Movies are fun. I believe in the pleasure of movie blockbusters, but I also celebrate taking birdwalks around them in order to encounter more obscure, occasionally brilliant, material. At Blockbusters and Birdwalks, you’ll find thoughts on movies, books, pop culture, and the apocrypha of daily experience, but mostly, remarks on movies.
In this multi-part series, we've focused on just one movie to explore a key idea in film studies. But this one choice means we've left out multitudes. Here is the larger set of also-rans we wrestled with before finally choosing “The Swimmer”.***Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 7A:“The Last Year at Marienbad” (Alain Resnais, 1961)“Survive Style 5+” (Gen Sekiguchi, 2004)“Magnolia” (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)“The Holy Mountain” (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973)“Dunkirk” (Christopher Nolan, 2017)Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 7A:“Vintage Movie Projector | Sound Effect | Feel The Past Film Industry” by n Beats, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhUICp5XeJ4“Film Clapperboard Green Screen Effect With Sound” by Jacob Anderson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1sEiCa-yic“Slide projector changing with clicks” by (Soundsnap), https://www.soundsnap.com/tags/slide_projector?page=2
GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Haine”, “Drum”, “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)”, “Come and See”, “Perfect Days”, “Sweet Smell of Success”, “The Swimmer”, “Amadeus (Director's Cut)”, “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”, “Friday”, “Marie Antoinette”, “The Night of the Hunter”, “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”, “Portrait of a Lady Fire”, “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”, “Joker: Folie a Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”.***Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 7:“Sweet Smell of Success” (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)“From Here to Eternity” (Fred Zinnemann, 1953)“The Killers” (Robert Siodmak, 1946)“The Room” (Tommy Wiseau, 2003)“The Graduate” (Mike Nichols, 1967)“Planet of the Apes” (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968)“Psych Out” (Richard Rush, 1968)“The Producers” (Mel Brooks, 1968), “2001: A Space Odyssey” (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)“The Odd Couple” (Gene Saks, 1968)“The Detective” (Gordon Douglas, 1968)“Petulia” (Richard Lester, 1968)“Rosemary's Baby” (Roman Polanski, 1968)“The Green Berets” (Ray Kellogg, 1968)“The Thomas Crown Affair” (Norman Jewison, 1968)“Hang ‘Em High” (Ted Post, 1968)“Targets” (Peter Bogdanovich, 1968)“Rachel, Rachel” (Paul Newman, 1968)Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 7:“The Swimmer” (Frank Perry, 1968), including “Theme from ‘The Swimmer' (Send for Me in Summer) / Big Splash”, “Carnival”, “Hurdles”, “My Kids Love Me / Traveling Home / Closer to Home / Home / Marcia Funebre”, “Down the Steps / On the Road”, and “Theme from ‘The Swimmer' (Send for Me in Summer) (Reprise)” by Marvin Hamlisch, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkAUJkbhd-RgA8zSAa_Uqqq45GMl_ONci“TCM Jingle 2000 2002 2001 2003 2004 2008 2009 2012” by UPCGamesBogdanThePocoyoElemental&MarioWonder, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8SRkoE16nc“Main Title” by Jerry Goldsmith from “Planet of the Apes” (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968)
In this multi-part series, we've focused on just one movie to explore a key idea in film studies. But this one choice means we've left out multitudes. Here is the larger set of also-rans we wrestled with before finally choosing “Sweet Smell of Success”.***Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 6A:“Napoléon” (Abel Gance, 1927)“Throne of Blood” (Akira Kurosawa, 1957)“The Sting” (George Roy Hill, 1973)“Mad Max: Fury Road” (George Miller, 2015)Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 6A:“Vintage Movie Projector | Sound Effect | Feel The Past Film Industry” by n Beats, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhUICp5XeJ4“Film Clapperboard Green Screen Effect With Sound” by Jacob Anderson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1sEiCa-yic“Slide projector changing with clicks” by (Soundsnap), https://www.soundsnap.com/tags/slide_projector?page=2
GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Haine”, “Drum”, “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)”, “Come and See”, “Perfect Days”, “Sweet Smell of Success”, “The Swimmer”, “Amadeus (Director's Cut)”, “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”, “Friday”, “Marie Antoinette”, “The Night of the Hunter”, “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”, “Portrait of a Lady Fire”, “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”, “Joker: Folie a Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”.***Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 6:“Marty” (Delbert Mann, 1955)“Director's Cut” (2001) by Fantômas“The Godfather” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)“Cape Fear” (J. Lee Thompson, 1962)“The Omen” (Richard Donner, 1976)“Spider Baby: or, the Maddest Story Ever Told” (Jack Hill, 1967)“Charade” (Stanley Donen, 1963)“Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion” (Elio Petri, 1970)"Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me” (David Lynch, 1992)“Scarface” (Howard Hawks, 1932)“Spartacus” (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)“Brick” (Rian Johnson, 2005)“A Face in the Crowd” (Elia Kazan, 1957)“12 Angry Men” (Sidney Lumet, 1957)“Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” (John Sturges, 1957)“Paths of Glory” (Stanley Kubrick, 1957)“The Bridge on the River Kwai” (David Lean, 1957)“Throne of Blood” (Akira Kurosawa, 1957)Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 6:“Sweet Smell of Success” (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)
In this multi-part series, we've focused on just one movie to explore a key idea in film studies. But this one choice means we've left out multitudes. Here is the larger set of also-rans we wrestled with before finally choosing “Perfect Days”.***Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 5A:“Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song” (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)“Dolemite” (D'Urville Martin, 1975)“Blacula” (William Crain, 1972)“Cecil B. Demented” (John Waters, 2000)“Mo' Better Blues” (Spike Lee, 1990)“Another Gay Movie” (Todd Stephens, 2006)“Cleopatra Jones” (Jack Starrett, 1973)“Border” (Ali Abbasi, 2018)Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 5A:“Vintage Movie Projector | Sound Effect | Feel The Past Film Industry” by n Beats, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhUICp5XeJ4“Film Clapperboard Green Screen Effect With Sound” by Jacob Anderson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1sEiCa-yic“Slide projector changing with clicks” by (Soundsnap), https://www.soundsnap.com/tags/slide_projector?page=2
GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Haine”, “Drum”, “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)”, “Come and See”, “Perfect Days”, “Sweet Smell of Success”, “The Swimmer”, “Amadeus (Director's Cut)”, “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”, “Friday”, “Marie Antoinette”, “The Night of the Hunter”, “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”, “Portrait of a Lady Fire”, “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”, “Joker: Folie a Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”.***Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 5:“Babel” (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2006)“13 Assassins” (Takashi Miike, 2010)“Seven Samurai” (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)“The Long Good Friday” (John Mackenzie, 1980)“F1” (Joseph Kosinski, 2025)Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 5:“Toilet Flush Sound Effect - High Quality Flushing” by Sound Effect Doggo, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhsVpvM2ZrM“The Twilight Zone Theme” (1959) by Marius Constant, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhsVpvM2ZrM“Perfect Days” (Wim Wenders, 2023), including “Perfect Day (Piano Komorebi Version)” (2024) by Patrick Watson, “Pale Blue Eyes” (1969) by The Velvet Underground, “Feeling Good” (1965) by Nina Simone, “House of the Rising Sun (Japanese Version)” (2023) by Sayuri Ishikawa, and “Perfect Day” (1972) by Lou Reed, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhC3YPiBwS9Vc9nbBG1Dl6y4AfZPD23lm“Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure” (Stephen Herek, 1989)
