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In this Farrow vs. Allen Special Subject episode we dig into a strong set of films, The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and Radio Days (1987), united by their examination of art, popular culture, and fantasy, the possibilities they offer for transcendence, and the conditions of that transcendence. We also, of course, particularly examine Mia Farrow's role in these films, from Allen avatar to intimidating enigma, wistful waif to materfamilias. Time Codes: 0h 00m 25s: THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (1985) [dir. Woody Allen] 0h 31m 01s: HANNAH & HER SISTERS (1986) [dir. Woody Allen] 0h 54m 18s: RADIO DAYS (1987) [dir. Woody Allen] ++ * Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project – a discussion of Late Spring * Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s * Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive) * Read Elise's piece on Gangs of New York – “Making America Strange Again” * Check out Dave's Robert Benchley blog – an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist's 2000+ pieces as he can locate – Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project! Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com We now have a Discord server - just drop us a line if you'd like to join!
Rodney Dangerfield (born Jacob Cohen on November 22, 1921, in Babylon, Long Island, New York – died October 5, 2004, in Los Angeles, California) was a beloved American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer1. Known for his self-deprecating humor and iconic catchphrase, "I don't get no respect," Dangerfield's career spanned decades, from stand-up comedy to starring roles in films like "Caddyshack" and "The Purple Rose of Cairo." His unique delivery and relatable jokes made him a household name. #history #Beverly #mafia #beverlyhils #truecrime #tedbundy #truecrimecommunity #truecrimeaddict #truecrimememes #killers #killer #murder #mindhunter #murderer #kansas #icp #ouijamacc #juggalettes #juggalo #bondage #twiztid #thegathering #murdermuseum #eldorado #odditiesandcuriosities #caveman #oddities #rare #parkcity #death #charlesmanson #jeffreydahmer #edgein #crime #horror #darkart #richardramirez #halloween #criminal #horrorart #creepy #btkart #truecrimeart #truecrimepodcast #cannibal #albertfish #r #thriller #netflix #truecrimejunkie #horrormovies #history #selfie #truecrimefan #homicide #mystery #truecrimeobsessed #scary #serialkillerart #truecrime #truecrimecommunity #truecrimepodcast #crime #murder #podcast #truecrimeaddict #serialkiller #serialkillers #truecrimejunkie #horror #unsolved #murderino #podcastersofinstagram #truecrimeobsessed #mystery #ssdgm #truecrimefan #killer #truecrimememes #unsolvedmysteries #creepy #paranormal #podcasts #history #tedbundy #criminal #scary #podcasting #coldcase #murdermystery #bookstagram #death #buzzfeedunsolved #crimescene #truecrimepodcasts #missingperson #missing #halloween #crimejunkie #news #myfavoritemurder #spooky #supernatural #truecrimestories #homicide #ryanbergara #shanemadej #murderer #podcaster #truecrimebooks #memes #spotify #podernfamily #boogara #shaniac #jeffreydahmer #police #s #justice #history #ww #travel #art #photography #architecture #love #culture #nature #travelphotography #photooftheday #s #historia #instagood #historical #worldwar #heritage #india #instagram #museum #italy #war #vintage #memes #picoftheday #ig #europe #photo #explore #ancient#germany #historymemes #usa #beautiful #travelgram #follow #historic #france #music #military #italia #castle #historylovers #a #medieval #life #education #like #facts #landscape #storia #world #old #city #historyfacts #archaeology #upsc #america #wwii #Podcasthost #Aftermath #aftermathpodcast #podcast #binge #bingepodcast #podcasttips newpodcastalert #Hudson #aftermath #history #storiesyouforgotabout #attack #terrorattack #nostalgia #truecrime #truecrimecommunity #truecrimepodcast #crime #murder #podcast #truecrimeaddict #serialkiller #serialkillers #truecrimejunkie #horror #unsolved #murderino #podcastersofinstagram #truecrimeobsessed #mystery #ssdgm #truecrimefan #killer #truecrimememes #unsolvedmysteries #creepy #paranormal #podcasts #history #tedbundy #criminal #scary #podcasting #coldcase #murdermystery #bookstagram #death #buzzfeedunsolved #crimescene #truecrimepodcasts #missingperson #missing #halloween #crimejunkie #news #myfavoritemurder #spooky #supernatural #truecrimestories #homicide #ryanbergara #shanemadej #murderer #podcaster #truecrimebooks #memes #spotify #podernfam #history #Beverly #mafia #beverlyhils #truecrime #tedbundy #truecrimecommunity #truecrimeaddict #truecrimememes #killers #killer #murder #mindhunter #murderer #murdermuseum #eldorado #odditiesandcuriosities #caveman #oddities #rare #par #mystery #assassinations #trump #Dahlia #AlCapone #Capone #saintvalentinesday #saintvalentinesdaymassacre #Rodney #Dangerfield #RodneyDangerfield
Are you in love with the movies? In the first ever episode of 'Films for Today' we take a look at Woody Allen's 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' to contemplate both the shortcomings and utility of media addiction in hopes to better understand why we are drawn to the silver screen. We also briefly discuss: 'Cinema Paradiso' (1988) d. Giuseppe Tornatore 'Babylon' (2022) d. Damien Chazelle Contact Us E: contact@jimmybernasconi.com IG: 'filmsfortoday'
