YouTube Deep Dive: Waterworld (1995)

Making Mad Max on water is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Waterworld, from the budget spiraling out of control, to the recurring feud between Kevin Costner and Director Kevin Reynolds. You can watch the full video version of this episode on YouTube! 📺 | Watch or Listen! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. Whether it's big egos, bigger budgets, or just plain bad luck, we are going behind-the-scenes on these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, It Was A Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - Roger Corman’s Mad Max 01:49 - Peter Rader’s Original Script 02:56 - The Kevins (Costner & Reynolds) 05:53 - Reworking Waterworld 07:36 - An Expensive Atoll 09:03 - Bigger (& Harder) Than Jaws 12:01 - Dangerous Waters 13:13 - Finale Feud 15:36 - Editing: Costner vs Reynolds 19:46 - Bad Press & Rumor Mill 22:54 - Waterworld Released July 28, 1995 Sources: AV Club: https://bit.ly/4p6Tpmi befores & afters: https://bit.ly/3L5Ntfa Entertainment Weekly: https://bit.ly/3YyLS4z https://bit.ly/47zrHJ8 https://bit.ly/4jhOUDF LA Times: https://bit.ly/49LM6fl https://bit.ly/3Lul3LI https://bit.ly/4i06USt https://bit.ly/4shoXbo https://bit.ly/4shY9I8 Newsweek: https://bit.ly/4juEBwt https://bit.ly/49PHCEy New York Times: https://bit.ly/49bz9cT People: https://bit.ly/4o5hRDR SFGATE: https://bit.ly/48X7hdF Time: https://bit.ly/3MRKE1L The Wall Street Journal: https://bit.ly/4pEnNFd Yahoo: https://bit.ly/4oPC5S8 Indie Film Hustle Podcast: http://y2u.be/l0aqDhnZwEA Maelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld (2018) ScreenSlam: http://y2u.be/Lo12lN3ECFM Featured Footage: The Cable Guy (1996) It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005– ) Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)* Waterworld (1995)* *and special features Music: James Newton Howard - Waterworld OST Michael Kamen - Robin Hood: Price of Thieves OST Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme #itwasashtshow #waterworld #kevincostner