In this multi-part series, we've focused on just one movie to explore a key idea in film studies. But this one choice means we've left out multitudes. Here is the larger set of also-rans we wrestled with before finally choosing “Come and See”.***Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 4A:“Time Square” (Allan Moye, 1980)“Christiane F.” (Uli Edel, 1981)“Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains” (Lou Adler, 1982)“Pump Up the Volume” (Allen Moyle, 1990)“American Graffiti” (George Lucas, 1973)“The Woman King” (Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2022)Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 3A:“Vintage Movie Projector | Sound Effect | Feel The Past Film Industry” by n Beats, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhUICp5XeJ4“Film Clapperboard Green Screen Effect With Sound” by Jacob Anderson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1sEiCa-yic“Sound of Silver” by LCD Soundsystem (2007), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kmTQj8x0N8“Slide projector changing with clicks” by (Soundsnap), https://www.soundsnap.com/tags/slide_projector?page=2
GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Haine”, “Drum”, “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)”, “Come and See”, “Perfect Days”, “Sweet Smell of Success”, “The Swimmer”, “Amadeus (Director's Cut)”, “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”, “Friday”, “Marie Antoinette”, “The Night of the Hunter”, “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”, “Portrait of a Lady Fire”, “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”, “Joker: Folie a Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”.***Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 4:“Drum” (Steve Carver, 1976)“Shoah” (Claude Lanzmann, 1985)“Paths of Glory” (Stanely Kubrick, 1957)“Platoon” (Oliver Stone, 1986)“Ran” (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)“Solaris” (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972)“Full Metal Jacket” (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)“Hamburger Hill” (John Irvin, 1987)“Casualties of War” (Brian De Palma, 1989)“Atonement” (Joe Wright, 2007)“Dunkirk” (Christopher Nolan, 2017)Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 4:“The Sacred War” by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov and Vasily Lebedev-Kumach (1941), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maYCStVzjDs&list=RDmaYCStVzjDs&start_radio=1“Circus” (Grigori Aleksandrov and Isidor Simkov, 1936), including the song “Trip to the Stratosphere”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCEWd_zDYmc“Drum” (Steve Carver, 1976), including the song “Tell My Story” by Charlie Smalls“Moments in Love” by Art of Noise (1983), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cen22TBHo9M&list=RDcen22TBHo9M&start_radio=1“Come and See” (Elem Klimov, 1985), including “Requiem in D minor, K. 626: Sequentia, Lacrimosa” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
In this multi-part series, we've focused on just one movie to explore a key idea in film studies. But this one choice means we've left out multitudes. Here is the larger set of also-rans we wrestled with before finally choosing “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)”.***Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 3A:“Apocalypse Now” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)“Apocalypse Now Redux” (Francis Ford Coppola, 2001)“Day for Night” (Francois Truffaut, 1973)“Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood” (Quentin Tarantino, 2019)Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 3A:“Vintage Movie Projector | Sound Effect | Feel The Past Film Industry” by n Beats, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhUICp5XeJ4“Film Clapperboard Green Screen Effect With Sound” by Jacob Anderson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1sEiCa-yic“Slide projector changing with clicks” by (Soundsnap), https://www.soundsnap.com/tags/slide_projector?page=2
GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Haine”, “Drum”, “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)”, “Come and See”, “Perfect Days”, “The Sweet Smell of Success”, “The Swimmer”, “Amadeus (Director's Cut)”, “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”, “Friday”, “Marie Antoinette”, “The Night of the Hunter”, “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”, “Portrait of a Lady Fire”, “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”, “Joker: Folie a Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”.***Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 3:“Alien 3” (David Fincher, 1992)“Alien Quadrilogy” (Ridley Scott, James Cameron, David Fincher, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet)“Alien” (Ridley Scott, 1979)“Alien: Director's Cut” (Ridley Scott, 2001)“Aliens” (James Cameron, 1986)“Aliens: Directors” Cut” (James Cameron, 1991)“Alien Resurrection” (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997“Alien Resurrection: Director's Cut” (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2003)“The Abyss” (James Cameron, 1989)“The Abyss: The Special Edition” (James Cameron, 1992)“Fatal Attraction” (Adrian Lyne, 1987)“Fatal Attraction: A Special Collector's Edition” (Adrian Lyne, 1992)“Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (James Cameron 1991)“Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Special Edition” (James Cameron, 1993)“Pulp Fiction” (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)“Jackie Brown” (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)“Basic Instinct” (Paul Verhoeven, 1992)“Lethal Weapon 3” (Richard Donner, 1992)“Patriot Games” (Phillip Noyce, 1992)“Encino Man” (Les Mayfield, 1992)“The Oprah Winfrey Show” (Oprah Winfrey, 1986-2011)“Die Hard” (John McTiernan, 1988)“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (Peter Jackson, 2003)“Game of Thrones” (David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, 2011-2019)“Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (George Lucas, 1977)“Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back” (Irvin Kershner, 1980)“Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi” (Richard Marquand, 1983)Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 3:“Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)” (David Fincher, 1992), including “Main Title”, “First Attack”, “It Won't Kill Me”, and “End Credits” composed by Elliott Goldenthal“Terminator 2: Judgement Day” (James Cameron, 1991), including “Main Title Theme” composed by Brad Fiedel“Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back” (Irvin Kerschner, 1980), including “The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)” composed by John Williams“Dentist Drill Sound Effect [HD]” by n Beats, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf1lJywmMY8
In this multi-part series, we've focused on just one movie to explore a key idea in film studies. But this one choice means we've left out multitudes. Here is the larger set of also-rans we wrestled with before finally choosing “Drum”.***Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 2A:“The Trial” (Orson Welles, 1962)“Drum” (Steve Carver, 1976)“Manson” (Robert Hendrickson and Laurence Merrick, 1973)“Woodstock” (Michael Wadleigh, 1970)“The Great Beauty” (Paolo Sorrentino, 2013)Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 2A:“Vintage Movie Projector | Sound Effect | Feel The Past Film Industry” by n Beats, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhUICp5XeJ4“Film Clapperboard Green Screen Effect With Sound” by Jacob Anderson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1sEiCa-yic“Slide projector changing with clicks” by (Soundsnap), https://www.soundsnap.com/tags/slide_projector?page=2
GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Haine”, “Drum”, “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)”, “Come and See”, “Perfect Days”, “The Sweet Smell of Success”, “The Swimmer”, “Amadeus (Director's Cut)”, “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”, “Friday”, “Marie Antoinette”, “The Night of the Hunter”, “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”, “Portrait of a Lady Fire”, “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”, “Joker: Folie a Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”.***Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 2:“The Jerry Springer Show” (Burt Dubrow, 1991-2018)“Roots” (David L. Wolper, 1977)“Gone With the Wind” (Victor Fleming, 1939)“Alien” (Ridley Scott, 1979)“Mandingo” (Richard Fleischer, 1975)“Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song” (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)“Battlestar Galactica” (Glen A. Larson, 1978-1979)“Star Trek” (Gene Roddenberry, 1966-1969), including S1 E26 “Errand of Mercy”“Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling” (Richard Pryor, 1986)“Pretty Baby” (Louis Malle, 1978)“Conan the Barbarian” (John Milius, 1982)“Song of the South” (Harve Foster and Wilfred Jackson, 1946)“Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS” (Don Edmonds, 1975)“M*A*S*H” (Larry Gelbart, 1972-1983)“Ran” (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)“Django Unchained” (Quentin Tarantino, 2012)“12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen, 2013)“Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia” (Sam Peckinpah, 1974)“Private Property” (Leslie Stevens, 1960)“Ride the High Country” (Sam Peckinpah, 1962)“Stripes” (Ivan Reitman, 1981)“Blazing Saddles” (Mel Brooks, 1974)“The Bad News Bears” (Michael Ritchie, 1976)“Sparkle” (Sam O'Steen, 1976)“All the President's Men” (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)“Family Plot” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1976)“Grizzly” (William Girdler, 1976)“Jaws” (Steven Spielberg, 1975)“Embryo” (Ralph Nelson, 1976)“Leadbelly” (Gordon Parks, 1976)“Silent Movie” (Mel Brooks, 1976)“Logan's Run” (Michael Anderson, 1976)“The Omen” (Richard Donner, 1976)“The Outlaw Josey Wales” (Clint Eastwood, 1976)“The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings” (John Badham, 1976)“The Shootist” (Don Siegel, 1976)“Bugsy Malone” (Alan Parker, 1976)“The Birth of a Nation” (Nate Parker, 2016)“Birth of a Nation” (D.W. Griffith, 1915)Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 2:“Drum” (Steve Carver, 1976), including the song “Tell My Story” composed by Charlie Smalls“The Jerry Springer Show” (Burt Dubrow, 1991-2018), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dize77oSCPE“Anvil of Crom”, composed by Basil Poledouris for “Conan the Barbarian” (John Milius, 1982)“Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah”, composed by Allie Wrubel and Ray Gilbert for “Song of the South” (Harve Foster and Wilfred Jackson, 1946)“Stripes” (Ivan Reitman, 1981)
In this multi-part series, we've focused on just one movie to explore a key idea in film studies. But this one choice means we've left out multitudes. Here is the larger set of also-rans we wrestled with before finally choosing “La Haine”.***Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 1A:“The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)” (Tom Six, 2011)“Snow on tha Bluff” (Damon Russell, 2011)“Roar” (Noel Marshall, 1981)“Survive Style 5+” (Gen Sekiguchi, 2004)“Blue Velvet” (David Lynch, 1986)“Wild at Heart” (David Lynch, 1990)“The Deer Hunter” (Michael Cimino, 1978)“Spirit of the Beehive” (Victor Erice, 1973)“Titane” (Julia Ducournau, 2021)“I Am Curious (Yellow)” (Vilgot Sjöman, 1967)“I Am Curious (Blue)” (Vilgot Sjöman, 1968)“Naked Lunch” (David Cronenberg, 1991)“Breakfast of Champions” (Alan Rudolph, 1999)“La Haine” (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)“The Holy Mountain” (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973)“Fantastic Planet” (René Laloux, 1973)“Life Itself” (Steve James, 2014)Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 1A:“Vintage Movie Projector | Sound Effect | Feel The Past Film Industry” by n Beats, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhUICp5XeJ4“Film Clapperboard Green Screen Effect With Sound” by Jacob Anderson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1sEiCa-yic“Slide projector changing with clicks” by (Soundsnap), https://www.soundsnap.com/tags/slide_projector?page=2
GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Haine”, “Drum”, “Alien 3 (Producers' Cut)”, “Come and See”, “Perfect Days”, “The Sweet Smell of Success”, “The Swimmer”, “Amadeus (Director's Cut)”, “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”, “Friday”, “Marie Antoinette”, “The Night of the Hunter”, “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”, “Portrait of a Lady Fire”, “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”, “Joker: Folie a Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”.***Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 1:“Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (George Lucas, 1977)“Mary Poppins” (Robert Stevenson, 1964)“Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back” (Irvin Kerschner, 1980)“Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” (Sam Wrench, 2023)“Stray Dog” (Akira Kurosawa, 1949)“Kids” (Larry Clark, 1995)“Ken Park” (Larry Clark and Edward Lachman, 2002)“Bless the Beasts and Children” (Stanley Kramer, 1971)“Vertigo” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)“Jaws” (Steven Spielberg, 1975)“Munich” (Steven Spielberg, 2005)“Boogie Nights” (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)“Casino” (Martin Scorsese, 1995)“Toy Story” (John Lasseter, 1995)“Heat” (Michael Mann, 1995)“Nixon” (Oliver Stone, 1995)“Four Rooms” (Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino, 1995)“12 Monkeys” (Terry Gilliam, 1995)“Dead Man Walking” (Tim Robbins, 1995)“From Dusk till Dawn” (Robert Rodriguez, 1996)“Beautiful Girls” (Ted Demme, 1996)“The Bird Cage” (Mike Nichols, 1996)“Fargo” (The Coen Brothers, 1996)“The Celluloid Closet” (Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, 1996)“Girl 6” (Spike Lee, 1996)Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 1:“Star Wars Main Theme” by John Williams for “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (George Lucas, 1977)“Burnin' and Lootin'” by Bob Marley for the album “Burnin'” by Bob Marley and the Wailers (1973), used in “La Haine” (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (George Roy Hill, 1969)“Eugene's Lament” by Beastie Boys, Nishita, Bobo, and Eugene Gore for the album “Ill Communication” by Beastie Boys (1994), used in “La Haine” (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)
This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. ***Referenced media:“Sin City” (Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, 2005)“Crash” (Paul Haggis, 2004)“Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith” (George Lucas, 2005)“Black Hawk Down” (Ridley Scott, 2001)“Gladiator” (Ridley Scott, 2000)“Hannibal” (Ridley Scott, 2001)“War of the Worlds” (Steven Spielberg, 2005)“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (Peter Jackson, 2001)“The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” (Peter Jackson, 2002)“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (Peter Jackson, 2003)“Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace” (George Lucas, 1999)“Game of Thrones” (David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, 2011-2019)“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” (Rick Berman and Michael Piller, 1993-1999)“Syriana” (Stephen Gaghan, 2005)“Spartacus” (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)“Braveheart” (Mel Gibson, 1995)“Alien” (Ridley Scott, 1979)“Blade Runner” (Ridley Scott, 1982)“Tron” (Steven Lisberger, 1982)“Prometheus (Ridley Scott, 2012)“Napoleon” (Ridley Scott, 2023)“The Last Duel” (Ridley Scott, 2021)Audio quotation:“Kingdom of Heaven” (Ridley Scott, 2005), including the songs “Ibelin”, “To Jerusalem”, “Path to Heaven”, and “Crusaders” by Harry Gregson-Williams
