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Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a 1987 American buddy film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes. The film stars Steve Martin as Neal Page, a high-strung marketing executive, and John Candy as Del Griffith, a goodhearted but annoying shower curtain ring salesman. They share a three-day odyssey of misadventures trying to get Neal home to Chicago in time for Thanksgiving with his family. FCAC tackles the ur-Thanksgiving movie and celebrates the brilliant genius of John Candy, gone too soon.  And Steve Martin's career is a thing to celebrate, too. Podcast Notes:  Other Thanksgiving movies (03:00), We play an intriguing voicemail left for the podcast by DeForest DeForest  about Burt Rangles et al (03:30), Chris' closing lines listener shout-outs (06:30), Discussion about John Hughes (07:30), End credits sequence in 'Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (10:30), Meet cute scene between John Candy and Steve Martin seated next to each other on a plane (11:30), The career of Steve Martin (14:00), Awkward clip from the presser for 'Planes, Trains, and Automobiles' (18:30), Brad Pitt and Adam Sandler not liking to promote movies (19:00), The career of John Hughes (21:00), Dylan Baker's brilliant scene in 'Planes, Trains, and Automobiles' (22:00), Steve Martin sing-a-long scene from 'Planes, Trains, and Automobile' (26:00), Steve Martin's near-casting in Stanley Kubrick's 'Eyes Wide Shut' (26:30), John Candy and Steve Martin diner break-up scene from 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles', including John Candy's brilliantly improvised button (30:00), John Candy's great dramatic scene from John Hughes' 'Uncle Buck' (33:30), Steve Martin and John Candy's parting scene (36:00), Del and Neil scene where Del tells Neil the truth (39:00), Car rental counter scene with Neil and Edie McClurg (42:30), Doobie the cabdriver scene (with Larry Hankan, That Guy, who was almost Kramer in 'Seinfeld') (46:00), Why Paul Young's version of 'Every Time You Go Away' isn't used in 'Planes, Trains, and Automobiles' (48:00), Final Lines pitch (52:00), Rants n Raves (52:00) Headlines (59:00) Latch Key TV: Les Nessman Turkey Drop scene from WKRP in Cincinnati (1:04:30), 'It's Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown' (1:07:30), Bomb Squad: Fantasy Island (1:09:30)

28 Nov 20191h 17min

High Noon is a 1952 American Western film produced by Stanley Kramer from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Gary Cooper. The plot, depicted in real time, centers on a town marshal who is torn between his sense of duty and his love for his new bride and who must face a gang of killers alone. Though mired in controversy with political overtones at the time of its release, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won four (Actor, Editing, Music-Score, and Music-Song)[3] as well as four Golden Globe Awards (Actor, Supporting Actress, Score, and Cinematography-Black and White).[4] The award-winning score was written by Russian-born composer Dimitri Tiomkin. High Noon was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" in 1989, the NFR's first year of existence. An iconic film whose story has been partly or completely repeated in later film productions, the ending scenes especially inspired a next-to-endless number of later films, including but not just limited to westerns.  (Wikipedia) PODCAST NOTES: Senate HUAC parody intro (00:01), Tex Ritter's performance of Dmitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington's 'The Ballad of High Noon' (2:00), Westerns as often 'weird' arty and surreal films and why that is (4:00), 'High Noon' and its popularity with US Presidents (5:30), Glenn Frankel's book on 'High Noon' (6:00), Stanley Kramer's proto-independant film studio (7:00), Why Hollywood was drawn to the Communist party in the 20's and 30's (8:00), HUAC and its processes and procedures (10:30), Studio collaboration with HUAC and the economics of legal defense (13:00), Carl Foreman, screenwriter of 'High Noon' (14:00), John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, and Gary Cooper as cooperative witnesses for HUAC (16:00), The moment when you realize when a movie is "great" and the realities of watching a movie so regarded as "a classic" (18:30), 'Joker' as a politically fraught movie and similar takedown of the entertainment establishment (20:30), Drinking in Westerns; why shot glasses?? (22:00), Clip from 'High Noon' with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly (23:00), Please tell us what movie Chris' Final Line comes from (29:00), Fred Zinnemann's career and 'Day Of The Jackal' and 'A Man For All Seasons' and 'Julia' (36:30), Katy Jurado's great performance in 'High Noon' (42:00), Clip of Katy Jurado and Lloyd Bridges in 'High Noon' and the feminist messaging of same (43:00), Katy Jurado and Gary Cooper scene from 'High Noon' (48:00) in which she says "One year without seeing you" in Spanish, to which Gary Cooper replies, "Yes, I know." Columbo Cinematic Universe (56:30), John Wayne's complicated legacy and interesting relationships with many of the makers of 'High Noon; (58:00), John Wayne's Oscar acceptance speech on behalf of Gary Cooper (59:00), 'Rio Bravo' / 'High Noon' and Chris' brilliantly unexpected  'Sweet Home Alabama' / 'Southern Man' analogy (1:01:20), Alternative Casting (1:03:00), Flying Purple People Eater (1:06:30), The Wilhelm Scream and presence  (1:07:10), Headlines (1:09:30), Bomb Squad segment and 'Motherless Brooklyn' recap and 'Last Christmas' starring Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding and Jason stunned by the actual plot twist (1:11:00), Final Lines (01:19:00)   Read Glenn Frankel's fantastic book about the making of 'High Noon' here. 'High Noon' wiki page. Call Full Cast And Crew and leave us a voicemail message:  855-755-5322

