST
The screenplay is by David Lee Henry and a lady named Hillary Hankin.
Paul RootHOST
It's produced by Joel Silver.
Paul RootHOST
It stars Patrick Swayze, Ben Gazzara, Kelly Lynch, the great Sam Elliott, Clark College graduate, I'll have you know.
Paul RootHOST
Attendee, at least.
Paul ScheerHOST
He went through many of the drafts of the film.
Paul ScheerHOST
He breaks down all the on-set chaos, uh, kinda gives us the full Joel Silver of it all, and basically performs an autopsy on one of the most gloriously out-of-control productions ever made.
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Paul ScheerHOST
We need something bigger, more.
Paul ScheerHOST
It sh- it has to be real."
David HughesGUEST
But, but that was Joel Silver's obsession.
Paul ScheerHOST
Right.
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