Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Agents Scott and Cam welcome director Harold Becker to the show to help decode the making of the 1998 spy thriller Mercury Rising. He also shares stories about working on Taps, Sea of Love, The Onion Field and more!

You can purchase Harold's autobiography, Catching the Light: A Memoir from Behind the Lens, on Amazon.

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