21 Nov 20191h 20min

9 to 5 (listed in the opening credits as Nine to Five) is a 1980 American comedy film produced by Bruce Gilbert, story by Patricia Resnick, screenplay by Resnick and Colin Higgins, and directed by Higgins. It stars Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton as three working women who live out their fantasies of getting even with, and their overthrow of, the company's autocratic, "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" boss, played by Dabney Coleman. The film grossed over $103.9 million and is the 20th highest-grossing comedy film. As a star vehicle for Parton—already established as a successful singer, musician and songwriter—it launched her permanently into mainstream popular culture. A television series of the same name based on the film ran for five seasons, and a musical version of the film (also titled 9 to 5), with new songs written by Parton, opened on Broadway on April 30, 2009. 9 to 5 is number 74 on the American Film Institute's "100 Funniest Movies" and has an 82% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. PODCAST NOTES:  Chris' signature intro (00:01), Jane Fonda's IPC company, Karen Nussbaum and the origin story of '9 To 5' (5:00), Colin Higgins and 'Harold & Maude' (6:00), Dabney Coleman (7:00), 9 To 5 fantasy sequence clips (13:00), Dabney & Lily scene (16:00), Judy's scene with her returning ex-husband (21:30), Doralee & Dabney scene (23:00), Mrs. Columbo (28:00), Dolly Parton's America podcast (30:00), Lily Tomlin and John Travolta in Moment By Moment (35:00), David O. Russell's onset meltdown (36:00),The Electric Company theme (37:00), Chris cut out the paganini movie trailer and Jason is heartbroken (38:30), Elena Of Avalor (44:00), Sheena Easton's Morning Train (52:00), Top downloaded episodes of FCAC (53:00), Sterling Hayden's performance in 9 to 5 (55:00), Wedge Antilles rears his X-Wing again (55:30), Headlines with bats and Rudy Giuliani (58:30), Bomb Squad movie trailer review of Roland Emmerich's 'Midway' (1:04:05), Closing Lines (1:10:10).

