Between 2001-19, head coach Bill Belichick created one of the most successful dynasties ever seen in American football. Subscribe for more from Factual America: bit.ly/AlamoPictures
Under his leadership, the New England Patriots won a record equalling six Super Bowl titles. Guided by quarterback Tom Brady, the team also set a host of other NFL records, including most wins over a ten year period, longest regular season/play-off winning streak, and most consecutive divisional titles.
But this era of nearly unprecedented success did not come without a cost, and the franchise was rocked by a number of controversies. Chief among them were the Spygate and Deflategate scandals. Through it all, however, the team kept winning. Could no-one stop the Patriots? As it happened, only the Patriots themselves could, and that is exactly what happened.
In The Dynasty: New England Patriots, a ten-part docu-series now showing on Apple TV+, director Matthew Hamachek explores the rise and fall of the Belichick-Brady Patriot dynasty. How did it achieve greatness? This question is at the heart of the docu-series and opens Matt’s discussion with Matthew Sherwood. They discuss are what it was like interviewing Brady and the famously reserved Belichick, particularly when it came to asking them questions they would rather not answer. Other topics include the comparison to be drawn between the Patriots and Oscar winner Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight, and how you make a compelling documentary about a team whose success made them incredibly unpopular.
The Dynasty: New England Patriots is the fruit of 35,000 hours of archive footage and over 70 interviews with Patriot players and coaches from Bill Belichick and Tom Brady onwards. In this podcast, discover the ruthlessness, maniacal nature, and utter determination to succeed that made and maybe marred the New England Patriots’ dynasty.
“... everything about this story surprised me... you hear about the cheating scandals... you get the caricature of what these people are supposed to be, and then as you dig deeper and deeper and deeper, you realise that behind all the headlines, there's just so much more, and these people are so complex and nuanced.” - Matt Hamachek
What is Covered:
00:00 - Trailer for The Dynasty: New England Patriots
01:12 - Matthew Sherwood introduces this episode’s guest, Matt Hamachek, and his docu-series, The Dynasty: New England Patriots
03:21 - Matt explains what The Dynasty is about
05:19 - The wealth of video footage that Matt was able to use
09:57 - What surprised Matt most in making The Dynasty
12:12 - Discussing the Patriots’ decline
20:07 - The Patriots: In decline but still successful
22:24 - Exploring the question of how a team achieves greatness
26:05 - How Matt became involved with The Dynasty
27:04 - The challenge of making a doc about a well hated team
31:47 - Framed: America, the Patriots and the early 21 st Century
35:25 - Matt on interviewing Bill Belichick and Tom Brady
44:16 - Similarities between Tom Brady and Tiger Woods
51:25 - Matt on how it feels to have finally finished The Dynasty
53:01 - Discussing Dan Koehler, Matt’s closest collaborator
56:13 - Matt discusses some of the other people he has worked with
Resources:
The Dynasty: New England Patriots tv.apple.com/gb/show/the-dyna...
MovieMaker Magazine www.moviemaker.com/
Innersound Audio www.innersoundaudio.co.uk/
Connect with Matthew Hamachek
IMDb www.imdb.com/name/nm1510517/
Instagram / hamachek
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