Dana and Tom welcome back Robb Conlon (Westport Studios) for his 5th time to discuss his favorite film, John Wick (2014): directed by Chad Stahelski, written by Derek Kolstad, starring Keanu Reeves, Adrianne Palicki, Ian McShane, Lance Reddick, and John Leguizamo.
Plot Summary: One of the world’s top assassins, John Wick (Keanu Reeves), retires after marrying the love of his life. However, her sudden death leaves John in deep mourning, but his wife's last gift, a puppy, seems to give John a reason to move ahead. Nevertheless, when a sadistic mobster and his thugs steal John's prized car and kill the puppy in the process, John sets out to seek vengeance. Will his vengeance drag him back into the world of mayhem, mutilation, and murder, or will he find salvation?
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Dana and Tom celebrate their 150th episode by discussing the most widely considered Greatest Movie of All-Time, Citizen Kane (1941): written and directed by and starring Orson Welles with Joseph Cotten.
Plot Summary: When the newspaper baron Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles), one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in America, if not the world, dies, a journalist starts to dig into his past seeking the meaning of his last word: “Rosebud." As he interviews Kane's family and friends, a picture of a wealthy, idealistic, but deeply flawed and dark man appears. The stories of Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotton), Kane’s best friend and confederate, Susan Alexander Kane (Dorothy Comingore), Kane’s second wife, and Mr. Bernstein (Everett Sloane), Kane’s friend and manager, share a complex series of stories about Kane and his life. But do they really understand Kane and the meaning of Rosebud?
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Dana and Tom welcome back Walter Gainer II (Boss Locks Media) to the show to discuss the breakout horror thriller of 2017, Get Out: written and directed by Jordan Peele, starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Lil Rel Howery, Catherine Keener, and Bradley Whitford.
Plot Summary: Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) is a black photographer traveling with his girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams) to upstate New York, to meet her family for the first time. Upon meeting them, Chris senses the two, Missy (Catherine Keener) and Dean (Bradley Whitford), to be overly accommodating and nervous about dealing with their daughter's interracial relationship. However, as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries leads him to discover something that he could never have imagined.
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Dana and Tom are joined again by VP Morris (award-winning author of Shadowcast and Dead Ringer, vpmorris.com) to discuss the seminal horror film, The Shining (1980): written and directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Scatman Crothers.
Plot Summary: Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) takes a winter caretaker position at the remote Overlook Hotel in the Rocky Mountains, which closes every winter season. Jack is advised that the previous caretaker killed his family and himself in the hotel during a fit of madness. Jack’s son, Danny (Danny Lloyd), and his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall), are set to join him. Danny has telepathic ability, and before leaving for the seasonal break, head chef Dick Hallorann (Scatman Crothers) informs Danny that the two share this ability, which he calls "shining". Hallorann tells Danny the hotel also has a "shine" due to residues from unpleasant past events and warns him to avoid Room 237. Soon Jack’s mental health starts to deteriorate. As he falls into madness, the shine from the hotel casts its spell on those inside.
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Dana and Tom revisit one of the best movies of 2009, Inglourious Basterds: written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Melanie Laurent, Diane Kruger, and Michael Fassbender.
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Dana and Tom begin Season 4 with their first tiebreaker episode trying to decide between Apollo 13, Blazing Saddles, and Young Frankenstein.
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Dana and Tom are joined by their most frequent guest, Christine Duncan, to wrap up Season 3 with one of the greatest romantic comedies of all-time, When Harry Met Sally (1989): directed by Rob Reiner, written by Nora Ephron, starring Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Bruno Kirby, and Carrie Fisher.
Plot Summary: Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) are two young people moving to New York City. They meet by chance on a road trip and become friends, but as they grow older and their lives take different paths, they struggle to maintain a close relationship. Despite their differences, they both long for true love and happiness. As they navigate the complexities of modern dating, they come to realize that they may have deeper feelings for each other. In the end, they must decide if they are willing to take a chance on a relationship or if they will always remain just friends.
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Dana and Tom are joined again by Adam Hitchcock (the Circuitverse) for their annual Christmas episode to discuss Elf (2003): directed by Jon Favreau, written by David Berenbaum, starring Will Ferrell, Zooey Deschanel, James Caan, Ed Asner, and Bob Newhart.
Plot Summary: Buddy (Will Ferrell) is an orphan who wound up in Santa’s sack and made it all the way back to the North Pole with him. Santa’s elves take him in and raise him as one of their own. As an adult, Buddy is too large to stay with the elves, and Santa (Ed Asner) lets him to go to New York City where he sets out to find his birth father, Walter Hobbs (James Caan). However, Hobbs is on Santa’s naughty list because he’s a heartless jerk. He has no idea Buddy is his son, and treats him with distain. Rejected, Buddy moves about the city experiencing things through the eyes of an elf and causing problems wherever he goes.
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Dana and Tom discuss the current highest-grossing movie of all-time in Avatar (2009): directed and written by James Cameron, starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver.
Plot Summary: Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a former Marine confined to a wheelchair, has been recruited to join an expedition to the moon Pandora, where corporate interests are strip-mining for a mineral worth $20 billion per kilogram on Earth. To facilitate their work, the humans use a link system that projects a person's consciousness into a hybrid of humans and Pandora's indigenous humanoids, the Na'vi. This human-Na'vi hybrid – a fully living, breathing body that resembles the Na'vi but possesses the individual human's thoughts, feelings, and personality – is known as an "avatar." Jake must work with Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver), the head of the Avatar program, who is not sure of Sully’s suitability to the project, and Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), head of the mining operation’s security detail. Jake’s mission is to interact with and infiltrate the Na'vi with the hope of enlisting their help – or at least their acquiescence – in mining the ore. A beautiful Na'vi, Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) saves Jake's life and eventually shows him the culture of her people. As Jake's relationship with Neytiri deepens, along with his respect for the Na'vi, he faces the ultimate test as he leads an epic conflict that will decide nothing less than the fate of an entire world.
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Dana and Tom discuss the Best Picture winner from 1953 for the 81st Anniversary of Pearl Harbor, From Here to Eternity (1953): directed by Fred Zinnemann, written by Daniel Taradash, starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, and Frank Sinatra.
Plot Summary: In 1941, in Oahu, Hawaii, Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) is voluntarily transferred after quitting the Bugle Corp upon being replaced as First Bugler. Prewitt reunites with his good friend, Pvt. Angelo Maggio (Frank Sinatra), before meeting with the company commander and Regimental boxing head, Capt. Dana Holmes (Philip Ober). Holmes pressures Prewitt to join the company boxing club, but he steadfastly refuses because of a fight-related tragedy. Holmes' adjutant, Sgt. Milton Warden (Burt Lancaster), cautions Prewitt against opposing Holmes, but Prewitt stubbornly declines to box. Soon, the base is a caldron of action as Holmes makes romantic overtures to Capt. Holmes’ wife Karen; Prewitt starts a relationship with Lorene, (Donna Reed) a club hostess, while continuing to endure hassling due to his refusal to box; and Maggio starts a grudge match with "Fatso" Judson (Ernest Borgnine), sergeant of the stockade. Each relationship seems headed for disaster as war in the Pacific looms.
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Dana and Tom welcome first-time guest, author/director Jeremy Norrie, to discuss the sequel to the Best Picture winner from 1976 in Rocky 2 (1979): directed, written by, and starring Sylvester Stallone with Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith, Carl Weathers, and Tony Burton.
Plot Summary: After losing the heavyweight title fight, Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) attempts to find a life after boxing. He marries his girlfriend, Adrian (Talia Shire) and starts a family. However, when he realizes that he has little skill other than boxing, he decides to relent and fight Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) again. Opposed by Adrian because of his health, Rocky struggles to train and meet Apollo’s challenge. With Micky (Burgess Meredith) as his trainer and confidant, Rocky must determine his future and whether he will summon the inner strength to defeat Creed this time around.
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Dana and Tom discuss one of the seminal film noirs in Double Indemnity (1944): directed and written by Billy Wilder, co-written by Raymond Chandler, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, and Edward G. Robinson.
Plot Summary: Late at night, an insurance salesman, Walter Neff (Fred McMurray) stumbles into his office, bleeding from a wound to his left shoulder. He starts to record a memo for Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson) a claims investigator for Neff’s insurance company. The memo recounts how Neff fell for a client’s wife, Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck), and how the two plotted to murder her husband and collect his accidental insurance policy. Knowing that a clause in the contract pays double if he is killed on a train, Neff plots the murder and the method to make it look like it fell from the train. However, things soon start to unravel as Keyes figures out the plot, and Phyllis proves more than Neff’s lover. Will the two get away with murder and will they collect the double indemnity?
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In this special bonus episode, Tom repays his Oscar bet this year by reviewing Dana's pick for him, Glen or Glenda (1953): directed, written by, and starring Ed Wood with Timothy Ferrell, Dolores Fuller, and Bela Lugosi.
Plot Summary: In the 1950s, little is understood about Transvestitism. Director Ed Wood, in a seemingly autobiographical examination, seeks to inform the world on the topic through the story of Glen (Ed Wood), a man forced to deal with his own transvestitism after he becomes engaged to be married.
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Dana and Tom welcome first-time guest, writer/director Scott Hardie (Father of the Flying Car), to discuss the movie that started Quentin Tarantino's career, Reservoir Dogs (1992): directed, written by, and starring Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, and Michael Madsen.
Plot Summary: Six men are hired to rob the local jewelry store for a recent diamond shipment: Mr. White (Harvey Keitel), Mr. Orange (Tim Roth), a new guy; Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen), a trigger-happy killer; Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi), a paranoid neurotic; Mr. Brown (Quentin Tarantino); and Mr. Blue (Edward Bunker). Hired by mob boss Joe Cabot (Lawrence Tierney) and given fake names so no one could identify the others. At first it goes smoothly, but then the alarm gets tripped, several employees and customers die in the panic, and the cops show up within moments which results in a massive bloody shootout. They soon realize that one of them had to have been a police informant. But who?
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Dana and Tom discuss a seminal movie of Dana's childhood, The Great Escape (1963): directed by John Sturges, written by James Clavell and W. R. Burnett, starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Donald Pleasence, Charles Bronson, and James Coburn.
Plot Summary: In WWII, a group of allied officers who have a history of escape, are placed together in a high security prison by the German Luftwaffe as these men have various skills to plan, organize, and carry out elaborate escape plans. The prisoners' escape committee, the "X" Organization, led by "Big X" RAF Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett (Richard Attenborough), soon plan a tunnel escape of 250 men. Among the group are American Flight Lieutenant Bob Hendley (James Garner), Australian Flying Officer Sedgwick (James Coburn), Flight Lieutenants Danny Velinski (Charles Bronson) and Willie Dickes (John Leyton) and Captain Virgil Hilts (Steve McQueen).
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Dana and Tom discuss the last film in their month of Journalism movies with Spotlight (2015): written and directed by Tom McCarthy, co-written by Josh Singer, starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, and John Slattery.
Plot Summary: When the Boston Globe hires a new editor Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber), he encourages the "Spotlight" team of crack investigators/reporters to pursue a story which would implicate the Catholic church in systemic sexual abuse—and subsequent cover-up— primarily of children. The team of Walter “Robby” Robinson (Michael Keaton), Michael Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeifer (Rachel McAdams), and Matt Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James) at first find only one or two priests who abused children, but soon discover the magnitude of the abuse with the help of lawyer, Mitchell Garabedian (Stanley Tucci). As the team pursues support for the story, they face wide-ranging roadblocks set up by the church even within the Courts, the greater Boston community, and the local government.
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Dana and Tom discuss one of the most prescient films of all-time in Network (1976): directed by Sidney Lumet, written by Paddy Chayefsky, starring Peter Finch, William Holden, Robert Duvall, Faye Dunaway, and Ned Beatty.
Plot Summary: Howard Beale (Peter Finch), the lead anchor at UBS, is fired when his ratings tank. Network executive Max Schumacher (William Holden), Howard's best friend, is forced to deliver the bad news. Beale can't stomach the idea of his firing, so he announces to the viewers that he's going to commit suicide on his final program. Network head Frank Hackett (Robert Duvall) finds out that UBS had its greatest ratings ever on the night of Beale's self-destruction, and programming exec Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway) talks Hackett into reprogramming Beale's show. Beale becomes the hottest TV personality in America, and Diana becomes the network's fair-haired girl, drawing up plans to treat the nightly news broadcast as entertainment, built around the rants of Beale. However, when Beale steps on a corporate deal between the owners of UBS and the Saudis, all hell breaks loose, and Beale is caught in the crosshairs.
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Dana and Tom discuss the second movie in their month of Journalism movies with, His Girl Friday (1940): directed by Howard Hawks, written by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer, starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, and Ralph Bellamy.
Plot Summary: New York newspaper editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant) runs his paper with pluck and on an ethical edge. When he discovers that his ex-wife, investigative reporter Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell), has gotten engaged to milquetoast insurance agent Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy), he tries to lure her away from her impending wedding with a story about the imminent execution of convicted murderer. With tactics to both entice Hildy to cover the story and to neutralize Bruce, Burns has the story, the pressroom, and the City government buzzing. Will Hildy adopt domestic bliss or will the lure of the newsroom pull her back?