This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. ***Referenced media:“Jaws” (Steven Spielberg, 1975)“The Color Purple” (Steven Spielberg, 1985)“The Brutalist” (Brady Corbet, 2024)“Havoc” (Gareth Evans, 2025)“The Raid” (Gareth Evans, 2011)“The RaId 2” (Gareth Evans, 2014)“The West Wing” (Aaron Sorkin, 1999-2006)“2001: A Space Odyssey” (Stanely Kubrick, 1968)“Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure” (Stephen Herek, 1989)Audio quotation:“Munich” (Steven Spielberg, 2005), including “End Credits” and “Avner's Theme” (2005) by John Williams“Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure” (Stephen Herek, 1989)
This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. ***Referenced media:“Baghead” (Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass, 2008)“CB4” (Tamra Davis, 1993)“Zero Dark Thirty” (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)“The Office” (Greg Daniels, 2005-2013)“The Mindy Project” (Mindy Kaling, 2012-2017)Audio quotation:“The Puffy Chair” (Jay Duplass, 2005), including “Disconnect the Dots” (2004) by of Montreal“CB4” (Tamra Davis, 1993)
This is part of a series about romance in movies. ***Referenced media:“28 Days Later” (Danny Boyle, 2002)“Shaun of the Dead” (Edgar Wright, 2004)“Dawn of the Dead” (Zack Snyder, 2004)“Station 11” (Patrick Somerville, 2021-2022)“War for the Planet of the Apes” (Matt Reeves, 2017)Audio quotation:“Warm Bodies” (Jonathan Levine, 2013), including music by Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders and the songs “Yamaha” (2012) by Delta Spirit, “Missing You” (1984) by John Waite, and “Midnight City” (2011) by M83, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl-PS1ki3KJhFAu5XY3Aau1Yq3z3VmI3L
This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. ***Referenced media:“Distant Sky: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Live in Copenhagen” (David Barnard, 2018)“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (Peter Jackson, 2001)“The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” (Peter Jackson, 2002)“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (Peter Jackson, 2003)“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (Steven Spielberg, 2008)“Sexy Beast” (Jonathan Glazer, 2000)“Unforgiven” (Clint Eastwood, 1992)“McCabe & Mrs. Miller” (Robert Altman, 1971)“United 93” (Paul Greengrass, 2006)“World Trade Center” (Oliver Stone, 2006)“Cars” (John Lasseter, 2006)Audio quotation:“The Proposition” (John Hillcoat, 2005), including the songs “Happy Land”, “Down to the Valley”, “Martha's Dream”, “Sad Violin Thing”, “The Rider Song”, “Road to Banyon”, and “Clean Hands, Dirty Hands” by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. ***Referenced media:“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest” (Gore Verbinski, 2006)“Shaft” (Gordon Parks, 1971)“Thelma” (Josh Margolin, 2024)“Looper” (Rian Johnson, 2012)“Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi” (Rian Johnson, 2017)“Blade Runner” (Ridley Scott, 1982)“Sin City” (Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller 2005)“The Greatest Show on Earth” (Cecil B. DeMille, 1952)“Bugsy Malone” (Alan Parker, 1976)“The Big Sleep” (Howard Hawks, 1946)“A Clockwork Orange” (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)“Witness” (Peter Weir, 1985)“Knives Out” (Rian Johnson, 2019)“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Rian Johnson, 2022)“The Shining” (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)“Wages of Fear” (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)“Sorcerer” (William Friedkin, 1977)“High School Confidential!” (Jack Arnold, 1958)Audio quotation:“Brick” (Rian Johnson, 2005), including “Emily's Theme” by Nathan Johnson, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-uEelZadhAUjORNgSynf4dEnFeJ2qgpd“Blade Runner” (Ridley Scott, 1982, including “Main Titles” by Vangelis, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ABE2FBA2900C03E“Sin City” (Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, 2005), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRtz8JQw01A“Fight On” (Milo Sweet, 1922), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX1YxF8ClgE“The Greatest Show on Earth” (Cecil B. DeMille, 1952), including “Prelue (March” by Victor Young“Police Siren Sound Effect” by SoundEffectsFactory, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKieGUH9pzg“High School Confidential!” (Jack Arnold, 1958), including “High School Confidential” by Jerry Lee Lewis and Ron Hargrave, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xx3RmTNHbE
This is part of a series about romance in movies. ***Referenced media:“Golden Girls” (Susan Harris, 1985-1992)“Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” (Stanley Kubrick 1964)“The Graduate” (Mike Nichols, 1967)Audio quotation:“Harold and Maude” (Hal Ashby, 1971), including the songs “Don't Be Shy” and “If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out” by Cat Stevens
This is part of a series about romance in movies. ***Referenced media:“Bros” (Nicholas Stoller, 2022)“Saturday Night Live” (Lorne Michaels, 1975-now)“Clueless” (Amy Heckerling, 1995)“Pride & Prejudice” (Joe Wright, 2005)Audio quotation:“Fire Island” (Andrew Ahn, 2022), including the song “Pure Imagination” performed by Kathleen, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_OPWtgi2GFGVXixDBXQl1dz8DQQaoMgt
This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. ***Referenced media:“The Emigrants” (Jan Troell, 1971)“The New Land” (Jan Troell, 1972)“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (Peter Jackson, 2001)“The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” (Peter Jackson, 2002)“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (Peter Jackson, 2003)“Syriana” (Stephen Gaghan, 2005)“The Thin Red Line” (Terrence Malick, 1998)“John Wick” (Chad Stahelski, 2014)“Pocahontas” (Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg, 1995)“Spaceballs” (Mel Brooks, 1987)“Apocalypto” (Mel Gibson, 2006)“Badlands” (Terrence Malick, 1973)“Days of Heaven” (Terrence Malick, 1978)“Avatar” (James Cameron, 2009)“The Jerk” (Carl Reiner, 1979)“Quest for Fire” (Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1981)“Heaven's Gate” (Michael Cimino, 1980)Audio quotation:“The New World” (Terence Malick, 2005), including the songs “First Landing” and “All Is Lost” by James Horner, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF58BABF8997A9930“Cash Register Cha-Ching | Sound Effect | (Kaching) - Sound - HD” by cashregistersound, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trR5YxZjfes“The Jerk” (Carl Reiner, 1979)“Das Rheingold”, including “Prelude” by Richard Wagner (1869), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chLhMuCLEPk
This is part of a series about romance in movies. ***Referenced media:“The Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespears (~1590-1592)“Scream” (Wes Craven, 1996)“Some Kind of Wonderful” (Howard Deutch, 1987)“A Knight's Tale” (Brian Helgeland, 2001)“Brokeback Mountain” (Ang Lee, 2005)“The Dark Knight” (Christopher Nolan, 2008)“Warm Bodies” (Jonathan Levine, 2013)“The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare (~1591-1595)Audio quotation:“Scream” (Wes Craven, 1996), including the song “Trouble in Woodsboro” by Marco Beltrami, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4Rzp8_M_lU“Glasses Clink Toast Cheers Sound Effect” by UH Sound, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUjujV0PAaM“10 Things I Hate About You” (Gil Junger, 1999), including the songs “I Want You To Want Me” and “Cruel to Be Kind” performed by Letters to Cleo, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0FBF4FD9F6CFC790
