Prexy @ Meetinghouse Productions. Host of The Full Cast and Crew Podcast. Physical Media Enthusiast. Dead '71-74 & Dead & Co NOW. Latest episode: 'Megalopolis'
Episode 146 of the
@fullcastandcrew
podcast is all about James L. Brooks' 1987 picture 'Broadcast News', a film so familiar to me that seeing it again was a revelation of appreciation for its defiance of Rom-Com expectations, how it nailed 80's network TV
Episode 178: ‘Klute’. One of the greatest films of the 70’s. Oscar-winning performance from Jane Fonda. Brilliantly nasty little turn from Roy Scheider. Alan J: Pakula’s exceptional and sensitive direction. Gordon Willis’ artful cinematography.
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In this week’s episode of the podcast: ‘Withnail and I’. Bruce Robinson’s forever film, eminently quotable, brilliantly written, possessive of a heart and soul and mournful sense of loss for a bygone era. Considered for Withnail: Daniel Day-Lewis and Bill Nighy. And Branagh for
Episode 152: behind the scenes of 20 years of Warren Zevon’s David Letterman appearances. Crystal Zevon’s haunting, provocative book ‘I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead’. Varietals of LA sobriety. Desperados, Werewolves, and Splendid Isolation curdling into covered windows and locked
@LindseyGrahamSC
And that’s why you’ve botched two consecutive election cycles running against a completely inept Democratic Party. It’s amazing you’re all so blind to the cost of hitching your wagon to the least intelligent, most star struck and deluded fan base in politics. Don’t ever change!
My new episode this week is
#170
: 'Killers of the Flower Moon'.
Topics covered: Origins; Osage & Indigenous involvement; Robbie Robertson's incredible score; Lily Gladstone's incredible performance; Jack Fisk's production design; Rodrigo Prieto's cinemagic; DeNiro and Leo's
Episode 164: ‘Jackie Brown’ (1997).
Tarantino’s follow-up to ‘Pulp Fiction’ is filled with indelible acting performances, a soundtrack for the ages, and the perfect melding of Elmore Leonard’s fictional universe and QT’s lived experiences in LA’s South Bay. It’s one of my very
Episode 162: 'Barbie' and marketing expertise clothed in indie credibility, hope for Allan and Rob Brydon/Sugar Daddy Ken spinoffs, quotable 'Barbie' think pieces, the Business Behind 'Barbie', and this brilliant original 2001 teaser.
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EP 185: The Extraordinary Women of ‘Blade Runner 2049’. Scene-by-scene appreciation and analysis of all the amazing acting by Carla Juri, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, and Ana de Armas in Denis Villenueve’s masterpiece.
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New episode of the Full Cast and Crew podcast is all about ‘Get Shorty’: the groovy soundtrack, Scott Frank’s genius adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel, Jim Gandolfini a few years before ‘The Sopranos’, Travolta in full flight, Gene Hackman, who didn’t think he could do
Ep 172 of the Full Cast and Crew Podcast is out now wherever you get podcasts and it's a deep dive into some of the best stories and anecdotes behind the making of 'The French Connection'. For example: Actors considered for the role of Popeye Doyle before Gene Hackman: Peter
Out now wherever you get podcasts and the link below: Episode 174: ‘Aliens’ and ‘Alien 3’.
@usuallybedwards
joins me for a jovial discussion of commerce following art and how genetically-modified corporatized James Cameron lines like ‘Talk to me, Frosty’ and ‘We’re in the pipe,
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Howard Hesseman. The episode of KRP where Dr. Johnny Fever’s reaction times improve with every shot of booze is a classic. What a perfect marriage of actor and role.
Episode 147: Sitting through 'Avatar: The Way of Water' and the 'Titanic' 4K 3D Re-release: that Gloria Stuart squeak, Jim Cameron's broken typewriter, Implausible Character Names, and billions and billions of DOLLARS. Plus: my effusive praise for a much
Episode 163: 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
First major film roles for Turturro, William Petersen, John Pankow, and Willem Dafoe. Superlative supporting work from Steve James, Dean Stockwell, Debra Feuer, Darlanne Fluegel, and Robert Downey. A car chase that's BETTER than the one
🚨 New Episode 🚨 Phone call scenes in movies! One-sided, two-sided, innovative approaches, The Coen Brothers, Peter Sellers, Bob Newhart, Riley Dieffenbach, Mike Yanagita, and MORE dialed-in goodness. Listen at the link below or wherever the hell you like.
