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The Sum Of All Fears (2002), Band Of Brothers and more, with director Phil Alden Robinson

Film Stories with Simon Brew

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How Much Is Instinct, How Much Is Experience?

"I'm just sort of balanced that with just this very, very small amount of prep time," he says. "You try to plan everything, literally everything, experience teaches you that you can't." The director also leaves himself open to those happy accidents when setting the scene up and something isn't working. He's not going to tell you what order to come onto the plane. I wanted chaos. People were talking over each other. It was great.

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