This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. ***Referenced media:“Michael Clayton” (Tony Gilroy, 2007)“Up in the Air” (Jason Reitman, 2009)“Good Night, and Good Luck.” (George Clooney, 2005)“The Big Short” (Adam McKay, 2015)“The Godfather” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)“The Godfather: Part II” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)“Traffik” (Simon Moore, 1989)“Traffic” (Steven Soderbergh, 2000)“Paradise Now” (Hany Abu-Assad, 2005)“United 93” (Paul Greengrass, 2006)“Thank You for Smoking” (Jason Reitman, 2005)“Kick-Ass” (Matthew Vaughn, 2010)“Airplane!” (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker, 1980)“The Constant Gardener” (Fernando Meirelles, 2005)“Everything Is Illuminated” (Liev Schreiber, 2005)“A History of Violence” (David Cronenberg, 2005)“Capote” (Bennett Miller, 2005)“North Country” (Niki Caro, 2005)“Jarhead” (Sam Mendes, 2005)“Walk the Line” (James Mangold, 2005)“Rent” (Chris Columbus, 2005)“The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (Tommy Lee Jones, 2005)“Munich” (Steven Spielberg, 2005)“The New World” (Terence Malick, 2005)Audio quotation:“Syriana” (Stephen Gaghan, 2005)
This is part of a series about romance in movies. ***Referenced media:“Pretty in Pink” (Howard Deutch, 1986)“Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” (Mark Molloy, 2024)“Ted Lasso” (Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, and Joe Kelly, 2020-2023)“Alien” (Ridley Scott, 1979)“Lethal Weapon” (Richard Donner, 1987)Audio quotation:“Some Kind of Wonderful” (Howard Deutch, 1987), including the songs “Do Anything” by Pete Shelley, “The Hardest Walk” by The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Can't Help Falling in Love” by Lick the Tins, and “Miss Amanda Jones” by The March Violets, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn0CsEM2lH5MR2YErPNK1SyXOrCp_3REG
This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. ***Referenced media:“Promising Young Woman” (Emerald Fennell, 2020)“Spartacus” (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)“Marvel's The Avengers” (Joss Whedon, 2012)“Fargo” (Joel Coen, 1996)“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Martin McDonagh, 2017)“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (Peter Jackson, 2001)“The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” (Peter Jackson, 2002)“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (Peter Jackson, 2003)“Whale Rider” (Niki Caro, 2002)“Grizzly Man” (Werner Herzog, 2005)“Lord of War” (Andrew Niccol, 2005)“Capote” (Bennett Miller, 2005)“Good Night, and Good Luck.” (George Clooney, 2005)“Jarhead” (Sam Mendes, 2005)“Munich” (Steven Spielberg, 2005)“Æon Flux” (Peter Chung, 1991-1995)“Liquid Television” (Japhet Asher, 1991-1995)“Æon Flux” (Karyn Kusama, 2005)Audio quotation:“North Country” (Niki Caro, 2005), including music composed by Gustavo Santaolalla, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQcLaWj9GCJZZKMU9wgWbGNBwsrG78olw“JUDGE HITTING GAVEL - Sound Effect & Video - Sound FX / Video FX” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM1LAsuYj48“Æon Flux” (Karyn Kusama, 2005), including music composed by Graeme Revell, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLohYzz4btpaQrMM9AqRdvbNoxgz3xZrhf
This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. ***Referenced media:“The Bad News Bears” (Michael Ritchie, 1976)“Boyhood” (Richard Linklater, 2014)“Slacker” (Richard Linklater, 1990)“Dazed and Confused” (Richard Linklater, 1993)“School of Rock” (Richard Linklater, 2003)“Friday Night Lights” (Peter Berg, 2004)“Pollock” (Ed Harris, 2000)“Talk Soup” (Brad Gyori, 1991-2002)“Little Miss Sunshine” (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, 2006)“The Fly” (David Cronenberg, 1986)“Bad Santa” (Terry Zwigoff, 2003)“Crumb” (Terry Zwigoff, 2003)“2001: A Space Odyssey” (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)“Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith” (George Lucas, 2005)“The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy” (Garth Jennings, 2005)“The Longest Yard” (Peter Segal, 2005)“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (Tim Burton, 2005)“Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” (Mel Stuart, 1971)“The Dukes of Hazzard” (Jay Chandrasekhar, 2005)“King Kong” (Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Shoedsack, 1933)“King Kong” (John Guillermin, 1976)“King Kong” (Peter Jackson, 2005)Audio quotation:“Bad News Bears” (Richard Linklater, 2005), including music composed by Ed Schearmur, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lJM7u4KxMEEijvYTOPM0T4eR7IBNXp6FU“This is War” (Ben Kweller, 2005), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f-Q8BnVUsA&list=OLAK5uy_lJM7u4KxMEEijvYTOPM0T4eR7IBNXp6FU&index=5“Cocaine” (J.J. Cale, 1976), performed by Eric Clapton, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxVZkNfxJdA&list=OLAK5uy_lJM7u4KxMEEijvYTOPM0T4eR7IBNXp6FU&index=8“Friday Night Lights” (Peter Berg, 2004)“‘NFL on FOX' Theme Song” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU1o2blfeO0
This is part of a series about movies based on comic books. ***Referenced media:“Twilight” (Catherine Hardwicke, 2008)“Interview with the Vampire” (Rolin Jones, 2022)“World War Z” (Marc Forster, 2013)“Beloved” (Jonathan Demme, 1998)“The Last Samurai” (Edward Zwick, 2003)“The Last of the Mohicans” (Michael Mann, 1992)“28 Days Later” (Danny Boyle, 2002)“30 Days of Night” (2002) by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith“30 Days of Night: Dark Days” (Ben Ketai, 2010)“30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow” (2004) by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith“30 Days of Night: Bloodsucker Tales” (2005) by Steve Niles, Matt Fraction, Kody Chamberlain, and Ben Templesmith“The Walking Dead” (2003-2019) by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore“The Thing” (John Carpenter, 1982)“The Terrifier 3” (Damien Leone, 2024)“Smile 2” (Parker Finn, 2024)“Near Dark” (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)“The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams” (Charles E. Sellier, Jr., 1977-1978)Audio quotation:“30 Days of Night” (David Slade, 2007), including music composed by Brian Reitzell, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLohYzz4btpaQvWrny4rQixCHDjuGwFr0e“Axe blow to the flesh (sound effect)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-_0GkjAoYY
This is part of a series about movies based on comic books. ***Referenced media:“Hulk” (Ang Lee, 2003)“Justice League” (1960-now) by Gardner Fox“Promethea” (1999-2005) by Alan Moore, J.H. Williams III, and Mick Gray“300” (1998) by Frank Miller“300” (Zack Snyder, 2007))“Watchmen” (1986-1987) by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons“Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (George Lucas, 1977)“The Incredible Hulk” (1962-now) by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby“La Femme Nikita” (Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, 1997-2001)“Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back” (Irvin Kershner, 1980)“Inception” (Christopher Nolan, 2010)“V for Vendetta” (1982-1989) by Alan Moore, David Lloyd, and Tony Weare“King Solomon's Mines” (J. Lee Thompson, 1985)“American Splendor” (Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, 2003)Audio quotation:“The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” (Stephen Norrington, 2003), including music composed by Trevor Jones, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLohYzz4btpaR4ijRiDh7c_um07ONIlBzQ“Main Theme” from “The Hulk” (Ang Lee, 2003) composed by Danny Elfman, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLohYzz4btpaQYdvYlbq7Vw2z3YNwxPNXE“One Dream” (1991) by Lou Gramm from the “Highlander II: The Quickening” (Russell Mulcahy, 1991) soundtrack, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3E7X7BHpz4
This is part of a series about movies based on comic books. ***Referenced media:“Point Break” (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)“Orange Is the New Black” (Jenji Kohan, 2013-2019)“Tank Girl” (1988-now) by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett“A League of Their Own” (Penny Marshall, 1992)“Station Eleven” (Patrick Somerville, 2021-2022)“Crumb” (Terry Zwigoff, 1994)“Casper” (Brad Silberling, 1995)“Batman Forever” (Joel Schumacher, 1995)“Judge Dredd” (Danny Cannon, 1995)“Judge Dredd” (1977-now) by John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra, and Pat Mills“Star Wars” (George Lucas, 1977)“Twilight” (Catherine Hardwicke, 2008)“Thirteen” (Catherine Hardwicke, 2003)“Full Metal Jacket” (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)“A Clockwork Orange” (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)“The Terminator” (James Cameron, 1984)“House of Cards” (Beau Willimon, 2013-2018)“Star Wars: Special Edition” (George Lucas, 1997)“The Wizard of Oz” (Victor Fleming, 1939)“Dune” (1984) by David Lynch“Dune” (1965) by Frank Herbert“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, 2022)Audio quotation:“Tank Girl” (Rachel Talalay, 1995), including music composed by Graeme Revell, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiHMp8qY6Yo“Pool pump noise” https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I-_GEM1wRIY“Drown Soda” (1991) by Hole from the “Tank Girl” soundtrack, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQvL6GLJiX927JfXHNRtuj87-vcehTEV-“Clint Eastwood” (2001) by Gorillaz, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V_xRb0x9aw“Big Gun” (1995) by Ice-T from the “Tank Girl” soundtrack, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQvL6GLJiX927JfXHNRtuj87-vcehTEV-
This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. ***Referenced media:“The Kingdom” (Peter Berg, 2007)“Lebanon” (Samuel Maoz, 2009)“Thank You for Smoking” (Jason Reitman, 2005)“Star Trek: The Next Generation” (Gene Roddenberry, 1987-1994)“Lord of War” (Andrew Niccol, 2005)“Syriana” (Stephen Gaghan, 2005)Audio quotation:“Paradise Now” (Hany Abu-Assad, 2005)
This is part of a series about movies based on comic books. ***Referenced media:“Superman” (Richard Donner, 1978)“Adventures of Superman” (Whitney Ellsworth and Robert J. Maxwell, 1952-1958)“Batman” (Bob Kane and Bill Finger, 1939-now)“Wonder-Woman” (William Moulton Marston, 1941-now)“Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut” (Richard Donner, 2006)“Spider-Man” (Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, 1962-now)“Dr. Strange” (Steve Ditko, 1963-now)“The Incredible Hulk” (Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, 1962-now)“Man of Steel” (Zack Snyder, 2013)“Super Friends” (Lewis Marshall and Iwao Takamoto, 1973-1985)“Superman III” (Richard Lester, 1983)“Spider-Man” (Sam Raimi, 2002)“Team America: World Police” (Trey Parker, 2004)“The Adventures of Superman” (George Putnam Ludlam, 1940-1951)“Unbreakable” (M. Night Shyamalan, 2000)Audio quotation:“Superman II” (Richard Lester, 1980), including music composed and arranged by John Williams and Ken Thorne“'50s Adventures of Superman – Intro” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2l4bz1FT8U
This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“A Beautiful Mind” (Ron Howard, 2001)“Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (Mike Nichols, 1966)Audio quotation:“Carnal Knowledge” (Mike Nichols, 1971)
This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“Song of the South” (Harve Foster and Wilfred Jackson, 1946)“The Birth of a Nation” (D.W. Griffith, 1915)“Drum” (Steve Carver, 1976)“Mandingo” (Richard Fleischer, 1975)“Django Unchained” (Quentin Tarantino, 2012)“Gone with the Wind” (Victor Fleming, 1939)“Dirty Harry” (Don Siegel, 1971)“Pig” (Michael Sarnoski, 2021)“The Beguiled” (Sofia Coppola, 2017)“Fury” (David Ayer, 2014)“Fury” (Fritz Lang, 1936)“Cold Mountain” (Anthony Minghella, 2003)“McCabe & Mrs. Miller” (Robert Altman, 1971)“Wild Rovers” (Blake Edwards,1971)“The Hunting Party” (Don Medford, 1971)“Doc” (Frank Perry, 1971)“Johnny Got His Gun” (Dalton Trumbo, 1971)“Bless the Beasts and Children” (Stanley Kramer, 1971)“Bonanaza” (David Dortort, 1959-1973)“Gunsmoke” (Charles Marquis Warren, 1955-1975)“The Devils” (Ken Russell, 1971)Audio quotation:“The Beguiled” (Don Siegel, 1971)The Beguiled (1971) Original Trailer [FHD], https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn2ckK1Pia8
This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“The Wild Bunch” (Sam Peckinpah, 1969)“Jules and Jim” (Francois Truffaut, 1962)“Brokeback Mountain” (Ang Lee, 2005)“Red Dead Redemption” (Steve Martin, Josh Needleman, and David Kunkler, 2010)“A Fistful of Dollars” (Sergio Leone, 1964)“For a Few Dollars More” (Sergio Leone, 1965)“The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” (Sergio Leone, 1966)“Once Upon a Time in the West” (Sergio Leone, 1968)“Once Upon a Time in America” (Sergio Leone, 1984)“Dirty Harry” (Don Siegel, 1971)“Taxi Driver” (Martin Scorsese, 1976)“Billy Jack” (Tom Laughlin, 1971)“Monty Python and the Holy Grail” (Terry Giliam and Terry Jones, 1975)“The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid” (Philip Kaufman, 1972)“Chato's Land” (Michael Winner, 1972)“Deep Throat” (Gerard Damiano, 1972)“Frenzy” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1972)“Conquest of the Planet of the Apes” (J. Lee Thompson, 1972)“Joe Kidd” (John Sturges, 1972)“Deliverance” (John Boorman, 1972)“Junior Bonner” (Sam Peckinpah, 1972)“Sounder” (Martin Ritt, 1972)“Aliens” (James Cameron, 1986)“Rio Bravo” (Howard Hawks, 1959)“Being There” (Hal Ashby, 1979)Audio quotation:“Duck, You Sucker!” (Sergio Leone, 1971)
This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“The Devils” (Ken Russell, 1971)“Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom” (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975)“Arabian Nights” (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975)“The Original Kings of Comedy” (Spike Lee, 2000)“Big Love” (Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, 2006-2011)“Last Temptation of Christ” (Martin Scorsese, 1988)“The French Connection” (William Friedkin, 1971)“The Decameron” (Kathleen Jordan, 2024)“Straw Dogs” (Sam Peckinpah, 1971)“Dirty Harry” (Don Siegel, 1971)“A Clockwork Orange” (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)Audio quotation:“The Decameron” (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1971)“The Original Kings of Comedy” (Spike Lee, 2000)
This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“The Omega Man” (Boris Sagal, 1971)“The Last Movie” (Dennis Hopper, 1971)“The French Connection” (William Friedkin, 1971)“The Last Picture Show” (Peter Bogdanovich, 1971)“The Big Boss” (Lo Wei, 1971)“Duck, You Sucker!” (Sergio Leone, 1971)“Fiddler on the Roof” (Norman Jewison, 1971)“Duel” (Steven Spielberg, 1971)“The War Game” (Peter Watkins, 1966)“THX 1138” (George Lucas, 1971)“The Hunger Games” (Gary Ross, 2012)“Oppenheimer” (Christopher Nolan, 2023)“Natural Born Killers” (Oliver Stone, 1994)“Man Bites Dog” (Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, and Benoît Poelvoorde, 1992)“2001: A Space Odyssey” (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)“Running Man” (Paul Michael Glaser, 1987)Audio quotation:“Punishment Park” (Peter Watkins, 1971)“The Running Man Revolution End Credits” from “The Running Man” (Paul Michael Glaser, 1987), written by Harold Faltermeyer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl73wrJU1nw&list=PLk83Uk_KUSSfJjwF0oZnhaESCw2cG9j0t&index=18
This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“Crimes of Passion” (Ken Russell, 1984)“Deep Throat” (Gerard Damiano, 1972)“Behind the Green Door” (Artie Mitchell and Jim Mitchell, 1972)“Whore” (Ken Russell, 1991)“E.T.” (Steven Spielberg, 1982)“Pretty Woman” (Garry Marshall, 1990)“The Transformers: The Movie” (Nelson Shin, 1986)“Elmer Gantry” (Richard Brooks, 1960)“Blue” (Derek Jarman, 1993)“Citizen Kane” (Orson Welles, 1941)“The Passion of the Christ” (Mel Gibson, 2004)“Gladiator” (Ridley Scott, 2000)“Spartacus” (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)Audio quotation:“The Devils” (Ken Russell, 1971)“Whore” (Ken Russell, 1991)Theme from “Elmer Gantry” (Richard Brooks, 1960), written by André Previn, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL6UGHLl3hk“Goodbye, My Life, My Love” from “Spartacus” (Stanley Kubrick, 1960), written by Alex North,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pajZbfZvgXE&list=PL91EBC569483515E4&index=21
