History CreatorBreakdown / Film

* Almost every possible form of musical-related CreatorBreakdown (as listed on the 'CreatorBreakdown/{{Music}}' subpage) is parodied in ''WalkHard: The Dewey Cox Story'', in which almost every song Dewey Cox writes is a direct (and blatantly obvious) reflection of his current problems and emotional state at the time, from his complicated relationship with his father to how much he wants to sleep with his back-up singer to a Music/BrianWilson-writing-''Music/{{Smile}}'' style emotional collapse. It all culminates in his final song, "Beautiful Ride", which is an epic summing up of everything he has done and learned in his life to that point. [[spoiler: He dies literally three minutes after performing it.]]

* This very nearly happened to Creator/PeterJackson on the set of ''Film/TheHobbit''. After he came on board to the director's chair in 2009 to fill in for friend and previously slated director Creator/GuillermoDelToro, he asked to be given more time to plan ahead since this meant they'd have to redo almost the entire film and that the release date should be moved to a more convenient time. [[Main/{{Jerkass}} Warner Bros. refused,]] and instead gave him only six months of pre-production. This was especially bad because his previous big-budget outings (''Film/TheLordOfTheRings and ''Film/KingKong'') had over two to three years of pre-production. Jackson then had to, in his own words, "wing it". This, combined with [[Main/ExecutiveMeddling near-constant studio interference]] [[Main/TroubledProduction and the unforeseen consequences with turning two movies to three]] came to a head when it came time to shoot the Erebor sequences during pickups in 2012 and to plan out the battle of five armies and [[Main/TheWoobie nearly caused him to have an on-set breakdown where he finally asked for more time to plan and sort everything out]], to which he was finally granted. Makes you realize it's a miracle the trilogy even got made at all.

* Derek Savage, creator of the infamous ''Film/CoolCatSavesTheKids'', originally took the criticism of his (somewhat cheesy) movie in stride, and even changed some parts of ''Cool Cat'' after the movie came up on ''YourMovieSucks''. Later, however, Savage suddenly filed copyright claims on many reviews of ''Cool Cat'' that criticized the film, leading up to a feud with Alex of ''WebVideo/IHateEverything''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzXSQ5f08sA It all came to a head]] when Alex tricked Savage into revealing that he had made phony cease-and-desist letters from non-existent law firms representing the directors of previously reviewed film ''Attack of the Jurassic Shark'', which was soon followed by Savage uploading a video wherein he called Alex such things as "a lying punk troll" and urged his fans to direct their vitriol at Alex and ''I Hate Everything''. (Which ironically got him labeled as [[TheBully the very type of person]] [[BrokenAesop he condemned]] in ''Cool Cat''.) [[StreisandEffect This failed to work]], and the whole incident lead him to be labeled as a SmallNameBigEgo who CantTakeCriticism.

** Lucas's divorce from Marcia (her work in editing being a key factor in the original trilogy's success) after the completion of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' is sometimes thought have contributed to his long hiatus from working on the franchise until the late nineties, his constant reedits of the films, and eventually selling ''Franchise/StarWars'' to {{Disney}} in 2012.

* Following the failure of his Kickstarter for the movie ''Rampage3'', Creator/UweBoll [[https://youtu.be/VT1J65KHX8E uploaded a couple of]] [[https://youtu.be/qQJwEAqzFs4 rant videos]] giving a "[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Reason You Suck Speech]]" to those who didn't back up his kickstarter and Hollywood in general. [[Film/AloneInTheDark Considering his]] [[Film/HouseOfTheDead track record]], though, it doesn't really come as much surprise as to why no one chose to. ('''Warning: Videos NSFW''')

* [[Film/{{Chronicle}} Josh Trank]]'s erratic behavior during the production of 2015's ''[[FantasticFour2015 Fantastic Four]]'' became infamous that it ended up [[CreatorKiller destroying his career]] just as it was starting.

* A day before the release of ''Film/FantasticFour2015'', Josh Trank released [[http://i.imgur.com/j5TOiuN.jpg a Tweet on Twitter]], proclaiming that he had a ''better'' version of the movie, but fans would never be able to see it. It was most likely the culmination of a very bad TroubledProduction for the movie.