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Dana and Tom are joined by first-time guest, Shane Rogers (Host, Midnight Facts for Insomniacs podcast), to discuss the state of journalism with Broadcast News (1987): directed and written by James L. Brooks, starring Holly Hunter, William Hurt, and Albert Brooks.
Plot Summary: A highly strung and emotional news producer, Jane Craig (Holly Hunter) works for a network news office in Washington D.C. When the network hires a great looking, but intellectually novice reporter, Tom Grunick (William Hurt), she finds herself conflicted between her attraction to him and her revulsion in his being the epitome of everything she hates about TV news--the mindless, unintelligent, pretty anchors of today. At the same time, Jane's friend and reporter, Aaron Altman (Albert Brooks), whose intelligence is only overshadowed by his lack of TV presence, mars the situation with his conflicting feelings for her.
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Dana and Tom discuss another Alfred Hitchcock classic in Rope (1948): directed by Alfred Hitchcock, adaptation by Hume Cronyn, screenplay by Arthur Laurents, starring James Stewart, John Dall, and Farley Granger.
Plot Summary: Philip Morgan (Farley Granger) and Brandon Shaw (John Dall) strangle a mutual friend to death with a piece of rope to experience the supremacy of murder. Planning to capitalize on this experience, the two plan a dinner party upon the very chest where they have laid their victim. To make matters worse, the pair welcome their invited guests, including the victim's oblivious fiancée (Joan Chandler), the victim's parents, and the college professor (James Stewart) whose lectures inadvertently inspired the killing. Will the two succeed and prove their superiority, or will they fail and prove the folly of their efforts?
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Dana and Tom discuss the Stephen King adaptation Misery (1990): directed by Rob Reiner, written by William Goldman, starring Kathy Bates and James Caan.
Plot Summary: After a car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon (James Caan) is pulled from the wreckage by former nurse Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), who claims to be his biggest fan, and brought to her remote cabin to recover. However, her fandom turns dark when she discovers Sheldon is killing off her favorite character from his novels. As Sheldon figures out how to escape, Annie's fantasies lead her toward more violence, threatening Sheldon's life. Will Sheldon find a way out?
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Dana and Tom welcome guest, Beth Webster (Over 65 and Talking podcast), to discuss the Steve Martin 80s classic, Parenthood (1989): directed by Ron Howard, written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, starring Steve Martin, Jason Robards, Keanu Reeves, Joaquin Phoenix, Rick Moranis, and Diane Wiest.
Plot Summary: Uptight perfectionist Gil Buckman (Steve Martin) faces the undaunting task of raising three young children. When the children’s flaws and problems become evident, Gil struggles to further deal with them as well as his own feelings of being an inadequate parent. Gil’s family only adds to his stress. He has a poor example of a father (Jason Robards); a sister (Dianne Wiest) facing difficulty with her teenage daughter (Martha Plimpton) and son (Joaquin Phoenix) and another sister (Harley Jane Kozak) who clashes with her husband (Rick Moranis) over parenting style and having more children. Gil's immature brother (Tom Hulce) also turns up with a young son who seems more mature than his father. On the roller coaster of life, will these parents make it to the end of the ride?
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Dana and Tom welcome Walter Gainer II from Boss Locks to discuss one of the seminal crime dramas of the 2000s, Training Day (2001): directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by David Ayer, starring Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Dr. Dre, and Snoop Dogg.
Plot Summary: Seeking a change from his quiet beat in suburban Los Angeles, Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke) is assigned to the narcotics division of the LAPD which polices some of the roughest and most violent areas of LA. His trainer is Detective Sergeant Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington), a 13-year narcotics veteran who has long since blurred the line between legality and corruption. With Harris as his guide, Hoyt will be pulled ever deeper into Harris’ world, and will be forced to choose his future path.
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Dana and Tom welcome actor, Andrew Mondia, to the show to discuss possibly the biggest musical of the 1960s, the Sound of Music (1965), directed by Robert Wise, written by Ernest Lehman, music by Richard Rogers, Oscar Hammerstein, and Irwin Kostal, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.
Plot Summary: When a young nun, Maria (Julie Andrews), proves too spirited for convent life in 1930s Austria, she is sent to serve as a governess to seven children of a widowed naval officer, Captain Georg von Trapp (Christopher Plummer). With the Captain’s wife having died years before, he has run the house as a disciplinarian with little fun, joy, or music. Soon, however, Maria is able to reopen the Captain’s heart toward his children and music. As this happens, the Captain's fondness of Maria grows as well. However, when a Commission in the navy of the Third Reich is demanded of the Captain, decisions must be made as to the future of the family.
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Dana and Tom welcome horror novelist V.P. Morris to the show to discuss the genre-redefining horror film, Scream (1996): directed by Wes Cravens, written by Kevin Williamson, starring Neve Campbell, Drew Barrymore, Rose McGowan, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, and Matthew Lillard.
Plot Summary: Casey Becker (Drew Barrymore) and her boyfriend are viciously slaughtered by a mysterious killer in a Halloween costume. Another girl, Sydney (Neve Campbell), is nearly killed, and a reporter, Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox), suspects that it was the same killer responsible for the rape and murder of Sydney's mother a year earlier. Sydney's boyfriend, Billy (Skeet Ulrich), is accused as the murdered, but is released when the killer contacts Sydney while he is in jail. When Billy is released, Sydney and all of her friends go to a party at their friend Stu's (Matthew Lillard) house. However, they may have just mistakenly stepped right into the killer's hands.
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Dana and Tom once again visit Akira Kurosawa's work with possibly his most famous film, Rashomon (1950): written and directed by Akira Kurosawa, co-written by Shinobu Hashimoto, starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, and Minoru Chiaki.
Plot Summary: A woodcutter (Takashi Shimura) and a priest (Minoru Chiaki) are sitting beneath the Rashomon city gate to stay dry in a downpour when a commoner (Kichijiro Ueda) joins them, and they begin recounting the testimony of a bandit (Toshiro Mifune), a Samurai (Mayayuki Mori), and his wife (Machiko Kyo). Each testifies about a rape and murder with each of the three telling their own version of the story with the teller admitting to being the murder. The three conflicting and disturbing stories contradict each other to the bafflement of the woodcutter and priest. Can these stories be reconciled, and can it be determined what really happened?
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Dana and Tom with Adam Hitchcock (Host, Movies and Podcorn podcast) to discuss the modern sci-fi classic, Interstellar (2014): directed and written by Christopher Nolan, co-written by Jonathan Nolan, starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, and Michael Caine.
Plot Summary: In a future Earth where humans are finding the planet more uninhabitable due to "the blight" that is causing mass famine as it kills many major crops and regular massive dust storms, Joseph "Coop" Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) volunteers for a mission to find three previous space explorers who had been sent to find a new home planet for mankind. However, as "Coop" and his teammate, Dr. Brand (Anne Hathaway) become exposed to the relativity of a black hole near the galaxy they are exploring, time slows down for them, and they are forced to view everyone they cared for on from Earth live decades without them including "Coop's" two children, Murphy "Murph" Cooper (Jessica Chastain) and Tom (Casey Affleck), who have to live their lives without him wondering if he will ever succeed in his mission and find his way back.
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Dana and Tom welcome back returning guest, Braden Ganter, to discuss possibly the greatest sequel movie ever made, The Godfather: Part II (1974): directed and written by Francis Ford Coppola, co-written by Mario Puzo, starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, and Lee Strasberg.
Plot Summary: The saga of the Corleone family continues with two parallel storylines. The first follows the continuation of Michael Corleone’s control of the family and the family’s criminal interests. The second, in flashbacks, follows Vito’s life from Corleone, Sicily to America and on his journey to becoming the Godfather. Both stories tell of compromise, betrayal, and corruption by power, but the dichotomy is in which story seems congratulatory and which seems like a tragedy.
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Dana and Tom discuss one of their mutual favorite comedies, Blazing Saddles (1974): directed by Mel Brooks, story by Andrew Bergman, starring Clevon Little, Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, and Alex Karras.
Plot Summary: When the new railroad route must change and go through the town of Rock Ridge, the conniving Attorney General Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman) looks for a way to drive out the town residences so he can snatch the land. Moreover, Lamarr talks the Governor into appointing the first black sheriff, Bart (Clevon Little), hoping to cause further chaos and disorder. When Bart arrives in town, he is anything but popular. However, he soon teams up with the Waco Kid (Gene Wilder), a washed-up gunslinger, who becomes his deputy. Will the people of Rock Ridge be able to stand against the scheme of Lamarr or will he get the last laugh?
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Dana and Tom discuss the last of their month of Best Picture winners with one of the great Crime Dramas in American Cinema with On the Waterfront (1954): directed by Elia Kazan, written by Budd Schulberg, starring Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger, and Lee J. Cobb.
Plot Summary: Dockworker Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) had been an up-and-coming boxer until ordered to throw a fight by powerful local mob boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb). Terry, now working for Friendly, helps set up another longshoreman, Joey Doyle, who is talking to the Waterfront Crime Commissioner. Not knowing that he was helping Friendly in Joey’s murder, Terry’s conscience is disturbed, and he starts questioning his involvement. Circumstances place Terry around Joey’s sister, Edie (Eva Marie Saint) and a romance develops. This relationship, together with the advice and support of streetwise priest Father Barry (Karl Malden), pushes Terry to decide his path. Does he stand up to Friendly and turn his back on Friendly’s right-hand man, Terry's brother Charley (Rod Steiger), risking his own life and safety, or does Terry "follow the code" and remain silent?
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Dana and Tom discuss their 1980s Best Picture winner selection in Amadeus from 1984: directed by Milos Forman, written by Peter Shaffer, starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, and Elizabeth Berridge.
Plot Summary: In the winter of 1823, Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) is in a psychiatric hospital following a suicide attempt. A priest is summoned to hear Salieri’s confession concerning his statement that he killed the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce). In his confession, Salieri reveals his contempt for Mozart’s obscenity, immaturity, and drunkenness. He cannot understand how God had chosen Mozart has his instrument to bring heavenly music to the world. As Mozart’s drunkenness and poor behavior destroy his health, marriage, and reputation, leaving him sick and broke; Salieri uses the situation to seek revenge on God and Mozart and prove he is more than mediocre.
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Dana and Tom discuss the second selection for Best Picture winners' month with Gentlemen's Agreement: directed by Elia Kazan, written by Moss Hart, starring Gregory Peck, Celeste Holm, and Dean Stockwell.
Plot Summary: Philip Schuyler Green (Gregory Peck) is a widowed journalist who has just moved to New York City with his son Tommy (Dean Stockwell) and mother (Anne Revere). His new employer, a magazine publisher, asks him to do a story on anti-semitism. Looking for a new angle for the story, Green decides to tell everyone he's Jewish. Meanwhile, Green meets his boss's niece, Kathy Lacey (Dorothy McGuire), who agrees to help Green in his deception. Green starts to experience strange behavior, apprehension, and overt discrimination, and, when his old friend, Dave Goldman (John Garfield), a Jew himself, attempts to move to New York, Goldman helps Green negotiate the world of prejudice. Nevertheless, it's not as rosy a picture for Green as you might have found in other magazines.
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Dana and Tom start their month of Best Picture winners with the winner from 1992, Unforgiven: directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, written by David Webb Peoples, with Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, and Gene Hackman.
Plot Summary: William Munny (Clint Eastwood) is a widowed farmer with a dark past. Munny left his gun fighting days behind him to marry his wife. However, with his wife now deceased, Munny is approached by a want-to-be gunfighter, the Schofield Kid (Jaimz Woolvet), to assist him in killing 2 cowboys that cut up a prostitute in Big Whiskey, Wyoming. Facing a hard future as a farmer, Munny eyes the $1,000 bounty as new hope for his family. He soon recruits his ex-partner, Ned Logan (Morgan Freeman) and joins in the effort to kill the cowboys. Little does he know that the cowboys are protected by the local sheriff, Little Bill Dagget (Gene Hackman), a brutal, violent enforcer of the law, and a showdown looms.
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Dana and Tom are once again joined by another member of the Duncan family, Tom's sister, Allyson Techmeier, to discuss her favorite movie for her birthday, Mary Poppins (1964): directed by Robert Stevenson; written by Bill Walsh and Don Da Gradi; starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke.
Plot Summary: After yet another nanny quits due to the behavior of his children, George Banks (David Tomlinson) needs to hire a new nanny. Mr. Banks advertises for a stern, no-nonsense nanny, and, yet, the next day, Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews) descends from the clouds and proves anything but. Soon, with the help of her friend Bert (Dick Van Dyke), Mary's magical effect takes hold in the house with everything from helping the children clean their room to taking strange and magical trips. However, Mr. Banks' desire for stern and no-nonsense clashes with Mary, and a show-down looms.
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Dana and Tom visit one of Tom's favorite movies, Good Will Hunting (1997): directed by Gus Van Sant, written by and starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, with Casey Affleck, Minnie Driver, Stellan Skarsgaard, and Robin Williams.
Plot Summary: When a mysterious janitor, Will Hunting (Matt Damon), at MIT solves one of the complex math challenges for the students, Professor Gerald Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgaard) seeks him out thinking he is the next Einstein. However, due to his impending jail time for assault and his clouded past of criminal activities and troubles in foster care, Will is forced to undergo psychological therapy with Dr. Sean Maguire (Robin Williams). Together, Sean and Lambeau push Will to become more than the consistently drunk delinquent he is with his friends (Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, and Cole Hauser), and become the person he could be if he got out of his own way.
