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Episode 59: Stewart Raffill

Episode 59: Stewart Raffill

FromMark and Me Podcast


Episode 59: Stewart Raffill

FromMark and Me Podcast

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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Mar 18, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Mac and Me.  On this episode we speak to British screenwriter and film director Stewart Raffill.Raffill made his feature debut as director with The Tender Warrior (1971), starring Dan Haggerty. Raffill also helped write and produce, and handle animals. It was shot at the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia. Raffill sold it to Warner Bros, was unhappy with what they did with it, bought it back, and re-distributed it.His second script was Napoleon and Samantha, which he sold to Disney. Raffill also worked on the film, which starred Jodie Foster and Michael Douglas, as a producer and animal supervisor.He wrote and directed When the North Wind Blows. He shot animal footage for the documentary Wonder of It All.Raffill directed and wrote Mac and Me, made to provide royalties to the McDonald's Foundation and to have a lead with spina bifida, which became a cult favorite and won Raffill a Golden Razzie for Worst DirectorPlease support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/Markandme
Released:
Mar 18, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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