This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“Benson” (Susan Harris, 1979-1986)“First Cow” (Kelly Reichardt, 2019)“Dances with Wolves” (Kevin Costner, 1990)“Unforgiven” (Clint Eastwood, 1992)“Bonanza” (David Dortort, 1959-1973)“Gunsmoke” (Charles Marquis Warren, 1955-1975)“M*A*S*H” (Robert Altman, 1970)“Nashville” (Robert Altman, 1975)“Deadwood” (David Milch, 2004-2006, 2019)“The Searchers” (John Ford, 1956)“American Graffiti” (George Lucas, 1973)“Big Jake” (George Sherman, 1971)“The Beguiled” (Don Siegel, 1971)“Klute” (Alan J. Pakula, 1971)“Two-Lane Blacktop” (Monte Hellman, 1971)“Bless the Beasts and Children” (Stanley Kramer, 1971)“The Omega Man” (Boris Sagal, 1971)“The Godfather” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)“The Sting” (George Roy Hill, 1973)“Chinatown” (Roman Polanski, 1974)“Jaws” (Steven Spielberg, 1975)Audio quotation:“McCabe & Mrs. Miller” (Robert Altman, 1971)
This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“The Deuce” (George Pelecanos and David Simon, 2017-2019)“Halloween” (John Carpenter, 1978)“Friday the 13th” (Sean S. Cunningham, 1980)“Red Dragon” (Brett Ratner, 2002)“Manhunter” (Michael Mann, 1986)“The Silence of the Lambs” (Jonathan Demme, 1991)“The Godfather” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)“Rear Window” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)“Shaft” (Gordon Parks, 1971)“Cruising” (William Friedkin, 1980)“American Psycho” (Mary Harron, 2000)Audio quotation:“Klute” (Alan J. Pakula, 1971)“Mom and Dad” (William Beaudine, 1945)
This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Muppet Show” (Jim Henson, 1976-1981)“The Benny Hill Show” (Benny Hill, 1955-1989)“Saturday Night Live” (Lorne Michaels, 1975-now)“The Critic” (Al Jean and Mike Reiss, 1994-1995)“The Simpsons” (Matt Groening, 1989-now)“Manhattan” (Woody Allen, 1979)“Monty Python's Flying Circus” (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam, 1969-1974)“The Wild Bunch” (Sam Peckinpah, 1969)“Straw Dogs” (Sam Peckinpah, 1971)“A Clockwork Orange” (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)“Wide World of Sports” (Edgar Scherick, 1961-1997)“Battleship Potemkin” (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)“THX 1138” (George Lucas, 1971)“Summer of '42” (Robert Mulligan, 1971)“Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song” (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“Jaws” (Steven Spielberg, 1975)“The Andromeda Strain” (Robert Wise, 1971)“Billy Jack” (T.C. Frank, 1971)“Plaza Suite” (Arthur Hiller, 1971)“Johnny Got His Gun” (Dalton Trumbo, 1971)“Escape from the Planet of the Apes” (Don Taylor, 1971)“Pink Narcissus” (James Bidgood, 1971)“The Beguiled” (Don Siegel, 1971)“McCabe & Mrs. Miller” (Robert Altman, 1971)Audio quotation:“Bananas” (Woody Allen, 1971)“Fog Horn SOUND EFFECT - Nebelhorn SOUNDS”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z1xvXDdjMU“The Stranger Song” by Leonard Cohen from McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzcNu016Cbo
This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“Jurassic Park” (Steven Spielberg, 1993)“The X-Files” (Chris Carter, 1993-2002, 2016-2018)“Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)“Wag the Dog” (Barry Levinson, 1997)“Natural Born Killers” (Oliver Stone, 1994)“Citizen Kane” (Orson Welles, 1941)“Magnificent Ambersons” (Orson Welles, 1942)“It's All True” (Orson Welles, 1941-1942)“The Sound of Music” (Robert Wise, 1965)“West Side Story” (Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, 1961)“The Day the Earth Stood Still” (Robert Wise, 1951)“Airport” (George Seaton, 1970)“Stunt Rock” (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1978)“Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (George Lucas, 1977)“Plato's Stepchildren” (David Alexander, 1968), November 22, 1968, Episode 10 of Season three of “Star Trek” (Gene Roddenberry, 1966-1969)“The Thing from Another World” (Christian Nyby, 1951)“Wanda” (Barbara Loden, 1971)“Get Carter” (Mike Hodges, 1971)“THX 1138” (George Lucas, 1971)“Summer of '42” (Robert Mulligan, 1971)“Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song” (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)Audio quotation:“The Andromeda Strain” (Robert Wise, 1971)Theme from “The X-Files” (Chris Carter, 1993-2002, 2016-2018), written by Mark Snow, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4-GcS1UQyg“RUMSFELD / KNOWNS” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REWeBzGuzCc
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa learn something new about the birds and the bees: avoid “the Great Imitator” and “the clap”.***Referenced media:“Johnny Dangerously” (Amy Heckerling, 1984)“Gone with the Wind” (Victor Fleming, 1939)“Leave it to Beaver” (Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, 1957-1963)“High School Confidential” (Jack Arnold, 1958)“Reefer Madness” (Louis J. Gasnier, 1936)“The Explosive Generation” (Buzz Kulik, 1961)“Teenage Mother” (Jerry Gross, 1967)“Teenage Father” (Taylor Hackford, 1978)“Sex Hygiene” (Otto Brewer and John Ford, 1942)Audio quotation:“Mom and Dad” (William Beaudine, 1945)“Chicken Clucking And Other Chickens Sound and Noises
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa glory in Mae West as the avatar of Pre-Code Hollywood***Referenced media:“Looney Tunes” (Leon Schlesinger, Hugh Harman, and Rudolf Ising, 1930-now)“Angels with Dirty Face” (Michael Curtiz, 1938)“I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang” (Mervyn LeRoy, 1932)“Call Her Savage” (John Francis Dillon, 1932)“Safe in Hell” (William A. Wellman, 1931)“Footlight Parade” (Lloyd Bacon, 1933)“Scarface” (Howard Hawks, 1932)“Tarzan the Ape Man” (W.S. Van Dyke, 1932)“The Story of Temple Drake” (Stephen Roberts, 1933)“The Jazz Singer” (Alan Crosland, 1927)“King Kong” (Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933)“Gabriel Over the White House” (Gregory La Cava, 1933)Audio quotation:“She Done Him Wrong” (Lowell Sherman, 1933)
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa embrace a soap opera in the sky.***Referenced media:“Airplane!” (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker, 1980)“Zero Hour!” (Hall Bartlett, 1957)“One on Top of the Other” (Lucio Fulci, 1969)“Stunt Rock” (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1978)“The Twilight Zone” (Rod Serling, 1959-1964)“An Officer and a Gentleman” (Taylor Hackford, 1982)“All the President's Men” (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)“Hud” (Martin Ritt, 1963)“Cool Hand Luke” (Stuart Rosenberg, 1967)“M*A*S*H” (Robert Altman, 1970)“Patton” (Franklin L. Schaffner, 1970)“Zabriskie Point” (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970)“The Boys in the Band” (William Friedkin, 1970)“The Ballad of Cable Hogue” (Sam Peckinpah, 1970)“The Liberation of L.B. Jones” (William Wyler, 1970)“Woodstock” (Michael Wadleigh, 1970)“Waterloo” (Sergei Bondarchuk, 1970)“Hi, Mom!” (Brian De Palma, 1970)“Greetings” (Brian De Palma, 1968)“A Man Called Horse” (Elliot Silverstein, 1970)“Let It Be” (Michael Lindsay-Hogg, 1970)“Beneath the Planet of the Apes” (Ted Post, 1970)“Cotton Comes to Harlem” (Ossie Davis, 1970)“The Out-of-Towners” (Arthur Hiller, 1970)“Watermelon Man” (Melvin Van Peebles, 1970)“Two Mules for Sister Sara” (Don Siegel, 1970)“Crimes of the Future” (David Cronenberg, 1970)“Beyond the Valley of the Dolls” (Russ Meyer, 1970)“Catch-22” (Mike Nichols, 1970)“Myra Breckinridge” (Michael Sarne, 1970)“Perry Mason” (Gail Patrick Jackson, 1957-1966)Audio quotation:“Airport” (George Seaton, 1970), including “Airport Love Theme”, “Airport (Main Title)”, “Joe Patroni Plane or Plows?”, “Ada Quonsett, Stowaway”, “Inez-Lost Forever”, and “Airport (End Title)”, written by Alfred Newman, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBQzJzvVCvI&list=PLkAUJkbhd-RhBK5_wKcr55aTy2erljUve&index=1Trailer for re-release of “Stunt Rock” (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1978), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OkXef2leWA
