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Movie Talk
Episode 625: The Fisher King (1991)

Movie Talk

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 71:44


In this episode, we kick off our Year of the Nineties selections for May with the 1991 dark comedy from director Terry Gilliam, "The Fisher King", starring Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams and Mercedes Ruehl! Listen now!

ROCKBUSTERS
ROCKBUSTERS #314 (T8) - Mercedes Ruehl

ROCKBUSTERS

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 61:12


El ROCKBUSTERS de esta semana está dedicado a una actriz que, a pesar de ser siempre secundaria, ha aportado mucha calidad en cada una de las escenas en las que ha aparecido. Esta semana cumple 77 primaveras, y le homenajeamos recopilando ocho temas de dos películas suyas, cuya BSO contiene muchos temas interesantes Aquí tenéis la lista de temas: 1 - Johnny Vastano "You're movin' too slow" (Los amos de la noche) 2 - Desmond Child & Rouge "Last of an ancient breed" (Los amos de la noche) 3 - Joe Walsh "In the city" (Los amos de la noche) 4 - Arnold McCuller "Nowhere to run" (Los amos de la noche) 5 - Roger Daltrey "The price of love" (El secreto de mi éxito) 6 - Taxxi "Heaven and the heartaches" (El secreto de mi éxito) 7 - Pat Benatar "Sometimes the good guys finish first" (El secreto de mi éxito) 8 - Restless Heart "Don't ask the reasons why" (El secreto de mi éxito)

History & Factoids about today
Feb 28th-Largest Penguin, Donnie Iris, B-52's, Train, Jason Aldean, Gilbert Gottfried, Jennie Angel, Tooth Fairy

History & Factoids about today

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 24:55


Todays co-host is Alt Country singer Jennie Angel.  You can check her out at JennieAngel.com  Jennie Angel on Tik TokNational Tooth Fairy day. Entertainment from 2017. Largest pinguin discovered, Waco Branch Dividian stand-off began, Roger Scott tried for sleeping during church. Todays birthdays - Charles Durning, Gavin MacCleod, Donnie Iris, Bernadette Peters, Mercedes Ruehl, Gilbert Gottfried, Cindy Williams, Rae Dawn Chong, Partick Monahan, Jason Aldean. Paul Harvey Died.Intro - Grindstone - Jennie AngelTooth fairy song - Patty ShuklaShape of you - Ed SheeranSeein' red - Dustin LynchShort Leash - Jennie AngelHeartbroke - Jennie AngelBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent http://50cent.com/Loveboat TV themeAh Leah - Donnie IrisI'll be your baby tonight - Bernadette PetersGive me back my man - B-52'sCalling all angels - TrainBig green tractor - Jason AldeanExit - Connecticut cowboy - Jennie Angelcountryundergroundradio.com

Book Vs Movie Podcast
The Warriors (1979) with special guest Baseball Fury Rob Ryder

Book Vs Movie Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 96:20


Book Vs. Movie: The WarriorsSpecial Interview With Screenwriter & Author Rob RyderPlus, a Replay of our 2020 ep! The Margos revisit a special episode dedicated to the cult classic film *The Warriors*, based on Sol Yurick's book. Directed by Walter Hill and released in 1979, the movie was a hit but faced backlash due to real-life gang violence, leading studios to halt its promotion. It became a staple of 1980s television and is now considered a modern classic for its comic book sensibility in depicting urban decay. Yurick wrote the original story in 1965, inspired by his experiences with teenagers while working for New York City's welfare department after college. This episode includes an interview with screenwriter and author Rob Ryder, who contributed to the film and wrote *Purple Fury: Rumbling With the Warriors*. So, which did we prefer—the book or the movie? Click on the link below to find out!In this ep the Margos discuss:The life story of Sol YurickNew York City in the 1960s and 1970sTrivia about the shooting of the filmThe cast which includes: Michael Beck (Swan,) James Remar (Ajax,) Dorsey Wright (Cleon,) Brian Tyler (Snow,) David Harris (Cochise,) Tom McKitterick (Cowboy,) Marcelino Sanchez (Rembrandt,) Terry Michos (Vermin,) Deborah Van Valkenburgh (Mercy,) Roger Hill (Cyrus,) David Patrick Kelly (Luther,) Lynne Thigpen (D.J.,) and Mercedes Ruehl (policewoman.)Clips Featured:The Warriors  trailer“Warriors, come out to play!” (David Patrick Kelly)Luther “Can you dig it?” (Roger Hill)The D.J. warns The Warriors (Lynne Thigpen)Outro music: Composer Barry DeVorzonFollow us on the socials!Join our Patreon page “Book Vs. Movie podcast”You can find us on Facebook at Book Vs. Movie Podcast GroupInstagram: Book Versus Movie @bookversusmoviebookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Margo D's Blog: Brooklynfitchick.comMargo D's Instagram “Brooklyn Fit Chick”Margo D's TikTok Margo D's YouTube: @MargoDonohueMargo P's Instagram: @shesnachomama Margo P's Blog: coloniabook.comMargo P's YouTube Channel: @shesnachomamaOur logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine 

Book Vs Movie Podcast
The Warriors (1979) with special guest Baseball Fury Rob Ryder

Book Vs Movie Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 96:20


Book Vs. Movie: The WarriorsSpecial Interview With Screenwriter & Author Rob RyderPlus, a Replay of our 2020 ep! The Margos revisit a special episode dedicated to the cult classic film *The Warriors*, based on Sol Yurick's book. Directed by Walter Hill and released in 1979, the movie was a hit but faced backlash due to real-life gang violence, leading studios to halt its promotion. It became a staple of 1980s television and is now considered a modern classic for its comic book sensibility in depicting urban decay. Yurick wrote the original story in 1965, inspired by his experiences with teenagers while working for New York City's welfare department after college. This episode includes an interview with screenwriter and author Rob Ryder, who contributed to the film and wrote *Purple Fury: Rumbling With the Warriors*. So, which did we prefer—the book or the movie? Click on the link below to find out!In this ep the Margos discuss:The life story of Sol YurickNew York City in the 1960s and 1970sTrivia about the shooting of the filmThe cast which includes: Michael Beck (Swan,) James Remar (Ajax,) Dorsey Wright (Cleon,) Brian Tyler (Snow,) David Harris (Cochise,) Tom McKitterick (Cowboy,) Marcelino Sanchez (Rembrandt,) Terry Michos (Vermin,) Deborah Van Valkenburgh (Mercy,) Roger Hill (Cyrus,) David Patrick Kelly (Luther,) Lynne Thigpen (D.J.,) and Mercedes Ruehl (policewoman.)Clips Featured:The Warriors  trailer“Warriors, come out to play!” (David Patrick Kelly)Luther “Can you dig it?” (Roger Hill)The D.J. warns The Warriors (Lynne Thigpen)Outro music: Composer Barry DeVorzonFollow us on the socials!Join our Patreon page “Book Vs. Movie podcast”You can find us on Facebook at Book Vs. Movie Podcast GroupInstagram: Book Versus Movie @bookversusmoviebookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Margo D's Blog: Brooklynfitchick.comMargo D's Instagram “Brooklyn Fit Chick”Margo D's TikTok Margo D's YouTube: @MargoDonohueMargo P's Instagram: @shesnachomama Margo P's Blog: coloniabook.comMargo P's YouTube Channel: @shesnachomamaOur logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine 

Forgotten Film Club
What's Cooking? (2000)

Forgotten Film Club

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 55:33


John, Hallie, and Sarah discuss the multicultural holiday film, What's Cooking?, starring Mercedes Ruehl, Joan Chen, Alfre Woodward, Julianna Marguiles, and Kyra Sedgwick. They also give a little preview of what's on their Thanksgiving menus this year! Sources for this episode: Roe, Mike. “Before “Bend It like Beckham,” Its Director Made This LA Thanksgiving Movie.” LAist, 27 Nov. 2019, laist.com/news/entertainment/whats-cooking-movies-film-gurinder-chadha-fairfax-district. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024. Rotten Tomatoes. "What's Cooking?" Accessed 3 Nov. 2024. Wikipedia "What's Cooking?" Accessed 3 Nov. 2024.

Do You Even Movie?
What's Cooking? (2000) A Heartwarming Look at Culture and Conflict on Thanksgiving

Do You Even Movie?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 71:45


"She's the Mom, she's the Dad, and I'm the alcoholic, cult worshipping, Satanic Step Mother." The Thanksgiving Favorites Month is chugging along as we go into another episode with a Thanksgiving themed film that is waiting for more audiences to discover it. This week, we are joining Henrique and David in California for a Thanksgiving celebration with a side of family dramas. Four families in LA of different ethnicity (Latino, Asian/Vietnamese, African and Jewish) gather together for Thanksgiving dinner in 2000's "What's Cooking?" Directed by Gurinder Chadha and starring Joan Chen, Julianna Marguiles, & Mercedes Ruehl. Hear your hosts discuss the infamous Thanksgiving Movie Marathons they've shared over the years that once again lead them to discover the film, why the third act reveal is one of the absolute best in cinema, how much great food is featured in the film to make your hunger go crazy, how incredibly stacked the cast is, plus David returns to the Turkey debate kinda? Visit our website: DoYouEvenMovie.com Email us: doyouevenmoviepod@gmail.com LIKE us on Facebook: Do You Even Movie? - PodcastFollow Us on Instagram: @DoYouEvenMoviePod Twitter: https://x.com/dyempodWatch "What's Cooking?" on Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0CVQTP21S/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_rOr FREE on Fawesomehttps://fawesome.tv/movies/10494795/

The Gen X Files
The Gen X Files 179 - Last Action Hero

The Gen X Files

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 96:12


Regarded as one of the biggest bombs of the '90s, we dive into Last Action Hero, Arnie's first real disappointment in Hollywood. (Yes, we know Red Sonya was a flop, but he was a Hollywood baby at that point.) From John McTiernan and Shane Black, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O'Brien, Anthony Quinn, Charles Dance, F. Murray Abraham, Tom Noonan, Frank McRae, Bridgette Wilson, Mercedes Ruehl, Art Carney, and a ton of cameos. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegenxfiles/support

That Aged Well
The Warriors - Tight Cannons, Bell Sleeves & a Lesbian Pizzeria

That Aged Well

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 116:33


OMG, have you all seen this movie?? Paul and Erika can barely contain their excitement talking about 1979's The Warriors, and that's before they even stumble across an unexpected Mercedes Ruehl cameo! Cue up your podcatcher and get into this cult classic with us!You can follow That Aged Well on Twitter (@ThatAgedWellPod), Instagram (@ThatAgedWell), Threads (@ThatAgedWell), and Spoutible (@ThatAgedWell)! SUPPORT US ON PATREON FOR BONUS CONTENT!THAT AGED WELL MERCH!Hosts: Paul Caiola & Erika VillalbaProducer & Editor: Paul Caiola

Mary Versus the Movies
Hollywood Avalon, Episode 15 - The Fisher King (1991)

Mary Versus the Movies

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 6:47


An arrogant New York shock-jock's fall from grace is tempered by the debt he owes to an eccentric unhoused man, the woman he loves, and a search for the Holy Grail in Terry Gilliam's magical-realist tale of redemption. Starring Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer, and Michael Jeter. Written by Richard LaGravanese. Directed by Terry Gilliam. To hear the entire episode, join the Mary Versus the Movies patreon for $3/month to hear this and the entire series Hollywood Avalon: https://www.patreon.com/maryvsmovies.  

The Matt & Matt TCM Challenge
E36 - The Fisher King (1991)

The Matt & Matt TCM Challenge

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 71:22


A restrained Terry Gilliam, an unleashed Robin Williams, a magnetic Mercedes Ruehl, and a stunning Michael Jeter. What more could you want?

THE Last Action Critics!
Episode 22-[S4]- Last Action Hero (1993)

THE Last Action Critics!

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 61:43


We're FINALLY Doing it! For the last of our birthday Block of movies, Will's Birthday (TODAY, if you are listening when this is released). Will, Ian and Nora acquire a magic ticket, they use it and get sucked in to.... a podcast. They didn't use it at the right time and just end up locked in a podcast. No one understands how it works, but now they are stuck in podworld, only Jack Slater can save them.... because he is the LAST ACTION HERO (1993) Directed by: John McTiernan Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O'Brian, F. Murray Abraham, Charles Dance, Anthony Quinn, Mercedes Ruehl, Tom Noonan, Art Carney, Frank McRea, Robert Prosky, Ian McKellan, Joan Plowright, Robert Patrick, Sharon Stone, Danny DeVito, Chevy Chase, Jim Belushi, and Many Other Talented People! 00:00:45- HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILL! 00:03:00- First Thoughts 00:07:00- Whatcha Been Watchin'? (Ian- Fall Guy, Action. Will- The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Acolyte, 3:10 to Yuma. Nora- Under the Bridge, The Clearing, Dr. Who, The Leftovers, The Valley.) 00:14:00- LAST ACTION HERO 00:17:00- Nora's Tasty Morsels 00:58:20- Totals 00:59:00- Next Week/Bye!  Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/THELastActionCritics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: @TheLastActionCritics Twitter:     @THE_Lastcritics email:   Thelastactioncritics@gmail.com Next Week: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Behind the Money with the Financial Times
A surprising winner in the US-China chip wars

Behind the Money with the Financial Times

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 18:57


The US and China's battle for dominance in the semiconductor industry is having some surprising knock-on effects: Companies are looking to insulate their supply chains from rising geopolitical tensions. And many from around the world are setting their sights on Malaysia to set up or expand their chip factories. FT correspondent Mercedes Ruehl explains how the country earned a prized spot in the supply chain, and what it needs to do to keep hold of it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For further reading:Malaysia: the surprise winner from US-China chip warsVietnam dangles semiconductor incentives to draw foreign companiesAI boom broadens out across Wall StreetPlus, sign up for the FT's Alphaville pub quiz on April 9 in New York. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - On X, follow Mercedes Ruehl (@mjruehl) and Michela Tindera (@mtindera07), or follow Michela on LinkedIn for updates about the show and more.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

History & Factoids about today
Feb 28th-Largest Penguin, Donnie Iris, B-52's, Train, Jason Aldean, Gilbert Gottfried, Tooth Fairy

History & Factoids about today

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2024 13:15


National Tooth Fairy day. Entertainment from 1975. Largest pinguin discovered, Waco Branch Dividian stand-off began, Roger Scott tried for sleeping during church. Todays birthdays - Charles Durning, Gavin MacCleod, Donnie Iris, Bernadette Peters, Mercedes Ruehl, Gilbert Gottfried, Cindy Williams, Rae Dawn Chong, Partick Monahan, Jason Aldean. Paul Harvey Died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard http://defleppard.com/Tooth fairy song - Patty ShuklaPickup the pieces - Average White BandIts time to pay the fiddler - Carl smithBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent http://50cent.com/Loveboat TV themeAh Leah - Donnie IrisI'll be your baby tonight - Bernadette PetersGive me back my man - B-52'sCalling all angels - TrainBig green tractor - Jason AldeanExit - Its not love - Dokken http://dokken.net/ https://coolcasts.cooolmedia.com/

