223. 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' (1979 BBC Series)

The Outsiders is a 1983 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, an adaptation of the 1967 novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton. The film was released on March 25, 1983. Jo Ellen Misakian, a librarian at Lone Star Elementary School in Fresno, California, and her students were responsible for inspiring Coppola to make the film.[2] The film is noted for its cast of up-and-coming stars, including C. Thomas Howell (who garnered a Young Artist Award), Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio, and Diane Lane. The film helped spark the Brat Pack genre of the 1980s. Both Lane and Dillon went on to appear in Coppola's related film Rumble Fish; Dillon and Estevez also starred in Tex (1982). Emilio Estevez went on to write and star in That Was Then... This Is Now (1985), the only S. E. Hinton film adaptation not to star Matt Dillon. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics, most notably the performances, particularly Macchio being singled out for praise, and performed well at the box office, grossing $33.7 million on a $10.0 million budget. PODCAST NOTES Peter O'Connor joins Jason to talk about his favorite movie, 'The Outsiders' (0:01), 'The Outsiders' emotional pitch and tone and Coppola's intentions setting out in capturing a certain tenor of emotional height in the movie (3:00), Matt Dillon as Dally intro scene (3:00), C. Thomas Howell as Ponyboy intro scene (4:23), Tom Cruise and whether or not he nailed the accent in the movie (5:00), the infamous audition process for the film (6:00), Drive-In scene with C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Matt Dillon, Diane Lane and Michelle Meyrink (6:30), Michelle Meyrink as Jordan in hilarious bathroom clip from 'Real Genius' with Gabriel Jarrett (8:00), Cast members age during filming (9:00), Tom Cruise in 'Risky Business', 'All The Right Moves' and 'The Outsiders' all in 1983 (9:30), Peter O'Connor's acting and career discussion of on-set behavioral norms changing over time, including the infamous Christian Bale caught-on-audio outburst on the 'Terminator' set (10:00), Auditioning for 'The Outsiders' including audio from some other actors' auditions (10:30), Rob Lowe on the audition process (12:00), Coppola's Zoetrope Studios 'One From The Heart' trailer with Teri Garr, Frederick Forrest, Tom Waits, Nastassia Kinski and Raul Julia (15:00), Peter emotionally defends 'Godfather 3' (16:30), the amazing story of how an elementary-school teacher caused S.E. Hinton's 'The Outsiders' to get made as a movie (18:30), Coppola's filming of the entire 'Outsiders' movie on one of the first VHS cameras (19:00), Greaser cast members vs soc cast members anecdotes (20:00), Peter's blue-collar acting chip on his shoulder (24:00), clip of the Gold poem scene with Johnny and Ponyboy from 'The Outsiders' (27:00), Panavision filming techniques used in 'The Outsiders' (28:00), Church fire scene and male teacher hilarious denial (30:00), S.E. Hinton's backstory writing 'The Outsiders' (31:00), Alternative Casting for 'The Outsiders' featuring Anthony Michael Hall, Kate Capshaw, Helen Slater, Val Kilmer, Mickey Rourke, Glenn Scarpelli, Vincent Spano, Adam Baldwin (35:00), 'My Bodyguard' scene with the incredible Adam Baldwin, Scott Baio, Dennis Quaid (36:30), Darren Dalton with C. Thomas Howell pre-rumble car talk scene from 'The Outsiders' (38:00), Leif Garrett scene from 'The Outsiders' (42:00) Peter's journey to acting (45:00), Peter's side hustle driving Al Pacino for 10 years in NYC (46:30), Matt Dillon in the brilliant 'Over The Edge' from 1979 (53:00), Matt Dillon's career including 'Crash', 'To Die For', 'Singles, and 'Drugstore Cowboy' (57:30), Peter telling Al Pacino he's the reason Peter became an actor (1:11:00), Phillip Seymour Hoffman as  an influence on Peter; as probably the greatest actor of his generation and his great appearances in 'The Great Lebowski', 'Moneyball', 'Along Came Polly' and 'Charlie Wilson's War' (1:12:00), Peter meeting Meryl Streep in his underwear (1:15:00), 'Stay Gold, Ponyboy' 1:16:00), the 'Complete Novel' version of 'The Outsiders (1:18:00), Peter's 'Latch Key TV' choices, with 'The Incredible Hulk', 'The Dukes Of Hazzard', and 'The Muppet Show' (1:20:00).