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Dana and Tom revisit Dana's selection for the third season, Casablanca (1942): directed by Michael Curtiz, written by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, and Peter Lorre.
Plot Summary: With the outbreak of war in Europe, refugees make their way to Casablanca in French Morocco, attempting to obtain visas which will allow them to travel to Lisbon and eventually America. Two such visas or letters of transit-obtained under questionable circumstances-end up in the hands of Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), an American running the most popular cafe in Casablanca. When Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), a resistance leader to the German war effort in Europe, shows up with his wife Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) attempting to secure the letters to escape the clutches of the Vichy French Police Captain Louis Renault and Major Heinrich Strasser of the SS, Rick is forced to relive his heartbreak over Ilsa all over again. Caught between helping Laszlo escape and wanting to rekindle his affair with Ilsa, Rick is forced to choose between his own happiness and the fate of the world.
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Dana and Tom discuss their lists of the Top 10 1950s movies.
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Dana and Tom revisit one of the seminal classics of Alfred Hitchcock, North by Northwest: written by Ernest Lehman; starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, and Martin Landau.
Plot Summary: Madison Avenue Ad Man, Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant), is mistaken for George Kaplan, a government agent, is kidnapped, and taken to meet a mysterious man Lester Townsend (James Mason). The man wants to know what information he has. Unable to answer, Thornhill is forced to drink excessively and put in a car for a staged accident. While Thornhill is able to escape, he is still in imminent danger, and needs to piece together what happened. However, when Thornhill meets the real Townsend, Townsend is suddenly murdered, and Thornhill becomes the prime suspect. Now sought for murder, he sets out to find the real Kaplan. Aided by Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint), Thornhill travels across country, side-stepping attempts to kill him, to finally clear his name.
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Dana and Tom welcome back six-time returning guest, Christine Duncan, to discuss one of the most popular movies of the 80s as well as the the movie that made Tom Cruise a movie star just in time for the sequel coming out on May 27th, Top Gun: directed by Tony Scott, written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr., starring Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Kelly McGillis, and Tom Skeritt.
Plot Summary: Naval Aviator Lt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) after a brush with a MiG-28 is sent to the Navy’s Top Gun school with his RIO, LTJG Nick “Goose” Bradshaw. While at Top Gun, Maverick becomes involved with Charlotte “Charlie” Blackwood (Kelly McGillis), a civilian instructor at the school, when she learns of his infamous reputation. Setting out to prove he's the best, Maverick finds a fierce rival in Tom "Ice-Man" Kazansky (Val Kilmer) for the right to the Top Gun trophy awarded to the top finisher in Top Gun schooling. However, after a heartbreaking loss, Maverick suddenly loses his confidence, and must find a way to fight through to prove to everyone who is truly the best.
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Tom and Dana discuss the last of their Military Courtroom Drama selections in Judgement at Nuremberg: directed by Stanley Kramer, written by Abby Mann, starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Maximilian Schell, Marlene Dietrich, Richard Widmark, Judy Garland, and Montgomery Clift.
Plot Summary: In 1947, the War Crimes trials continue in Nuremberg, Germany. Dan Haywood (Spencer Tracy) arrives to participate in the trials as the chief judge of a three-judge panel. He is to hear evidence and decide the fate of four German Judges, lead by Ernst Janning (Bert Lancaster), a distinguished Jurist and Legal Scholar. Prosecuted by US Army Colonel Tad Lawson (Richard Widmark) and defended by Hans Rolfe (Maximilian Schell), evidence is presented on the atrocities of which Janning is accused including the sentencing of innocent people to death under the Nuremberg Laws of the Third Reich. As the trial unfolds, Judge Haywood seeks answers as to how the crimes of Nazi could have occurred, whether the German people understood what was happening, and where the fault lies.
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Dana and Tom discuss their second entry in Military Courtroom Drama month and one of Dana's favorites, The Caine Mutiny: directed by Edward Dmytryk, written by Stanley Roberts and Michael Blankfort, starring Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer, and Fred MacMurray.
Plot Summary: In the middle of World War II, out in the Pacific Theater, we find a tired and weary minesweeper the Caine. When a new captain, Philip Francis Queeg (Humphrey Bogart) is assigned to the Caine, the officers note his strange behavior which may be his efforts to instill discipline or a much deeper problem. Concerned about his behavior, the executive officer, Lt. Steve Maryk (Van Johnson) is convinced by the communications officer Lt. Tom Keefer (Fred McMurray), that Queeg may have a mental illness. When the Caine is in serious danger during a typhoon, Maryk assumes command under Article 184 of the Navy regulations when Queeg's behavior appears to risk the ship and the crew. This action results in a court-martial where Maryk is represented by Lt. Barney Greenwald (Jose Ferrar). Was Maryk justified or did he commit mutiny?
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Dana and Tom discuss another cable TV favorite, A Few Good Men: directed by Rob Reiner; written by Aaron Sorkin; starring Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Kevin Pollack, Kevin Bacon, Keifer Sutherland, and Jack Nicholson.
Plot Summary: After the death of a private at Guantanamo Bay, two Marines are charged with murder, and Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) is appointed to represent the two in their defense. Inclined to plea bargain, he is pushed by a lawyer from internal affairs, Commander Joanne Galloway (Demi Moore) to defend them at trial because she believes the two were ordered to perform a "code red," a sometimes violent extrajudicial or military punishment, by Colonel Nathan R. Jessup (Jack Nicholson). Assisted by Lieutenant Sam Weinberg (Kevin Pollack) and pitted again prosecutor Jack Ross (Kevin Bacon), Kaffee and his legal team build a case that redefines the very meaning of "honor, code, and duty."
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Dana and Tom discuss the last movie of Sports Movie Month for April, Victory (1981): directed by John Huston; written by Evan Jones and Yabo Yablonsky; starring Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max Von Sydow, and Pele.
Plot Summary: While touring a prisoner of war camp, Major Karl von Steiner (Max Von Sydow), notices a team of prisoners coached by Captain John Colby (Michael Caine), a former professional English player. Von Steiner proposes a friendly game between the Germans and the Prisoners. When Colby ultimately accepts, the German propaganda machine smells an opportunity to have a major coup and schedules the game in Paris. Several prisoners join the team including Captain Robert Hatch (Sylvester Stallone) and Corporal Luis Fernandez (Pele). The prison camp leadership realizes that they may use this game as an attempt to have the team escape. When Hatch proposes his own escape plan, the leaders convince him to communicate with the underground to set up the escape attempt.
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Dana and Tom discuss a movie with a lot of personal value to Tom, The Waterboy from 1998: directed by Frank Coraci, written by Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler, starring Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, and Henry Winkler.
Plot Summary: After long time water boy, Bobby Boucher (Adam Sandler), is fired from his job at the University of Louisiana because the players are so often distracted by trying to harass him, Boucher sets out to find another job as a water boy. However, after finding a new job at SCLSU, Boucher is yet again subjected to taunting and abuse by the players only to take out his rage on one of them after being encouraged to finally stand up for himself by Coach Klein (Henry Winkler). Despite his mama's protestations (Kathy Bates), Boucher quickly becomes a college football sensation, but will Boucher get the last laugh on all of his bullies?
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Dana and Tom discuss the preeminent hockey movie, Slap Shot (1977): directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd, starring Paul Newman and Strother Martin.
Plot Summary: Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman) is the player/coach of the Charlestown Chiefs, a minor league hockey team in rural Pennsylvania. When the local mill is announced to be closing, Dunlop desperately tries to rally his last place team enough to try and force a sale of the team, and has to resort to bullying and manipulative tactics to both win games and win back the hometown fans. When Dunlop relents to allowing the wildly aggressive and increasingly violent Hanson brothers into games, the Chiefs go on a winning streak by completely beating up their opponents. Nevertheless, can Dunlop save the Chiefs and his career?
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Dana and Tom discuss one of their favorite baseball movies that has a lot of personal sentimental value for Dana in Major League (1989): directed and written by David S. Ward; starring Tom Berenger, Corbin Bernsen, Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes, and Bob Uecker.
Plot Summary: Former Las Vegas showgirl Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton) inherits the Cleveland Indians baseball team from her deceased husband. Phelps hates Cleveland and wants to relocate the team to Miami, but to do so she needs attendance for the entire season to be below 800,000. Determined to put together the worst team in the major leagues so there is no fan interest, Phelps hires Lou Brown (James Gammon) to manage a team of nobodys and has-beens including overpriced Roger Dorn (Corbin Bersen), voodoo-practicing Cuban-defector, Pedro Cerrano (Dennis Haysbert), catcher Jake Taylor (Tom Berenger), a brash speedster, Willie Mays Hays (Wesley Snipes), and a former felon pitcher, Rick Vaughn (Charlie Sheen). Will Phelps get the team she desperately wants or will they put it all together?
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Dana and Tom break down what is not only the considered the best basketball movie, but the best sports movie of all-time: Hoosiers; directed by David Anspaugh; written by Angelo Pizzo; starring Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, and Dennis Hopper.
Plot Summary: In Hickory, a small, rural community in Indiana, Norman Dale (Gene Hackman) is brought to the local High School in need of a new basketball coach. It is soon obvious that Dale has a checkered past and is seeking redemption and "another chance." Dale faces an overzealous town, a snide fellow teacher, Myra Fleener (Barbara Hershey), and the decision by the best player in school, Jimmy, to not play. Dale employs a hard-boiled approach to instill fundamentals and teamwork in the young players. Yet, his methods irritate the town and a showdown looms. Will he win over Jimmy, the town, Myra, and the team, and achieve ultimate redemption?
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Dana and Tom preview the Oscars for 2022 by giving you their predictions, discussing their favorites, and introduce a new annual wager.
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Dana and Tom finish their Season 3 March Trilogy Month with Ocean's Thirteen: directed by Steven Soderbergh; written by Brian Koppelman and David Levien; starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, and Al Pacino.
Plot Summary: After Rueben Tishkoff (Elliot Guild) is strong-armed into relinquishing his interest in a new casino to his partner, Willy Bank (Al Pacino), Danny Ocean (George Clooney), Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), and Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon) and the rest of Ocean's 11 hatch a plan to avenge Reuben. However, this time, they don't need to win as much as they need the Bank to lose.
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Dana and Tom tackle the second movie in their Season 3 March Trilogy Month, Ocean's 12: directed by Steven Soderbergh; written by George Nolfi; starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Plot Summary: Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia) locates all eleven members of Danny Ocean's (George Clooney) crew, demanding they return the $160 million they stole from his casinos plus $38 million interest. Short by half, the group schemes to stage another heist in Amsterdam to avoid problems with U.S. authorities and pay back Benedict. However, their plans are upended by the “Night Fox,” (Vincent Cassel) another master thief who has set up Ocean's 11 as a game to prove he is the best thief in the world. Meanwhile, Rusty Ryan's (Brad Pitt) ex-girlfriend, Isabel Lahiri (Catherine Zeta-Jones), is circling around the group trying to catch them before they can find their way out of trouble.
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Dana and Tom start their fan selected trilogy month with the first of the Ocean's trilogy, Ocean's 11: directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, and Andy Garcia.
Plot Summary: Following his release from prison, Danny Ocean (George Clooney) meets his partner-in-crime and friend Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt) to propose a heist. The plan consists of simultaneously robbing the Bellagio, the Mirage, and the MGM Grand casinos, owned by Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia) for more than $150 million. Danny and Rusty recruit nine friends and criminal specialists: Linus Caldwell, a young and talented pickpocket (Matt Damon); Frank Catton, a discredited casino dealer and con man (Bernie Mac); Virgil and Turk Malloy, a pair of gifted mechanics (Casey Affleck and Scott Caan); Livingston Dell, an electronics and surveillance expert (Eddie Jemison); Basher Tarr, an explosives expert (Don Cheadle); Saul Bloom, an elderly con man (Carl Reiner); and "The Amazing" Yen, an accomplished acrobat (Shaobo Qin). Facing impossible security and overwhelming odds, will the team get the loot and get away?
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Dana and Tom discuss the irreverent comedy, Friday (1995), as the last movie in their Black History Month celebration; directed by F. Gary Gray, written by Ice Cube and DJ Pooh, starring Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, and John Witherspoon.
Plot Summary: Craig Jones (Ice Cube), recently fired and unemployed, spends Friday with his best friend, Smokey (Chris Tucker), a small-time drug peddler. However, when Smokey smokes a stash of marijuana which he was supposed to sell for Big Worm, Big Worm attempts to collect his money from Smokey, who inadvertently incriminates Craig, subjecting both to Big Worm's ultimatum: pay $200 no later than 10:00 pm that evening, or else Craig and Smokey will be killed. What will Craig and Smokey do?
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Dana and Tom welcome back returning guest Christine Duncan to discuss the second movie in their Black History Month Recognition to commemorate the late Sidney Poitier, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967): directed by Stanley Kramer; written by William Rose; starring Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy, and Katherine Hepburn.