You Might Know Her From

Tell me more, tell me more! Today we are joined by Didi Conn. You Might Know Her From Grease, Grease 2, You Light Up My Life, Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, The Magic Show, Frida, Benson, and Shining Time Station. We spoke with THEE Didi Conn about her iconic performance in the Grease films as Frenchie, the legacy of the franchise carrying on with Grease Live! and Joan Blondell's shoes, and our age-old question about psoriasis as heart disease. Plus, how Toy Story stole from Raggedy Ann & Andy, standing by for Mercedes Ruehl on Broadway, her horrific experience with Joseph Brooks, and the beauty of the musical The Magic Show. This one was a total thing of dreams. Follow us on social media: @youmightknowherfrom || @damianbellino || @rodemanne Discussed this week: Jacob Elordi is hot to everyone. And Barry Keoghan has the ugly sexy thing down We loved Cailly Spaeny and Lily Gladstone and Erika Alexander Golden Globes were a mess this year Da'Vine Joy Randolph is so good and we are hoping for an Oscar nomination for The Holdovers (don't jinx it) Da'Vine episode of YMKHF Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey special Aloha (2015)  was indeed directed by Cameron Crowe, not Alexander Payne Tracy Morgan took Eddie Murphy's advice for The Last O.G. and hired Da'Vine Love Chris Klein in Election  Our Oscar nominated guests on YMKHF: Kathleen Turner (Ep #9), Shohreh Aghdashloo (Ep#72), JoBeth Williams (#99),  and Lesley Ann Warren (Ep #78) Lily Gladstone is nonbinary Yalitza Aparicio from Roma garnered all kinds of acclaim, and where is she now? Tantoo Cardinal is so good In the Stephen Schwartz musical, The Magic Show starring Doug Henning  Starred in the movie, Joseph Brooks You Light Up My Life Joseph Brooks who “wrote” and directed it was a horrible man,. He met a grisly end Her son is autistic and is currently living in The Center for Discovery Autismspeaks.org Played Denise, Benson's new secretary on Benson Didi Conn introduced herself to David Shire as his crush, Charlotte Rampling, who wrote the music for Farewell My Lovely Was the voice of Raggedy Ann in the 1977 Richard Williams animated movie, Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure Joe Raposo wrote all the music for the movie and he had written a lot of music for Sesame Street and The Electric Company (including the “C is for Cookie” and the Sesame Street song) Was a standby and then replacement for Mercedes Ruehl in Lost in Yonkers (1991) with Irene Worth and Kevin Spacey Fonz and the Happy Days Gang cartoon  Stacey Jones in Shining Time Station, which she says was horrible for her career Conductors: Ringo Starr, George Carlin, Alec Baldwin The tv show was funded by Amtrak and MTH Electric Trains Thomas movie was filmed on The Isle of Man Of course played Frenchie in the 1978 classic, Grease (director: Randal Kleiser, choreographer: Pat Birch, producer: Allan Carr)  Kelly Ward (Putzie) was dance captain for Pat Birch Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies has been wiped from Paramount+ Tegrin's ad: “The heartbreak of psoriasis” Was there film in the camera for Frenchie's number in Grease 2? Skating with the Stars judge was a dick (start at 3:27) Was Alice Ghostley's Mrs Murdoch gay (watch the dancing)  Was waitress in Frida and had Across the Universe (friends with Julie Taymor and worked with her on the stage play, The Green Bird) Lifted out the door on Cagney and Lacey (s6e12). Who had more upper body strength? Both! CGI'd pink ladies guy head on body in Rise of the Pink Ladies Dr Pepper theme song: “I'm a Pepper, You're a Pepper” In My Life one of the worst Broadway shows I've ever seen (it was a huge flop) and he has Tourette's not autism Our interview with Talia Balsam (ep #12)  introduced us to You Light Up My Life David Shire (Didi's husband) wrote the Oscar-nominated song for Norma Rae Barry Pearl holds all the Grease secrets   

The Bonsai Movie Crew
Pod 71 - Last Action Hero (1993)

The Bonsai Movie Crew

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024 113:12


A new year, a new... old... movie... Last action hero from 1993! A box office bomb? Or a hidden gem? And with that our creator profile is none other than Arnie himself. As always thank you for all your love and support!

The Brandon Peters Show
Products of the Panic: Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) with Troy Brownfield

The Brandon Peters Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2023 91:33


Products of the Panic is already back. This time, Troy and I discuss one that has been mentioned a few times, INDICTMENT: THE MCMARTIN TRIAL. This is an Emmy Award winning television movie that HBO produced back in 1995 starring James Woods, Mercedes Ruehl and Henry Thomas. The film takes a look at one of […]

FT News Briefing
Can Singapore remain Asia's ‘safe haven'?

FT News Briefing

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 9:46


Instacart's public listing this week is set to inch Nasdaq further ahead of the New York Stock Exchange in their closest fight for new listings in five years, and a build-up of leveraged bets has the potential to dislocate trading in the $25tn US Treasuries market. Plus, the FT's Mercedes Ruehl explores whether an influx of Chinese migration and money to Singapore could threaten its status as a neutral safe haven. Mentioned in this podcast:Nasdaq and NYSE fight closest listings battle in five yearsInstacart prices shares at $30 as IPO market warms upHedge fund bets could spark turmoil in US Treasuries, BIS warnsCan Singapore hold on to its reputation as Asia's ‘safe haven'?Tell us: How will the US student loan repayments restart affect you? https://sayhi.chat/lmhguiAny voice message that's left might be included in an FT podcast as part of our journalism on FT.com and/or on other FT platformsThe FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Monique Mulima, Monica Lopez, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT's executive producer. The FT's global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show's theme song is by Metaphor Music. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Indie Film Hustle® - A Filmmaking Podcast with Alex Ferrari
IFH 707: The Hidden Tools of Comedy with Steve Kaplan

Indie Film Hustle® - A Filmmaking Podcast with Alex Ferrari

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2023 94:06


Today on the show we have comedy legend, author, and writer Steve Kaplan. For years, Steve Kaplan has been the industry's most sought-after expert on comedy. In addition to having taught at UCLA, NYU, Yale and other top universities, Steve created the HBO Workspace, the HBO New Writers Program and was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan Punch Line Theatre. He has consulted and taught workshops at companies such as HBO, DreamWorks, Disney, Aardman Animation, Sony Pictures Network India, Globo Brazil, and others.In New York, Steve was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan Punch Line Theatre, where he developed writers such as Peter Tolan(Analyze This, The Larry Sanders Show), writer and producer David Crane(Friends, Episodes), writer/producer Tracy Poust (Ugly Betty, Will & Grace), Michael Patrick King(Sex and The City, Will & Grace), David Ives(Venus in Fur), Howard Korder (Boardwalk Empire), David Fury(The Tick, Buffy, The Vampire Slayer), Lisa Loomer (The Waiting Room), Tom Donaghy (The Mentalist), Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)and Mark O'Donnell (Hairspray) and introduced such performers as Lewis Black, Mercedes Ruehl, Oliver Platt, Helen Slater, Fisher Stevens, Veanne Cox, Sam McMurray, Vickie Lewis, and Illeana Douglas.In Los Angeles, he created the HBO New Writers Project, discovering HBO Pictures screenwriter Will Scheffer (Big Love), and performer/writer Sandra Tsing Loh (Aliens in America),; and the HBO Workspace, a developmental workshop in Hollywood that introduced and presented performers such as Jack Black and Tenacious D, Kathy Griffin, Bob Odenkirk and David Cross (Mr. Show), Josh Malina and Paul F. Tompkins. At the Workspace, he was Executive Producer for the award-winning HBO Original Programming documentary DROP DEAD GORGEOUS. Steve has directed in regional theaters and Off-Broadway (including Sandra Tsing Loh's ALIENS IN AMERICAat Second Stage).In addition to private coaching and one-on-one consultations, Steve has taught his Comedy Intensive workshops to thousands of students in the United States and countries around the world, including London, Toronto, Galway, Athens, Paris, Tel Aviv, Sydney, Melbourne, Rio, Munich, New Zealand, and Singapore. This year, he will be presenting seminars and workshops in Los Angeles, Brussels, London, and via Skype, Sweden.His new book The Comic Hero's Journey: Serious Story Structure for Fabulously Funny Films. I can't recommend it enough.A comic hero or heroine also goes on a journey, but for the comic hero, it's often quite, quite different. The hero decides to go on the adventure; the comic hero often has no choice. The hero has a wise old man; the comic hero often meets an idiot who inadvertently says something that can teach him a thing or two. Steve Kaplan will show you the diverse paths that comedy takes in The Comic Hero's Journey.This interview is EPIC! If you want to learn how to create "funny" in your screenplays or projects this episode is for you.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/2664729/advertisement

Living for the Cinema
MARRIED TO THE MOB (1988)

Living for the Cinema

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2023 18:22 Transcription Available


The Summer of 1988 was filled with BIG, seminal comedies (actually including the movie Big) which were sizeable hits and had long-lasting legacies including Bull Durham, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and previous episodes Midnight Run and A Fish Called Wanda.  Kind of lost in the shuffle was this small, quirky mob comedy directed by Jonathan Demme though it did feature a very promising cast including Dean Stockwell, Mercedes Ruehl, Oliver Platt, Alec Baldwin, and Matthew Modine.  Leading this cast was the illustrious Michelle Pfeiffer kind of playing against type with BIG hair, a big attitude and a prominent New Yawk accent - she plays Angela, a Long Island housewife who is....you guessed it....married to a mobster played by Baldwin.  Things don't end well for her husband so Angela decides to try to start a fresh new life with her son AWAY from the Mob....but not every one is onboard with that including the FBI and local mob boss Tony played by Stockwell in a performance which earned him an Oscar nomination.  And hilarity ensues..... Host: Geoff Gershon Editors: Geoff and Ella GershonProducer: Marlene Gershonhttps://livingforthecinema.com/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/Letterboxd:https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/ 

Backstage Babble
Michael Urie

Backstage Babble

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2023 74:33


Today, I am so happy to announce my interview with star of stage and screen Michael Urie. Tune in for a funny, fascinating conversation about his varied career, including the type of work he wanted to do coming out of college, being on stage when Patti LuPone took an audience member's cellphone, the genius of Jane Alexander and Mercedes Ruehl, how he won, lost, and won the role of Bud Frump, reading a gay Company for Stephen Sondheim, auditioning for Harvey Fierstein, coming back from Covid with Chicken and Biscuits, smart advice from Tony Kushner and Jerry Zaks, being out in Hollywood, how he almost did Avenue Q, and so much more. You won't want to miss this interview.

PodCats - Crime & Cocktails
PodCats Discuss: Indictment: The McMartin Trial

PodCats - Crime & Cocktails

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2023 38:50


All the cats are in the pod discussing this crazy case from the 80s which was depicted in the movie, Indictment: The McMartin Trial. No, not a documentary but there are a few out there if you want to go bonkers with this and find them. The cats had a few too many cocktails, called in grammy cat, had a guest Tom Cat you will enjoy and veered off topic multiple times but you will get the GIST of this case regardless! Indictment: The McMartin Trial is based on a true story. It was written by Abby Mann and Myra Mann and was directed by Mick Jackson. Oliver Stone and Abby Mann were executive producers. The cast included James Woods, Mercedes Ruehl, Shirley Knight, Lolita Davidovitch, Henry Thomas and Sada Thompson. None of whom Traci had apparently ever seen in any movie, ever. With love,Jess, Erica, Madison & Traci Support the showCheck out our website at https://www.catsinthepod.com and be sure to follow us on FB https://www.facebook.com/thecatsinthepod and IG https://www.instagram.com/catsinthepod/We hope you enjoy this season of Crime & Cocktails

Wait, You Haven't Seen...?
Episode 222 - The Fisher King (1991)

Wait, You Haven't Seen...?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 94:19


This week, Adam Mock of Made You Watch, A Podcast is back to talk about 1991's The Fisher King. Directed by Terry Gilliam, and starring Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, and Mercedes Ruehl (in an Oscar winning performance), it's part fantasy, part drama, part comedy, and plenty bizzare. So, did Adam enjoy it at all? Was there enough New York-ness for the native New Yorker? Let's find out...Thanks go out to Audie Norman (@TheAudieNorman) for the album art. Outro music In Pursuit provided by Purple-Planet.netSupport the show by going to patreon.com/wyhsVisit tvstravis.com for more shows and projects from TVsTravis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 80s Movies Podcast
Plain Clothes

