On this week’s episode, I’m joined by Steve Starkey to discuss his new book, [*On the Set of Forrest Gump*](https://bookshop.org/p/books/on-the-set-of-forrest-gump-steve-starkey/0d1ed1786e7d80e9?ean=9781985903678&next=t). Steve won an Oscar for best picture as producer on that film, but he has a career that, as I told him, has meant a lot to me, with credits on, among other pictures, *Empire Strikes Back* and *Return of the Jedi*, *Who Framed Roger Rabbit*, the two *Back to the Future* sequels, *Contact*, *Cast Away*, and, of course, *Forrest Gump*.
We discussed all sorts of stuff here, from the movie magician who made Lt. Dan’s legs disappear, to his work as second unit director, to the early days of using digital trickery to fake the words and faces of famous people, to the worst note he’s ever gotten after an audience test, to the difficulties facing California’s film industry in the face of global tax rebates and production credits.
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