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Back Seat Book Club – Book Fifteen: Sacré Bleu

Author: Christopher Moore

Published: 2012

HarperCollins

Plot Summary – In his latest novel, the immortal Moore takes on the Great French Masters. A magnificent “Comedy d’Art” from the author of LambFool and Bite Me, Moore’s Sacré Bleu is part mystery, part history (sort of), part love story, and wholly hilarious as it follows a young baker-painter who joins the dapper Henri Toulouse-Lautrec on a quest to unravel the mystery behind the supposed suicide of Vincent van Gogh.

Quick Thoughts

  • [forthcoming]

“The Painting is not shit,’ said Lucien.

‘I know,’ said Henri. ‘That was just part of the subterfuge. I am of royal lineage; subterfuge is one of the many talents we carry in our blood, along with guile and hemophilia.”

Your Hosts:

  • Lena
  • Sam
  • Scott

Recorded 10/25/13

Next Time: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

 

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Back Seat Box Office Shows

Back Seat Box Office #168

Congrats to Nick for his high score of 21!

Thanks to Nick and Art for their voice mails.

Picks:

Art

  1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
  2. Frozen
  3. Thor: The Dark World
  4. The Best Man Holiday
  5. Out of the Furnace

Jeff

  1. Frozen
  2. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
  3. Out of the Furnace
  4. Thor: The Dark World
  5. Delivery Man

Lena

  1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
  2. Frozen
  3. Out of the Furnace
  4. Thor: The Dark World
  5. Homefront

Art’s House picks:

  • Art, Jeff & Lena – Inside Llewelyn Davis
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Back Seat Producers Season 08 Shows

BSP Episode 298 – Skanksgiving: House of Boys

Release date – 11/20/2009

Filmlichter

 

Directed by Jean

  • Claude Schlim

Produced by

  • Bob Bellion

Written by

  • Jean-Claude Schlim
  • Christian Thiry

 

Cast

  • Layke Anderson – Frank
  • Gintare Parulyte – Rita
  • Benn Northover – Jake
  • No one is happy with Tony for his choice of Skanksgiving movie.
  • David did not get the gayness he was hoping for.
  • David is a sucker for that banana-shaped carrot.
  • NOT GAY ENOUGH!
  • Act 1 – awesomeness, everything else after that – wait, what?
  • Stephen Fry and his amazing amount of disdain for Reagan.
  • Tony gets technical… AIDS, the gay plague, GRIDS.
  • Udo Kier singing… in drag… in German.
  • “Does it entice you when I lick this thing like that?”
  • Magic Mike comparisons.
  • The authority on guys… Jolie or the other guys?
  • Panty-dropper and jock strap-dropper.
  • There was a distinct lack of penis in this movie!
  • I did not expect the AIDS, either.
  • More penis, less AIDS.
  • Denver, the Last Dinosaur and its gay subtext.
  • The Gay Hangover.
  • Glimpses of awesomeness.
  • Revenge masturbation.
  • Sex is deadly… that’s all.
  • The ever-so-sexy tomato!
  • Football.  Yes, football.
  • Ghostbusters.
  • Star Wars stuffs.
  • Walking Dead… the tank!  Tony seems a smidge TOO excited.
  • Netflix is a lying jerkface!
  • Cat adventures.
  • Sausagefest…we’re enablers.
  • Idris Elba… every man’s dream.
  • Let’s not bring the room down with AIDS… abortions now!
  • Cards Against Humanity, of course!
  • 10 Incredible facts about the anus.
  • The euphoric rush of strangling a drifter.
  • You know the rules, Darrell… penises are always funny, vaginas are always serious!
  • It’s too big for my mouth, Tony.

 

Your Producers for this episode were:

  • Tony
  • Darrell
  • Jolie
  • David

This episode was recorded:  11/27/13

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Announcement

Weekend Box Office: Nov 29-Dec 1

#1 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire from Lionsgate held at #1 with a gross of $74.2 million (-53.1%) in 4,163 theaters.  Total gross to date is $296.3.  Budget was $130 million.

#2 Frozen from Buena Vista rose from #22 to #2 with a gross of $67.4 million (+27,588.6)%) in 3,742 theaters (+3,741).  Total gross to date is $93.9 million.  Budget was $150 million.

#3 Thor: The Dark World from Buena Vista fell from #2 to #3 with a gross of $11.1 million (-21.9%) in 3,286 theaters (-427).  Total gross to date is $186.7 million.  Budget was $170 million.

#4 The Best Man Holiday from Universal fell from #3 to #4 with a gross of $8.2 million (-34.6%) in 1,717 theaters (-324).  Total gross to date is $63.1 million.  Budget was $17 million.

#5 Homefront from Open Road Films opened at #5 with a gross of $6.9 million in 2,570 theaters.  Total gross to date is $9.7 million.  Budget was $22 million.

#6 Delivery Man from Buena Vista fell from #4 to #6 with a gross of $6.8 million (-14%) in 3,036 theaters.  Total gross to date is $19.4 million.  Budget was $26 million.

#7 The Book Thief from Fox rose from #16 to #7 with a gross of $4.9 million (+698%) in 1,234 theaters (1,164).  Total gross to date is $7.9 million.  Budget was unknown.

#8 Philomena from Weinstein Company rose from #27 to #8 with a gross of $3.68 million (+2,762.1%) in 835 theaters (+831).  Total gross to date is $4.6 million.  Budget was unknown.

#9 Black Nativity from Fox Searchlight opened at #9 with a gross of $3.67 million in 1,516 theaters.  Total gross to date is $4.8 million.  Budget was $17.5 million.

#10 Last Vegas from CBS Films fell from #6 to #10 with a gross of $2.7 million (-38.2%) in 1,854 theaters (-1,072).  Total gross to date is $58.6 million.  Budget was $28 million.

#11 Gravity from Warner Bros. fell from #8 to #11 with a gross of $2.6 million (-20.4%) in 1,016 theaters (-829).  Total gross to date is $249.7 million.  Budget was $100 million.

#12 Dallas Buyers Club from Focus Features fell from #10 to #12 with a gross of $2.5 million (-6.3%) in 696 theaters (+30).  Total gross to date is $10.2 million.  Budget was unknown.

The combined gross of the top 12 movies this weekend was $194.6  million.

Sources:
Box Office Mojo

 

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Back Seat Book Club Shows

Back Seat Box Office #167

Congrats to Jeff and Mrs. Beast for their high scores of 24!

Picks:

Jeff

  1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
  2. Frozen
  3. Black Nativity
  4. Thor: The Dark World
  5. Homefront

Lena

  1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
  2. Frozen
  3. Homefront
  4. Delivery Man
  5. Black Nativity

Art’s House picks:

  • Jeff & Lena – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom