Duel of the Greats

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Steve, Jeff, and Nate pit the biggest directors of film and cinema one on one, film on film, to see how they stack up against eachother!

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    • Sep 26, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 17 EPISODES


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    Season 1: Episode 16 – Season Finale

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 52:22


    What a long, fun ride it has been! Last week we crowned Steven Spielberg as our champion. In the final episode, Season 1 of Duel of the Greats concludes with a look back at our picks. Did we get it right? Wrong? Hard to say? Producer Brandon joins the fun and tells us how we Read more

    Season 1: Episode 15 – Closing Arguments

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2023 108:04


    It's We Rest Our Case week! The Final Battle has arrived! It's a bit of a different format this week as Steve will take a movie directed by Ridley Scott and plead his case for why it shows why Ridley should be the victor in season one. Going up against him is Jeff picking a Read more

    Season 1 Special Features – Better Know Your Hosts

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023 32:24


    It's time to take a peek behind the curtain! If you've been listening this long, you've probably picked up on our movie tastes, likes, and dislikes. We wanted to give you a more formal introduction to what makes us tick, cinematically at least. Each of us sat down and talked about several of our favorite Read more

    Season 1: Episode 14 – Freaky Friday

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023 97:13


    It's Freaky Friday! Alright, it's not actually Friday, it's whatever day you're listening to this podcast, but it's a perfect day to listen to the crew discuss which directors, Steven Spielberg or Ridley Scott, got the most out of different actors. There will be seven total actors discussed today and which performances were better under Read more

    Season 1: Episode 13 – Growing Up and Going Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2023 63:08


    It's “Far From Home” week on Duel of the Greats! Steven Spielberg's E.T. The Extra Terrestrial matches up against Ridley Scott's White Squall. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve are away from home and coming of age with alien friends and a semester at sea. Spielberg and Scott both both try ton replicate that feeling Read more

    Season 1: Episode 12 – Stranded

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2023 101:07


    It's “Stranded” week on Duel of the Greats! Steven Spielberg's The Terminal matches up against Ridley Scott's The Martian. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve are simultaneously left behind and stuck in bureaucratic limbo. Spielberg and Scott both took a gamble by telling fairly lighthearted stories of a man seeing red: red tape and red Read more

    Season 1: Episode 11 – Follow the Leader

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 93:09


    It's “Follow the Leader” Week! Steven Spielberg's “Lincoln” goes toe to toe with Ridley Scott's “American Gangster.” This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve tackle the components of leadership as they are depicted on film. What does it mean to be a leader, and should we follow the example of the men portrayed in these movies? Read more

    Season 1: Episode 10 – Con Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 83:53


    It's “Con Man” Week! Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can goes toe to toe with Ridley Scott's Matchstick Men. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve are the marks in a long con. Two cons, actually. Spielberg and Scott both used the early aughts to explore fraud and how a life dedicated to purporting it Read more

    Season 1: Episode 9 – War is Hell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2023 128:50


    It's “War Movies” Week! Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan goes up against Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve discuss two movies about soldiers engaged in military combat, though at very different times in our country's history. To inform our conversation, this episode includes a special interview with Jeff's cousin, Karsten Read more

    Season 1: Episode 8 – On the Run

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2023 69:25


    It's “On the Run” Week! Steven Spielberg's The Sugarland Express goes up against Ridley Scott's Thelma & Louise. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve discuss two movies about people on the run. From law enforcement, from last mistakes, from their own lives. Doing whatever they can to stay ahead of the forces behind them. Which Read more

    Season 1: Episode 7 – Spy Vs Spy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 77:47


    It's Spy sv Spy week! Steven Spielbergs Bridge of Spies goes up against Ridley Scotts Body of Lies. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve discuss two spy thrillers with vastly different approaches. One more of a cold war, slow-burn thriller. The other, a post-9/11 diatribe on the “War on Terror”. Which movie was better? Which Read more

    Season 1: Episode 6 – Cyberpunk Detectives

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2023 103:46


    It's Cyberpunk Detective Week (aka Cyberpunk DICKtective Week)! Two movies this week involving detectives in the future! Steven Spielberg's Minority Report, based on the short story “The Minority Report by Phillip K. Dick, goes up against Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, based on Dick's “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve Read more

    Season 1: Episode 5 – Frankenstein Week

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2023 61:40


    It's Frankenstein Week! Neither director has helmed a movie version of that famous novel but they have both tackled the premise at the core of Mary Shelley's masterpiece: playing god. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve take a look at a tandem of films for both directors that are duologies dealing with the idea of Read more

    Season 1: Episode 4 – Worst of the Best

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 64:27


    Last week it was hard to believe that only one movie from each director won best picture. This week it's hard to believe that these directors could make a movie so…bad? It's Worst of the Best week! Jeff, Nate, and Steve take a look at the worst rated film from each director and ask, can Read more

    Season 1: Episode 3 – Best of the Best

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2023 87:47


    It's hard to believe but both Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott have only directed one movie each that has won best picture. Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List in 1994 and Ridley Scott's Gladiator in 2000. Does this make these two movies truly the best of the best for these legends?  As it's hard to compare such Read more

    Season 1: Episode 2 – Monsters

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 78:52


    Two of the scariest entities man can encounter are the vastness of space and the depths of the ocean. Your hosts Jeff, Nate, and Steve tackle both in this episode for Monster Week! Steven Spielberg's “Jaws” and Ridley Scott's “Alien” are two of the most iconic films ever made. They are intrinsically connected as they Read more

    Season 1: Episode 1 – Firsts

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 66:26


    Welcome to the very first episode! Jeff, Nate, and Steve proudly bring you the Duel of the Greats. A podcast that will take a season-long approach comparing and contrasting two of the greatest directors of all time and how their film histories compare. Each week they will discuss a new theme with a movie that Read more

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