Plot Summary: After having met and fallen in love in Hawaii, Dr. John Prentice (Sydney Poiter) and Joanne Drayton (Katherine Houghton) return and seek the approval of their marriage by Joanne’s progressive parents, Matt Drayton (Spencer Tracy) and Christina Drayton (Katherine Hepburn). As the shock matriculates through the Drayton household, the question remains whether acceptance or rejection will follow?
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Dana and Tom start their Black History Month series with one of the most controversial films of all-time, Do the Right Thing (1989): directed, written, and starring Spike Lee, with Rosie Perez, Danny Aiello, John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, and Ossie Davis.
Plot Summary: On an extremely hot day, tempers flare in a predominately black neighborhood in NYC centered around Sal's Famous pizzeria run by an Italian American dad, Sal (Danny Aellio), and his two sons (John Turturro and Richard Edson), with their neighborhood delivery man, Mookie (Spike Lee). Even though the neighborhood loves the pizza and Sal seems to love the neighborhood, all does not seem right as racial tensions and misunderstandings flare hotter than the temperature.
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Dana and Tom welcome in friend of the show, Robb Conlon (The Recruiting Hell Podcast) for their 100th episode to cover one of the most often cited greatest movies of all-time, The Godfather: directed by Francis Ford Coppola; starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan, and John Cazale.
Plot Summary: In 1945, Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), the head of the Corleone Crime Family in New York, sits at a major turning point for organized crime in America as they determine whether to get involved in the narcotic drug trade. After a mob war breaks out, Vito's sons: Sonny (James Caan), Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall), Fredo (John Cazale), and Michael (Al Pacino) are all thrust into the center of the family business to see which one of them will evolve the family business into the next era of the American Mafia.
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Dana and Tom review one of their favorites Westerns, the Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: directed by John Ford; starring James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, and Lee Marvin.
Plot Summary: Questions arise when Senator Stoddard (James Stewart) attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon (John Wayne) in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by the tough but vile Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin). As the territory decides its fate of whether or not to become a state, the wealthy cattlemen recruit Valance as a hired gun to bully the farmers into backing down on statehood until Tom and Ranse stand up to him, and we see if the law will finally catch up to Valance's gun.
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Dana and Tom review their first Marx Brothers film with possibly their best one ever made, A Night at the Opera: directed by Sam Wood, starring the Marx Brothers, Allan Jones, and Kitty Carlisle.
Plot Summary: Mrs. Claypool (Margaret Dumont) is convinced by her business manager, Otis B. Driftwood (Groucho Marx) that donating $200,000 to the New York Opera will get her into high society. Herman Gottlieb (Sig Ruman), director of the New York Opera Company, indicates that he will use the money to sign the greatest tenor in the world. Otis B. Driftwood (Groucho Marx) meets aspiring singer Ricardo (Allan Jones), who is determined to win the love of fellow performer Rosa (Kitty Carlisle). Aided by new friends Fiorello (Chico Marx) and Tomasso (Harpo Marx), Otis attempts to unite the young couple, but faces opposition from the preening star Lassparri (Walter Woolf King), who also has his sights on Rosa. Traveling from Italy to New York, Otis, Ricardo, Fiorello, and Tomasso overcome repeated hijinx to win the day.
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Dana and Tom are back for Season 3 and start with both their favorite musical and possibly the best movie musical of all-time, Singin' In The Rain: starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor.
Plot Summary: Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) is a popular silent film star who barely tolerates his vain, spoiled, conniving, and shallow leading lady, Lina Lamont, (Jean Hagen) though their studio, Monumental Pictures, links them romantically to increase their popularity. Lina is convinced that they are in love, despite Don's protestations otherwise. At the premiere of their latest film, The Royal Rascal, Don is forced to escape his adoring fans and jumps into a passing car driven by Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds). She drops Don off, but not before claiming to be a stage actress and sneering at his "undignified" accomplishments as a movie star. Later, at an after-party, to Don's amusement, Kathy pops out of a mock cake right in front of him, revealing herself to be a chorus girl. Furious at Don's teasing, she throws a cake at him, accidentally hitting Lina in the face, and then flees. Don becomes smitten with Kathy and a budding romance starts. After rival studio, Warner Bros., has an enormous hit with its first talking picture, the 1927 film The Jazz Singer, the studio head (Millard Mitchell) decides he has no choice but to convert the next Lockwood and Lamont film, The Dueling Cavalier, into a "talkie", but the initial preview screening is a disaster. Don and Kathy, aided by Don’s musical sidekick, Cosmo Brown (Donald O’Conner), set out to try to save the movie and their careers. Will they succeed or will Lockwood and Lamont be yet more silent film stars sent to the dustbin of history?
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Dana and Tom look back on Season 2 and announce their upcoming movies to review for the first part of Season 3.
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Dana and Tom finish up Season 2 with the movie most closely associated with Christmas, It's A Wonderful Life: directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel Barrymore.
Plot Summary: George Bailey (James Stewart) grows up in the Town of Bedford Falls, N.Y., and has spent a lifetime in the service of others, putting his family, his friends, and his community above himself and his dreams of seeing the world and doing something big. On Christmas Eve, Uncle Billy (Thomas Mitchell) mistakenly loses $8,000, leaving a shortage in the Building & Loan accounts. Being at his wit’s end, George asks for help from his nemesis and the Town’s villain, Mr. Potter (Lionel Barrymore), who not only refuses to help but swears out a warrant for his arrest for theft. Contemplating suicide, George is visited by Clarence, a guardian angel who has yet to win his wings. To convince George that his life matters, Clarence grants George his wish that he had never been born. As George experiences a world devoid of him, will he learn his true value and what his years of self-sacrifice really meant?
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Dana and Tom welcome back returning guest Robb Conlon (Host; The Recruiting Hell Podcast) to discuss possibly the most influential and best action movie ever made, Die Hard: starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, and Reginald VelJohnson.
Plot Summary: On Christmas Eve, New York City Police Department (NYPD) Detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) arrives in Los Angeles, hoping to reconcile with his estranged wife, Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) at a party held by her employer, the Nakatomi Corporation. While McClane changes clothes, the tower is seized by German radical Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) and his heavily armed team. Everyone in the tower is taken hostage except for McClane, who slips away. In the ensuing trail of mayhem, bullets, and blood, the ultimate question remains: will McClane save the hostages and stop the thieves?
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Dana and Tom discuss Tom's favorite Christmas movie and a now cult classic, Love Actually: starring Hugh Grant, Laura Linney, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Keira Knightley, Emma Thompson, Andrew Lincoln, Colin Firth, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Martin Freeman.
Plot Summary: Nine intertwined stories examine the complexities of the one emotion that connects us all: love. Among these are David (Hugh Grant), the handsome newly elected British prime minister who falls for a young junior staffer (Martine McCutcheon); Sarah (Laura Linney), a graphic designer whose devotion to her mentally ill brother complicates her love life; Harry (Alan Rickman), a married man tempted by his attractive new secretary; Daniel (Liam Neeson), a recent widower who must help his young step-son (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) through his first love; and the nearly expired British rock-star, Billy Mack (Bill Nighy), who is trying to promote his Christmas single back to #1 on the charts to reclaim some of the best days of his life.
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Dana and Tom visit another 80s Sci-Fi classic, The Terminator: directed by James Cameron; starring Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Linda Hamilton, and Michael Biehn.
Plot Summary: Two time travelers from the future arrive in Los Angles in 1984. One is a cyborg (Arnold Schwarzengger) sent to hunt and terminate Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), and the other is a resistance soldier (Michael Biehn) sent to protect her. Connor is the future mother of John Connor, a revolutionary leader from the future. If Sarah Connor is killed, then John Connor will never lead the Resistance over the machines. Will the Cyborg terminate his mark?
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Dana and Tom discuss what might be the most influential sci-fi/action movie of the last 30 years, The Matrix: starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Hugo Weaving.
Plot Summary: Computer programmer Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves), known by his hacking alias "Neo", believes that Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), an elusive figure considered to be the most dangerous man alive, can answer his question: What is the Matrix? He is eventually contacted by Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) who tells him that Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) has the answers he seeks. Morpheus soon discloses that Neo is the man he has been searching for who is The One - the person who can bend the Matrix to their will and is the one prophesied to free mankind from the Matrix. But just how far down the rabbit hole is Neo willing to let Morpheus take him?
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Dana and Tom discuss their second animated movie of the show, Shrek, for it's 20th Anniversary this year starring Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, and John Lithgow.
Plot Summary: Shrek (Mike Myers) is a green ogre who loves the solitude of his swamp. However, his life is interrupted after the dwarfish Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) exiles a vast number of fairy-tale creatures to Shrek's swamp. Angered by the intrusion, he decides to visit Farquaad and demand they be moved elsewhere. Shrek reluctantly allows the talkative Donkey (Eddie Murphy) who was exiled as well, to tag along and guide him. Meanwhile, Farquaad learns that for him to become a true king, he must marry a princess. Farquaad chooses the beautiful Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), who is imprisoned in a castle tower guarded by a dragon. Unwilling to perform the task himself, he organizes a tournament in which the winner will receive the "privilege" of rescuing Fiona. Shrek and Donkey arrive during the tournament and defeat Farquaad's knights to which Farquaad then proclaims them champions and demands that they rescue Fiona. Shrek negotiates to have the fairytale creatures relocated if he succeeds, and Farquaad accepts. But in this fairytale, the happily ever after is not what either of them suspects.
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Dana and Tom welcome the last member of their immediate family to be on the show, Keith Techmeier (Dana's Son-In-Law and Tom's Brother-In-Law), on to discuss perhaps the greatest war movie ever made in honor of Veteran's Day this week: Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Vin Diesel, and Matt Damon.
Plot Summary: Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) takes his men behind enemy lines to find Private James Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Surrounded by the brutal realities of war, each man questions their mission and the necessity of saving one man while putting the rest in danger. As peril after peril continues around them, all of them must determine their own desire to fulfill their mission.
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Dana and Tom welcome guest, Chris Hood (Digital Strategist and Host of the That Digital Show/check out ChrisHood.com) to the show to discuss what might be both the best Cable and Prison movie of all-time, The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, and Clancy Brown.
Plot Summary: In 1947 in Portland, Maine, banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover, and is sentenced to two consecutive life sentences at the Shawshank State Prison. He is befriended by Ellis "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman), an inmate and prison contraband smuggler serving a life sentence. Andy’s sentence is more than life imprisonment as he has to also deal with Warden Samuel Norton (Bob Gunton), a pious and cruel man, Byron Hadley (Clancy Brown), a brutal and sadistic guard, and the other inmates. Andy attempts to adjust but faces repeated sexual assault from "The Sisters" as well as abuse from the guards. Using his skills as a banker, he eventually ends up with responsibilities beyond that of a prisoner. Andy and Red are eventually forced to face the difficulty of their situation and the fear of becoming “institutionalized,” a condition rendering them unable to survive outside the prison walls. Ultimately, will Andy and Red achieve redemption from their situation?
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Happy Halloween...Dana and Tom end their month of Alfred Hitchcock with his seminal horror film that arguably launched the modern horror genre, Psycho starring Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, and Vera Miles.
Plot Summary: Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a young man with a hobby in bird taxidermy and who seemingly has a difficult relationship with his mother. However, there is more going on at the Bates Motel than at first glance.
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Dana and Tom discuss an under-appreciated Alfred Hitchcock classic, Shadow of A Doubt, as they continue their month of Hitchcock starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten.
Plot Summary: "Uncle Charlie" Oakley (Joseph Cotton) lives alone in a rooming house. Two men come looking for him so he decides to leave town and go to Santa Rosa, CA to see his sister and her family. "Young Charlie" Newton (Teresa Wright) is named for her uncle and worships him. Two men soon appear at the Newton home, posing as interviewers working on a national survey. Uncle Charlie becomes upset, and berates his sister for opening up her home to strangers. The younger interviewer, Jack Graham, (McDonald Carey) who is interested in Charlie romantically, soon tells her that her uncle is one of two suspects who may be the "Merry Widow Murderer". Young Charlie undertakes her own investigation, but a series of potentially life-ending accidents occur as she races to protect her family.
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Dana and Tom with the help of returning guest, Christine Duncan, visit one of Alfred Hitchcock's most beloved movies for week two of Hitchcock month with Dial M for Murder starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, and John Williams.
Plot Summary: Tony Wendice (Ray Milland), an English retired tennis player, is married to wealthy socialite Margot (Grace Kelly), who is having a long term affair with American crime fiction writer Mark Halliday (Robert Cummings). Unbeknownst to them, Tony knows about the affair, and is planning to have Margot killed so he can inherit her fortune. Tony hires an old acquaintance Charles Swann (Anthony Dawson), and sets in motion a murder that is to happen while Tony and Mark are out giving Tony an alibi. However, the plan goes terribly wrong, and Tony returns before the police to rearrange the crime scene to frame Margot. With Chief Inspector Hubbard (John Williams) investigating, Margot is convicted and sentenced to death. Did Tony really plan the perfect crime?
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Dana and Tom start their month of Alfred Hitchcock movies with The Man Who Knew Too Much (U.S.) starring James Stewart and Doris Day.