The 80s Movies Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 8:47


Our miniseries on the 1980s movies of director Martha Coolidge ends with a look back at her 1988 film Plain Clothes. ----more---- TRANSCRIPT   From Los Angeles, California, the Entertainment Capital of the World, it's The 80s Movies Podcast. I am your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today.   On this episode, we're going to complete our miniseries on the 1980s films of director Martha Coolidge with her little seen 1988 movie Plain Clothes.   When we last left Ms. Coolidge, she had just seen her 1985 film Real Genius get lost in the mix between a number of similarly themed movies, although it would eventually find its audience through home video and repeated cable airings throughout the rest of the decade.   Shortly after the release of Real Genius, she would pick out her next project, a comedy mystery called Glory Days. Written by Dan Vining, Glory Days was one of a number of television and movie scripts floating around Hollywood that featured a supposedly young looking cop who goes undercover as a student at a high school. Whatever Coolidge saw in it, she would quickly get to work making it her own, hiring a young writer working at Paramount Studios named A. Scott Frank to help her rewrite the script. Coolidge had been impressed by one of his screenplays, a Neo-noir romantic mystery thriller called Dead Again, and felt Frank was the right person to help her add some extra mystery to the Glory Days screenplay.     While Frank and Coolidge would keep some elements of the original Glory Days script, including having the undercover cop's high school identity, Nick Springsteen, be a distant relative of the famous rock star from whose song the script had taken its title. But Coolidge would have Frank add a younger brother for the cop, and add a murdered teacher, who the younger brother is accused of killing, to give the film something extra to work towards.   For the cast, Coolidge would go with a mix of newcomers in the main roles, with some industry veterans to fill out the supporting cast.   When casting began in early 1987, Coolidge looked at dozens of actors for the lead role of Nick Dunbar, but she was particularly struck by thirty-two year old Arliss Howard, whose film work had been limited to supporting roles in two movies, but was expected to become a star once his role in Stanley Kubrick's next project, Full Metal Jacket, opened later in the summer.   Twenty-five year old Suzy Amis, a former model who, like Arlisss, had limited film work in supporting roles, would be cast as Robin, a teacher at the school who Nick develops a crush on while undercover.   The supporting cast would include George Wendt from Cheers, Laura Dern's mother Diane Ladd, an Oscar nominee for her role as Flo in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, veteran character actor Seymour Cassel, an Oscar nominee himself for John Cassavetes' Faces, Robert Stack, the original Elliot Ness who was yet another former Oscar nominee, Harry Shearer, and the great Abe Vigoda.   The $7.5m film would begin production in the Seattle metro area on May 6th, 1987 and would last for seven weeks, ending on June 30th.    Plain Clothes would open in 193 theatres on April 15th, 1988, including 59 theatres in New York City and eight in Seattle. The reviews would be vicious on the film, with many critics pointing out how ludicrous the plot was, and how distracting it was the filmmakers were trying to pass a thirty two year old actor off as a twenty four year old police officer going undercover as an eighteen year old high school student. Audiences would stay away in droves, with only about 57k people buying a ticket to see the film during the opening three days. A performance so bad, Paramount would end up pulling the film from theatres after seven days at a $289k ticket gross, replacing every screen with another high school-set movie, the similarly-titled Permanent Record, featuring Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Rubin and Kathy Baker, which would also be the final film for Martha Coolidge's regular co-star Michelle Meyrink, who would quit acting the following year and develop an affinity in Zen Buddhism. She would eventually open her own acting studio in her hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia. Not so coincidentally, Martha Coolidge is one of advisory board members of the school.   There would be one more movie for Martha Coolidge in the 1980s, a made for television mystery called Trenchcoat in Paradise, featuring Dirk Benedict from Battlestar Galactica and The A-Team, Catherine Oxenberg from Dynasty, and Bruce Dern, but it's not very good and not really work talking about.   As the 80s moved into the 90s, Coolidge would continue to work both in television and in motion pictures.    In 1991, she would direct her Plain Clothes co-star Diane Ladd alongside Ladd's daughter, Laura Dern, in the Depression-era drama Rambling Rose. But despite unanimous critical consent and Oscar nominations for both Ladd and Dern, the first and only mother-daughter duo to be nominated for the same movie or in the same year, the $7.5m movie would only gross $6.3m.   1993's Lost in Yonkers would be the 23rd film written by Neil Simon, an adaptation of his 1991 Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Actors Irene Worth and Mercedes Ruehl would reprise their Broadway roles for the film, although Richard Dreyfuss would replace Kevin Spacey in the pivotal role as the gangster uncle of two teenage boys who go to live with their aunt after their mother dies. Despite good reviews, the $15m Lost in Yonkers would only gross about $9m.   Originally written as a starring vehicle for Madonna, the 1994 romantic-comedy Angie would instead star Geena Davis as an office worker in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, who sets her neighborhood upside-down when she decides to become a single mother. Coolidge's highest budgeted film at $26m, Angie would gross just $9.4m, but would in the years to come become famous for being the first film of James Gandolfini, Michael Rispoli and Aida Turturro, who would all go on to star in five years later.   1995's Three Wishes is a bizarre fantasy drama with Patrick Swayze and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, about two young boys whose mother starts to fall for a mysterious stranger after their father is reported missing during the Korean War. The $10m film would be the worst reviewed movie of Coolidge's career, and would barely gross $7m when it was released.   Things would turn around for Coolidge on her next film, Out to Sea. The penultimate film for both Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, this weak but genial romp, according to Janet Maslin of the New York Times, finds the regular co-stars on a Mexico-bound cruise ship, where they must work as dance hosts in order to pay for their trip. Also featuring Golden Girls co-stars Estelle Harris and Rue McClanahan alongside Dyan Cannon and Donald O'Connor, Out to Sea would become her highest grossing film to date, bringing in $29m worth of ticket sales.   While she would make a couple more movies, 2004's The Prince and Me and 2006's Material Girls, Coolidge would spend 1999 and the 2000s making her mark on television, directing episodes of CSI, Madame Secretary, Psych and Weeds, amongst dozens of shows, as well as the 1999 HBO film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, which would not only win its lead star Halle Berry a number of awards including the Emmy, the Golden Globe and the Screen Actors Guild Award, it would be the first screenplay to be produced by a young writer named Shonda Rhimes. Coolidge herself would be nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe for Outstanding Directing of a Movie Made for Television.   But her biggest achievement in Hollywood would come in 2002, when Coolidge would become the first female President of the Directors Guild of America. And in addition to being an advisor to Michelle Meyrink's acting school, she is also a professor of film studies at Chapman University in Southern California.   Thank you for joining us. We'll talk again soon.   Remember to visit this episode's page on our website, The80sMoviePodcast.com, for extra materials about the movies we covered this episode.   The 80s Movies Podcast has been researched, written, narrated and edited by Edward Havens for Idiosyncratic Entertainment.   Thank you again.   Good night.

The 80s Movie Podcast
Plain Clothes

The 80s Movie Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 8:47


Our miniseries on the 1980s movies of director Martha Coolidge ends with a look back at her 1988 film Plain Clothes. ----more---- TRANSCRIPT   From Los Angeles, California, the Entertainment Capital of the World, it's The 80s Movies Podcast. I am your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today.   On this episode, we're going to complete our miniseries on the 1980s films of director Martha Coolidge with her little seen 1988 movie Plain Clothes.   When we last left Ms. Coolidge, she had just seen her 1985 film Real Genius get lost in the mix between a number of similarly themed movies, although it would eventually find its audience through home video and repeated cable airings throughout the rest of the decade.   Shortly after the release of Real Genius, she would pick out her next project, a comedy mystery called Glory Days. Written by Dan Vining, Glory Days was one of a number of television and movie scripts floating around Hollywood that featured a supposedly young looking cop who goes undercover as a student at a high school. Whatever Coolidge saw in it, she would quickly get to work making it her own, hiring a young writer working at Paramount Studios named A. Scott Frank to help her rewrite the script. Coolidge had been impressed by one of his screenplays, a Neo-noir romantic mystery thriller called Dead Again, and felt Frank was the right person to help her add some extra mystery to the Glory Days screenplay.     While Frank and Coolidge would keep some elements of the original Glory Days script, including having the undercover cop's high school identity, Nick Springsteen, be a distant relative of the famous rock star from whose song the script had taken its title. But Coolidge would have Frank add a younger brother for the cop, and add a murdered teacher, who the younger brother is accused of killing, to give the film something extra to work towards.   For the cast, Coolidge would go with a mix of newcomers in the main roles, with some industry veterans to fill out the supporting cast.   When casting began in early 1987, Coolidge looked at dozens of actors for the lead role of Nick Dunbar, but she was particularly struck by thirty-two year old Arliss Howard, whose film work had been limited to supporting roles in two movies, but was expected to become a star once his role in Stanley Kubrick's next project, Full Metal Jacket, opened later in the summer.   Twenty-five year old Suzy Amis, a former model who, like Arlisss, had limited film work in supporting roles, would be cast as Robin, a teacher at the school who Nick develops a crush on while undercover.   The supporting cast would include George Wendt from Cheers, Laura Dern's mother Diane Ladd, an Oscar nominee for her role as Flo in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, veteran character actor Seymour Cassel, an Oscar nominee himself for John Cassavetes' Faces, Robert Stack, the original Elliot Ness who was yet another former Oscar nominee, Harry Shearer, and the great Abe Vigoda.   The $7.5m film would begin production in the Seattle metro area on May 6th, 1987 and would last for seven weeks, ending on June 30th.    Plain Clothes would open in 193 theatres on April 15th, 1988, including 59 theatres in New York City and eight in Seattle. The reviews would be vicious on the film, with many critics pointing out how ludicrous the plot was, and how distracting it was the filmmakers were trying to pass a thirty two year old actor off as a twenty four year old police officer going undercover as an eighteen year old high school student. Audiences would stay away in droves, with only about 57k people buying a ticket to see the film during the opening three days. A performance so bad, Paramount would end up pulling the film from theatres after seven days at a $289k ticket gross, replacing every screen with another high school-set movie, the similarly-titled Permanent Record, featuring Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Rubin and Kathy Baker, which would also be the final film for Martha Coolidge's regular co-star Michelle Meyrink, who would quit acting the following year and develop an affinity in Zen Buddhism. She would eventually open her own acting studio in her hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia. Not so coincidentally, Martha Coolidge is one of advisory board members of the school.   There would be one more movie for Martha Coolidge in the 1980s, a made for television mystery called Trenchcoat in Paradise, featuring Dirk Benedict from Battlestar Galactica and The A-Team, Catherine Oxenberg from Dynasty, and Bruce Dern, but it's not very good and not really work talking about.   As the 80s moved into the 90s, Coolidge would continue to work both in television and in motion pictures.    In 1991, she would direct her Plain Clothes co-star Diane Ladd alongside Ladd's daughter, Laura Dern, in the Depression-era drama Rambling Rose. But despite unanimous critical consent and Oscar nominations for both Ladd and Dern, the first and only mother-daughter duo to be nominated for the same movie or in the same year, the $7.5m movie would only gross $6.3m.   1993's Lost in Yonkers would be the 23rd film written by Neil Simon, an adaptation of his 1991 Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Actors Irene Worth and Mercedes Ruehl would reprise their Broadway roles for the film, although Richard Dreyfuss would replace Kevin Spacey in the pivotal role as the gangster uncle of two teenage boys who go to live with their aunt after their mother dies. Despite good reviews, the $15m Lost in Yonkers would only gross about $9m.   Originally written as a starring vehicle for Madonna, the 1994 romantic-comedy Angie would instead star Geena Davis as an office worker in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, who sets her neighborhood upside-down when she decides to become a single mother. Coolidge's highest budgeted film at $26m, Angie would gross just $9.4m, but would in the years to come become famous for being the first film of James Gandolfini, Michael Rispoli and Aida Turturro, who would all go on to star in five years later.   1995's Three Wishes is a bizarre fantasy drama with Patrick Swayze and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, about two young boys whose mother starts to fall for a mysterious stranger after their father is reported missing during the Korean War. The $10m film would be the worst reviewed movie of Coolidge's career, and would barely gross $7m when it was released.   Things would turn around for Coolidge on her next film, Out to Sea. The penultimate film for both Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, this weak but genial romp, according to Janet Maslin of the New York Times, finds the regular co-stars on a Mexico-bound cruise ship, where they must work as dance hosts in order to pay for their trip. Also featuring Golden Girls co-stars Estelle Harris and Rue McClanahan alongside Dyan Cannon and Donald O'Connor, Out to Sea would become her highest grossing film to date, bringing in $29m worth of ticket sales.   While she would make a couple more movies, 2004's The Prince and Me and 2006's Material Girls, Coolidge would spend 1999 and the 2000s making her mark on television, directing episodes of CSI, Madame Secretary, Psych and Weeds, amongst dozens of shows, as well as the 1999 HBO film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, which would not only win its lead star Halle Berry a number of awards including the Emmy, the Golden Globe and the Screen Actors Guild Award, it would be the first screenplay to be produced by a young writer named Shonda Rhimes. Coolidge herself would be nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe for Outstanding Directing of a Movie Made for Television.   But her biggest achievement in Hollywood would come in 2002, when Coolidge would become the first female President of the Directors Guild of America. And in addition to being an advisor to Michelle Meyrink's acting school, she is also a professor of film studies at Chapman University in Southern California.   Thank you for joining us. We'll talk again soon.   Remember to visit this episode's page on our website, The80sMoviePodcast.com, for extra materials about the movies we covered this episode.   The 80s Movies Podcast has been researched, written, narrated and edited by Edward Havens for Idiosyncratic Entertainment.   Thank you again.   Good night.

Trash, Art, And The Movies
TAATM #395: The Fisher King vs. They Might Be Giants

Trash, Art, And The Movies

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 59:02


Paul and Erin revisit two films about New Yorkers suffering from whimsical delusions: our art pick is Terry Gilliam's 1991 comedy/drama THE FISHER KING, and our trash pick is Anthony Harvey's 1971 unaffiliated-with-the-band cult film THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS.

Just The Discs Podcast
Episode 310 - THE FISHER KING on Criterion 4K UHD

Just The Discs Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 27:41


On this week's show, Brian talks about Terry Gilliam's 1991 film THE FISHER KING starring Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl and Amanda Plummer via the new Criterion 4K UHD Blu-ray and goes into detail on the supplements. This week's episode is also brought to you by the fine folks at DiabolikDVD - a great place to buy your discs from! https://www.diabolikdvd.com/ Just the Discs Now has a YouTube Channel! Check it out here and subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCffVK8TcUyjCpr0F9SpV53g Follow the Show on Twitter here for Episode previews and new Blu-ray News! twitter.com/justthediscspod We're also on Instagram! instagram.com/justthediscspod/

That Aged Well
Married To The Mob - Florida Ugly, Raccoon Tails & a Nobel Prize For Set Design

That Aged Well

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 117:42


Buckle up, Paul and Erika are diving face first into Jonathan Demme's 1988 comedy (??) Married To The Mob. After the disservice last week's film did to Michelle Pfeiffer, they wanted to have a celebration! But did this film provide them the opportunity? Listen and find out!

Pop Culture Purgatory
LAST ACTION HERO

Pop Culture Purgatory

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2023 108:57


Welcome back to purgatory folks!!!! On this episode of Arnie Month it's Jeremy pick Last Action Hero from 1993 directed by the great John McTiernan and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O'Brien, Charles Dance, Robert Prosky, Frank McRae, Mercedes Ruehl, Tom Noonan, F. Murray Abraham, Anthony Quinn and Art Carney! Thanks for checkin us out and if you'd like to find our back catalogue go to podbean.com Score by Michael Kamen & Michael Kamen & The Los Angeles & the Rock & Roll ensemble featuring Buckethead Intro track "Jack and The Ripper"  https://youtu.be/cdmAgX52tOA Outro track "Leo The Fart" https://youtu.be/M8khpK8FmHo  

History & Factoids about today
Feb 28th-Pancakes, B-52's, Train, Jason Aldean, Donnie Iris, Gilbert Gottfried, Gavin Macleod, Waco Raid

History & Factoids about today

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 13:18


National pancake day. Pop culture 1983. FBI raid on Branch Dividians in Waco, 1646 trial for sleeping in church, Lagest prehistoric penguin. Todays birthdays - Charles Durning, Gavin Macleod, Frank Bonner, Donnie Iris, Bernadette Peters, Mercedes Ruehl, John Turturro, Gilbert Gottfried, Cindy Wilson, Rae Dawn Chong, Patrick Monahan, Jason Aldean. Paul Harvey died.

Behind the Money with the Financial Times
Indonesia's secret to economic success

Behind the Money with the Financial Times

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2023 16:46


The global economy has been hit hard in the past few years by the Covid-19 pandemic, high inflation and Russia's war in Ukraine. However, there's one emerging economy that's managed to succeed in spite of that - Indonesia. So, what's its secret? We sat down with the FT's Mercedes Ruehl to understand how the country got to where it is now, and whether that success will be permanent.Clips from Associated Press- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For further reading:Indonesia's unexpected success storyIndonesia's president steps on to world stage as G20 hostBauxite: holding resources hostage will impede Indonesia's growthIndonesia's growth outlook dims as Jokowi begins final term- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - On Twitter, follow Mercedes Ruehl (@mjruehl) and Michela Tindera (@mtindera07) Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hit Factory
The Fisher King

Hit Factory

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2022 74:12


For the first time in Hit Factory history, we're recording from separate locales to discuss Terry Gilliam's 1991 fantasy drama 'The Fisher King'. We discuss the bevy of brilliant performances (including an Oscar-winning turn from the great Mercedes Ruehl), Gilliam's singular ability to effortlessly navigate his film's disparate tones, and the subversive empathy the film employs in its consideration of people who occupy the margins of society.Get access to this entire episode as well as all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month.....Our theme song is "Mirror" by Chris Fish

Old Roommates
Ep 138: "The Fisher King" Revisited

Old Roommates

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 45:34


Has Robin Williams ever been more “Robin Williams” than in The Fisher King? Yes, back in 1991, Robin gave audiences everything: the comedy, the drama, the furry, full-frontal nudity. The movie also gave Brian and Christina full-on “pop culture PTSD” via a graphic nightclub-shooting scene. Yes, this kinda-complicated tale of a former shock-jock seeking redemption from a homeless man shook audiences with a variety of themes and an Oscar-winning performance by Mercedes Ruehl. Now, over 30 years later, does the film's topsy-turvy tone still land on its feet? Does Mercedes still...rule? (Wow.) And, can Brian and Christina watch “the scene” with open eyes...and full stomachs? The Old Roommates search for the holy grail and re-watch Terry Gilliam's opus. Listen to this.Bonus content including Christina and Brian's favorite comedic and dramatic performances by Robin Williams available at patreon.com/oldroommates! Follow Old Roommates on social media @OldRoommates. Email us at oldroommatespod@gmail.com and please give us a rating or review! Thanks for listening!#TheFisherKing #RobinWilliams #JeffBridges #MercedesRuehl #AmandaPlummer #MichaelJeter #TerryGilliam

The Next Reel by The Next Reel Film Podcasts

The script came easily to Gary Ross & Anne Spielberg, but finding the right team and cast to make Big still took some time. By the time the film released in theatres, it was the fourth body-switching comedy to come out in a few years, even though it had been the first to be greenlit. But the script was smart and didn't truck in dumb jokes, the casting was impeccable, and Penny Marshall found a way to navigate the fantasy and romantic nature of the film, and because of all these things, this film is the body-switching comedy from the late 80s that people still talk about. Join us – Pete Wright and Andy Nelson – as we continue our John Heard series with Marshall's 1988 film Big. We're big on Big It's hard to argue that Tom Hanks' career moved to new level with his performance in this film. He's perfect in this film, playing brilliantly a 13-year-old in a 30-year-old's body. But a lot of the success comes from Penny Marshall's comedy smarts when capturing this story by avoiding the easy jokes. It doesn't hurt that Hanks has Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, and the man bringing this series together –John Heard – to work with as they all carry their weight. It's interesting, however, to read the names of the other actors' names mentioned for the roles. Robert De Niro? Really? And then there's David Moscow as young Josh and Jared Rushton as Billy, the two kids in the film who create the core childlike center of the film and ground it in youth. It works. We do talk about the troubling aspect of Susan sleeping with a 13-year-old kid – even if she didn't know he was only 13. How does that hold up? And what was poor Mercedes Ruehl doing the whole time he was gone? There are definitely darker aspects to this film, but again, Marshall smartly focuses on the Josh's story and makes it work. It's a wonderful film. We have a great time talking about it and are happy to enter it into our library of shows, so check it out then tune in. The Next Reel – when the movie ends, our conversation begins! Join the conversation with movie lovers from around the world on The Next Reel's Discord channel! Film Sundries Learn more about supporting The Next Reel Film Podcast through your own membership. Watch this on Apple or Amazon, or find other places at JustWatch Script Transcript Theatrical trailer Poster artwork Flickchart Letterboxd

The Next Reel Film Podcast Master Feed

The script came easily to Gary Ross & Anne Spielberg, but finding the right team and cast to make Big still took some time. By the time the film released in theatres, it was the fourth body-switching comedy to come out in a few years, even though it had been the first to be greenlit. But the script was smart and didn't truck in dumb jokes, the casting was impeccable, and Penny Marshall found a way to navigate the fantasy and romantic nature of the film, and because of all these things, this film is the body-switching comedy from the late 80s that people still talk about. Join us – Pete Wright and Andy Nelson – as we continue our John Heard series with Marshall's 1988 film Big. We're big on Big It's hard to argue that Tom Hanks' career moved to new level with his performance in this film. He's perfect in this film, playing brilliantly a 13-year-old in a 30-year-old's body. But a lot of the success comes from Penny Marshall's comedy smarts when capturing this story by avoiding the easy jokes. It doesn't hurt that Hanks has Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, and the man bringing this series together –John Heard – to work with as they all carry their weight. It's interesting, however, to read the names of the other actors' names mentioned for the roles. Robert De Niro? Really? And then there's David Moscow as young Josh and Jared Rushton as Billy, the two kids in the film who create the core childlike center of the film and ground it in youth. It works. We do talk about the troubling aspect of Susan sleeping with a 13-year-old kid – even if she didn't know he was only 13. How does that hold up? And what was poor Mercedes Ruehl doing the whole time he was gone? There are definitely darker aspects to this film, but again, Marshall smartly focuses on the Josh's story and makes it work. It's a wonderful film. We have a great time talking about it and are happy to enter it into our library of shows, so check it out then tune in. The Next Reel – when the movie ends, our conversation begins! Join the conversation with movie lovers from around the world on The Next Reel's Discord channel! Film Sundries Learn more about supporting The Next Reel Film Podcast through your own membership. Watch this on Apple or Amazon, or find other places at JustWatch Script Transcript Theatrical trailer Poster artwork Flickchart Letterboxd

The Back Look Cinema Podcast
Ep. 57: Last Action Hero (Featuring Archie S. Atkinson of the Reel Belief Podcast)

The Back Look Cinema Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2022 109:28


Join Zach, Zo and special guest host Archie S. Atkinson as we go on a magical adventure with troubled teenager Danny as he takes an adventure of a lifetime; he gets to live in the movie of his favorite action hero: Jack Slater! Follow Archie S. Atkinson at:Reel Belief PodcastArchie S. Atkinson YouTube ChannelTwitter:@TheNerdySaintor @ReelBeliefPodFor Back Look Cinema:www.backlookcinema.comEmail: fanmail@backlookcinema.comTwitter: @backlookcinemaFacebook: The Back Look Cinema Podcast Instagram: backlookcinemapodcastBack Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.comBack Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.comAlex Lab: First Real Retractable Lightsaber

Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast
Ep 61: John McTiernan's Last Action Hero w/ Special Guest Derik (Hindsight Movie Reviews) – Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (SPOILERS)

Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2022 61:20


Title: Last Action Hero [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Director: John McTiernan Producers: John McTiernan, Steve Roth Writers: Shane Black (screenplay), David Arnott (screenplay), Zak Penn (story), Adam Leff (story) Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance, Frank McRae, Tom Noonan, Robert Prosky, Anthony Quinn, Mercedes Ruehl, Austin O'Brien Release date: June 18, 1993 PROMO: Online Warriors Podcast (@OnlineWarriors1) SPECIAL GUEST: Derik (@Rashanii), Hindsight Movie Reviews (@HindsightRevues) SHOWNOTES: On the first episode of the new year, Collateral Cinema dives into the world of 90s action films, with a breakdown of the fantasy meta action comedy movie Last Action Hero, directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard) and starring our favorite Austrian-American actor/bodybuilder/filmmaker/governor Arnold Schwarzenegger! Joining us for the first time on our first Schwarzenegger episode is Derik from Hindsight Movie Reviews, as we discuss the plot and antics of this absolute blast of a flick. If you enjoyed this episode, leave us a rating on your podcast platform of choice, and stay tuned for our upcoming episode on Born to Run later this month! Collateral Cinema is on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and is on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, YouTube, iHeartRadio, Chill Lover Radio, and wherever else you get your podcasts! (Collateral Cinema is a Collateral Media Podcast. Intro song is a license-free beat. All music and movie clips are owned by their respective creators and are used for educational purposes only. Please don't sue us; we're poor!)

Theatre · The Creative Process

Josh Gladstone has served as Artistic Director of the John Drew Theater at Guild Hall since 2000 where most recently he directed Alec Baldwin, Blair Underwood and Rob Morrow in the comedy Stan The Man by Eugene Pack, and acted alongside Mercedes Ruehl and F. Murray Abraham in Jules Feiffer's A Bad Friend, an evening celebrating the playwright's 90th birthday. At the Drew he's directed and produced such plays as Romeo & Juliet, Extinction, Steve Martin's The Underpants, All My Sons starring Laurie Metcalf and Alec Baldwin; Clever Little Lies starring Marlo Thomas; Tony Walton's productions of Tonight at 8:30 starring Blythe Danner, Equus starring Alec Baldwin and Moby Dick Rehearsed starring Peter Boyle; and The Glass Menagerie starring Amy Irving. Regional credits include Children's Theatre Co.; Shakespeare Theatre, DC; and four seasons as Artistic Director of Hamptons Shakespeare Festival.www.creativeprocess.info

Theatre · The Creative Process
(Highlights) JOSH GLADSTONE

Theatre · The Creative Process

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021


"Laurie Anderson, Leslie Odom Jr. from Hamilton was here a couple of years ago. It was fantastic. Judd Hirsch. I got a chance to drive in my car with Charles Durning and Jack Klugman, two character actors that I admired all my life. It was a surreal experience.When I got here, I started to do some of the Shakespeare plays, working sometimes with kids from the community and professional artists. Michael Nathanson played Hamlet with us in 2005. Alec Baldwin, Eric Bogosian, Jeffrey Tambor, Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach, who lived in East Hampton about two blocks from here. They were involved in the John Drew Theater from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Through much of their lives, they were lifetime performers at Guild Hall, always in the summer doing a little something. Eli worked up until his 90s, and he was still working, as sharp as a tack. There have been so many artists here. Two summers ago, Questlove was here interviewing Jerry Seinfield on the stage and Alec Baldwin has been our board president for a number of years. He liked the renovations. He liked the show that Harris Yulin did with Amy Irving. He loved The Glass Menagerie and he loved the renovation. So he said, I want to get involved with you guys. The Hamptons is a wonderfully welcoming place to make art. I think going back to the time of Jackon Pollock and before him the tile painters, this has been an artist colony. And I think there is still a spirit of that around."Josh Gladstone has served as Artistic Director of the John Drew Theater at Guild Hall since 2000 where most recently he directed Alec Baldwin, Blair Underwood and Rob Morrow in the comedy Stan The Man by Eugene Pack, and acted alongside Mercedes Ruehl and F. Murray Abraham in Jules Feiffer's A Bad Friend, an evening celebrating the playwright's 90th birthday. At the Drew he's directed and produced such plays as Romeo & Juliet, Extinction, Steve Martin's The Underpants, All My Sons starring Laurie Metcalf and Alec Baldwin; Clever Little Lies starring Marlo Thomas; Tony Walton's productions of Tonight at 8:30 starring Blythe Danner, Equus starring Alec Baldwin and Moby Dick Rehearsed starring Peter Boyle; and The Glass Menagerie starring Amy Irving. Regional credits include Children's Theatre Co.; Shakespeare Theatre, DC; and four seasons as Artistic Director of Hamptons Shakespeare Festival.www.creativeprocess.info

30something Movie Podcast
Episode #383: ”Can I miss her now?” | The Fisher King (1991)

30something Movie Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 75:57


Jack was a successful shock jock until one flippant remark toward a caller set off events that would lead to the caller killing several people and himself at a restaurant. Now Jack is helping run a small video store with his girlfriend. One night during a drunken bender, Jack is saved by Parry, a homeless man who has spiraled into madness because of a severe trauma. But is Parry there to save Jack, or the other way around?  Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, and Amanda Plummer star in The Fisher King. Trailer:

The Top 100 Project
The Fisher King

The Top 100 Project

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2021 52:01


Terry Gilliam's tragicomic The Fisher King packs in a lot of themes, but a big one is kindness. This is a movie all about empathy and acceptance. Also, how often do Hollywood movies show much of the plight of homeless people? Or deal with depression and suicide? Or show our indifference to the suffering of others AND to blend all that serious material with absurdity and humour? Gilliam likes his weirdos and underdogs too. Oh, and he loves to dirty up his movie stars, all of whom are pretty awesome in this. Mercedes Ruehl won an Oscar while Robin Williams was nominated for one, but Jeff Bridges and Amanda Plummer do strong work of their own. Actually, you could argue that the women have more interesting characters to play than the men do. So acknowledge that you ARE responsible for what you say and how you treat others while you waltz through a train station with the 415th Ellises' Analysis trilling in your ears. Sparkplug Coffee has been our sponsor for a very long time and we love to promote their groovy grounds. They offer you awesome listeners a 20% discount and all you have to do is plug our promo code (“top100project”) into the right spot. Oh, we tweet…once in a while: @moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis Our website is still top100project.com Ryan also comments on sports flicks over on Scoring At The Movies

Book Vs Movie Podcast
Book Vs Movie "Heartburn" (1986) Nora Ephron, Meryl Streep & Jack Nicholson

Book Vs Movie Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 64:08


Book Vs Movie: “Heartburn”  The “Nora Ephron is a Queen” Episode   Norah Ephron was one of the most celebrated writers of the 20th Century from her work as an essayist for Esquire to her best-selling novels and screenplays for classic films. She has been honored with Academy Awards, Writer's Guild Awards, and BAFTAs. She was a food writer and movie director. Known for being tough and uncompromising (who fired a child actor after his day on the set of Sleepless in Seattle!) Yet she was a total romantic who enjoyed a happy marriage with fellow writer Nicholas Pileggi.  Her first novel, Heartburn, came out in 1983 and was based on her tumultuous marriage to reporter Carl Bernstein (we talked him in our All the President's Men episode) which ended when he had an affair during her second pregnancy. The “power couple” split and the divorce took years to happen. Mainly because Berstein was concerned about how he would be played in the movie directed by Mike Nichols.  Ephron wrote the screenplay for the 1986 film and due to her divorce decree, she had to make sure the character filling for Bernstein (called “Mark Feldman” as a maybe-nod to Mark Felt. The real “Deep Throat” source for Watergate) had to be portrayed as not a jerk. Nichols and Jack Nicholson (who played the Mark Feldman part) were a part of the divorce negotiations.  Meryl Streep gives an amazing performance as “Rachel Samstat” who loves her husband even though he is having an affair while she is in her second trimester. It's frustrating to hear her character lose her voice in this translation--but we will talk ALL about that in this episode plus the awful reviews some male critics gave the film.  Mostly we talk about the wonderful Norah Ephron and why she is one of the wisest, funniest, and most romantic writers of her generation. So, between the novel and the movie--which did we prefer? (Honestly, it is not going to even be close but have a listen anyway!)  In this ep the Margos discuss: The incredible life of Norah Ephron Her most famous films including When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail.   Carl Bernstein's unusual divorce/lawsuit demands  The cast: Meryl Street (Rachel Samstat,) Jack Nicholson (Jack Forman,)Stockard Channing (Julie Siegel,) Jeff Daniels (Richard,) Milos Forman (Dmitri,) Steven Hill (Harry Samstat,) Catherine O'Hara (Betty,) Mamie Gummer (Annie,) Maureen Stapleton (Vera,) and Mercedes Ruehl as Eve. Clips used: Rachel has a hallucination Heartburn trailer Rachel confronts Mark about his cheating  Rachel hits Mark in the face with a pie Music: Coming Around Again by Carly Simon Book Vs Movie is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you will love Frolic.Media/podcasts .  Join our Patreon page to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/bookversusmovie  Book Vs. Movie podcast https://www.facebook.com/bookversusmovie/ Twitter @bookversusmovie www.bookversusmovie.com Email us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Brought to you by Audible.com You can sign up for a FREE 30-day trial here http://www.audible.com/?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com brooklynfitchick@gmail.com Margo P. @ShesNachoMama https://coloniabook.weebly.com/  Our logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine 

Book Vs Movie Podcast
Book Vs Movie "Heartburn" (1986) Nora Ephron, Meryl Streep & Jack Nicholson

Book Vs Movie Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 64:08


Book Vs Movie: “Heartburn”  The “Nora Ephron is a Queen” Episode   Norah Ephron was one of the most celebrated writers of the 20th Century from her work as an essayist for Esquire to her best-selling novels and screenplays for classic films. She has been honored with Academy Awards, Writer's Guild Awards, and BAFTAs. She was a food writer and movie director. Known for being tough and uncompromising (who fired a child actor after his day on the set of Sleepless in Seattle!) Yet she was a total romantic who enjoyed a happy marriage with fellow writer Nicholas Pileggi.  Her first novel, Heartburn, came out in 1983 and was based on her tumultuous marriage to reporter Carl Bernstein (we talked him in our All the President's Men episode) which ended when he had an affair during her second pregnancy. The “power couple” split and the divorce took years to happen. Mainly because Berstein was concerned about how he would be played in the movie directed by Mike Nichols.  Ephron wrote the screenplay for the 1986 film and due to her divorce decree, she had to make sure the character filling for Bernstein (called “Mark Feldman” as a maybe-nod to Mark Felt. The real “Deep Throat” source for Watergate) had to be portrayed as not a jerk. Nichols and Jack Nicholson (who played the Mark Feldman part) were a part of the divorce negotiations.  Meryl Streep gives an amazing performance as “Rachel Samstat” who loves her husband even though he is having an affair while she is in her second trimester. It's frustrating to hear her character lose her voice in this translation--but we will talk ALL about that in this episode plus the awful reviews some male critics gave the film.  Mostly we talk about the wonderful Norah Ephron and why she is one of the wisest, funniest, and most romantic writers of her generation. So, between the novel and the movie--which did we prefer? (Honestly, it is not going to even be close but have a listen anyway!)  In this ep the Margos discuss: The incredible life of Norah Ephron Her most famous films including When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail.   Carl Bernstein's unusual divorce/lawsuit demands  The cast: Meryl Street (Rachel Samstat,) Jack Nicholson (Jack Forman,)Stockard Channing (Julie Siegel,) Jeff Daniels (Richard,) Milos Forman (Dmitri,) Steven Hill (Harry Samstat,) Catherine O'Hara (Betty,) Mamie Gummer (Annie,) Maureen Stapleton (Vera,) and Mercedes Ruehl as Eve. Clips used: Rachel has a hallucination Heartburn trailer Rachel confronts Mark about his cheating  Rachel hits Mark in the face with a pie Music: Coming Around Again by Carly Simon Book Vs Movie is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you will love Frolic.Media/podcasts .  Join our Patreon page to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/bookversusmovie  Book Vs. Movie podcast https://www.facebook.com/bookversusmovie/ Twitter @bookversusmovie www.bookversusmovie.com Email us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Brought to you by Audible.com You can sign up for a FREE 30-day trial here http://www.audible.com/?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com brooklynfitchick@gmail.com Margo P. @ShesNachoMama https://coloniabook.weebly.com/  Our logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine 

Pfeiffer Pfridays
Married to the Mob (1988)

Pfeiffer Pfridays

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2021 69:31


This Pfriday's episode is brought to you by the letter M: Michelle, Mercedes, and Matthew Modine all starring in the crime comedy MARRIED TO THE MOB. We are joined by the pfabulous Laura Saladino to discuss the many joys this pfilm has to offer: how refreshing it feels to watch a female-led mob movie, Michelle's sweetly unique performance, Mercedes Ruehl's unhinged hilarity, and, of course, the iconic hair and costumes. We also take a long look at the stacked actress line-ups of 1988 awards shows (including Michelle's first Golden Globe nomination), and the gift that was Jonathan Demme. It's time to Mambo Italiano. You can follow Laura on Twitter, Instagram and Letterboxd @lesaladino. If you enjoy what you hear, please rate and subscribe on your preferred podcast channel. You can also follow us on Twitter @pfeifferpfriday or on Instagram @pfeifferpfridays.

Große Klappe – aus dem Leben eines Schauspielers
Staatsschauspieler, Set Fahrer und Oscars

Große Klappe – aus dem Leben eines Schauspielers

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2021 41:53


Endlich! Es wird wieder gedreht! Andreas Guenther bringt uns Töne vom Polizeiruf-Set mit. Aber ohne Charly Hübner? Kristian Thees will außerdem wissen, wann Andreas zum Staatsschauspieler ernannt wird? Und wie war das damals als Fahrer am Set? Nur beim Thema Oscars werden sich die beiden nicht ganz einig. Aber ist denn ein Oscar nun eigentlich eine Erfolgsgarantie? Wie war das bei Mercedes Ruehl? Und wie bei Christoph Waltz?

Hold Up
The Fisher King

Hold Up

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2021 81:02


In 1991, Terry Gilliam once again shared his special brain with us when he released The Fisher King. The Fisher King is a dramedy telling the story of a disgraced star radio shock-jock who goes on a quest to help repair the life of a man that he inadvertently ruined, and in the process, finds redemption for himself. This film made a humble $42 million on a $24 million budget, was nominated for various Academy Awards (including a win for Mercedes Ruehl), and utilized a stellar cast to bring it to life featuring: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer, and Michael Jeter among other notable faces and names. But, does it hold up? Listen in as Jon, Colin, and Brent discuss the joys of insanity as we try to figure out if this is a worthy quest or a fool's errand.

Deep Dive Film School
The Fisher King | Forgotten Gems

Deep Dive Film School

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 48:19


This week we extend the Director's Revenge Festivals with a Forgotten Gem and masterpiece of the wonderful mind of Terry Gilliam. The story of a shock-jock who gets entangled in tragic events with a homeless man. This delightful film also has an all-star cast of Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl and Amanda Plummer. Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see. Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ddfspodcast FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week! 

1991 Movie Rewind
Episode 6 - The Fisher King

1991 Movie Rewind

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 76:53


To see a full list of movies we will be watching and shows notes, please follow our website: https://www.1991movierewind.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1991movierewindLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/1991movierewind/Twitter & Instagram: @1991movierewindTheme: "sunrise-cardio," Jeremy Dinegan (via Storyblocks)Don't forget to rate/review/subscribe/tell your friends to listen to us!

Off The Shelf
1991's The Fisher King

Off The Shelf

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 59:48


From the Red Demon to the Red Knight, Phil and Dave revisit their old stomping grounds at the Video Store to discuss 1991's The Fisher King and confirm that Mercedes Ruehl rules!

Who’s Here in the Hamptons
Dan Rattiner speaks with academy award winning actor, Mercedes Ruehl – Episode 16

Who’s Here in the Hamptons

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 23:32


Mercedes Ruehl is a multiple academy award winning actor (first one The Fisher King)  who lives year around in East Hampton. We talked about her […] Read More

Tele-Hørst
Tele-Hørst 13: Ich bin viele - Filme über Schizophrenie

Tele-Hørst

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2021 88:01


In dieser Episode wird Foxcatcher, Identität und König der Fischer besprochen. Warum? Es gab Stimmen in unseren Köpfen, die das wollten. Info Identität Original: Identitiy Startdatum: 18.09.2003 Länge(min): 90 FSK: 16 Regie: James Mangold Darsteller: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Ray Liotta uvm. Verleih: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Trailer: https://youtu.be/7BY5w6fVsdM +++ Foxcatcher Original: Foxcatcher Startdatum: 05.02.2015 Länge(min): 135 FSK: 12 Regie: Bennett Miller Darsteller: Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo uvm. Verleih: Koch Media GmbH Trailer: https://youtu.be/vnPle1MH0Vg +++ König der Fischer Original: The Fisher King Startdatum: 31.10.1991 Länge(min): 137 FSK: 16 Regie: Terry Gilliam Darsteller: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl uvm. Verleih: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Trailer: https://youtu.be/_zvka6HbxS0 Die Episode erschien am 07.07.2020 beim Tele-Stammtisch. Über uns Andi Papelitzky, Maximilian Rauscher und Sebastian 'Stu' Groß haben sich beim Podcast-Projekt Tele-Stammtisch kennen und liebhassen gelernt. Seit März 2020 besprechen sie im Tele-Hørst regelmäßig drei Filme zu einem speziellen Thema. Seit Januar 2021 tun sie das unabhängig vom Tele-Stammtisch. Tele-Hørst versteht sich als chaotisch-leidenschaftlicher Film-Podcast. Eine kleine Wohlfühl-Oase für das Trio und hoffentlich auch die Zuhörer da draußen.

Kush Chat
Johanna R. Griesé

Kush Chat

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 37:16


This week we are Kush Chatting with Johanna R. Griesé who’s an actor, singer, producer and podcaster in Brooklyn NY. She has years of stage experience, mainly around Florida where she trained with Meisner certified coach and mentor Eugenie Bondurant. Here in nyc she has trained with award winning actor Mercedes Ruehl at HB studios. Memorable roles include the lead in “I Never Saw Another Butterfly,” “Radium Girls,” and self produced starring role in “Proof.” She has also appeared in several independent films such as “Simulated Theory” and a principle role in an episode of “Mysteries at the Museum.” Her brand new podcast coming soon is called Johanna’s Artbeat, and will discuss the arts from an actors POV. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keon-torres7/support

Café Nervosa
Representation – Season 3

Café Nervosa

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2021 27:01


Podcast Episode Synopsis: We discuss the impressive resume of Mercedes Ruehl, the excellence that is Tony Shalhoub, and the abundance of white nonsense that this show has for us. Hey! We are working on ourselves and changing up the focus of this episode is part of it. Lauren kicks off the show by talking about... The post Representation – Season 3 appeared first on Café Nervosa Podcast.

Escuchando Peliculas
Estafadoras de Wall Street (2019) #Drama #Comedia #Feminismo #peliculas #audesc #podcast

Escuchando Peliculas

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2020 105:13


País Estados Unidos Dirección Lorene Scafaria Guion Jessica Pressler, Lorene Scafaria Fotografía Todd Banhazl Reparto Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart, Lizzo, Cardi B, Mercedes Ruehl, Trace Lysette, Vanessa Aspillaga, Mette Towley, Madeline Brewer, Wai Ching-Ho, Emma Batiz, Jay Oakerson, Marcy Richardson, G-Eazy, Brandon Keener, Devin Ratray, Frank Whaley, Jacqueline Frances, Georgia Ximenes Lifsher, Paul A Nielsen, Usher Sinopsis Inspirado en el artículo viral de la revista New York Magazine, Hustlers sigue a un equipo de ex empleados de clubes de striptease que se unen para cambiar las tornas de sus clientes de Wall Street.

Mashley at the Movies
12 Days of Christmas: What's Cooking?

Mashley at the Movies

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 19:14


We follow the Thanksgiving activities of four families from different backgrounds, as they navigate a host of issues that culminate on the holiday. Rosa joins us to discuss 2000's What's Cooking?

Beyond The Box Set
The Fisher King 2: Back In The Straitjacket

Beyond The Box Set

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 77:55


After Absolutely Anything proved to be absolutely abysmal, we decided we needed to look at a better representation of Robin Williams' talents. The Fisher King is his 1992 collaboration with director Terry Gilliam, and it scored him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. Tune into this week's podcast to hear our thoughts on Jeff Bridges titanium-plated likability, Mercedes Ruehl's scene-stealing performance, the golden era of VHS rental stores, the thin line between love and stalking and much more... ----- Each week on Beyond The Box Set, we take a look back at a classic standalone movie and compete to pitch the most ridiculous sequel, prequel and spin-off ideas to bring them back to the big screen.  If you enjoy the show, hit subscribe to receive a new episode every Monday morning, and please consider leaving us a review on your preferred podcatcher as well - it really helps us out.  You can also find us on Patreon where we offer a wide range of incentives including bonus shows, extended episodes, a regular promo slot and much more, all for as little as $2 per month. 00.00 Mercedes Ruehl deserved better  48.50 The Fisher King Drinking Games 54.20 The Fisher King Sequel Pitches 1.13.30 Listener Submissions and Episode 192 Preview

Let Me Bend Your Ear Podcast
Eposide 50 - The Fisher King (1991)

Let Me Bend Your Ear Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2020 13:26


I discuss and review the 1991 film “The Fisher King”. Its the story of a self absorbed radio talk show host whose life is shattered by a violent event and his freindship with a homeless man and their search for the Holy Grail. The film is directed by Terry Gilliam ( “Brazil”, “!2 Monkeys”, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) and stars Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl and Amamda Plummer.

In-Flight Entertainment Podcast
Last Action Hero (1993)

In-Flight Entertainment Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 38:00


This week we review Last Action Hero! Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mercedes Ruehl, Charles Dance, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Anthony Quinn, Austin O'Brien, and Ian McKellen.

The Film Experience
Smackdown '91: TOWANDA!!!!

The Film Experience

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2020


On this "Supporting Actress Smackdown" edition of the podcast, Nathaniel welcomes award winning actors Nikki M James (The Book of Mormon, The Good Fight), Rory O'Malley (The Book of Mormon, Hamilton), and Nick Westrate (Casa Valentina, Turn: Washington's Spies) as well as Vanity Fair's deputy editor Katey Rich, and New York Magazine's Mark Harris. We're talking the films of 1991 including two auteurist pictures, Terry Gilliam's The Fisher King and Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear and three tales of the south, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Prince of Tides, and Rambling Rose. And of courses the actresses that starred in them: Mercedes Ruehl, Juliette Lewis, Jessica Tandy, Kate Nelligan, and Diane Ladd.

Not a Bomb
Episode 5 - Last Action Hero

Not a Bomb

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020


On this weeks’s episode of Not A Bomb, the boys examine the 1993 fantasy/action/comedy film, Last Action Hero. What do you get when you combine the action directing know-how of John McTiernan, the screenwriting ability of Shane Black, and the action superstar, Arnold Schwarzenegger? Seemingly, a action film with barely any action.The boys grab their magic tickets and dive deep into every facet of development leading to the release of this film and converse whether or not a character named Leo La Fart is funny. As both a critical and commercial disappointment, Last Action Hero played chicken with the juggernaut, Jurassic Park , and lost badly but was this the only reason why the film did not work? Listen to find out.Last Action Hero is directed by John McTiernan, and stars; Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Frank McRae, Charles Dance, Tom Noonan, Robert Proskey, Anthony Quinn, Mercedes Ruehl, Austion O’Brien, and Ian McKellen.

Der Tele-Stammtisch - Filmkritiken
"Identität", "Foxcatcher" und "König Der Fischer" - Der Tele-Hørst

Der Tele-Stammtisch - Filmkritiken

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 88:01


Filmkritiken zu ""Identität", "Foxcatcher" und "König Der Fischer" - Der Tele-Hørst Lockere Filmkritiken zum selbst mitmachen! Meldet euch via Mail (info@tele-stammtisch.de), Facebook, Twitter oder Instagram für den nächsten Podcast an! Haupt-RSS-Feed | Filmkritiken-RSS-Feed iTunes (Hauptfeed) | iTunes (Filmkritiken) Spotify (Hauptfeed) | Spotify (Filmkritiken) Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Skype: dertelestammtisch@gmail.com Titel: Identität Original: Identitiy Startdatum: 18.09.2003 Länge(min): 90 FSK: 16 Regie: James Mangold Darsteller: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Ray Liotta uvm. Verleih: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Trailer Titel: Foxcatcher Original: Foxcatcher Startdatum: 05.02.2015 Länge(min): 135 FSK: 12 Regie: Bennett Miller Darsteller: Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo uvm. Verleih: Koch Media GmbH Trailer Titel: König der Fischer Original: The Fisher King Startdatum: 31.10.1991 Länge(min): 137 FSK: 16 Regie: Terry Gilliam Darsteller: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl uvm. Verleih: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Trailer Teilnehmer*innen: Andi Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Max Rauscher Website | Facebook | Instagram Stu Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Moviebreak Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram i used the following sounds of freesound.org: Short Crowd Cheer 2.flac by qubodup License (Copyright): Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Folge direkt herunterladen

Book Vs Movie Podcast
Book Vs Movie "The Warriors"

Book Vs Movie Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2020 46:54


  Book Vs Movie  The Warriors (Yes, the Cult Classic Film is Based on a Book!) The Margos are picking out our costumes for this special episode devoted to the cult classic The Warriors (yes, it was based on a book by Sol Yurick.) The movie, directed by Walter Hill, was a hit when it was released in 1979, but the glory of that was marred by real-life gang violence at the time which caused the movie studios to cease advertising the film. It was a staple of syndicated television throughout the 80s and is considered a modern classic and one of the earliest films to bring a comic book sensibility to urban decay.  Yurick wrote the original story in 1965 and based it on his experience working for the welfare department in New York City after graduating college in the 1940s. He became fascinated by the teenagers he met and how they navigated living in a big city. (At the time, the term “juvenile delinquent” was used to describe young people who got into trouble.) The basis for the story is a fictional account of gang life and the Greek story Anabasis.  In the mid-1970s, producer Lawrence Gordon bought the rights to the book and Paramount Pictures became the home of the film adaptation.  There are several differences between the book and film including the names and costumes of the multitude of gangs and its depiction of women.  So between the book and the movie, which did we like better? Click on the link below to find out! In this ep the Margos discuss: The life story of Sol Yurick New York City in the 1960s and 1970s  Trivia about the shooting of the film The cast which includes: Michael Beck (Swan,) James Remar (Ajax,) Dorsey Wright (Cleon,) Brian Tyler (Snow,) David Harris (Cochise,) Tom McKitterick (Cowboy,) Marcelino Sanchez (Rembrandt,) Terry Michos (Vermin,) Deborah Van Valkenburgh (Mercy,) Roger Hill (Cyrus,) David Patrick Kelly (Luther,) Lynne Thigpen (D.J.,) and Mercedes Ruehl (policewoman.) Clips Featured: The Warriors  trailer “Warriors, come out to play!” (David Patrick Kelly) Luther “Can you dig it?” (Roger Hill) The D.J. warns The Warriors (Lynne Thigpen) Outro music: Composer Barry DeVorzon  Join our Patreon page to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/bookversusmovie  Book Vs. Movie podcast https://www.facebook.com/bookversusmovie/ Twitter @bookversusmovie www.bookversusmovie.com Email us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Brought to you by Audible.com You can sign up for a FREE 30-day trial here http://www.audible.com/?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com brooklynfitchick@gmail.com Margo P. @ShesNachoMama https://coloniabook.weebly.com/ 

In-Flight Entertainment Podcast

This week's Throwback Thursday episode we review the 1988 comedy classic Big! Starring Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Mercedes Ruehl, and Robert Loggia.

Catching Up On Cinema
Episode 76 - The Fisher King (1991)

Catching Up On Cinema

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2020 154:55


"Moving On March" continues at Catching Up On Cinema, as dip our toes into the illustrious filmography of the late Robin Williams in a form of a review of The Fisher King (1991)! In addition to stellar cast consisting of the likes of Jeff Bridges and Mercedes Ruehl, the film is directed by Terry Gilliam and is possessed of all the whimsical and aesthetic flair that has long been his trademark. While far from a career defining role, Robin Williams gives a multilayered and heart filled performance in the film that demonstrates his tremendous versatility as an actor.

Rewatchability is a Podcast.
416- LAST ACTION HERO

Rewatchability is a Podcast.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2020 74:38


Get your magic ticket ready, we're going beyond the screen with LAST ACTION HERO! Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Austin O'Brien, Last Action Hero is the story of a boy who spends way too much time in a creepy old movie theatre and ends up getting sucked into the world of a movie. Also starring Mercedes Ruehl, F. Murray Abraham, Charles Dance and hey isn't that Tina Turner? This movie transported us to a magical place when we were younger, but how does it hold up now?  Listen to find out and don't forget to subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher! Also, you can also support us by either contributing Patreon campaign, or by buying Rewatchability t-shirts from TeePublic.  

Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen
Fred Wilson, Uta Hagen and ‘The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet’

Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2019 50:40


Conceptual artist Fred Wilson has spent much of his career examining how museum collections are chosen and exhibited, so Kurt Andersen meets Wilson at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a chat and a tour. With this year marking the centennial of the birth of Uta Hagen, the actress who also became a revered acting teacher, we hear from her students and colleagues, including F. Murray Abraham, Mercedes Ruehl and David Hyde Pierce. Plus, the story behind the song known as "The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate Daily Feed
Studio 360: Fred Wilson, Uta Hagen and ‘The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet’

Slate Daily Feed

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2019 54:10


Conceptual artist Fred Wilson has spent much of his career examining how museum collections are chosen and exhibited, so Kurt Andersen meets Wilson at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a chat and a tour. With this year marking the centennial of the birth of Uta Hagen, the actress who also became a revered acting teacher, we hear from her students and colleagues, including F. Murray Abraham, Mercedes Ruehl and David Hyde Pierce. Plus, the story behind the song known as "The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He Said, She Said Movie Reviews
Hustlers - Movie Review

He Said, She Said Movie Reviews

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2019 10:23


In this episode of He Said, She Said Movie Reviews, your hosts, April and Tim take a look at the movie Hustlers. A look at the true story of Robin Hood Strippers who stole from the Rich but kept the loot. Director: Lorene Scafaria Writer: Lorene Scafaria  Staring: Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, ulia Stiles, Keke Palmer, Mercedes Ruehl, Lili Reinhart, Cardi B & Mette Towley Runtime: 110 minutes Rated R: for pervasive sexual material, drug content, language and nudity    The featured trailers in this episode include: • Like a Boss - Staring: Rose Byrne, Salma Hayek & Tiffany Haddish. Release Date: Jan 10, 2020 • Countdown - Staring: Anne Winters, Elizabeth Lail & Charlie McDermott. Release Date: Oct 25, 2019 Let us help you make the right movie decision.  If you have not already done so, go out to http://hesaidshesaidmovies.com/subscribe/ and subscribe to our podcast (it's totally free to do) so you'll never miss and episode. If you are in Atlanta and want to see movie, please go visit our home theater The Springs Cinema and Taphouse  http://springscinema.com/  Follow us on Social Media Twitter - @HeSaidSheSaidMo - https://twitter.com/HeSaidSheSaidMo Instagram - HeSaidSheSaidMovies - https://www.instagram.com/hesaidshesaidmovies Facebook - @HeSaidSheSaidReview  - http://fb.me/HeSaidSheSaidReview YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwRoqqJj_HbEpYllzQCtaKg/featured 

Two Degrees of Peri Gilpin
JLo inspires us to become wall street men

Two Degrees of Peri Gilpin

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2019 32:59


Ken and Kendra come to the episode riled up thanks to Elizabeth Warren’s anti-corruption vibes. We also discuss Hustlers which we had a great time with and Kendra’s appreciation for Keke Palmer. And just one degree away from Peri Gilpin. Mercedes Ruehl played the Mother of the strip club and she was Peri Gilpin’s boss in 5 episodes of Frasier! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kendraken/support

Is That Movie Still Good
Season 2 Episode 1 The Fisher King (1991)

Is That Movie Still Good

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2019 68:49


We are back with Season 2! Jim and Nate go back to 1991 to revisit The Fisher King. We discuss Jeff Bridges before he was  "The Dude", Robin Williams at his peak and Mercedes Ruehl in her most famous role. We also discuss the good and bad of this movie plus...that suit! Listen today to find out how this movie holds up and find out if this movie is still good. 

In the Envelope: An Awards Podcast

Anna Chlumsky has received six consecutive supporting comedy actress Emmy nominations as Amy Brookheimer on HBO’s award-dominating political satire “Veep,” from Armando Iannucci, David Mandel, and producer-star Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Breaking into the industry as a child star in “My Girl,” Anna didn’t come around to the idea of pursuing acting passionately until after a much-needed hiatus at the University of Chicago and in the publishing industry. Then she was inspired by Mercedes Ruehl onstage and eventually began training, working off-off-Broadway, and appearing on camera again. Her number one piece of advice, in acting or in life: tell the truth. Brought to you by HBO. -- For over 50 years, Backstage has been the most trusted place for actors to find jobs and career advice, and for casting professionals to find the right performers for their projects. “In the Envelope: An Awards Podcast” features interviews with some of the most exciting actors and storytellers working today. Check out more here: https://bit.ly/2OMryWQ SUBSCRIBE and listen to In the Envelope on: - iTunes: https://apple.co/2rs0llz - Google Play: https://bit.ly/2DHkPwt - Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QNmu6C - Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2DJv6bD - Overcast: https://bit.ly/2OJvWGk - SoundCloud: https://bit.ly/2jUpnnw Follow Backstage and In the Envelope on social media: - https://www.facebook.com/backstage - https://www.twitter.com/backstage - https://www.twitter.com/intheenvelope - https://www.instagram.com/backstagecast Special thanks to... - Host: Jack Smart - Producer: Jamie Muffett - Social Media: Francis Ramos and Katie Minard - Design: Mark Stinson and Caitlin Watkins - Additional Support: Kasey Howe and Samantha Sherlock

Retro Movie Roundtable
RMR 0035 Big (1988)

Retro Movie Roundtable

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2019 91:01


Special Guest Nathan Kocaj joins special-guest host Chad Robinson and Russell Guest for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit Big (1988) [PG] Genre: Comedy, Family, Drama, Fantasy   Starring: Tom Hanks,Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Jared Rushton, David Moscow, Jon Lovitz, Mercedes Ruehl, Josh Clark   Download from Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Play, iTunes, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. Please share your thoughts on the movie or the Episode....   Director: Penny Marshall Recoded on 2019-05-14

The Creative Process Podcast
(Highlights) JOSH GLADSTONE

The Creative Process Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2019


Josh Gladstone has served as Artistic Director of the John Drew Theater at Guild Hall since 2000 where most recently he directed Alec Baldwin, Blair Underwood and Rob Morrow in the comedy Stan The Man by Eugene Pack, and acted alongside Mercedes Ruehl and F. Murray Abraham in Jules Feiffer's A Bad Friend, an evening celebrating the playwright's 90th birthday. At the Drew he's directed and produced such plays as Romeo & Juliet, Extinction, Steve Martin's The Underpants, All My Sons starring Laurie Metcalf and Alec Baldwin; Clever Little Lies starring Marlo Thomas; Tony Walton's productions of Tonight at 8:30 starring Blythe Danner, Equus starring Alec Baldwin and Moby Dick Rehearsed starring Peter Boyle; and The Glass Menagerie starring Amy Irving. Regional credits include Children's Theatre Co.; Shakespeare Theatre, DC; and four seasons as Artistic Director of Hamptons Shakespeare Festival. www.creativeprocess.info

The Creative Process Podcast

Josh Gladstone has served as Artistic Director of the John Drew Theater at Guild Hall since 2000 where most recently he directed Alec Baldwin, Blair Underwood and Rob Morrow in the comedy Stan The Man by Eugene Pack, and acted alongside Mercedes Ruehl and F. Murray Abraham in Jules Feiffer's A Bad Friend, an evening celebrating the playwright's 90th birthday. At the Drew he's directed and produced such plays as Romeo & Juliet, Extinction, Steve Martin's The Underpants, All My Sons starring Laurie Metcalf and Alec Baldwin; Clever Little Lies starring Marlo Thomas; Tony Walton's productions of Tonight at 8:30 starring Blythe Danner, Equus starring Alec Baldwin and Moby Dick Rehearsed starring Peter Boyle; and The Glass Menagerie starring Amy Irving. Regional credits include Children's Theatre Co.; Shakespeare Theatre, DC; and four seasons as Artistic Director of Hamptons Shakespeare Festival. www.creativeprocess.info

Rewatchability is a Podcast.
371- THE FISHER KING

Rewatchability is a Podcast.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019 66:02


In anticipation of Terry Gilliam's long awaited The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, we revisit 1991's THE FISHER KING, Gilliam's fantasy soaked drama starring Jeff Bridges as a disgraced shock jock who has to find a way to help a man whose tragic circumstances he feels responsible for. Also starring Robin Williams as Parry and featuring Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer and Michael Jeter, this movie showed us how wonder and magic can be found in a dark and tragic world, but how does it hold up today? Listen here and don't forget to subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher. Also, follow us on Facebook or Twitter. And please consider supporting our Patreon campaign, or purchasing Rewatchability t-shirts at TeePublic!    