27 Helmi 20201h 31min

12 Angry Men is a 1957 American courtroom drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, adapted from a teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose. This courtroom drama tells the story of a jury of 12 men as they deliberate the conviction or acquittal of an 18-year old defendant on the basis of reasonable doubt, forcing the jurors to question their morals and values. 12 Angry Men explores many techniques of consensus-building and the difficulties encountered in the process among this group of men whose range of personalities adds to the intensity and conflict. It also explores the power one person has to elicit change. The jury members are identified only by number; no names are revealed until an exchange of dialogue at the very end. The film forces the characters and audience to evaluate their own self-image through observing the personality, experiences, and actions of the jurors. The film is also notable for its almost exclusive use of one set, where all but three minutes of the film take place. In 2007, the film was selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film was selected as the second-best courtroom drama ever by the American Film Institute during their AFI's 10 Top 10 list. PODCAST NOTES Episode intro and guest Brian Thompson mini-bio (00:01),  Jason and Brian talk about their Yankee & Red Sox near-murder meet-cute story (2:30), Sidney Lumet and Brian's first experiences of '12 Angry Men' (7:00), Henry Fonda and critical thinking role models (9:00), The 'Kids These Days' scene from '12 Angry Men' (10:30), Disinterested Judge scene from '12 Angry Men' (16:30), Brian's doorbell rings and it's the FBI and NYPD (18:30), how to smuggle drugs and money into jail and prison (19:00), Skin care tips of the incarcerated (20:30), extreme experiences and how not to allow them to distance you from others (22:00), Lewisburg Penitentiary and re-entering real life as a human being and not a gladiator on the yard (22:30), Brian's brain injury and its impact on his addictions (24:00), Sidney Lumet's book 'Making Movies' and his thoughts about films like 'Dog Day Afternoon', 'Serpico, and 'Prince Of The City' (24:30), the cast of '12 Angry Men' (28:30), clip from '12 Angry Men' where Henry Fonda bets on humanity (30:00), Sidney Lumet on Henry Fonda as an actor (32:00), Brian's emotional response and personal connections to various scenes in '12 Angry Men', including the Jack Klugman "slum" scene (34:30), Brian's permanent exemption from jury duty (36:30), Brian's life of crime and his 'felony a day' lifestyle and some background on The Westies gang in NYC(38:00), Brian's time running among Chinatown gangsters in 1980's NYC (41:30), gang style in the 1970's (45:00), clip from '12 Angry Men' of the democracy speech from actor George Voscovec (46:30), legal realities and the obfuscation of same in '12 Angry Men' (45:30), Brian's arrests at age 12 and early incarcerations and prison GED  leading to post-prison college and Master's degrees (52:00), Brian's career cooking at Bouley, Nobu, and a handful of other of NYC's finest dining establishments (57:00), Suicide or advanced degrees (58:30), the "these people" clip featuring Ed Begley from '12 Angry Men', with Sidney Lumet's incredible shot of actors turning their backs on Begley one by one (1:05:30), Sidney Lumet's incredible movement of the camera in '12 Angry Men' (1:08:30), 'The Andy Griffith Show' take on '12 Angry Men' (1:11:00), 'Inside Amy Schumer' does '12 Angry Men' parody with Jeff Goldblum, Nick Dipaulo, Paul Giammatti, John Hawkes, Dennis Quaid, and Henry Zebrowski (1:13:00), Henry Fonda pissed off at Sidney Lumet's NYC backdrops day one of filming due to budget constraints (1:17:00), Lee J. Cobb's amazing concluding scene from '12 Angry Men', and childhood traumas mingling with a lack of make role models for sons (1:18:00), Brian's prison time and its impact on his son's choice of becoming an attorney (1:24:00), Brian's take on prison movies and their verisimilitude, including 'Bad Boys' with Sean Penn and 'Shawshank Redemption' (1:26:00), the difference between jail and prison (1:27:00), Being in prison in Otisville with Eddie 'Crazy Eddie' Antar (1:28:30), Brian's story of being arrested for the double murder of a Chinatown gambler and bar owner and being assisted in his defense by famed Irish mobster Mickey Featherstone and a federal agent (1:34:00), Prison phone use and why it inevitably leads to violence and conflict (1:44:30), Latch Key TV with 'My Three Sons', 'Family Affair', 'Father Knows Best', 'Bonanza', and 'The Courtship of Eddie's Father' and Brian's realization that all the formative shows of his youth featured single father's doing a great job raising kids (1:47:00).