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Episode 155: 'Moneyball' (2011). Brad's best film and much much more than 'a baseball movie' (if it's even that). Featuring a vastly underrated soundtrack and stellar performances from Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Chris Pratt, and Jonah Hill. Great use of non-actors and archival
Ep 144:’Ed Wood’, A great movies about making movies! Oscar-winning performance by Martin Landau, phenomenal production design, evocative cinematography, and pitch-perfect script by
@Karaszewski
and
@Scottcantype
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Episode 167 is out now: 'Lost In America' is a tour de force satire of Reagan-era yuppie ennui and a wonderful example of the brilliant writing partnership between Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson. Also: excellent non-actor turns by Gary Marshall, Byron Tong, and Joey Coleman;
@elonmusk
@StephenKing
Elon, if taken at face value, do you think the incidents in the document represent criminal behavior? And why, if you think not, do you value your layman’s dismissal of those charges more highly than the dozens of professionals and lawyers who investigated and brought the charges
Ep. 128: 'The Last Movie Stars' is a worthy, thought-provoking doc. Burning tuxes, souped-up Volvos, acted voice-overs, alcoholism, loss, marriage, movies, LIFE!
#TheLastMovieStars
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🚨 New Episode:
#170
: ‘The Friends of Eddie Coyle’ (1973) with detours into other great Peter Yates films like ‘Bullitt’ (1968) and ‘Robbery’ (1967); Leading Man comparisons b/t Robert Mitchum, Steve McQueen, and Gene Hackman in ‘The French Connection’; the incredible Boston
Ep. 151: 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High'. 'Family Guy' writer Ted Jessup and I deep-dive into: Sean Penn's incredible preparation and ad-libbing as Spicoli; the equally amazing performance by Ray Walston as Mr. Hand, Amy Heckerling's unerring eye for shifting the focus of Cameron
This week's episode is about Tom Cruise saving the idea of "going to the movies" with the impressive-at-every-level 'Top Gun: Maverick', a film that gives hope to those of us who aspire to see big-budget non-Superhero filmed entertainments.
@elonmusk
@StephenKing
Further: Biden has stayed out of the process. Your guy Trump always tried to SUBVERT the process…there’s only history of this going back about 40 years in the NY and AC real estate and casino businesses and his term as POTUS. So why do you all contort yourselves so dramatically
Episode 156: 'The Verdict': Sidney Lumet, David Mamet, Paul Newman, Andrzej Bartkowiak and the Making of a Cinema Classic.
@KeirGraff
joins me again for a deep-dive behind the scenes. The film was nominated for six Oscars and won none. And hell, yes, we stop down for some
Wasn’t ready to leave ‘The Verdict’ behind after last week’s chat with
@KeirGraff
so I recorded a special follow-up episode examining 40 of Newman’s amazing acting moments from the film. In this photo Paul’s a little concerned for my sanity.
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In this week’s episode of the
@fullcastandcrew
podcast it’s the making of ‘Blade Runner’. We’ve got Harrison Ford and Happy Endings, Vangelis and a wall of synths, Rutger Hauer tweaking, Bud Yorkin freaking, and M. Emmet giving a That Guy acting clinic:
Episode 179 of the Full Cast and Crew Podcast is out now, and it’s a leaping blast through ALL the Rick Dalton scenes in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’. Grab a six of Old Chattanooga, and a pack of Red Apples, you Got-damn Hippies!
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Our podcast this week is all about ‘Taxi’: Rev. Jim, Alex, Latka, Elaine, Louie and the gang. We talk Bob James’ incredible theme song, Tony Clifton, Columbo Cinematic Universe, Alternative Casting and more!
Ep150: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, and Christopher Plummer in Michael Mann's 1999 journalism/corporate influence thriller 'The Insider'. Covering it all: D-Day's epic courtroom scene, Gina Gershon's finesse, soundbites from Mann and Crowe and MORE!
Episode 166: Bobby Womack and ‘Across 110th Street’. Plus: Sam Cooke, Fouad Said, Paul Benjamin. Gritty, nervy depictions of race and class in 1972 Harlem and in the music business.
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Ep 152 of the Full Cast and Crew podcast: 'Twenty-Two Glimpses of Jeff Spicoli' is out now. All 22 Spicoli 'Fast Times' scenes appreciated, explicated, annotated, and validated.
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All right Hamilton! Gnarly!
#jeffspicoli
In episode 159 of the Full Cast and Crew podcast, I contemplate the different approaches taken in giving beloved Harrison Ford characters victory laps and fond farewells.
#DialOfDestiny
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Episode 154: Robert Altman's 'Nashville' continues to polarize and confound 48 years later. We discuss: Lily Tomlin's forceful character-defining genius, whether the town deserved better from Altman, the songs, the cast, the parties, Ned Beatty, Allan Garfield, Haven, Barbara
EP189: Yacht Rock Summer Kickoff! 🍹
The best vintage of YR was recorded in LA studios between 1972 and 1981. There are other outlier variants but if you want the pure uncut stuff, this is where you want to source your product from. This episode also considers
@KatiePuckrik
’s
Fellow Babies! New Episode this week is
@rfbrownwards
and I deep-diving into the making of the iconic 'WKRP In Cincinnati'; the theme song, casting, flying turkeys, Tim Reid, "FM", 'Frank's Place'...AND MORE up and down the dial.