14 Nov 20191h 11min

Scott Frank's adaptation of Elmore Leonard's classic crime novel, an arbitrary set of circumstances and not-so-arbitrary bad career moves on behalf of Soderbergh led to the creation of one of the great 90's films and one of the best adaptations of Leonard's work ever put on screen.  One of our hosts is a big fan. The other...well...there's hope for him yet. PODCAST NOTES for Episode 57: 'Out Of Sight' Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules For Good Writing (00:01), the greatness of Steve Zahn (05:00), Soderbergh's career after 'Sex Lies & Videotape" (10:30), George Clooneys first bank robbery scene in 'Out Of Sight' (15:30), Fosse Time use in 'Out Of Sight' (19:00), Albert Brooks as Ripley with George Clooney as Foley in the Security Guard Job Offer scene (23:00), 'Drive' with Ryan Gosling (26:30), Nancy Allen scene as Midge (27:30), Call the podcast (28:00), the trunk scene with J Lo and Clooney as one-shot scene (29:00), Trunk scene (31:00), the iconic and amazing bar/seduction scene between Gary and Celeste/Karen and Jack/J Lo and Clooney (36:00), use of freeze-frame device and the cross-cutting concept cribbed from Nic Roeg's Don't Look Now (41:00), Don Cheadle's classic turn as Snoopy Miller in the hilarious prison shakedown scene (42:00), Viola Davis great scene with J Lo and Isiah Washington (52:00), Luis Guzman, Catherine Keener and J Lo hilarious scene (55:30), Chris' trenchant analysis of the parallels between Karen and Foley's work experiences (58:00), Wendell B Harris, Jr and Jennifer Lopez hospital scene (1:01:40) Wendell B Harris, Jr door-busting scene (01:03:00), Screenwriter Scott Frank's career and credits (01:04:45), Spielberg's Minority Report humorous touches (01:05:30), Alternative Casting w/ Catherine Keener, Sandra Bullock, Gary Shandling as Ripley, Danny Devito also considered as Ripley and his brilliant restaurant scene in 'Get Shorty' (01:06:00), Samuel L. Jackson's cameo in Out Of Sight (01:08:00), Headlines (01:11:00), Irish Guy pranks his friends with audio from his casket (01:14:00), Our 'Bomb Squad' trailer this week is Edward (Don't Call Me 'Ed') Norton's 'Motherless Brooklyn' (01:15:00), Latch Key TV w/ The Frugal Gourmet, Denmark's Star-Spangled, Police Woman with Angie Dickinson, TranZor Z opening credits, George Jefferson's undying passion for obscure prog-rock (01:19:35), Last Lines (01:25:30)   Elmore Leonard's Wiki page. Out Of Sight IMDB page. Subscribe to Full Cast And Crew Podcast on iTunes Podcasts here.