12 Helmi 20201h 55min

Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks and starring Gene Wilder as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein, and Peter Boyle as the monster. The supporting cast includes Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn, and Gene Hackman. The screenplay was written by Wilder and Brooks. The film is a parody of the classic horror film genre, in particular the various film adaptations of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein produced by Universal Pictures in the 1930s. Much of the lab equipment used as props was created by Kenneth Strickfaden for the 1931 film Frankenstein. To help evoke the atmosphere of the earlier films, Brooks shot the picture entirely in black and white, a rarity in the 1970s, and employed 1930s' style opening credits and scene transitions such as iris outs, wipes, and fades to black. The film also features a period score by Brooks' longtime composer John Morris. A critical favorite and box office smash, Young Frankenstein ranks No. 28 on Total Film magazine's readers' "List of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films of All Time",  No. 56 on Bravo TV's list of the "100 Funniest Movies", and No. 13 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 funniest American movies. In 2003, it was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the United States National Film Preservation Board, and selected for preservation in the Library of Congress National Film Registry. It was later adapted by Brooks and Thomas Meehan as a stage musical. On its 40th anniversary, Brooks considered it by far his finest (although not his funniest) film as a writer-director. PODCAST NOTES: Jason is joined by two (or is it three?) time FCAC Very Special Guest Star Jenny Pinzari to delve DEEP into 'Young Frankenstein', her college a capella career, her teenage tv habits, and more!  (00:05), the Ovaltine scene between Cloris Leachman and Gene Wilder (3:00), 'Young Frankenstein' original 1974 trailer narrated by Mel Brooks (5:00), James Whale and the original Frankenstein movies (8:00), 'Airplane' and 'Zero Hour' clip comparisons (11:00), Gene Wilder and Madeline Kahn train depot scene from 'Young Frankenstein' (16:00), Marty Feldman: Genius (18:00), 'Walk This Way' by Aerosmith was named because of 'Young Frankenstein', clip from Gene Wilder's cameo in 'Bonnie and Clyde' (22:30), Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman "help with the bags" clip and Gene's continual breaking on-set (25:00), incredible Gene Wilder interview clip about his fame and success (26:30), Madeline Kahn and 'Flames' (29:00), 'Frau Blucher' apocryphal origin stories (31:30), Cloris Leachman is 93 and STILL working (32:00), Jenny's a capella life at Boston University (36:30), 'Sedagive' clip from 'Young Frankenstein (43:30), Madeline Kahn's incredible love scene with Frakenstein's monster (45:30), Blind Priest scene between Gene Hackman and Peter Boyle (50:00), Jenny and husband Adam's 90's song parody 'Interesting Girl' (53:00), Latch-Key TV: Shari Lewis & Lambchop and 'The Song That Never Ends' (60:00), 'Saved By The Bell' (61:00), Jenny went to  mall dressed as Kelly Kapowski to see Mark-Paul Gosselear was appearing and signing autographs (63:00), Jenny's first boycrush was Jonathan Taylor-Thomas who got out of acting and went to like three Ivy League colleges (64:00), 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' and David Boreanz and Sarah Michelle Gellar (67:30), ABC's 'TGIF' block of programming with 'Full House', 'Perfect Strangers', 'Family Matters', 'Step By Step', 'Hangin' With Mister Cooper', and 'Sabrina The Teenage Witch' and 'Dinosaurs' (70:00).