Plot Summary: Dr. Benjamin "Ben" McKenna (James Stewart), his wife, popular singer Josephine “Jo” Conway McKenna (Doris Day), and their son Henry "Hank" McKenna (Christopher Olson) are vacationing in French Morocco. Traveling from Casablanca to Marrakesh, they meet Frenchman Louis Bernard (Daniel Gelin) and the friendly English couple, Lucy and Edward Drayton (Bernard Miles and Brenda de Banzie). After agreeing to meet up in the marketplace the next day with the Draytons, the McKennas see Bernard in disguise being chased and stabbed to death. The dying Bernard whispers that a foreign statesman will be assassinated in London and that Ben must tell the authorities about "Ambrose Chappell". However, just as Ben is to tell the police his story, a mysterious phone call tell Ben that Hank has been kidnapped. Will the McKennas find Hank and stop the assassination?
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Dana and Tom are back to finish their month of James Bond with the first entry in the Daniel Craig era, Casino Royale also starring Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, and Judi Dench.
Plot Summary: After James Bond (Daniel Craig) gains promotion to 00 status by killing two targets, he is soon on the trail of Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelson), a private banker to the underground world. Le Chiffre uses his clients' money to buy options on an aerospace manufacturer, knowing that the manufacturer would be the target of an arranged terrorist attack. However, the attack is thwarted by Bond, and Le Chiffre must organize a high-stakes poker tournament to raise the money to pay back his clients. Bond is entered into the game aided by Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), a treasury agent watching Bond’s stake, and Rene Mathis (Giancarlo Giannini). Bond soon goes all-in and finds that the stakes to this game aren't just on the table.
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Dana and Tom continue their trip through the Bond movies in anticipation of No Time to Die (In theaters October 8, 2021) by reviewing the first of film of the Roger Moore era, Live and Let Die also starring Yaphet Kotto and Jane Seymour.
Plot Summary: When Bond (for the first time, played by Roger Moore) investigates the murders of three fellow agents, he finds himself a target, evading vicious assassins as he pursues the connected plans of the Black American Gangster known on the streets as Mr. Big and the Head of State for the fictional San Monique, Dr. Kananga. Bond after turning the beautiful Solitaire against Kananga, uncovers Kananga's plot to monopolize the heroin trade in the U.S., and races to stop Kananga before his assassins can get to Bond.
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/live-and-let-die-1973
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
On this week's episode of the Greatest Movie of All-Time podcast, Dana and Tom start their month of Bond to lead up to the release of No Time to Die (2021) by starting with the movie that started it all, Dr. No: starring Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Jack Lord, and Joseph Wiseman.
Plot Summary: Intelligence officer James Bond (Sean Connery) is sent to investigate the disappearance of a station chief in Kingston, Jamaica in connection with a rocket toppling investigation already underway. Bond ends up teaming with a local fisherman named Quarrel (John Kitzmiller) and his CIA counterpart, Felix Leiter (Jack Lord). They soon realize that the mysterious Crab Key and its owner, Dr. No (Joseph Wiseman) will hold all the keys. After Bond and Quarrel make their way to Crab Key, they stumble across an unwilling partner in Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress), and are soon captured by Dr. No only for him to confess his plan to destroy the U.S. Space Program. Bond must make a daring escape to stop Dr. No and SPECTRE.
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/dr-no-1962
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom are back to discuss another Billy Wilder classic, Sunset Boulevard, starring William Holden and Gloria Swanson.
Plot Summary: Joe Gillis (William Holden), a down-on-his luck screenplay writer, cannot pay his bills and fails to sell an idea for a script. Fleeing creditors, Joe ends up at a mansion, soon recognizing the owner as a forgotten silent film star, Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson). Learning that Joe is a writer, Norma soon has Joe working for her, and he moves into Norma's mansion at her insistence. Aided by her butler Max (Erich von Stroheim), Joe gradually accepts his dependent situation as Norma lavishes attention on Joe and buys him expensive things. However, after Joe starts to work on a screenplay with Betty Schaefer (Nancy Olson), Norma discovers a manuscript with their names on it, and she phones Betty insinuating that Joe is not the man he seems. But nothing is as it seems to be, including reality.
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/sunset-boulevard-1950
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom discuss the final movie of their trip through the original Indiana Jones trilogy with The Last Crusade starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, and John Rhys-Davies.
Plot Summary: In 1938, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) learns from Walter Donovan (Julian Glover) that his father, Henry Jones, Sr., (Sir Sean Connery) was searching for the Holy Grail using an incomplete inscription from a stone tablet as a guide and has since vanished. Jones receives Henry's Grail diary from Venice and heads there with Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott), where they meet Henry's Austrian colleague, Dr. Elsa Schneider (Alison Doody). They soon undertake the quest to solve the clues and locate the Holy Grail as a means to find Henry. After searching through libraries, a Nazi-controlled castle, and even Berlin, they are led to The Canyon of the Crescent Moon where the Grail is kept. Will Indiana find the Grail or will he choose poorly?
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom take on the second movie in the Indiana Jones franchise that was directly responsible for the PG-13 rating, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom starring Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, and Jonathan Ke Quan.
Plot Summary: In 1935, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) survives a crooked deal gone sideways with crime boss Lao Che in Shanghai with fellow travelers Short Round (Jonathan Ke Quan) and nightclub singer Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw) arriving in the village of Mayapore in northern India. Unfortunately, the village appears to have been struck by a plague due to the loss of their sacred stone (shivalinga) stolen from their shrine. The villagers plead for aid in retrieving the stone along with their missing children from the evil forces in the nearby Pankot Palace where a new Maharaja has been seated. Indy's questions about the mysterious Thugee cult are real, and he, Willie, and Short Round race to survive the Temple of Doom.
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom-1984
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom are revisiting the first movie ever featured on the show from all the way back on February 27, 2020 as they celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Raiders of the Lost Ark directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, and John Rhys-Davies.
Plot Summary: In 1936, American archaeologist Indiana Jones, (Harrison Ford) briefed by Army Intelligence agents that Nazi German forces are excavating at Tanis, a lost city of Egypt, to seek the Ark of the Covenant, goes on a quest to recover the Ark before the Nazis. On his journey, Indiana reconnects with his lost love Marion (Karen Allen), and they travel to Cairo where they meet Jones's friend Sallah (Joh Rhys-Davies) who reveals that Jones’ rival, Belloq (Paul Freeman), is assisting the Nazis. What secrets does the Ark hold, will Indiana find the Ark, and we he keep it away from the Nazis?
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-1981-revisit
For more on the original episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/raiders-of-the-lost-ark
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom welcome guest Ali Khamseh (Writer, Director, and Occasional Actor; Host of the Yet Another Shitty Podcast, and Creator of the AK88 YouTube Channel) to the show to discuss his favorite movie of all-time and the most well-known "Spaghetti Western" - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly directed by Sergio Leone starring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, and Lee Van Cleef.
Plot Summary: In 1862, during the American Civil War in the New Mexico territory, a mercenary known as "Angel Eyes" (Lee Van Cleef) discovers the existence of stolen cache of Confederate gold. Bandit Tuco Ramirez (Eli Wallach) and "Blondie"(Clint Eastwood) also stumble upon the secret gold, buried in a cemetery, and create an uneasy partnership to find the gold. The three struggle to get to the gold, enduring hardship, betrayal, and violence. Who will win? Will anyone get the gold?
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-1966-feat-ali-khamseh
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom welcome special guest, SA Bradley (Host of the Hellbent for Horror podcast and author of "Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy”) to revisit the Steven Spielberg classic, Jaws: starring Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw.
Plot Summary: In the beach town of Amity on Long Island, a series of sharks attacks pit the town leaders against one another between keeping the beaches open for tourism against public safety. After a third attack, Martin Brody, the town police chief (Roy Scheider), gets approval to hire a local professional shark fisherman, Quint (Robert Shaw) to hunt the infamous shark. Brody, Quint, and Matt Hooper, a shark expert from the Oceanic Institute (Richard Dreyfuss) there to give assistance, sail out on Quint’s boat to catch the shark. After a long hunt and chase, each character faces his potential demise at the mouth of the shark. Whether man or beast prevails is anyone’s guess.
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/jaws-1975-revisit-feat-s-a-bradley
For more on the original episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/39-jaws-1975
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom celebrate their 75th episode with an American classic as well as the most viewed movie of all-time: The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, and Bert Lehr.
Plot Summary: In Kansas, Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) lives with her dog, Toto, on a farm belonging to her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. After the spiteful Miss Almira Gulch (Margaret Hamilton) takes away Toto for biting her, Dorothy decides to run away to save her dog. Caught in a cyclone, Dorothy is whisked away to Munchkinland in the Land of Oz. Seeking to return to Kansas, Glinda the Good Witch of the North gifts Dorothy ruby slippers, and angers the wicked Witch of the West who also wants them. However, to find her way home, Glinda tells Dorothy to follow the Yellow Brick Road to Emerald City, where she can ask the Wizard of Oz to help her. On her journey, Dorothy meets a Scarecrow (Ray Bolger) who wants a brain; a Tin Woodman (Jack Haley) who seeks a heart; and a Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr) who desires courage. Dorothy and her three unlikely companions travel to the Emerald City to find the Wizard, and help Dorothy to find home.
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/the-wizard-of-oz-1939
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom do their first revisit episode this week with Back to the Future (1985 - starring Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, and Christopher Lloyd) by Dana's request.
Plot Summary: In 1985, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is a teenager living with his meek father, George (Crispin Glover) and his depressed strict mother, Lorraine (Lea Thompson). He is friends and the working assistant for Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown (Christopher Lloyd). When Doc Brown shows Marty that he has invented a time machine, events spin out of control as Marty finds himself in 1955 dealing with his teenage parents and his father's tormentor, Biff (Thomas F. Wilson). He must figure out how to get back to the future without disrupting the time-continuum.
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/back-to-the-future-1985-revisit
For more on the original episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/back-to-the-future-1985
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom welcome new guest, Roman LC Martinez (Filmmaker and Founder of Film Reframed (filmreframed.com)) to the show to discuss one of Roman's favorite films that holds a large piece of nostalgia for kids of the 90s, Jurassic Park: directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum.
Plot Summary: John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) is the owner of Jurassic Park, a dinosaur wildlife theme park located on Isla Nublar. After an incident with a velociraptor, Hammond brings in three specialists to sign off on the park to calm investors. The specialists, paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill), paleobotanist Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), and chaos theorist Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) are surprised to see the island park's main attraction are living, breathing dinosaurs, created with a mixture of fossilized DNA and genetic cross-breeding/cloning. When lead programmer Dennis Nedry (Wayne Knight) turns off the park's power to sneak out with samples of the dinosaur embryos to sell to a corporate rival, the dinosaurs break free, and the survivors must find a way to turn the power back on and make it out alive.
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/jurassic-park-1993
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom welcome new guest, David Feinberg (Stand-Up and Improv Comedian, Instagram: @davidfeinbergonline), to discuss David's favorite "hate-watch": Wedding Crashers, starring Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams, and Isla Fisher.
Plot Summary: John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Gray (Vince Vaughn) are Washington, D.C., are divorce mediators who crash weddings to meet and seduce women. At the end of the wedding season, the pair attempt to grab the "white whale": the wedding of the daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury, William Cleary (Christopher Walken). The pair soon crash the wedding, and get much more than they bargained for in the Secretary's two daughters: Claire (Rachel McAdams) and Gloria (Isla Fisher). Will the two continue their crashing ways or learn that there is more to love, relationships, and life?
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/wedding-crashers-2005-feat-david-feinberg
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom explore their first Bollywood film with the help of a new guest, Saloni Nahar (find her on Instagram and TikTok @suhhhloni), 3 Idiots starring Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, and Sharman Joshi.
Plot Summary: Two friends are contacted by an old classmate regarding the whereabout of a long lost friend, Ranchoddas “Rancho” Shyamaldas Chanchad (Aamir Khan). They soon embark on a quest to locate Rancho, but, on the way, reminisce about the years when the three were in the Imperial College of Engineering, run by Director Viru “Virus” Sahastrabuddhe (Boman Irani), a dictatorial teacher who pressures students to follow a discipline of memorization and structured study. Farhan Qureshi (R. Madhavan) and Raju Rastogi (Sharman Joshi), remember their trials, triumphs, and antics with Rancho in school as they continue their search. Included in their memories is the history of Rancho and Virus, and Rancho’s love for Khan Virus’ daughter Pia (Kareena Kapoor), as well as their student nemesis, Chatur Ramalingam (Omi Vaidya). Will the two friends find Rancho?
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/3-idiots-2009
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom are joined by first-time guest, Daryl Smith (Host of the Daryl Smith Podcast: Our Voices, Our Views, and Our Generation - Available on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts) to discuss the 1980s action-comedy, Beverly Hills Cop (1984) starring Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, and Lisa Eilbacher.
Plot Summary: Young and reckless Detroit Police Department detective, Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy), in hot water for an unauthorized sting operation, travels to Beverly Hills looking for the murderer of his childhood friend, Michael Tandino. With unlikely alliances between himself and the straight-laced Beverly Hills Police Force: Sgt. Taggert (John Ashton), Det. Rosewood (Judge Reinhold), and Lt. Bogomil (Ronny Cox), Axel soon finds that Michael and his other childhood friend Jenny Summers (Lisa Eilbacher) are caught in something much larger than one murder. Can the renegade cop and the by-the-book police work together to stop Victor Maitland (Steven Berkoff)?