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa visit where the eagles cry, on a mountain high, far from the world we know, where the clear winds blow.***Referenced media:“Police Academy” (Hugh Wilson, 1984)“Top Gun” (Tony Scott, 1986)“Entertainment Tonight” (Al Masini, 1981-now)“Conan the Barbarian” (John Milius, 1982)“The Road Warrior” (George Miller, 1981)“Annie” (John Huston, 1982)“Rocky III” (Sylvester Stallone, 1982)“Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” (Nicholas Meyer, 1982)“Poltergeist” (Tobe Hooper, 1982)“E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” (Steven Spielberg, 1982)“Blade Runner” (Ridley Scott, 1982)“The Thing” (John Carpenter, 1982)“Tron” (Steven Lisberger, 1982)“The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” (Colin Higgins, 1982)“Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (Amy Heckerling, 1982)“First Blood” (Ted Kotcheff, 1982)“Sophie's Choice” (Alan J. Pakula, 1982)“Gandhi” (Richard Attenborough, 1982)“The Verdict” (Sidney Lumet, 1982)“Tootsie” (Sydney Pollack, 1982)“The Hunger Games” (Gary Ross, 2012)“The Deer Hunter” (Michael Cimino, 1978)“Coming Home” (Hal Ashby, 1978)“Rolling Thunder” (John Flynn, 1977)“Sgt. Bilko” (Jonathan Lynn, 1996)“Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment” (Jerry Paris, 1985)“Full Metal Jacket” (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)“Dirty Dancing” (Emile Ardolino, 1987)“Heartbreak Ridge” (Clint Eastwood, 1986)Audio quotation:“Police Academy” (Hugh Wilson, 1984), including “Police Academy March”, written by Robert Folk, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRxgXzk_L0s“An Officer and a Gentleman” (Taylor Hackford, 1982), including “Up Where We Belong”, written by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Will Jennings“Full Metal Jacket” (Stanley Kubrick, 1987), including “Full Metal Jacket”, written by Abigail Mead and Nigel Goulding, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNVFpNA2B30&list=PLOKfQ2dxS6KLVZ1ZFLfvDqRL_77BkHabU“Dirty Dancing” (Emile Ardolino, 1987), including “(I've Had) The Time of My Life”, written by John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz, and Franke Previte, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3NndBTqC3Y“Heartbreak Ridge” (Clint Eastwood, 1986), including “Heartbreak Ridge Intro Music”, written by Lennie Neihaus, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hh1k1vmQrM
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa assess prestige kitsch and consider carrying a spathae to defend a London-born Egyptian matriarch.***Referenced media:“My Fair Lady” (George Cukor, 1964)“Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf” (Mike Nichols, 1966)“Rome” (John Milius, William J. MacDonald, and Bruno Heller, 2005-2007)“All in the Family” (Norman Lear, 1971-1979)“Kill Bill: Volume 1” (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)“Kill Bill: Volume 2” (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)“National Velvet” (Clarence Brown, 1944)“Doctor Dolittle” (Richard Fleischer, 1967)“Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (George Lucas, 1977)“Star Trek” (Gene Roddenberry, 1966-1969)“Flaming Creatures” (Jack Smith, 1963)“Bye Bye Birdie” (George Sidney, 1963), “Hud” (Martin Ritt, 1963)“The Nutty Professor” (Jerry Lewis, 1963)“The Terror” (Roger Corman, 1963)“The Little Shop of Horrors” (Roger Corman, 1960)“Jason and the Argonauts” (Don Chaffey, 1963)“PT 109” (Leslie H. Martinson and Lewis Milestone, 1963)“The Great Escape” (John Sturges, 1963)“Blood Feast” (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1963)“Beach Party” (William Asher, 1963)“Flipper” (James B. Clark, 1963),“The Cool World” (Shirley Clarke, 1963)“The V.I.P.s” (Anthony Asquith, 1963)“Dementia 13” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1963)“Tom Jones” (Tony Richardson, 1963)“The Haunting” (Robert Wise, 1963)"High School Confidential" (Jack Arnold, 1958)“Cleopatra” (Cecil B. DeMille, 1934) Audio quotation:“Cleopatra” (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1963), including “Overture” and “Requiem”, written by Alex North“Indiana Jones Whip sound FX” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joMQ4A1n4NU“Theme from “The Dick Van Dyke Show”, written by Earle Hagen, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK_8QW8LO-c
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa consider Johnny Cash, a man with many chapters in his book of life, and wonder if they got to see the right one get made into a movie.***Referenced media:“Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (James Cameron, 1991)“Ray” (Taylor Hackford, 2004)“Happy Days” (Garry Marshall, 1974-1984)“Bohemian Rhapsody” (Brian Singer, 2018)“A History of Violence” (David Cronenberg, 2005),“Brokeback Mountain” (Ang Lee, 2005)“Munich” (Steven Spielberg, 2005)“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” (Mike Newell, 2005)“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (James Mangold, 2023)Audio quotation:“Walk the Line” (James Mangold, 2005), including the songs “Cocaine Blues” and “Long Legged Guitar Pickin' Man”“Hurt” by Johnny Cash (2003), written Trent Reznor, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI“Theme from ‘The Dukes of Hazard' (Good Ol' Boys)”, written by Waylon Jennings, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Wqo3CvtUc“New York, 1969” from “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (James Mangold, 20123), written by John Williams, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glf5KmRGvOk&list=PLxA687tYuMWiRzSL6tJxmPbIEinvT00AH&index=19
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa examine one middle brow entertainment that earned an inflation-adjusted box office gross of over $1,000,000,000 in North America.***Referenced media:“The Bridges of Madison County” (Clint Eastwood, 1995)“Indecent Proposal” (Adrian Lyne, 1995)“Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (George Lucas, 1977)“In the Heat of the Night” (Norman Jewison, 1967)“On the Waterfront” (Elia Kazan, 1954)“Fitzcarraldo” (Werner Herzog, 1982)“My Best Fiend” (Werner Herzog, 1999)“The Sound of Music” (Robert Wise, 1965)“How the West Was Won” (Henry Hathaway, John Ford, and George Marshall, 1962)“The Andy Griffith Show” (Sheldon Leonard, 1960-1968)“For a Few Dollars More” (Sergio Leone, 1965)“A Patch of Blue” (Guy Green, 1965)“The Flight of the Phoenix” (Robert Aldrich, 1965)“The Spy Who Came In from the Cold” (Martin Ritt, 1965)“Thunderball” (Terence Young, 1965)“Bad Girls Go to Hell” (Doris Wishman, 1965),“Dracula: Prince of Darkness” (Terence Fisher, 1966)“Horror of Dracula” “Terence Fisher, 1958)“The Chase” (Arthur Penn, 1966)“E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” (Steven Spielberg, 1982)“Blade Runner” (Ridley Scott, 1982)“War and Peace: Part I” (Sergei Bondarchuk, 1966)“War and Peace: Part II” (Sergei Bondarchuk, 1966)“War and Peace: Part III” (Sergei Bondarchuk, 1967)“War and Peace: Part IV” (Sergei Bondarchuk, 1967)“I Love Lucy” (Jess Oppenheimer, 1951-1957)“The Dick Van Dyke Show” (Carl Reiner, 1961-1966)“Lawrence of Arabia” (David Lean, 1962)“The Bridge on the River Kwai” (David Lean, 1957)Audio quotation:“Main Title”, “Lara's Theme”, “Lara Reads Her Poem”, “Intermission”, and Lara and Komarovsky Dancing Up a Storm” from “Doctor Zhivago” (David Lean, 1965), written by Maurice Jarre“Colonel Bogey March” from “The Bridge on the River Kwai” (David Lean, 1957), written by Kenneth J. Alford
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa analyze the sleeper hit of summer 2023.***Referenced media:“The Passion of the Christ” (Mel Gibson, 2004)“Law & Order: SVU” (Dick Wolf, 1999-now)“God's Not Dead” (Harold Cronk, 2014)“First Blood” (Ted Kotcheff, 1982)“Columbiana” (Olivier Megaton, 2011)“The Equalizer” (Antoine Fuqua, 2014)“Survivor” (Charlie Parsons, 2000-now)“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson, 2023)“The Flash” (Andy Muschietti, 2023)“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (James Mangold, 2023)“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” (Christopher McQuarrie, 2023)“Barbie” (Greta Gerwig, 2023)“Oppenheimer” (Christopher Nolan, 2023)Audio quotation:“Sound of Freedom” (Alejandro Monteverde, 2023)Theme for “Survivor” (Charlie Parsons, 2000-now), written by Russ Landau