6 Helmi 20201h 18min

Alien is a 1979 science-fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon. Based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, it follows the crew of the commercial space tug Nostromo, who encounter the eponymous Alien, a deadly and aggressive extraterrestrial set loose on the ship. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto. It was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler, and Walter Hill through their company Brandywine Productions, and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. Giler and Hill revised and made additions to the script; Shusett was executive producer. The Alien and its accompanying artifacts were designed by the Swiss artist H. R. Giger, while concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the more human settings.   PODCAST NOTES Jason is joined by Bruce Edwards, a veteran of the TV and film business whose shared background with Jason includes time spent at the MTV Networks offices working for VH1 in the later 90's. Bruce's time working at the Garden State Plaza Mall in the 90’s (02:00) Working at the Starlog Magazine/ Starlog Store (04:00) Meeting Lazlo from 'Real Genius' at the mall (5:00) WPIX Chiller Thriller opening from 80's and 90's TV. (07:00) Seeing Alien for the first time (09:00) Renting movies from video stores (10:00) Dan O’Bannon and Ronnie Schusett original screenplay origins (15:00) Walter Hill/ David Giler renaming characters and editing the original version (18:00) John Carpenter’s The Thing as influences by Alien (20:00) 3 perfect movies: Jaws, Alien, and The Thing (24:00) Script controversy by Hill and O Bannon (30:00) Scene where crew of Nostromo haggles over investigation of signal. (34:00) Alternative Casting with Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, and the original Kane, John Finch (36:00) Latch Key TV with 'Three's Company', 'Live! With Regis & Kathie Lee', and '227' and 'Night Court'. (45:00)

30 Tammi 20201h 14min

A highly skilled jewel thief, Frank (James Caan) longs to leave his dangerous trade and settle down with his girlfriend, Jessie (Tuesday Weld). Eager to make one last big score in order to begin living a legitimate life, Frank reluctantly associates with Leo (Robert Prosky), a powerful gangster. Unfortunately for Frank, Leo wants to keep him in his employ, resulting in a tense showdown when he finally tries to give up his criminal activities once and for all.  On this episode of Full Cast and Crew, Jason is joined by his good friend and fellow Michael Mann and 'Thief' fanboy, James Kittle.  Leavening the testosterone inherent in any Michael Mann film, Jason and James also get into James' long-time love for the music of Natalie Merchant and The Indigo Girls.  Also: the path not taken with James not becoming a New Your City Police Department cop in the early 90's, his collection of Polo towels, and mail as a foreign concept to millennials.  Skating at Yale's Beinecke Plaza and being townies in and around Yale in New Haven (47:30), New Haven childhoods and high school scenes (49:00), Tuesday Weld's incredible performance in 'Thief' and particularly her car and diner scenes with James Caan (50:00), Latch Key TV with 'Miami Vice', and 'Hill Street Blues' (61:30), the iconic Phill Collins "In The Air Tonight" scene from Miami Vice (63:30), the opening scene of the very first episode of 'Hill Street Blues' (64:00) and how well it holds up today, the 'Hill Street Blues' theme (68:30).