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/beverly-hills-cop-1984
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom welcome back Sarah Duncan for a record-tying 4th time to discuss one of her favorite movie stars, Charlie Chaplin, who wrote, directed, produced, and starred in two roles for The Great Dictator.
Plot Summary: After dedicated service in the Great War, a Jewish barber (Charles Chaplin) spends years in an army hospital recovering from his wounds, unaware of the simultaneous rise of fascist dictator Adenoid Hynkel (also Chaplin) and his anti-Semitic policies. When the barber, who bears a remarkable resemblance to Hynkel, returns to his quiet neighborhood, he is stunned by the brutal changes and recklessly joins a beautiful girl (Paulette Goddard), her neighbors, and the disgraced Commander Schultz (Reginald Gardiner) in rebelling. Will the forces of hatred or the cause of humanity win out in this epic satire?
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/the-great-dictator-1940-feat-sarah-duncan
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom welcome Joseph Burke (screenwriter and co-host of the Clapperboard Climax podcast) to the show to discuss one of the most guest requested movies to date, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, starring Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, and Kirsten Dunst.
Find Joseph Burke and the Clapperboard Climax on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Plot Summary: After a fight, Joel Barish (played by Jim Carrey) discovers that his girlfriend Clementine Kruczynski (played by Kate Winslet) has had her memories of him erased by the New York City firm Lacuna. Heartbroken, he decides to undergo the same procedure. In preparation, he records a tape for Lacuna, recounting his memories of their volatile relationship. As the Lacuna employees work on Joel's brain as he sleeps in his apartment so that he will wake up with no memory of Clementine, Joel re-experiences his memories of Clementine as they are erased, starting with their last fight. As he reaches earlier, happier memories, he realizes that he does not want to forget her. They ultimately have to determine if love with pain is better or worse than no love at all.
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind-2004-feat-joseph-burke
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dad and Tom are back to round out military month in honor of Memorial Day with the movie that won Denzel Washington his first Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, Glory also starring Matthew Broderick, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, and Andre Braugher.
Plot Summary: Captain Robert Shaw (Matthew Broderick), a Union Officer in the Civil War, accepts a promotion to command the 54th Massachusetts, one of the first all-black regiments in the Union Army. He asks his friend Cabot Forbes, (Cary Elwes) to serve as his second in command. Their first volunteer is another friend, Thomas Searles, a bookish, born-free African-American (Andre Braugher). Other recruits include John Rawlins (Morgan Freeman, Jupiter Sharts (Jihmi Kennedy), and Silas Trip (Denzel Washington). Despite their willingness and dutifulness to fight, Shaw's men confront a base's racist quartermaster, reduced pay for black soldiers, and continued racism among the Union leadership who plan to use the soldiers only for manual labor. In the end, their example displays the courage and honor of black soldiers spurring more to join the cause.
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/glory-1989
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
This week, we had an unexpected emergency, and Dana and I had to take a quick break. We will be back to our regular schedule next week, but this is the episode I recorded as a birthday favor for my little sister, Sarah, last year in August during the middle of the pandemic yet. It's a bit of a blast from the past as this was done before we really started to develop a lot of the newer production and editing on the show or some of the new feature parts we've added this season, and so this certainly will sound a lot different than the recent ones we've put out.
Tom and Sarah discuss The Artist (2011): written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius, starring Jean Dejardin, Berenice Bejo, Malcolm McDowell, and John Goodman.
Plot Summary: In the 1920s, actor George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a bona fide matinee idol with many adoring fans. While working on his latest film, George finds himself falling in love with an ingenue named Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo) and, what's more, it seems Peppy feels the same way. But George is reluctant to cheat on his wife with the beautiful young actress. The growing popularity of sound in movies further separates the potential lovers, as George's career begins to fade while Peppy's star rises.
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/the-artist-2011
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom tackle one of Dana's favorite genres this month, war movies, in honor of Memorial Day, and start with one of Dana's favorites growing up, A Bridge Too Far, directed by David Attenborough; starring Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Caine, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Robert Redford, and Laurence Olivier.
Plot Summary: In 1944 as the Western Front is bogged down by supply shortages, the Allies look for a deceive victory to end the war. General Bernard Montgomery proposes Operation Market Garden which envisions 35,000 men being flown and dropped behind enemy lines in the Netherlands. Two divisions of US paratroopers the 101 and the 82 lead by Generals Maxwell Taylor (Paul Maxwell) and James Gavin (Ryan O’Neal) are responsible for securing the road and bridges as far as Nijmegen. The first British Airbourne Division, under Major-General Roy Urquhart (Sean Connery), is to land near Arnhem and hold both sides of the bridge there reinforced by a brigade of Polish paratroopers under General Stanisław Sosabowski (Gene Hackman). The Arnhem bridge is the primary target, as it serves as the last means of escape for the German forces in the Netherlands and a direct route to Germany for the Allies. The road to it, however, is only a single highway linking the various key bridges, and vehicles have to squeeze to the shoulder to pass. The drop proves troublesome, and a Battalion lead by Lt. Cor. John Frost (Anthony Hopkins) is able to reach the bridge but is soon surrounded. XXX Corps lead by Lt Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur (Michael Caine) finds progress slowed by German resistance and the narrowness of the highway. The race is on to reach the Arnhem bridge and save the First British Airbourne.
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/a-bridge-too-far-1977
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom follow up last week's Seven Samurai discussion with the American adaptation that is the second-most often show TV movie just behind on the Wizard of Oz, the Magnificent Seven (1960): directed by John Sturges and with a Star-Studded cast of Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, and Eli Wallach, get to know the original team-up movie.
Plot Summary: A gang of bandits led by Calvera (Eli Wallach) periodically raids a poor Mexican village for food and supplies. After the latest raid, during which Calvera kills a villager, the village leaders decide they have had enough. On the advice of the village elder (Vladimir Sokoloff), they decide to fight back. Taking their few objects of value, three villagers ride to a town just inside the United States border hoping to barter for weapons. They are impressed by Chris Adams (Yul Brynner), a veteran gunslinger, and approach him for advice. Chris suggests they instead hire gunfighters to defend the village, as "men are cheaper than guns." At first agreeing only to help them recruit, Chris eventually decides to lead the group. Despite the meager pay offered, he finds five willing gunmen. At a time when gunslinging days are reaching an end, Adams helps recruit a band of men each with their own reason for taking on what appears to be a lost cause.
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/the-magnificent-seven-1960
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom take on one of their most ambitious projects yet with arguably the most influential international film of all-time, Seven Samurai: directed by Akira Kirosawa, starring Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune.
Plot Summary: Bandits threaten a mountain village by stealing their crops and leaving them to starve. The village elder suggests hiring a samurai to protect them. They soon hire Kambei Shimada (Takashi Shimura) and he assembles a band of five other samurai. First harassed by Kikuchiyo (Toshiro Mifune) who lies about being a samurai, he soon becomes the emotional leader of the group.
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/seven-samurai-1954
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom welcome back returning favorite guest, Christine Duncan, to review the most requested movie for the show yet, Pretty Woman: directed by Garry Marshall; starring Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Jason Alexander, and Hector Elizondo.
Plot Summary: In this modern update on Cinderella, a prostitute and a wealthy businessman fall hard for one another, forming an unlikely pair. While on a business trip in L.A., Edward (Richard Gere), who makes a living buying and breaking up companies, picks up a hooker, Vivian (Julia Roberts), on a lark. After Edward hires Vivian to stay with him for the weekend, the two get closer, only to discover there are significant hurdles to overcome as they try to bridge the gap between their very different worlds.
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/pretty-woman-1990
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom give you their picks for what will and what should win at the 94th Oscars ceremony on Sunday, April 25, 2021.
See what they have for all the biggest prizes, and track their picks as the night wears on.
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/2021-oscars-preview
For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list
Dana and Tom review one of their collective family favorites that holds special fond memories for both of them with Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Rip Torn, Stephen Root, Justin Long, and many celebrity cameos.
Plot Summary: A lackadaisical gym owner (Vince Vaughn) is surrounded by a former star (Rip Torn) and a cast of misfits seeking to save his gym from a vile rival gym owner (Ben Stiller).
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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/dodgeball-a-true-underdog-story-2004
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Dana and Tom discuss one of the most-celebrated comedies of the 21st Century, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2003): directed by Adam McKay; starring Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, and Steve Carrell.
Plot Summary: In the testosterone filled world of 1970s TV news anchorships, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) is thrust into love and conflict with his beautiful reporter and soon-to-be Co-Anchor, Veronica Corningstone (Christine Applegate). Ron is sent into a tailspin, and almost hits rock-bottom as events unfold. An event ultimately triggers his redemption, and he learns his lesson to lose the "boys-only club".
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Dana and Tom discuss one of the most referenced sports films of all-time that is a comedy-cult classic, Caddyshack (1980): written and directed by Harold Ramis, co-written by Douglas Kenney, Brian Doyle-Murray, starring Rodney Dangerfield, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, and Ted Knight.
Plot Summary: Danny Noonan (Michael O'Keefe), a Caddy, seeks a college scholarship at the Country Club in which he works. In working to get the scholarship, he deals with a Zen golfer, Ty Webb (Chevy Chase), and the Club Leader, Judge Smails (Ted Knight). Noonan is soon caught up in a grudge golf match involving the Judge, Ty, and Al Czervik (Rodney Dangerfield), an obnoxious Neuro-Riche golfer.
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Dana and Tom discuss a movie that has been referenced more often in the last few years and is adept at poking at humanity just in time for April Fool's Day, Idiocracy (2006): written and directed by Mike Judge, co-written by Etan Cohen, starring Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, and Dax Shepard.
Plot Summary: An army experiment goes awry and Joe Bauers (Luke Wilson) awakes five-hundred years into the future. He soon learns that Darwinian processes have been put in reverse, and the stupid have inherited the Earth. He is now the smartest man in the world.
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Dana and Tom discuss the movie that won John Ford his record 4th Best Director Oscar starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, the Quiet Man (1952): written by Maurice Walsh.
Plot Summary: Sean Thornton (John Wayne) has returned from America to reclaim his homestead and escape his past. Soon his eye is caught by Mary Kate Danaher, a beautiful, fiery red-head who is the younger sister of an ill-tempered "Red Will" Danaher. The riotous relationship that forms between Sean and Mary Kate soon leads to their engagement and marriage only to have continued problems over Mary Kate's dowry.
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Dana and Tom warmly re-welcome, friend of the show, Robb Conlon (Host of the Recruiting Hell podcast and producer at Westport Studios) back to the show to follow-up his original visit on Alien with its sequel Aliens (1986): written and directed by James Cameron, starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, and Bill Paxton.
Plot Summary: A 1986 Science-Fiction, Action, Horror Film Directed by James Cameron; Lt. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is found 57 years after the events of Alien floating in space. After going through review, she is approached about going back to the location of her encounter with the Alien with a group of Colonial Marines to investigate the loss of contact with a new colony. The Marines, upon arrival, soon realize they are outmatched. They find a young girl who has survived the traumatic experience of the colonists. Ripley and the Marines do their best to survive, but must fight off multiple aliens and the company man, Burke (Paul Reiser).
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Dana and Tom discuss Wes Anderson's classic film, The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): written and directed by Wes Anderson, starring Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Fisher Stevens, and F. Murray Abraham, Bill Murray, Jude Law, Jeff Goldblum, Edward Norton, Owen Wilson, Harvey Keitel, Bob Balaban, Tom Wilkinson, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, Lucas Hedges, and Saoirse Ronan.
Plot Summary: In the 1930s, the Grand Budapest Hotel is a popular European ski resort, presided over by concierge Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes). Zero, a junior lobby boy, becomes Gustave's friend and protege. Gustave prides himself on providing first-class service to the hotel's guests, including satisfying the sexual needs of the many elderly women who stay there. When one of Gustave's lovers dies mysteriously, Gustave finds himself the recipient of a priceless painting and the chief suspect in her murder.
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Dana and Tom welcome back, friend of the show, owner of All About Authenticity, and Professional Speaker, Roger Wolkoff to talk about their first animated movie on the show, Wall-E (2008): written and directed by Andrew Stanton, co-written by Pete Docter and Jim Reardon, starring Jeff Garlin and John Ratzenberger.
Plot Summary: A robot lives an isolated existence doing the same thing day after day has his life altered by another robot; falls in love; and makes an epiphany that changes the course of his life from that moment forward.
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Dana and Tom discuss one of Dana's favorite comedies that isn't one of Tom's: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975): directed by Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam, starring Eric Idle, John Cleese and Michael Palin.
Plot Summary: Coconut-wielding Brits fight absurdity and silliness in the quest for the Holy Grail.
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Dana and Tom are back again to discuss what Dana has called the Best Movie of 2014, Whiplash (2014); the first feature film of Oscar-Winner Damien Chazelle starring Miles Teller and JK Simmons (in an Oscar-winning Performance).
Plot Summary: Young musician (Miles Teller) in a conservatory meets with an overly aggressive teacher (JK Simmons) who tries to push him toward greatness until everything inevitably explodes.
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Dana and Tom are back with their first movie of Season 2 with one of Tom's personal favorites, 12 Angry Men: directed by Sidney Lumet, written by Reginald Rose, starring Henry Fonda, Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, and Martin Balsam.