7 Nov 20191h 27min

Skeptical graduate student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) befriends Anne-Marie McCoy (Vanessa Williams) while researching superstitions in a housing project on Chicago's Near North Side. From Anne-Marie, Helen learns about the Candyman (Tony Todd), a knife-wielding figure of urban legend that some of her neighbors believe to be responsible for a recent murder. After a mysterious man matching the Candyman's description begins stalking her, Helen comes to fear that the legend may be all too real. (wikipedia) PODCAST NOTES: Chris' signature opening (00:01), the impressive weirdness of 'Candyman' and its origins in Clive Barker's 'Books Of Blood' (07:00), 'Hellraiser' and its impact on how 'Candyman' got made (09:00), Jordan Peele remake of 'Candyman' directed by Nia Decosta (10:30) Phillip Glass score for 'Candyman' (11:00), horror fans and their reactions to 'Candyman' and whether they accept it (13:00), Clip of Tony Todd's first appearance as Candyman in the film opposite Virginia Madsen as Helen (14:00), Cabrini-Green construction and the stories that inspired 'Candyman' of murderers coming into apartments through medicine cabinets between apartments (17:00), Xander Berkely's IMDB page and his typecasting throughout his career as either cuckold or affair (18:00), Michael Culkin's pompous academic character dinner party scene (19:00), Psychiatrist scene (22:00), 'Black Horror Aesthetic' UCLA Professor Tanarive Due and her husband Steven Barnes discuss the racial politics of 'Candyman' (26:00), Vanessa Williams scene from 'Candyman' (29:00), Bernard Rose as english director using the lens of "white fear" to great effect in the film (35:00), 'Wicker Man' with Nicholas Cage didn't happen (38:00), bee scene (39:00), co-host Jason's love for the Coppola movie 'The Rainmaker' with Roy Scheider, Matt Damon, Mickey Rourke, Danny Devito, Andrew Shue (43:00), Virginia Madsen's IMDB page (43:30), ALTERNATIVE CASTING Sandra Bullock, Eddie Murphy (46:00), Call the pod and leave us a voicemail 855-755-5322,  RANTS N RAVES; Jason rants at tech bros commercials disrupting stupid stuff including now foot and palm sweat (50:00) HEADLINES: Robots approach the singularity, Suzanne Somers (57:40) COLUMBO CINEMATIC UNIVERSE  'Sex & The Married Detective' with Lindsay Crouse, Peter Jurasik from Beverly Hills Buntz (1:01:30) BOMB SQUAD: Not all movie trailers are created equal and in our new segment we select one a week that has the stink of impending failure on it (01:02:40)  LATCH-KEY TV: 1988 World Cup Badminton, Fishin' Hole, Magnum P.I. and Tom Selleck's reverse mortgage commercials,  Hollywood Squares, JM J Bullock,  Benson, M.A.S.H., Matlock, Lonewolf McQuaid with David Carridine, LQ Jones, and Chuck Norris, Nightmare At Bitter Creek with Tom Skerrit, Joanna Cassidy (01:06:30)   END LINES (01:17:35)   EPISODE REFERENCES & LINKS: Check out Tanarive Due and her Black Horror Aesthetic class here. Email Full Cast & Crew at Fullcastandcrewpod@gmail.com More on Clive Barker here. Director Bernard Rose's IMDB page. Subscribe to the podcast here. Follow Tony Todd here. The insane trailer of 'Candyman' director Bernard Rose's violinist epic 'The Devil's Violinist' that Chris criminally cut from the episode is here. Tom Selleck's Reverse Mortgage Commercial here.  FCAC episodes referenced:  Lee Wilkof, Silence Of The Lambs,

31 Okt 20191h 17min

Alan J. Pakula's 1976 masterpiece 'All The President's Men' brilliantly tracks The Washington Post's Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein on the hunt of the story of the Watergate break-in and it's serpentine connections to Nixon's White House.  Featuring still-vital filmmaking and cinematography, use of split diopter lenses and incredible dolly shots as well as iconic performances from Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, and Jane Alexander.  We wrote super-detailed podcast notes but when we went to save them, they disappeared..COINCIDENCE? WE THINK NOT.    Read Jon Boorstin's excellent memories of making All The President's Men here.  Follow the pod on social @fullcastandcrew Email the pod:  fullcastandcrewpod@gmail.com Leave us a VM:  855-755-5322