* Played with in the case of Nicholas Ray: His marriage to Gloria Grahame was already in trouble when he decided to cast her into his film with Humphrey Bogart, InALonelyPlace. Various stipulations in Grahame's contract could be considered spousal abuse if done now. They would undergo separation during the filming, further causing tension in part because of a fear that one of them would be replaced by the studio because of the incident. However, despite this, the film was considered the first that propelled Ray into an unsung hero in film, and the ending was altered to be ''somewhat'' lighter than the book it was based on. He alluded to his marriage when he explained his reasoning for the change:

** His later film, ''Film/FiftyFiveDaysAtPeking'' is a straighter example. Faced with a TroubledProduction going drastically over-budget, feuding stars and constant script re-writes, Ray had a heart attack on the set and filming was completed by two other directors. [[CreatorKiller He never directed another film]].

** His later film, ''Film/55DaysAtPeking'' is a straighter example. Faced with a TroubledProduction going drastically over-budget, feuding stars and constant script re-writes, Ray had a heart attack on the set and filming was completed by two other directors. [[CreatorKiller He never directed another film]].

** Occurs in-universe in ''Film/AGunForGeorge'', where the violent crime novels the protagonist writes about a VigilanteMan called "The Reprisaliser" are clearly an outlet for the protagonist's own simmering and barely controlled anger issues [[spoiler: following the murder of his twin brother]]. Once people stop buying his books, publishers refuse to reprint them and libraries / bookstores refuse to stock them, it's suggested that there's nowhere else for his anger to be directed except at the world around him...

* Following the failure of his Kickstarter for the movie ''Rampage3'', Creator/UweBoll [[https://youtu.be/VT1J65KHX8E uploaded a couple of]] [[https://youtu.be/qQJwEAqzFs4 rant videos]] giving a "[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Reason You Suck Speech]]" to those who didn't back up his kickstarter and Hollywood in general. [[Film/AloneInTheDark Considering his]] [[Film/FarCry track record]], though, it doesn't really come as much surprise as to why no one chose to. ('''Warning: Videos NSFW''')

* Brad Silberling's ''Moonlight Mile'' (not [[Anime/MoonlightMile this one]]) was born out of the murder of his girlfriend, actress Rebecca Schaeffer. Though most of his movies concern death and loss to some extent (''Film/{{Casper}}'', ''Film/CityOfAngels'', ''[[ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events]]''), none are as personal as this.

* Brad Silberling's ''Moonlight Mile'' (not [[MoonlightMile this one]]) was born out of the murder of his girlfriend, actress Rebecca Schaeffer. Though most of his movies concern death and loss to some extent (''Film/{{Casper}}'', ''Film/CityOfAngels'', ''[[ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events]]''), none are as personal as this.

* Following the failure of his Kickstarter for the movie ''Rampage3'', Creator/UweBoll [[https://youtu.be/VT1J65KHX8E uploaded a couple]] [[https://youtu.be/qQJwEAqzFs4 rant videos]] giving a "[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Reason You Suck Speech]]" to those who didn't back up his kickstarter and Hollywood and general. [[Film/AloneInTheDark Considering his]] [[Film/FarCry track record]], though, it doesn't really come as much surprise as to why no one chose to. ('''Warning: Videos NSFW''')

** Lucas's divorce from Marcia (her work in editing being a key factor in the original trilogy's success) after the completion of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' is sometimes thought have contributed to his long hiatus from working on the franchise until the late nineties, his constant reedits of the films, and eventually selling [=LucasArts=] to {{Disney}} in 2012.

* Parodied in the movie ''Film/AMightyWind'', where folk music duo Mitch & Mickey broke up in a particularly messy romantic dysfunction, and Mitch proceeded to release several solo albums with titles and cover art demonstrating an increasingly absurd degree of emotional breakdown.

* John Ford had a major alcohol-fueled one on the set of ''Film/MisterRoberts''. He had major conflicts with his cast and crew, including a physical confrontation with the film's star, Henry Fonda. (Fonda and Ford never forgave one another.) Eventually, Ford had a gall-bladder attack and left the production for good, but his behavior nearly destroyed his career. About a year later, he got a chance to go off into Monument Valley with his old friend John Wayne and make a movie with minimal studio interference. The result was ''[[TheSearchers The Searchers]]'', widely considered one of his masterpieces.

* Creator/WoodyAllen's ''Film/StardustMemories'' is pretty much a feature-length rant by Allen about how his fans have rejected his attempts to make more mature and intelligent comedies and want him to go back to the style of his "early, funny ones."