The Creative Process · Seasons 1  2  3 · Arts, Culture & Society

Josh Gladstone has served as Artistic Director of the John Drew Theater at Guild Hall since 2000 where most recently he directed Alec Baldwin, Blair Underwood and Rob Morrow in the comedy Stan The Man by Eugene Pack, and acted alongside Mercedes Ruehl and F. Murray Abraham in Jules Feiffer's A Bad Friend, an evening celebrating the playwright's 90th birthday. At the Drew he's directed and produced such plays as Romeo & Juliet, Extinction, Steve Martin's The Underpants, All My Sons starring Laurie Metcalf and Alec Baldwin; Clever Little Lies starring Marlo Thomas; Tony Walton's productions of Tonight at 8:30 starring Blythe Danner, Equus starring Alec Baldwin and Moby Dick Rehearsed starring Peter Boyle; and The Glass Menagerie starring Amy Irving. Regional credits include Children's Theatre Co.; Shakespeare Theatre, DC; and four seasons as Artistic Director of Hamptons Shakespeare Festival.· www.guildhall.org/people/josh-gladstone/· www.creativeprocess.info

The Creative Process · Seasons 1  2  3 · Arts, Culture & Society

Josh Gladstone has served as Artistic Director of the John Drew Theater at Guild Hall since 2000 where most recently he directed Alec Baldwin, Blair Underwood and Rob Morrow in the comedy Stan The Man by Eugene Pack, and acted alongside Mercedes Ruehl and F. Murray Abraham in Jules Feiffer's A Bad Friend, an evening celebrating the playwright's 90th birthday. At the Drew he's directed and produced such plays as Romeo & Juliet, Extinction, Steve Martin's The Underpants, All My Sons starring Laurie Metcalf and Alec Baldwin; Clever Little Lies starring Marlo Thomas; Tony Walton's productions of Tonight at 8:30 starring Blythe Danner, Equus starring Alec Baldwin and Moby Dick Rehearsed starring Peter Boyle; and The Glass Menagerie starring Amy Irving. Regional credits include Children's Theatre Co.; Shakespeare Theatre, DC; and four seasons as Artistic Director of Hamptons Shakespeare Festival.· www.guildhall.org/people/josh-gladstone/· www.creativeprocess.info

Bulletproof Screenplay® Podcast
BPS 034: The Hidden Tools of Comedy with Steve Kaplan

Bulletproof Screenplay® Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019 94:14


Today on the show we have comedy legend, author, and writer Steve Kaplan. For years, Steve Kaplan has been the industry’s most sought-after expert on comedy. In addition to having taught at UCLA, NYU, Yale and other top universities, Steve created the HBO Workspace, the HBO New Writers Program and was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan Punch Line Theatre. He has consulted and taught workshops at companies such as HBO, DreamWorks, Disney, Aardman Animation, Sony Pictures Network India, Globo Brazil, and others.In New York, Steve was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan Punch Line Theatre, where he developed writers such as Peter Tolan (Analyze This, The Larry Sanders Show), writer and producer David Crane (Friends, Episodes), writer/producer Tracy Poust (Ugly Betty, Will & Grace), Michael Patrick King (Sex and The City, Will & Grace), David Ives (Venus in Fur), Howard Korder (Boardwalk Empire), David Fury (The Tick, Buffy, The Vampire Slayer), Lisa Loomer (The Waiting Room), Tom Donaghy (The Mentalist), Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea) and Mark O’Donnell (Hairspray) and introduced such performers as Lewis Black, Mercedes Ruehl, Oliver Platt, Helen Slater, Fisher Stevens, Veanne Cox, Sam McMurray, Vickie Lewis and Illeana Douglas.In Los Angeles, he created the HBO New Writers Project, discovering HBO Pictures screenwriter Will Scheffer (Big Love), and performer/writer Sandra Tsing Loh (Aliens in America),; and the HBO Workspace, a developmental workshop in Hollywood that introduced and presented performers such as Jack Black and Tenacious D, Kathy Griffin, Bob Odenkirk and David Cross (Mr. Show), Josh Malina and Paul F. Tompkins. At the Workspace, he was Executive Producer for the award-winning HBO Original Programming documentary DROP DEAD GORGEOUS. Steve has directed in regional theaters and Off-Broadway (including Sandra Tsing Loh’s ALIENS IN AMERICA at Second Stage).In addition to private coaching and one-on-one consultations, Steve has taught his Comedy Intensive workshops to thousands of students in the United States and countries around the world, including London, Toronto, Galway, Athens, Paris, Tel Aviv, Sydney, Melbourne, Rio, Munich, New Zealand, and Singapore. This year, he will be presenting seminars and workshops in Los Angeles, Brussels, London, and via Skype, Sweden.His new book The Comic Hero’s Journey. I can’t recommend it enough.A comic hero or heroine also goes on a journey, but for the comic hero, it’s often quite, quite different. The hero decides to go on the adventure; the comic hero often has no choice. The hero has a wise old man; the comic hero often meets an idiot who inadvertently says something that can teach him a thing or two. Steve Kaplan will show you the diverse paths that comedy takes in The Comic Hero’s Journey.This interview is EPIC! If you want to learn how to create funny in your screenplays or projects this episode is for you.

Bulletproof Screenplay® Podcast
BPS 034: The Hidden Tools of Comedy with Steve Kaplan

Bulletproof Screenplay® Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019 94:14


Today on the show we have comedy legend, author, and writer Steve Kaplan. For years, Steve Kaplan has been the industry’s most sought-after expert on comedy. In addition to having taught at UCLA, NYU, Yale and other top universities, Steve created the HBO Workspace, the HBO New Writers Program and was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan Punch Line Theatre. He has consulted and taught workshops at companies such as HBO, DreamWorks, Disney, Aardman Animation, Sony Pictures Network India, Globo Brazil, and others.In New York, Steve was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan Punch Line Theatre, where he developed writers such as Peter Tolan (Analyze This, The Larry Sanders Show), writer and producer David Crane (Friends, Episodes), writer/producer Tracy Poust (Ugly Betty, Will & Grace), Michael Patrick King (Sex and The City, Will & Grace), David Ives (Venus in Fur), Howard Korder (Boardwalk Empire), David Fury (The Tick, Buffy, The Vampire Slayer), Lisa Loomer (The Waiting Room), Tom Donaghy (The Mentalist), Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea) and Mark O’Donnell (Hairspray) and introduced such performers as Lewis Black, Mercedes Ruehl, Oliver Platt, Helen Slater, Fisher Stevens, Veanne Cox, Sam McMurray, Vickie Lewis and Illeana Douglas.In Los Angeles, he created the HBO New Writers Project, discovering HBO Pictures screenwriter Will Scheffer (Big Love), and performer/writer Sandra Tsing Loh (Aliens in America),; and the HBO Workspace, a developmental workshop in Hollywood that introduced and presented performers such as Jack Black and Tenacious D, Kathy Griffin, Bob Odenkirk and David Cross (Mr. Show), Josh Malina and Paul F. Tompkins. At the Workspace, he was Executive Producer for the award-winning HBO Original Programming documentary DROP DEAD GORGEOUS. Steve has directed in regional theaters and Off-Broadway (including Sandra Tsing Loh’s ALIENS IN AMERICA at Second Stage).In addition to private coaching and one-on-one consultations, Steve has taught his Comedy Intensive workshops to thousands of students in the United States and countries around the world, including London, Toronto, Galway, Athens, Paris, Tel Aviv, Sydney, Melbourne, Rio, Munich, New Zealand, and Singapore. This year, he will be presenting seminars and workshops in Los Angeles, Brussels, London, and via Skype, Sweden.His new book The Comic Hero’s Journey. I can’t recommend it enough.A comic hero or heroine also goes on a journey, but for the comic hero, it’s often quite, quite different. The hero decides to go on the adventure; the comic hero often has no choice. The hero has a wise old man; the comic hero often meets an idiot who inadvertently says something that can teach him a thing or two. Steve Kaplan will show you the diverse paths that comedy takes in The Comic Hero’s Journey.This interview is EPIC! If you want to learn how to create funny in your screenplays or projects this episode is for you.

The Shiterion Collection
What's Cooking? (2000) starring Mercedes Ruehl, Kyra Sedgwick, & Joan Chen

The Shiterion Collection

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2018 65:42


This is The Shiterion Collection, Episode 10 Pre-”Love Actually”, the feel-good film “What's Cooking?” (directed by Gurinder Chadha) features four distinct storylines involving America's favorite holiday. Follow four families living in the same Los Angeles neighborhood as they deal with talking about divorce, coming out of the closet, and discussing racist politicians with their parents… sound familiar? The hosts discuss their own favorite Thanksgiving traditions and ponder on why there aren't more Thanksgiving films out there. Follow The Shiterion Collection!Instagram: @shiterioncollectionTwitter: @Shiterion_PodFacebook: facebook.com/theshiterioncollectionEmail us theshiterioncollection@gmail.comYou can find Kate Santos online @ocleoo on Insta and @funny_cat_gifs on Twitter. Stevie Anderson is rolling as @spaghetti_witch on IG and @spaghetti_witch on Twitter.Theme song by Honor Nezzo @nezzzie

Film Snuff
Episode 81 - Big

Film Snuff

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2018 136:23


When you were 12, did you ever wish you were bigger? And did you also ever wish to make your mom think you got kidnapped and that a 30-something brash woman with smoker's breath would have sex with you while also pretending to be your new mommy? If so, then the 1988 Penny Marshall movie "Big" starring Tom Hanks is right up your alley. Sure, the sickly sweet score, oversized piano dancing, cushy job at a toy company, and silly-string fights make this film feel like a light-hearted age-swap romp, but when you actually look at what this movie is about, it feels more like a horror movie. Hanks plays Josh Baskin, a kid who made a wish on a racist fortune teller machine and then aged about 20 years overnight. He's obsessed with little kid toys even though he's weeks away from turning 13, and he doesn't seem to mind pretending to be his own kidnapper to his distraught mother faster than he can say, "I'm technically getting molested by my co-worker!" Elizabeth Perkins plays Susan Lawrence, Josh's said jaded, workaholic, man-eating, 30-something co-worker who falls for a man with the mind of a 12-year-old boy and doesn't seem all that fazed when she finds out he actually is 12 years old.  Robert Loggia plays Mr. MacMillan, the aloof owner of the toy company Josh quickly climbs the ladder of, whose entire character is to pretend that every innocent and dumb thing that comes out of Josh's mouth is somehow insightful and refreshing even when they're not. To round out the cast, we have John Heard (the dad from "Home Alone") as Hank's one-sided rival, Mercedes Ruehl as Josh's super sad mother, and Jared Rushton (one of the shrunken kids in "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids") as Josh's wily best friend, Billy Kopecki.  Join us discuss all the 26 minutes of weird scenes that were added to the "extended cut" of this movie, wonder why the police don't seem to care much that the young Josh is missing, and question how Tom Hanks' version of Josh is able to get a bank account and rent an expensive apartment without even knowing his own social security number.  Tell us what you think by chatting with us (@filmsnuff) on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, or by shooting us an email over at mailbag@filmsnuff.com. This episode is sponsored by Negative Footprint. Visit our website at https://www.filmsnuff.com.

Wicked Horror Show
Wicked Horror Show Presents Michael Berryman & Jerimiah Kipp

Wicked Horror Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2018 53:46


# Wicked Horror Show Presents Michael Berryman & Jerimiah Kipp Michael Berryman and Jermiah KippPOWERED BY THE DORKENING PODCAST NETWORKWatch us LIVE EVERY Sunday | Tuesday | Thursday Streaming LIVE on Facebook - Youtube - Periscope - Twitch Dorkening Apparel NOW AVAILABLE on Amazon!On this weeks show, we talk with Michael Berryman!Michael is known for The Devils Rejects, One Flew Over the Cukoo's nest, The Hills have Eyes and so much more! Michael can be found playing Crau in the upcoming Harrison Smith movie Death House.Late 1970s horror genre icon who's best known for his creepy performance as "Pluto" in the uncompromising Wes Craven horror film The Hills Have Eyes (1977). Berryman (who suffers from Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia, a rare condition leaving him with no sweat glands, hair, fingernails or teeth) reminds one of a latter-day Rondo Hatton who also suffered from a rare medical condition that distorted his features giving him a brutish look just right for horror movies.To Berryman's credit, he managed to develop upon his "Pluto" character, and has turned up in numerous sci-fi / fantasy movies such as My Science Project (1985), Weird Science(1985), Armed Response (1986) and Evil Spirits (1990). The tall & lean Berryman generally portrays mutant bikers, evil undertakers, monsters and other frightening characters! A genuine favorite of horror movie fans.Jeremiah Kipp's directing credits include "Black Wake" starring Tom Sizemore, "Pickup" starring Jim True-Frost, "Edward Albee: A Transformative Moment" starring Mercedes Ruehl and Bill Irwin, "The Sadist" starring Tom Savini, "The Pod" starring Larry Fessenden, "Contact" (commissioned by Sinister Six annual screening series), "The Days God Slept", "Easy Prey" (commissioned by NYC's annual VisionFest), and "The Apartment" (commissioned by Canon to premiere their XL2 at DV Expo 2004). Producing credits include the feature films "Satan Hates You" (created by Glass Eye Pix, starring Angus Scrimm, Michael Berryman and Reggie Bannister), "In Montauk", "The Jonestown Defense" starring Amy Seimetz and "The Bed-Thing" (directed by Pulitzer Prize-nominated Matt Zoller Seitz). Subscribe to The Dorkening on YoutubeFollow The Dorkening Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Join our mailing list!Follow The Dorks Leo @TheDorkening Kevin @Aknuckle Wolfie @The13thWOlfman Tony @TonyHas9Fingers James @LongTimeStorm YoYo @BoyMeetsPhone Vlad @NECCReviews Wicked Horror Show Presents Lloyd Kaufman of Troma EntertainmentPOWERED BY THE DORKENING PODCAST NETWORKWatch us LIVE EVERY Sunday | Tuesday | Thursday Streaming LIVE on Facebook - Youtube - Periscope - Twitch Dorkening Apparel NOW AVAILABLE on Amazon!This week we talk with the legendary Lloyd Kaufman of Troma! Lloyd is the master genius behind such cult hits like The Toxic Avenger, Poultrygeist, TerrorFirmer and many others.See more of Troma and Lloyd Kaufman here: https://www.youtube.com/user/Tromamovies http://www.troma.com http://www.lloydkaufman.com/ Watch Troma Movies On Demand! https://vimeo.com/tromaWatch Troma movies NOW! http://watch.troma.com/Info about Lloyd Kaufman:Lloyd Kaufman and Troma have become icons in the cult-movie world, and Troma has distributed over 1000 films. Lloyd has continued his career as a director in addition to producing, and Troma has turned out such films as Monster in the Closet (1986), Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986), Combat Shock (1984), Troma's War (1988), and Fortress of Amerikkka (1989), and Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006), which follows an army of undead chickens as they seek revenge on a fast food palace. Lloyd on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442207/?ref=fnalnm1Subscribe to The Dorkening on YoutubeFollow The Dorkening Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Join our mailing list!Follow The Dorks Leo @TheDorkening Kevin @Aknuckle Wolfie @The13thWOlfman Tony @TonyHas9Fingers James @LongTimeStorm YoYo @BoyMeetsPhone Vlad @NECCReviewsFind out more at https://wicked-horror-show.pinecast.coSend us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/wicked-horror-show/024c4a44-119e-4265-9e35-b39d144772d8

Meryl Streep and The Movies with Zachary Scot Johnson and Maryl McNally
Heartburn : Episode 10 of Meryl Streep and The Movies with Zachary Scot Johnson and Maryl McNally. Co-stars Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, Stockard Channing, Kevin Spacey, Joanna Gleason and Catherine O'Hara

Meryl Streep and The Movies with Zachary Scot Johnson and Maryl McNally

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 75:50


Longtime friends and fans Zachary Scot Johnson (www.zacharyscotjohnson.com) and Maryl McNally (www.neverlandtheatre.org) discuss Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson's performances (and completely untrue, rumored offscreen affair) in Mike Nichols' 1986 comedy? "Heartburn". This film co-stars Jeff Daniels, Stockard Channing, Joanna Gleason, Kevin Spacey, Catherine O'Hara, Mercedes Ruehl, Richard Masur and more. This week's 6 degrees of Meryl features Emma Watson. Next episode will feature veteran character actor Stacy Keach, whom Zach is interviewing for his other podcast, The Joni Mitchell Podcast. Send us your answers at MerylStreepPodcast@gmail.com and please remember to rate, review and subscribe to this podcast. Next episode will feature a discussion of "Before and After", one of Meryl's mid-90's projects, with Liam Neeson.