23 Tammi 20201h 11min

Harold and Maude is a 1971 American coming-of-age black comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby and released by Paramount Pictures. It incorporates elements of dark humor and existentialist drama. The plot revolves around the exploits of a young man named Harold Chasen (Bud Cort) who is intrigued with death. Harold drifts away from the life that his detached mother (Vivian Pickles) prescribes for him, and slowly develops a strong friendship, and eventually a romantic relationship, with a 79-year-old woman named Maude (Ruth Gordon) who teaches Harold about living life to its fullest and that life is the most precious gift of all. The film was based on a screenplay written by Colin Higgins and published as a novel in 1971. Filming locations in the San Francisco Bay Area included both Holy Cross Cemetery and Golden Gate National Cemetery, and the ruins of the Sutro Baths. Critically and commercially unsuccessful when originally released, the film developed a cult following and in 1983 began making a profit.[1][2] The film is ranked number 45 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Funniest Movies of all Time and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1997, for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".[3] The Criterion Collection special-edition Blu-ray and DVD were released June 12, 2012.[4] EPISODE NOTES: (1:00) My guest Becca Faulkner covers her British childhood in the 80's, and her work at an independent cinema in Leeds in the early 90's, where she first encountered 'Harold and Maude', (8:00) British youth fashions then and now, (9:00) seeing movies by yourself, (9:30) Cat Stevens 'Don't Be Shy' and intro credits to 'Harold and Maude', (10:30) Colin Higgins and the origins of the screenplay for 'Harold and Maude', (12:00) black comedy and 'Harold and Maude' and 'The Graduate' from 1967, (14:00) the scene where Harold meets Maude, (18:00) browsing in video stores in the 80's and 90's, (19:00) Jack Black in 'High Fidelity', 'Harold and Maude' and timelessness, (20:00) Roger Ebert's negative review of 'Harold and Maude', (21:00) 'Rushmore' as descendant of 'Harold and Maude',  but would it pass the "Teenager Litmus Test'?, (25:00) why did 'Harold and Maude' flop upon release and why has it become an iconic film since release?, (27:00) other 1971 film releases, including 'Klute', 'The French Connection', (31:00) revisiting the beloved films of our youth through the eyes of our children and note: don't do that or suffer what Becca has with showing her teens 'Ghostbusters' and 'Footloose', (33:00) insane and overwrought clip from 'Footloose' with incredible guitar riff, (34:00) clip of Liza Minelli singing 'Life Is A Cabaret' from 'Cabaret' with her usual subtlety and aplomb, (35:00) the love story between Harold and Maude compared to 'Amour', (36:00) Bud Cort in 'Harold and Maude', (37:00) Alternative Casting with Richard Dreyfuss, Bob Balaban,  John Savage, and Elton John, (40:00) Bud Cort's excellent, uncredited cameo in Michael Mann's 'Heat', (42:00) Bud Cort's suicide origins speech from 'Harold and Maude', (49:00)Vivian Pickles' questionnaire scene, (52:00) Becs drinks water, (55:00) Cat Stevens on the use of his music in 'Harold and Maude' and the 'Miles From Nowhere' scene,

16 Tammi 20201h 24min

The Star Wars Holiday Special[a] is a 1978 American television special set in the universe of the Star Wars science-fiction media franchise. Directed by Steve Binder, it was the first Star Wars spin-off film, set between the events of the original film and The Empire Strikes Back (1980). It stars the main cast of the original Star Wars and introduces the character of Boba Fett, who appeared in later films. In the storyline that ties the special together, following the events of the original film, Chewbacca and Han Solo attempt to visit the Wookiee home world to celebrate "Life Day". They are pursued by agents of the Galactic Empire, who are searching for members of the Rebel Alliance on the planet. The special introduces three members of Chewbacca's family: his father Itchy, his wife Malla, and his son Lumpy. The program also features the rest of the main Star Wars characters, including Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, R2-D2, Darth Vader and Princess Leia, all portrayed by the original cast (except R2-D2, who is simply billed as "himself"). The program includes footage from the 1977 film and a cartoon produced by Toronto-based Nelvana featuring the bounty hunter Boba Fett. Scenes take place in space and in spacecraft including the Millennium Falcon and a Star Destroyer; segments also take place in a few other locales, such as the Mos Eisley cantina from the original film. The special is notorious for its extremely negative reception and has never been rebroadcast or officially released on home video.[2][3] It has become something of a cultural legend due to the underground quality of its existence. It has been viewed and distributed in off-air recordings made from its original telecast by fans as bootleg copies, and it has also been uploaded to content-sharing websites.

26 Joulu 20191h 1min

Seven (stylized as SE7EN) is a 1995 American crime thriller film was directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. It stars Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey and John C. McGinley. The film tells the story of David Mills, a detective who partners with the retiring William Somerset to track down a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as a motif in his murders. The screenplay was influenced by the time Walker spent in New York City trying to make it as a writer. Principal photography took place in Los Angeles, with the last scene filmed near Lancaster, California. The film's budget was $33 million. Released on September 22, 1995 by New Line Cinema, Seven was the seventh-highest-grossing film of the year, grossing over $327 million worldwide.[2] It was well received by critics, who praised the film's dark style, brutality and themes. The film was nominated for Best Film Editing at the 68th Academy Awards, losing to Apollo 13.

19 Joulu 20191h 18min