<p>Christopher Monger, a Welsh native, was fresh off the Miramax release of his film <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/the-englishman-who-went-up-a-hill-but-came-down-a-mountain/umc.cmc.4g6bywqqp7hudv24wwh8d18h9?action=play" target="_blank"><i>The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain</i></a> starring Hugh Grant. His next project was to shoot in a small town in Wales, and producer Ted Hope felt it was a sure thing. <i>The Amateur Pornographer</i> was nearly made with a young <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0722629/" target="_blank">Matthew Rhys</a> and later got traction at HBO, with one note: Could the film be set in the United States instead of Wales? <br /><br />Christopher Monger <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003355/" target="_blank">IMDB</a></p><p>Ted Hope’s Substack “<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://tedhope.substack.com/" target="_blank">Hope for Film</a>”</p><p>Check out our curated <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://letterboxd.com/filmsnotmade/list/films-not-made-episode-6-amateur-photographer/edit/" target="_blank">Letterboxd List </a>for some New York mid 90s indie classics to go with our Ted Hope-Good Machine vibe.</p><p>We have merch! Buy our awesome <i>Films Not Made</i> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://cutawaymerch.store/products/films-not-made-signature-mug" target="_blank">signature mug</a> or <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://cutawaymerch.store/products/films-not-made-vintage-white-t-shirt" target="_blank">100% cotton t-shirt</a>.</p><p>Go to <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://filmsnotmade.com/" target="_blank">FilmsNotMade</a> for the all transcripts and more.</p><p>Follow the show on <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/@FilmsNotMade" target="_blank">YouTube@filmsnotemade</a></p><p>Subscribe to our <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://substack.com/@filmsnotmade" target="_blank">Substack@filmsnotmade</a></p>