Broad Appeal
Slaves of New York - BA037

Broad Appeal

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2017 62:04


We watched this movie so you don't have to: in the 1980s Manhattan art scene, Bernadette Peters is a bohemian babe whose lack of funds keep her in slave-like subservience to a chauvinist brat who just happens to be in possession of his own loft apartment (and a set of very appealing lean twink-muscles). But all she really wants to do is make her own (crazy-as-fuck) hats. [Ed. Note: none of this is important.] SLAVES OF NEW YORK may not seem like your typical Merchant-Ivory flick but it's actually a costume drama - only this time the costumes feature day-glo colors, shoulder pads, teased-out hair, and orange eye shadow. Based on zeitgeisty stories by scene queen Tama Janowitz, this has been at the top of Brian and Seán's viewing queue for some time. They expected a mess of film'sa movie with "up-to-minute" satire that had dated faster than a plate of sashimi. What they got was a surprising cavalcade of stars -- including Mercedes Ruehl, Stanley Tucci, and Steve Buscemi -- wandering around parties and fashion shows looking for some kind of plot. You may never watch this film, but we think you'll love this episode. Like the source material, it's aimless, brainless, and tragically hip. Hold the wasabi? We'd love to! Clips from the film presented according to fair use policy. Podcast Theme: "Pipeline" by CyberSDF (https://soundcloud.com/cybersdf/tracks).

Spoilers!
The Fisher King (1991) - Punishment Spoilers! #59.0

Spoilers!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 24:34


Jordan pays the punishment for scoring the lowest on the Oscar Pick em show: hosting The Fisher King. The Fisher King is a 1991 American comedy-drama film written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Terry Gilliam. It stars Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges, with Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer, and Michael Jeter in supporting roles. The film is about a radio shock jock who tries to find redemption by helping a man whose life he inadvertently shattered. The film was released in the United States by TriStar Pictures on September 20, 1991. Grossing $42 million over a $24 million budget, the film received positive reviews from critics and was a moderate commercial success. The film also received several accolades.

CUNY TV's Theater Talk
A Tribute to Edward Albee

CUNY TV's Theater Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2016 26:46


Playwright Terrence McNally, actress Mercedes Ruehl, and Jakob Holder, Executive Director of The Edward F. Albee Foundation, discuss the legacy of their friend, Edward Albee, one of the most important American playwrights of the modern era.

In the Deep with Catherine Ingram
Mercedes Ruehl: Self-acceptance

In the Deep with Catherine Ingram

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2016 34:22


A conversation with Academy Award-winning actress Mercedes Ruehl on the sometimes hard-won value of self acceptance, no matter how much the world celebrates your ... The post Mercedes Ruehl: Self-acceptance appeared first on Catherine Ingram.

TigreCast
O Pescador de Ilusões | TigreCast #59 | Podcast

TigreCast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2014 69:19


Em uma homenagem tardia para Robin Williams, Tiago Lira, o Tigre (@tiagoplira) e Marcelo Zagnoli (@marcelozagnoli) conversam sobre a comédia e o drama de O Pescador de Ilusões (The Fisher King, 1991, Dir Terry Gilliam). Discutimos licenças poéticas, a flutuação entre momentos engraçados e tristes, símbolos e as interpretações de Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer e do próprio Williams. E lembramos, rapidamente, a filmografia desse grande ator que, assim como o filme, oscilava nos seus papéis entre o drama e a comédia. E como ele fará falta para nós. E, como sempre, spoilers liberados! :)

TigreCast
O Pescador de Ilusões | TigreCast #59 | Podcast

TigreCast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2014 69:19


Em uma homenagem tardia para Robin Williams, Tiago Lira, o Tigre (@tiagoplira) e Marcelo Zagnoli (@marcelozagnoli) conversam sobre a comédia e o drama de O Pescador de Ilusões (The Fisher King, 1991, Dir Terry Gilliam). Discutimos licenças poéticas, a flutuação entre momentos engraçados e tristes, símbolos e as interpretações de Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer e do próprio Williams. E lembramos, rapidamente, a filmografia desse grande ator que, assim como o filme, oscilava nos seus papéis entre o drama e a comédia. E como ele fará falta para nós. E, como sempre, spoilers liberados! :)

The Next Reel by The Next Reel Film Podcasts
The Fisher King • The Next Reel

The Next Reel by The Next Reel Film Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2014 85:12


After the financial disaster that was 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen,' Terry Gilliam needed a way to prove to the studio brass that he could make a great movie that was on budget and made money at the box office. He found it in 'The Fisher King,' the film he made and released in 1991. Join us — Pete Wright and Andy Nelson — as we continue our Terry Gilliam series with the fantastic 'The Fisher King.' We talk about why this film works so well for us, even if Roger Ebert clearly didn't click with it. We discuss the brilliant 4 leads in the film — Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl and Amanda Plummer — and look at what each of them bring to their own roles that make them work so well. We chat about the brilliance of Richard LaGravenese's script and how honest he portrays the characters yet how efficient the script is as well, giving full portrayals of characters even for minor characters (like the brilliant Michael Jeter). And we cover how this film succeeded at the box office and even gathered a handful of Oscar nominations, showing people that Gilliam can make films that make money. It's a wonderful film that we have a great time talking about. Tune in! Hey! You know what would be awesome? If you would drop us a positive rating on iTunes! If you like what we're doing here on TNR, it really is the best way to make sure that this show appears when others search for it, plus, it's just a nice thing to do. Thanks!! The Next Reel on iTunes The Next Reel on Facebook The Next Reel on Twitter The Next Reel on Flickchart The Next Reel on Letterboxd Guess the Movie with The Next Reel on Instagram Check out the Posters with The Next Reel on Pinterest And for anyone interested in our fine bouquet of show hosts: Follow Andy Nelson on Twitter Follow Pete Wright on Twitter Follow Steve Sarmento on Twitter Check out Tom Metz on IMDB Follow Mike Evans on Twitter Follow Chadd Stoops on Twitter Follow Steven Smart on Letterboxd

The Next Reel Film Podcast Master Feed
The Fisher King • The Next Reel

The Next Reel Film Podcast Master Feed

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2014 85:12


After the financial disaster that was 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen,' Terry Gilliam needed a way to prove to the studio brass that he could make a great movie that was on budget and made money at the box office. He found it in 'The Fisher King,' the film he made and released in 1991. Join us — Pete Wright and Andy Nelson — as we continue our Terry Gilliam series with the fantastic 'The Fisher King.' We talk about why this film works so well for us, even if Roger Ebert clearly didn't click with it. We discuss the brilliant 4 leads in the film — Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl and Amanda Plummer — and look at what each of them bring to their own roles that make them work so well. We chat about the brilliance of Richard LaGravenese's script and how honest he portrays the characters yet how efficient the script is as well, giving full portrayals of characters even for minor characters (like the brilliant Michael Jeter). And we cover how this film succeeded at the box office and even gathered a handful of Oscar nominations, showing people that Gilliam can make films that make money. It's a wonderful film that we have a great time talking about. Tune in! Hey! You know what would be awesome? If you would drop us a positive rating on iTunes! If you like what we’re doing here on TNR, it really is the best way to make sure that this show appears when others search for it, plus, it’s just a nice thing to do. Thanks!! The Next Reel on iTunes The Next Reel on Facebook The Next Reel on Twitter The Next Reel on Flickchart The Next Reel on Letterboxd Guess the Movie with The Next Reel on Instagram Check out the Posters with The Next Reel on Pinterest And for anyone interested in our fine bouquet of show hosts: Follow Andy Nelson on Twitter Follow Pete Wright on Twitter Follow Steve Sarmento on Twitter Check out Tom Metz on IMDB Follow Mike Evans on Twitter Follow Chadd Stoops on Twitter Follow Steven Smart on Letterboxd

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The Next Reel Film Podcast The Fisher King • The Next Reel

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2014 85:13


After the financial disaster that was 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen,' Terry Gilliam needed a way to prove to the studio brass that he could make a great movie that was on budget and made money at the box office. He found it in 'The Fisher King,' the film he made and released in 1991. Join us — Pete Wright and Andy Nelson — as we continue our Terry Gilliam series with the fantastic 'The Fisher King.' We talk about why this film works so well for us, even if Roger Ebert clearly didn't click with it. We discuss the brilliant 4 leads in the film — Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl and Amanda Plummer — and look at what each of them bring to their own roles that make them work so well. We chat about the brilliance of Richard LaGravenese's script and how honest he portrays the characters yet how efficient the script is as well, giving full portrayals of characters even for minor characters (like the brilliant Michael Jeter). And we cover how this film succeeded at the box office and even gathered a handful of Oscar nominations, showing people that Gilliam can make films that make money. It's a wonderful film that we have a great time talking about. Tune in!* * *Hey! You know what would be awesome? If you would drop us a positive rating on iTunes! If you like what we're doing here on TNR, it really is the best way to make sure that this show appears when others search for it, plus, it's just a nice thing to do. Thanks!!- [The Next Reel on iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-reel/id478159328?mt=2)- [The Next Reel on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TheNextReel)- [The Next Reel on Twitter](http://twitter.com/thenextreel)- [The Next Reel on Flickchart](http://www.flickchart.com/thenextreel)- [The Next Reel on Letterboxd](http://letterboxd.com/thenextreel/)- [Guess the Movie with The Next Reel on Instagram](http://instagram.com/thenextreel)- [Check out the Posters with The Next Reel on Pinterest](http://pinterest.com/thenextreel)And for anyone interested in our fine bouquet of show hosts:- [Follow Andy Nelson on Twitter](http://twitter.com/sodacreekfilm)- [Follow Pete Wright on Twitter](http://twitter.com/petewright)- [Follow Steve Sarmento on Twitter](https://twitter.com/mr_steve23)- [Check out Tom Metz on IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1224453/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)- [Follow Mike Evans on Twitter](https://twitter.com/ubersky)- [Follow Chadd Stoops on Twitter](https://twitter.com/ChaddStoops)- [Follow Steven Smart on Letterboxd](http://letterboxd.com/steamrobot/)

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The Fisher King • The Next Reel

The Next Reel by The Next Reel Film Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2014 85:13


After the financial disaster that was 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen,' Terry Gilliam needed a way to prove to the studio brass that he could make a great movie that was on budget and made money at the box office. He found it in 'The Fisher King,' the film he made and released in 1991. Join us — Pete Wright and Andy Nelson — as we continue our Terry Gilliam series with the fantastic 'The Fisher King.' We talk about why this film works so well for us, even if Roger Ebert clearly didn't click with it. We discuss the brilliant 4 leads in the film — Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl and Amanda Plummer — and look at what each of them bring to their own roles that make them work so well. We chat about the brilliance of Richard LaGravenese's script and how honest he portrays the characters yet how efficient the script is as well, giving full portrayals of characters even for minor characters (like the brilliant Michael Jeter). And we cover how this film succeeded at the box office and even gathered a handful of Oscar nominations, showing people that Gilliam can make films that make money. It's a wonderful film that we have a great time talking about. Tune in!* * *Hey! You know what would be awesome? If you would drop us a positive rating on iTunes! If you like what we're doing here on TNR, it really is the best way to make sure that this show appears when others search for it, plus, it's just a nice thing to do. Thanks!!- [The Next Reel on iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-reel/id478159328?mt=2)- [The Next Reel on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TheNextReel)- [The Next Reel on Twitter](http://twitter.com/thenextreel)- [The Next Reel on Flickchart](http://www.flickchart.com/thenextreel)- [The Next Reel on Letterboxd](http://letterboxd.com/thenextreel/)- [Guess the Movie with The Next Reel on Instagram](http://instagram.com/thenextreel)- [Check out the Posters with The Next Reel on Pinterest](http://pinterest.com/thenextreel)And for anyone interested in our fine bouquet of show hosts:- [Follow Andy Nelson on Twitter](http://twitter.com/sodacreekfilm)- [Follow Pete Wright on Twitter](http://twitter.com/petewright)- [Follow Steve Sarmento on Twitter](https://twitter.com/mr_steve23)- [Check out Tom Metz on IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1224453/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)- [Follow Mike Evans on Twitter](https://twitter.com/ubersky)- [Follow Chadd Stoops on Twitter](https://twitter.com/ChaddStoops)- [Follow Steven Smart on Letterboxd](http://letterboxd.com/steamrobot/)

CooperTalk
Kivi Rogers - Episode 175

CooperTalk

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2013 59:59


Steve Cooper talks with comic/writer Kivi Rogers. Kivi won his very first comedy competition and then decided to take comedy serious.. Since then his star has continued to rise. He showcased at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado after which he landed a development deal with Castle Rock Entertainment to star in his own sitcom. He has also appeared on The Tonight Show w/Jay Leno. In 1998 he was nominated for comedian of the year at the National Association of Campus Activities (NACA). He's also had guest appearances on such shows as The West Wing, Everybody Loves Raymond, VIP, Diagnosis Murder, and Dharma & Greg to name a few. He also appeared in the Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow feature film Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion, and with Academy award winners Mercedes Ruehl, and Cloris Leachman in The Amati Girls.

Tony Award Winners on Working In The Theatre
Performance - April, 2002

Tony Award Winners on Working In The Theatre

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2007 90:00


Actors Frank Langella (Tony winner for Seascape, Dracula and Frost/Nixon), John Lithgow (Tony Awards for his roles in The Changing Room and Sweet Smell of Success), Andrea Martin (Tony Award for My Favorite Year), Estelle Parsons (Mornings at Seven), Mercedes Ruehl (The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia? and Best Actress Tony Award for Lost in Yonkers) and Jeffrey Wright (Top Dog/Under Dog and Tony winner for Angels in America) discuss playing a range of roles, what influences their performances including daily life and audience response, how to prepare for a performance, and working with directors in finding courage and confidence.

ATW - Working In The Theatre
Performance - April, 2002

ATW - Working In The Theatre

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2007 90:00


Actors Frank Langella ("Fortune's Fool"), John Lithgow ("Sweet Smell of Success"), Andrea Martin ("Oklahoma!"), Estelle Parsons ("Mornings at Seven"), Mercedes Ruehl ("The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?"), Jeffrey Wright ("Top Dog/Under Dog") discuss playing a range of roles, what influences their performances including daily life and audience response, how to prepare for a performance, and working with directors in finding courage and confidence.

ATW - Downstage Center
Mercedes Ruehl (#45) March, 2005

ATW - Downstage Center

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2007 48:07


Mercedes Ruehl shares her passion for art and for playing art patron Peggy Guggenheim in "Woman Before A Glass" talks about her early training and her roles in regional theatre, her Off-Broadway success in the financial comedy "Other People's Money", and her Tony Award-winning turn in Neil Simon's "Lost In Yonkers". Original air date – March 18, 2005.

Tony Award Winners on Downstage Center
Mercedes Ruehl (#45) March, 2005

Tony Award Winners on Downstage Center

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2007 48:07


Mercedes Ruehl shares her passion for art and for playing art patron Peggy Guggenheim in "Woman Before A Glass" talks about her early training and her roles in regional theatre, her Off-Broadway success in the financial comedy "Other People's Money", and her Tony Award-winning turn in Neil Simon's "Lost In Yonkers". Original air date – March 18, 2005.

ATW - Downstage Center
Mercedes Ruehl (#45) March, 2005

ATW - Downstage Center

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2007 48:07


Mercedes Ruehl shares her passion for art and for playing art patron Peggy Guggenheim in "Woman Before A Glass" talks about her early training and her roles in regional theatre, her Off-Broadway success in the financial comedy "Other People's Money", and her Tony Award-winning turn in Neil Simon's "Lost In Yonkers". Original air date – March 18, 2005.