Plot Summary: Following the closing arguments in a murder trial, the 12 members of the jury must deliberate, with a guilty verdict meaning death for the accused, an inner-city teen. As the dozen men try to reach a unanimous decision while sequestered in a room, one juror (Henry Fonda) casts considerable doubt on elements of the case. Personal issues soon rise to the surface, and conflict threatens to derail the delicate process that will decide one boy's fate.
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Dana and Tom give you their top 25 favorite character actor performances lists.
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Dana and Tom are back for Season 2. They start by revisiting the list so far through 50 films, and by giving you a few teases for things to come in Season 2.
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Dana and Tom wrap up a great season 1 with one of the movies that consistently ranks inside a lot of Top 10 lists of the Greatest Movies of All-Time, Casablanca (1942): directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Claude Raines.
Plot Summary: Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), who owns a nightclub in Casablanca, discovers his old flame Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) is in town with her husband, Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid). Laszlo is a famed rebel, and with Germans on his tail, Ilsa knows Rick can help them get out of the country.
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Dana and Tom discuss one of the most popular and well-known Christmas classics, Home Alone (1990): directed by Chris Columbus, written by John Hughes, starring Catherine O'Hara, Macauley Caulkin, Daniel Stern, and Joe Pesci.
Plot Summary: When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother (Catherine O'Hara) makes him sleep in the attic. After the McCallisters mistakenly leave for the airport without Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true. But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) plan to rob the McCallister residence, and that he alone must protect the family home.
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Dana and Tom discuss the Marvel Studios movie that upended the movie industry and drove us to our current sequel-heavy industry-wide state, Iron Man (2008): directed by Jon Favreau, starring Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Bridges, and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Plot Summary: A billionaire industrialist and genius inventor, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), is conducting weapons tests overseas, but terrorists kidnap him to force him to build a devastating weapon. Instead, he builds an armored suit and upends his captors. Returning to America, Stark refines the suit and uses it to combat crime and terrorism.
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Dana and Tom discuss a little known war comedy, Mister Roberts (1955): directed by John Ford, written by Frank S. Nugent and Joshua Logan, starring Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, and Jack Lemmon.
Plot Summary: Mister Roberts is a bittersweet film about a supply officer aboard a decrepit cargo ship during World War II who yearns for a transfer into a combat zone but is thwarted by the ship's captain, a petty tyrant. Forced to endure various humiliations in exchange for privileges, the crew engages in minor acts of resistance, and looks to Mr. Roberts for inspiration and moral support. Based on the hit Broadway play.
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Dana and Tom discuss one of the biggest movies of the 1990s that is the definition of a cable rewatchable and one of Dana's favorites, Apollo 13 (1995): directed by Ron Howard, written by William Broyles Jr., starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Ed Harris, Gary Senise, and Bill Paxton.
Plot Summary: This Hollywood drama is based on the events of the Apollo 13 lunar mission, astronauts Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) and Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) find everything going according to plan after leaving Earth's orbit. However, when an oxygen tank explodes, the scheduled moon landing is called off. Subsequent tensions within the crew and numerous technical problems threaten both the astronauts' survival and their safe return to Earth.
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In this special episode, the rest of the Duncans join Tom and Dana to celebrate Dana's birthday with a movie that has very sentimental value to Dana, My Fair Lady (1964): directed by George Cukor, written by Alan Jay Lerner, starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison.
Plot Summary: In this beloved musical, pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) is so sure of his abilities that he takes it upon himself to transform a Cockney working-class girl into someone who can pass for a cultured member of high society. His subject turns out to be the lovely Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn), who agrees to speech lessons to improve her job prospects. Higgins and Eliza clash, then form an unlikely bond -- one that is threatened by an aristocratic suitor (Jeremy Brett).
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Dana was sick this week, and Tom had to call an audible to bring in Christine for her favorite movie, Pillow Talk. Yet, Dana quickly recovered right before the show, and we bring you a great episode that was not what we had originally planned for you. From 1959, we review Pillow Talk starring Rock Hudson, Doris Day, and Tony Randall.
Plot Summary: Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's (Rock Hudson) succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow (Doris Day), who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan unsuccessfully lodges a complaint against him, Brad sets about to seduce her in the guise of a sincere and upstanding Texas rancher. When mutual friend Jonathan (Tony Randall) discovers that his best friend is moving in on the girl he desires, however, sparks fly.
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Dana and Tom discuss the classic romantic comedy, the Philadelphia Story (1940): directed by George Cukor, written by Donald Ogden Stewart and Waldo Salt, starring Cary Grant, James Stewart, and Katherine Hepburn.
Plot Summary: This classic romantic comedy focuses on Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn), a Philadelphia socialite who has split from her husband, C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant), due both to his drinking and to her overly demanding nature. As Tracy prepares to wed the wealthy George Kittredge (John Howard), she crosses paths with both Dexter and prying reporter Macaulay Connor (James Stewart). Unclear about her feelings for all three men, Tracy must decide whom she truly loves.
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Dana and Tom tribute Sean Connery after his recent passing by reviewing his most iconic role and movie, Goldfinger (1964): directed by Guy Hamilton, written by Richard Maibaum and Paul Dehn, starring Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, and Honor Blackman.
Plot Summary: The powerful tycoon Auric Goldfinger has initiated Operation Grand Slam, a cataclysmic scheme to raid Fort Knox and obliterate the world economy. James Bond, armed with his specially equipped Aston Martin, must stop the plan by overcoming several outrageous adversaries.
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Dana and Tom dissect their first Coen Brothers movie in one of the biggest Best Picture misses of all-time, Fargo (1996): written and directed by Joel and Etan Coen, starring Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, and Steve Buscemi.
Plot Summary: A pregnant police chief is investigating a series of homicides across the frozen tundra. Against a sprawling Minnesota landscape, a car salesman hires two criminals to kidnap his wife. But when the scheme goes sour, and wood chippers get involved, the haphazard kidnapping plot turns deadly serious.
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Dana and Tom discuss one of their personal favorites to celebrate the election, All the President's Men (1976), directed by Alan J. Pakula, written by William Goldman, starring Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Jack Warden, and Martin Balsam.
Plot Summary: Two green reporters and rivals working for the Washington Post, Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman), research the botched 1972 burglary of the Democratic Party Headquarters at the Watergate apartment complex. With the help of a mysterious source, code-named Deep Throat (Hal Holbrook), the two reporters make a connection between the burglars and a White House staffer. Despite dire warnings about their safety, the duo follows the money all the way to the top.
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Dana and Tom discuss one of the biggest and most well-known films of all-time, Jaws (1975) directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb, and starring Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw.
Plot Summary: When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature.
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Dana and Tom welcome Robb Conlon (host of the Recruiting Hell podcast) to the show to discuss the original Sci-Fi Horror Film, Alien (1979): directed by Ridley Scott, written by Dan O'Bannon, starring Sigourney Weaver and Tom Skeritt.
Plot Summary: In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel. The terror begins when the crew encounters a nest of eggs inside the alien ship. An organism from inside an egg leaps out and attaches itself to one of the crew, causing him to fall into a coma. Chaos ensues.
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Dana and Tom discuss David Lean's classic Best Picture winner from 1957, The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957): directed by David Lean, written by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson, starring Alec Guiness and William Holden.
Plot Summary: British POWs are ordered by their Japanese captors to construct a bridge of strategic importance and are happy to sabotage and delay the progress until their commanding officers orders them to continue the work unhindered to its completion, but are his actions tantamount to collaborating with the enemy?
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Dana and Tom are joined by Aruna Krishnan, (host of the Lead that Thing podcast and bestselling author), to talk about every teenage girl's favorite movie from the aughts, the Notebook (2005): directed by Nick Cassavetes, written by Jeremy Leven, starring Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, and James Marsden.
Plot Summary: In 1940s South Carolina, mill worker Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) and rich girl Allie (Rachel McAdams) are desperately in love. But her parents don't approve. When Noah goes off to serve in World War II, it seems to mark the end of their love affair. In the interim, Allie becomes involved with another man (James Marsden). But when Noah returns to their small town years later, on the cusp of Allie's marriage, it soon becomes clear that their romance is anything but over.
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Dana and Tom are joined by special guest, Roger Wolkoff, to discuss their first sports movie of the show, Bull Durham (1988): written and directed by Ron Shelton, starring Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, and Tim Robbins.
Plot Summary: In Durham, N.C., the Bulls minor league baseball team has one asset no other can claim: a poetry-loving groupie named Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon). As the team's season begins, Annie selects brash new recruit Ebby Calvin Laloosh (Tim Robbins), whom she christens "Nuke," to inspire with the religion of baseball. Nuke also receives guidance from veteran player Crash Davis (Kevin Costner), who settles Nuke's erratic pitching and teaches him to follow the catcher's lead.
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Dana and Tom are joined by Brenden Kumarasamy from MasterTalk (a YouTube channel helping people to be better public speakers) discuss The Social Network (2010): directed by David Fincher, written by Aaron Sorkin, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, and Justin Timberlake.
Plot Summary: In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer genius Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, he is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but Zuckerberg finds that his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend (Andrew Garfield). Based on the book "The Accidental Billionaires."
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Dana and Tom are back again to discuss a personal favorite of theirs; the comedy re-defining Airplane! (1980): written and directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker, starring Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Robert Hays.
Plot Summary: This spoof comedy takes shots at the slew of disaster movies that were released in the 70s. When the passengers and crew of a jet are incapacitated due to food poisoning, a rogue pilot with a drinking problem must cooperate with his ex-girlfriend turned stewardess to bring the plane to a safe landing.
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Tom and Guest Braden Ganter review the 1986 classic, Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986): written and directed by John Hughes, starring Matthew Broderick and Alan Ruck.
Plot Summary: Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) has an uncanny skill at cutting classes and getting away with it. Intending to make one last duck-out before graduation, Ferris calls in sick, "borrows" a Ferrari, and embarks on a one-day journey through the streets of Chicago. On Ferris' trail is high school principal Mr. Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), determined to catch him in the act.
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Dana and Tom discuss the movie that Paul Newman might be most known for, Cool Hand Luke (1967): directed by Stuart Rosenberg, written by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson, starring Paul Newman, George Kennedy, and Strother Martin.
Plot Summary: When petty criminal Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden (Strother Martin) or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline (George Kennedy), who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
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Dana, Tom, and special guest, Christine Duncan (aka mom), discuss the romantic classic, Sleepless in Seattle (1993): written and directed by Nora Ephron, co-written by David S. Ward and Jeff Arch, starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Rita Wilson, and Rosie O'Donnell.
Plot Summary: After the death of his wife, Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) moves to Seattle with his son, Jonah (Ross Mallinger). When Jonah calls in to a talk-radio program to find a new wife for his father, Sam grudgingly gets on the line to discuss his feelings. Annie Reed (Meg Ryan), a reporter in Baltimore, hears Sam speak and falls for him, even though she is engaged. Unsure where it will lead, she writes Sam a letter asking him to meet her at the Empire State Building on Valentine's Day.
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Dana and Tom discuss a nostalgic movie for Dana as well as the 1952 Best Picture winner, The Greatest Show on Earth (1952): directed by Cecil B. DeMille, written by Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, and Barré Lyndon, starring Betty Hutton, Charlton Heston, and James Stewart.
Plot Summary: "The Greatest Show on Earth" is a dazzling spectacle of life behind the scenes with Ringling Bros.-Barnum and Bailey Circus, the best three-ring circus in the land. Celebrates the extravagant three-ring circus and depicts the passionate scenes of love and jealousy behind the greatest show on Earth.
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Dana and Tom discuss the movie that started George Lucas' career and helped him finance a franchise, American Graffiti (1973): written and directed by George Lucas, co-written by Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck, starring Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, and Harrison Ford.
Plot Summary: On the last day of summer vacation in 1962, friends Curt (Richard Dreyfuss), Steve (Ronny Howard), Terry (Charles Martin Smith) and John (Paul Le Mat) cruise the streets of small-town California while a mysterious disc jockey (Wolfman Jack) spins classic rock'n'roll tunes. It's the last night before their grown-up lives begin, and Steve's high-school sweetheart, a hot-to-trot blonde, a bratty adolescent and a disappearing angel in a Thunderbird provide all the excitement they can handle.
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Tom and Dana discuss the first Stanley Kubrick film on the show, his Vietnam war epic, Full Metal Jacket (1987): written and directed by Stanley Kubrick, co-written by Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford, starring Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, and R. Lee Ermey.
Plot Summary: Stanley Kubrick's take on the Vietnam War follows smart-aleck Private Davis (Matthew Modine), quickly christened "Joker" by his foul-mouthed drill sergeant (R. Lee Ermey), and pudgy Private Lawrence (Vincent D'Onofrio), nicknamed "Gomer Pyle," as they endure the rigors of basic training. Though Pyle takes a frightening detour, Joker graduates to the Marine Corps and is sent to Vietnam as a journalist, covering -- and eventually participating in -- the bloody Battle of Hué.
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Dana and Tom discuss one of the most classic Westerns of all-time, High Noon (1952): directed by Fred Zinnemann, written by Carl Foreman, starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, and Lloyd Bridges.
Plot Summary: Former marshal Will Kane (Gary Cooper) is preparing to leave the small town of Hadleyville, New Mexico, with his new bride, Amy (Grace Kelly), when he learns that local criminal Frank Miller has been set free and is coming to seek revenge on the marshal who turned him in. When he starts recruiting deputies to fight Miller, Kane is discouraged to find that the people of Hadleyville turn cowardly when the time comes for a showdown, and he must face Miller and his cronies alone.