24 Okt 20191h 14min

We started out planning to do Brian De Palma's 'The Fury' starring Kirk Douglas and Amy Irving, but...in the end...it was just not weird and Brian De Palma enough for us so we switched to 'Phantom Of The Paradise' and got everything we asked for and more. Chris sells his soul for podcasting (00:00), Brian De Palma's The Fury trailer (2:30), Amy Irving and Andrew Stevens in 'The Fury' (4:30), 'Phantom Of The Paradise' trailer (6:00), Phil Spector and James Bond (14:30), Led Zeppelin (15:30), 'Inserts' movie starring Richard Dreyfus and 'Phantom' star Jessica Harper and Bob Hoskins (17:30), AC/DC's 'It's A Long Way To The Top If You Wanna Rock 'n Roll' (21:00), Sing Sing Prison Dental Health Research Program (23:00), De Palma's 'Snake Eyes' and Nic Cage and Gary Sinise (29:30), 'The Bonfire Of The Vanities' and the great book that resulted: 'The Devil's Candy' with Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis, and Tom Wolfe and an anatomy of a filmic disaster (30:30), 'The Mission To Mars' with Gary Sinise & 'Mars' with Val Kilmer (33:00), 'Love Boat' theme by Paul Williams, it floats back to you! (39:00), Paul Williams and his unique fame and talent and how great his 'Still Alive' documentary is (39:30), Paul Williams as Swan in 'Phantom Of The Paradise' (42:30), 'Rainbow Connection' as representative Paul Williams song, filled with hope, sadness, and a little loneliness (44:30), 'Hello Larry' tv series theme song (47:00), George Memmolli and his roles in Martin Scorcese's 'Mean Streets' and 'Hello Larry' and 'Phantom Of The Paradise' (48:00), Gerrit Graham from the great Kurt Russel and Jack Warden vehicle 'Used Cars' and his counter-culture credits including writing songs with Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead and his role as "Beef" in 'Phantom Of The Paradise" (49:00), CALL US TOLL FREE 855-755-5322 and leave us a message (51:30), Lee Wilkof, National Lampoon's 'Disco Beaver From Outer Space' and this movie's Lee Ebling (52:00), 'Old Souls' musical number written by Paul Williams performed by Jessica Harper (53:30), Paul Schrader's 'Blue Collar' stars Richard Pryor and this movie's George Memmoli (55:00), The Record Plant recording studio's cameo in 'Phantom' (56:00), Sha Na Na was reportedly 'too difficult to work with' to be in this movie (57:00), Alternative Casting: Sissy Spacek (1:00:00) Headlines and/or Rants N Raves, Francis Ford Coppola recuts The Cotton Club. starring Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Gregory Hines, Nic Cage, James Remar (1:03:00), 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' listener reactions and retractions regarding Manson Family, Squeaky Fromme, and violence pertaining to cult member individuality (1:05:00), Chris' Last Line (1:07:45)

17 Okt 20191h 8min

"Hyper-specific, pointedly particular, rarified to the point of being incomprehensible"...these words from co-host Chris define our dear friend and two-time guest Paul Kaup's love of a very narrow band of films. For years, co-host Jason has tried to get Paul to explain exactly what they are and aren't. They're not movies you would go to the movies to see, they're not movies you'd even rent back in the Blockbuster days.  They're movies that don't require much mental effort at the end of a long day.  But they're also not unintentionally funny or so bad they're good.  They're so very nearly "good" yet still a little short of the goal.  Our guest Paul Kaup has chosen 'Time Trap' as representative of this genre, and we have a lot of fun with this science-fiction thriller time-travel flick. podcast notes:  Chris' intro (00:00), Paul's movies (2:00), Paul explains his genre definition (3:30), Andrew Wilson and the type of actors that do and don't appear in these movies (13:00), Taylor Lautner (14:00), Time Trap trailer (15:30), time travel, lasers, and space travel (19:00), 'Annihilation', Natalie Portman and Alex Garland (21:00), tankinis, jean shorts, and no helmets: in other words: CAVING RESCUE MISSION! (21:30), Furby & Veeves (22:00), the plot of Time Trap explained (26:00), Paul goes down a time-travel rabbit hole and might still be there.  (44:00), Robo-Obama makes an appearance (46:30), the incredible Terrance Howard red carpet interview which ironically is about time travel, platonic solids, wave conjugations, and the things that hold us all together (58:00), Latch-Key TV (1:04:00), Audio Unboxing of SuperListener Sarah's gift to the hosts during which Jason sheds real blood as proof of his dedication to podcasting (01:04:30), Funco Pop Hannibal Lecter doll (1:09:00), SuperListener Daryl forgets to credit the pod (1:09:30), One False Move with Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Carl Franklin, Cynda Williams (01:10:30), Last Lines (01:14:30)

10 Okt 20191h 15min