Never Been Kissed (1999) and Brawl In Cell Block 99 (2017)

In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon looks at a pair of films that found their own way around the American movie system. Drew Barrymore was in her 20s when she launched her own production company - but she was determined it wouldn't be a vanity operation. Never Been Kissed was its first movie. Writer-director S Craig Zahler, meanwhile, went outside the traditional Hollywood distribution system - and helped rebuild Vince Vaughn's career - with Brawl In Cell Block 99. Stories of both are discussed in this episode. Find Simon on Twitter at @simonbrew, and the podcast can be found at @filmstoriespod. You can find the Film Stories website here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.