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Release date:  11/09/2010

Lionsgate

Directed by

• Paul Haggis

Produced by

• Michael Nozik
• Olivier Delbosc
• Paul Haggis
• Marc Missonnier

Screenplay by

• Paul Haggis

Based on Anything for Her by Fred Cavaye’, Guillaume Lemans

Cast

Russell Crowe

• John Brennan

Elizabeth Banks

• Lara Brennan

The hosts review:

• Reminiscing about the joy that was The Hobbit (The recording, not necessarily the movie).
• Watching a movie, sitting in a recliner, being waited on… this is the good life!
• Jennifer Lawrence is talented, don’t blame The Hunger Games.
• The many faces of Robert DeNiro.
• Two likes and one not-so-much.
• Discussing Paul Haggis’ career.  He’s come a long way from The Richie Rich/Scoobie Doo Show.
• Criticisms on how to rub a drug dealer.
• How does a person respond to such extreme circumstances?
• Elizabeth Banks… Olivia Wilde… Elizabeth Banks… Olivia Wilde… what to do?
• How bada$$ is Liam Neeson? Come on!
• Brian Dennehy is AWESOME.
• Was she really a murderer?  Was the recreation what really happened?
• Darrell would have preferred that scene be cut from the end.
• Should the detective have cared more?
• Darrell depressed Tony/Deuce.
• Tony liked the Lara/spinning car scene, as it seemingly jumped out from a mostly sedate movie.
• Once John’s plan was set, there wasn’t anything that was going to derail it.

Trivial bits ‘n pieces:

• The “bump key” procedure Crowe used actually does work on cylinder locks.
• The phone and fax numbers on the lab work are the real numbers for Med-Health Services in Monroeville, PA.
• Mark Isham, Haggis’ regular collaborator, didn’t compose this score due to their falling out over Haggis’ very public break from the Church of Scientology, of which Isham is still a member.

Your Producers for this episode were:

• Tony
• Darrell
• Tony/Deuce

This episode was recorded: 1/24/2013

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Release date:  12/29/1995

Universal Pictures

Directed by

• Terry Gilliam

Produced by

• Charles Roven

Screenplay by

• David Peoples
• Janet Peoples

Based on Le jetee by Chris Marker

Cast

Bruce Willis

• James Cole

Madeleine Stowe

• Kathryn Railly

Brad Pitt

• Jeffrey Goines

The hosts review:

• Pimpin’ Back Seat Book Club!
• Hugh Jackman is the Wolverine of singing.
• Les Miserables singing reviews.
• Loving and hating ABBA.
• P….a….c….i….n…g
• Great example of time-travel sci-fi.
• You can’t change time.
• Bob… another time traveler or Cole’s psychosis?
• “I wouldn’t mind seeing a Brad Pitt Joker”
• Brad Pitt’s rants made Fight Club unnecessary.
• Breakdown of Terry Gilliam’s successes.
• The music is insane and off, it works really well.
• “All I see are dead people.”
• Glad that it didn’t have a Hollywood ending.
• Time is fixed.  Time loops are fixed.  Time travelers are fixed.
• This sci-fi was a mind game, as opposed to special effects.
• Setting the movie in the year that it came out was a great move, but a few things didn’t age well.
• Any time you have a character in science fiction named Cassandra, PAY ATTENTION.
• Cole, as the time traveler, didn’t do actually change time himself.
• It wouldn’t have worked if it was faster paced, and it wouldn’t be a Terry Gilliam movie.
• On to Batman.
• Tony reads another of Goines’ rants.

Trivial bits ‘n pieces:

• Terri Gilliam gave Bruce Willis a list of “Willis acting clichés” NOT to use, including Steely Blue Eyes Look.
• Most of the actors took a pay cut because they wanted to work with Gilliam.
• In a scene where Cole is drawing his own blood, there is a shadow of a hamster in a wheel.  This took a whole day to film because the hamster wouldn’t move, and Gilliam is a perfectionist and insisted that this detail should work as intended.  For the rest of the production, Gilliam’s perfectionism was nick-named “The Hamster Factor.”

Your Producers for this episode were:

• Tony
• Darrell
• Tony/Deuce

This episode was recorded: 1/17/2013

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Release date:  10/2/1992

New Line Cinema

Directed by

• James Foley

Produced by

• Jerry Tokofsky
• Stanley R. Zupnik

Screenplay by

• David Mamet

Based on Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet

Cast

Al Pacino

• Ricky Roma

Jack Lemmon

• Shelley Levene

Alec Baldwin

• Blake

Jonathan Pryce

• James Lingk

Kevin Spacey

• John Williamson

The hosts review:

• Deuce’s type of movie.
• Darrell likes it less and less each time he sees it.
• How can you be this despicable all the time?
• Tony thought there were a few places where they could have slowed down the dialogue.
• Pacino, Spacey and Lemmon seemed to “belong” in that movie.
• Pacino outperformed by Spacey and Lemmon?
• Everyone outperformed by Lemmon.
• Pacino impersonations… please no.
• Dirty sales tactics for legitimate real estate sales.
• After seeing the movie when it was new and seeing it again years later, some of the shine is gone.
• North American grosses were less than its budget.
• Geez, Tony, leave some trivia for the rest of us.
• The power of chewing gum.
• The Tonys would see it again; Darrell is probably done with it.
• Kevin Spacey bio.

Trivial bits ‘n pieces:

• “F&#k” and its derivatives are said 138 times.
• “S@^t” and its derivatives are said 50 times.
• “Lead” or “leads” are said 83 times.
• During production, the actors referred to this film as “Death of a F&#kin’ Salesman.”
• None of the major roles were auditioned; the actors were all offered their roles, although Jack Lemmon said he would have been glad to audition for such a good role.
• Alec Baldwin based the tone and delivery of his famous monologue on George C. Scott’s “Wars are won…” speech from Patton.
• This film has been used to train real salesmen on how to see and how not to sell.
• There is only one female character in the entire film… Coat Check Girl.

Your Producers for this episode were:

• Tony
• Darrell
• Tony/Deuce

This episode was recorded: 1/9/2013

 

 

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