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Dana and Tom discuss a personal favorite Western that was such a favorite for Dana that Tom grew up watching the film many times, Rio Bravo (1959): directed by Howard Hawks, written by Jules Furthman and Leigh Brackett, starring John Wayne, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson.
Plot Summary: When gunslinger Joe Burdette (Claude Akins) kills a man in a saloon, Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) arrests him with the aid of the town drunk, Dude (Dean Martin). Before long, Burdette's brother, Nathan (John Russell), comes around, indicating that he's prepared to bust his brother out of jail if necessary. Chance decides to make a stand until reinforcements arrive, enlisting Dude, an old cripple named Stumpy (Walter Brennan) and baby-faced cowboy Colorado Ryan (Ricky Nelson) to help.
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Dana and Tom discuss one of Dana's favorites, a Best Picture winner, and a great con movie all in one, The Sting (1973): directed by George Roy Hill, written by David S. Ward, starring Robert Redford, Paul Newman, and Robert Shaw.
Plot Summary: Following the murder of a mutual friend, aspiring con man Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) teams up with old pro Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) to take revenge on the ruthless crime boss responsible, Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw). Hooker and Gondorff set about implementing an elaborate scheme, one so crafty that Lonnegan won't even know he's been swindled. As their big con unfolds, however, things don't go according to plan, requiring some last-minute improvisation by the undaunted duo.
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Dana and Tom discuss a personal favorite of Dana's that holds some personal value for him, Young Frankenstein (1974): written and directed by Mel Brooks, co-written and starring Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Teri Garr, and Madeline Kahn.
Plot Summary: Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania. Arriving at the castle, Dr. Frankenstein soon begins to recreate his grandfather's experiments with the help of servants Igor (Marty Feldman), Inga (Teri Garr) and the fearsome Frau Blücher (Cloris Leachman). After he creates his own monster (Peter Boyle), new complications ensue with the arrival of the doctor's fiancée, Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn).
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Dana and Tom discuss the sci-fi and coming of age classic, E.T.: the Extra Terrestrial (1982): directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison, starring Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, C. Thomas Howell, and Peter Coyote.
Plot Summary: After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas). Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother and his little sister, Gertie (Drew Barrymore), and the children decide to keep its existence a secret. Soon, however, E.T. falls ill, resulting in government intervention and a dire situation for both Elliott and the alien.
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Trailer for the upcoming The Silence of the Lambs episode on the Greatest Movie of All-Time Podcast.
Hellooooo, Clarice......Dana and Tom delve into the psychological thriller, The Silence of the Lambs (1991): directed by Jonathan Demme, written by Ted Tally, starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Ted Levine, and Scott Glenn.
Plot Summary: Jodie Foster stars as Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn) wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
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Dana and Tom with guest, Sarah Duncan, discuss the fictionalized true crime thriller, Zodiac (2007): directed by David Fincher, written by James Vanderbilt, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey Jr.
Plot Summary: In the late 1960s and 1970s, fear grips the city of San Francisco as a serial killer called Zodiac stalks its residents. Investigators (Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards) and reporters (Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr.) become obsessed with learning the killer's identity and bringing him to justice. Meanwhile, Zodiac claims victim after victim and taunts the authorities with cryptic messages, cyphers, and menacing phone calls.
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Dana and Tom do their best to tip-toe around a difficult race-relations film steeped in controversy with The Help (2011): written and directed by Tate Taylor, starring Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Jessica Chastain.
Plot Summary: In 1960s Mississippi, Southern society girl Skeeter (Emma Stone) returns from college with dreams of being a writer. She turns her small town on its ear by choosing to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent white families. Only Aibileen (Viola Davis), the housekeeper of Skeeter's best friend, will talk at first. But as the pair continue the collaboration, more women decide to come forward, and as it turns out, they have quite a lot to say.
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Dana and Tom discuss the classic Romantic Comedy, Roman Holiday (1953): directed by William Wyler, written by Dalton Trumbo and Ian McLellan Hunter, starring Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, and Eddie Albert.
Plot Summary: Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn) takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck), who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.
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Dana and Tom discuss the Best Picture Winner, The Best Years of Our Lives (1946): directed by William Wyler, written by Robert E. Sherwood, starring Dana Andrews, Fredrick March, and Myrna Loy.
Plot Summary: Fred, Al and Homer are three World War II veterans facing difficulties as they re-enter civilian life. Fred (Dana Andrews) is a war hero who, unable to compete with more highly skilled workers, has to return to his low-wage soda jerk job. Bank executive Al (Fredric March) gets into trouble for offering favorable loans to veterans. After losing both hands in the war, Homer (Harold Russell) returns to his loving fiancée, but must struggle to adjust.
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Tom and special German guests Alex Doffek and Eva and Thomas Baches explore the 1980s pop-culture classic, Back to the Future (1986): written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, co-written by Bob Gale, starring Michael J. Fox, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson, and Christopher Lloyd.
Plot Summary: In this 1980s sci-fi classic, small-town California teen Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is thrown back into the '50s when an experiment by his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) goes awry. Traveling through time in a modified DeLorean car, Marty encounters young versions of his parents (Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson), and must make sure that they fall in love or he'll cease to exist. Even more dauntingly, Marty has to return to his own time and save the life of Doc Brown.
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Dana and Tom discuss The Dirty Dozen (1967): directed by Robert Aldrich, written by Lukas Heller and Nunnally Johnson, starring Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, and Ernest Borgnine.
Plot Summary: As D-Day approaches, Colonel Breed hands the roguish Major Reisman (Lee Marvin) an important assignment: He must train a team of soldiers to parachute across enemy lines and assassinate German personnel at a French chateau. The soldiers, recruited from murderers, rapists and criminals on death row, are promised commuted sentences. In spite of their history, the 12 men prove a spirited and courageous unit. Led by Major Reisman, they will exact revenge.
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Dana and Tom discuss the second Martin Scorsese movie to be on the show, Taxi Driver (1976): directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepard, Harvey Keitel, and Albert Brooks.
Plot Summary: Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city. When Travis meets pretty campaign worker Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), he becomes obsessed with the idea of saving the world, first plotting to assassinate a presidential candidate, then directing his attentions toward rescuing 12-year-old prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster).
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Dana and Tom discuss 1980s classic, Big (1988): directed by Penny Marshall, written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, and Robert Loggia.
Plot Summary: After a wish turns 12-year-old Josh Baskin (David Moscow) into a 30-year-old man (Tom Hanks), he heads to New York City and gets a low-level job at MacMillen Toy Company. A chance encounter with the owner (Robert Loggia) of the company leads to a promotion testing new toys. Soon a fellow employee, Susan Lawrence (Elizabeth Perkins), takes a romantic interest in Josh. However, the pressure of living as an adult begins to overwhelm him, and he longs to return to his simple, former life as a boy.
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Dana and Tom discuss the movie Groundhog Day (1993). Dana and Tom discuss the movie Groundhog Day (1993): written and directed by Harold Ramis, co-written by Danny Rubin, starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliott.
Plot Summary: A cynical TV weatherman finds himself reliving the same day over and over again when he goes on location to the small town of Punxsutawney to film a report about their annual Groundhog Day. His predicament drives him to distraction, until he sees a way of turning the situation to his advantage.
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Tom and Guest Phillip Martinez dissect the Tarantino masterpiece, Pulp Fiction (1994): written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Ving Rhames, Uma Thurman, and Bruce Willis.
Plot Summary: Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) are hitmen with a penchant for philosophical discussions. In this ultra-hip, multi-strand crime movie, their storyline is interwoven with those of their boss, gangster Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) ; his actress wife, Mia (Uma Thurman) ; struggling boxer Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis) ; master fixer Winston Wolfe (Harvey Keitel) and a nervous pair of armed robbers, "Pumpkin" (Tim Roth) and "Honey Bunny" (Amanda Plummer).
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Dana and Tom delve into the Bollywood-styled Best Picture winner from 2008, Slumdog Millionaire (2008): directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, starring Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, and Irrfan Khan.
Plot Summary: As 18-year-old Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) answers questions on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," flashbacks show how he got there. Part of a stable of young thieves after their mother dies, Jamal and his brother, Salim, survive on the streets of Mumbai. Salim finds the life of crime agreeable, but Jamal scrapes by with small jobs until landing a spot on the game show.
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Dana and Tom discuss the Best Picture Oscar nominated film, Silver Linings Playbook (2012): written and directed by David O. Russell, starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Tucker, and Robert DeNiro.
Plot Summary: After losing his job and wife, and spending time in a mental institution, Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) winds up living with his parents (Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver). He wants to rebuild his life and reunite with his wife, but his parents would be happy if he just shared their obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when Pat meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), who offers to help him reconnect with his wife, if he will do something very important for her in exchange.
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Dana and Tom discuss the race relation whodunnit and Best Picture winner, In the Heat of the Night (1967): directed by Norman Jewison, written by Stirling Silliphant, starring Rod Steiger and Sidney Poitier.
Plot Summary: African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger), the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.
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Dana and Tom discuss the Vietnam War epic, Apocalypse Now (1979): written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, co-written by John Milius, starring Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper, Robert Duvall, and Marlon Brando.
Plot Summary: In Vietnam in 1970, Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) takes a perilous and increasingly hallucinatory journey upriver to find and terminate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a once-promising officer who has reportedly gone completely mad. In the company of a Navy patrol boat filled with street-smart kids, a surfing-obsessed Air Cavalry officer (Robert Duvall), and a crazed freelance photographer (Dennis Hopper), Willard travels further and further into the heart of darkness.
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Dana and Tom take a look at whether to continue to include the Recognition Category going forward, and how that effects the scores of the previous shows. Ultimately, there is movement on the list and how they are scored.
*Note: the scoring for Raiders of the Lost Ark had some bad math, and will be corrected on the next full episode of the podcast.
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Dana and Tom review the classic comedy, Some Like It Hot (1959): written and directed by Billy Wilder, co-written by I. A. L. Diamond and Robert Thoeren, starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis.
Plot Summary: After witnessing a Mafia murder, slick saxophone player Joe (Tony Curtis) and his long-suffering buddy, Jerry (Jack Lemmon), improvise a quick plan to escape from Chicago with their lives. Disguising themselves as women, they join an all-female jazz band and hop a train bound for sunny Florida. While Joe pretends to be a millionaire to win the band's sexy singer, Sugar (Marilyn Monroe), Jerry finds himself pursued by a real millionaire (Joe E. Brown) as things heat up and the mobsters close in.
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Dana and Tom discuss the mafia classic, Goodfellas (1990): written and directed by Martin Scorsese, co-written by Nicholas Pileggi, starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, and Joe Pesci.
Plot Summary: A young man grows up in the mob and works very hard to advance himself through the ranks. He enjoys his life of money and luxury, but is oblivious to the horror that he causes. A drug addiction and a few mistakes ultimately unravel his climb to the top. Based on the book "Wiseguy" by Nicholas Pileggi.
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Dana, Tom, and Sarah Duncan explore the Tarantino 2009 classic, Inglourious Basterds (2009): written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Melanie Laurent, and Diane Kruger.
Plot Summary: It is the first year of Germany's occupation of France. Allied officer Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) assembles a team of Jewish soldiers to commit violent acts of retribution against the Nazis, including the taking of their scalps. He and his men join forces with Bridget von Hammersmark, a German actress and undercover agent, to bring down the leaders of the Third Reich. Their fates converge with theater owner Shosanna Dreyfus, who seeks to avenge the Nazis' execution of her family.
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Dana and Tom discuss the 1976 Best Picture winner, Rocky (1976): directed by John G. Avildsen, written by and starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, and Carl Weathers.
Plot Summary: Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), a small-time boxer from working-class Philadelphia, is arbitrarily chosen to take on the reigning world heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), when the undefeated fighter's scheduled opponent is injured. While training with feisty former bantamweight contender Mickey Goldmill (Burgess Meredith), Rocky tentatively begins a relationship with Adrian (Talia Shire), the wallflower sister of his meat-packer pal Paulie (Burt Young).
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Dana and Tom discuss the 1959 action thriller classic, North by Northwest (1959): directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by Ernest Lehman, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, and Martin Landau.
Plot Summary: This classic suspense film finds New York City ad executive Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) pursued by ruthless spy Phillip Vandamm (James Mason) after Thornhill is mistaken for a government agent. Hunted relentlessly by Vandamm's associates, the harried Thornhill ends up on a cross-country journey, meeting the beautiful and mysterious Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint) along the way. Soon Vandamm's henchmen close in on Thornhill, resulting in a number of iconic action sequences.
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Dana and Tom review the biggest hit movie of 1981, Raiders of the Lost Ark: directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, and John Rhys-Davies.
Plot Summary: Epic tale in which an intrepid archaeologist tries to beat a band of Nazis to a unique religious relic which is central to their plans for world domination. Battling against a snake phobia and a vengeful ex-girlfriend, Indiana Jones is in constant peril, making hair's-breadth escapes at every turn in this celebration of the innocent adventure movies of an earlier era.
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Host Tom Duncan explains the premise of the show, and gives you a quick preview of what is to come.
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