The wonderful Yeardley Smith (The Simpsons, Small Town Dicks Podcast) returns to join Matt to discuss her role as Putter Jacks in the 1985 film The Legend of Billie Jean. Yeardley also talks about her experience as the sassy virgin secretary on Herman's Head, her first film Heaven Help Us, and jumping onto the fast moving train that was Sports Night. Plus, she shares stories of roles she didn't end up getting which include The Goonies, The Purple Rose of Cairo, and My Sister Sam.This episode is brought to you by You Can't Make This Up podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The wonderful Yeardley Smith (The Simpsons, Small Town Dicks Podcast) returns to join Matt to discuss her role as Putter Jacks in the 1985 film The Legend of Billie Jean. Yeardley also talks about her experience as the sassy virgin secretary on Herman's Head, her first film Heaven Help Us, and jumping onto the fast moving train that was Sports Night. Plus, she shares stories of roles she didn't end up getting which include The Goonies, The Purple Rose of Cairo, and My Sister Sam.This episode is brought to you by You Can't Make This Up podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week Karen is talking to Anne Onwusowulu, an alumni of Karen's Artisan Perfume Mastermind course. Anne is the founder of fragrance company House of Purple Rose and, along with her husband John, runs a second company, the Skin and Hair Manufacturing Hub. However, both of Anne's companies, and all the services they offer, were born out of personal tragedy or challenges she faced on her entrepreneurial journey. In this interview with Karen, Anne inspires as she details the way in which she took every challenge and turned it into an opportunity. KEY TAKEAWAYS When Anne moved into her new house she found that the open plan nature of it led the smells of food to drift all through the house. She wanted to overcome this problem and started to research candles and diffusers; what she found, however, led her to set up her company, House of the Purple Rose. When Anne tragically lost her mother, the stress she experienced from this led her to have problems with her skin. Determined to do something about it she went from trying a multitude of different skin care products to launching her own range. When Anne started House of the Purple Rose she found it impossible to source suppliers that would give her small quantities of materials, as most demanded orders in the thousands. Once again, Anne took this problem and saw an opportunity and formed the Skin and Hair Manufacturing Hub. Another of the many services that Anne's companies offer is to formulate a product for indie brands. She talks about this process and some of the brands she has helped to launch. BEST MOMENTS “People don't realise the high level of technical skill involved in creating skin care products with a scent.” “When creating a fragrance for skin care the goal is to keep it small so that the notes don't clash.” “Everyone needs to take notice of regulations, it is the best thing you can do for your clients.” EPISODE LINKS House of Purple Rose Website House of Purple Rose Instagram Skin and Hair Manufacturing Hub Website Skin and Hair Manufacturing Hub Instagram Skin and Hair Manufacturing Hub YouTube VALUABLE RESOURCES Getting Started Guide Artisan Perfumery Mastermind ABOUT THE GUEST Anne Onwusowulu is a seasoned cosmetic chemist and perfumer with over a decade of experience in the beauty industry. She is the founder of the House of Purple Rose, a renowned skincare and home fragrance brand. In 2021, Anne and her husband launched the Skin and Hair Manufacturing Hub (SHMH), where she serves as the creative and scientific leader. Anne's extensive background as a cosmetic chemist, herbalist, and aromatherapist has enabled her to create successful products for independent brands. Her passion for discovering and blending the finest ingredients drives her work. Anne is dedicated to making high-quality beauty and home fragrance products accessible to everyone, leading pioneering changes in the industry. ABOUT THE HOST Fragrance expert, author, teacher and speaker; Karen Gilbert runs courses in the UK and online which demystify the secretive world of perfumery in a fun and interactive way. Karen has inspired thousands of students to explore their olfactory sense and create their own personalised fragrances. With extensive product development experience in both the commercial perfumery and the organic skincare industry, Karen is able to offer a unique insight into creating natural and mixed media fragrances for fine fragrance, room scents and skincare/bodycare products using commercial perfumery techniques. Karen is also a certified meditation teacher and has a passion for helping people to create daily rituals that integrate scent with other modalities to shift state and increase your sense of wellbeing. CONTACT DETAILS Website Instagram Facebook YouTube Email
Jerry Rannow discusses his love of old-time comedy and book about Mabel Normand; his comedy writer detective series; his first book on how to write for TV; growing up in Wisconsin in the 50's; meeting the head of Love American Style at a party and pitching; dropping out of UW Milwaukee to be in Bye, Bye, Birdie; his TV debut on Channing; guesting on My 3 Sons and The Beverly Hillbillies; being a regular and writer on the Jonathan Winters Show; his current play in production; Wisconsin; writing an All in the Family about Mike donating his sperm that CBS would net let on; The Doors guesting on Jonathan Winters; working with Red Skelton; The Masters Club: Percy Helton; having lunch with John Wayne; his play has been compared to The Purple Rose of Cairo; losing laughter in life; Fatty Arbuckle; Room 222 and his favorite episodes; writing for Love, American Style; Welcome Back Kotter - favorite episode Hotsy Totsy gets pregnant; writing with his wife; real life entering episodes; Kotter's opening joke; Travolta ad libs; he and Robert Hegyes write a Marx Brothers movie; his Happy Days ep where Richie becomes a DJ mirrored his life; Harper Valley PTA; Barbara Eden; George Gobel; freelancing on The Love Boat, What a Country!. Throb, Small Wonder, Check it Out; working in Canada on Snow Job and The Baxters for Norman Lear; pitching to Norman Lear; writing for Head of the Class; not going to Moscow; too many kids in the cast; Dan Frischman and Charles Fleischer; Pat Morita; leaving Hollywood and going to Wisconsin and opening up an ad agency; continuing to write every weekday
On this episode, acclaimed actor and Beatles fan Jeff Daniels joins “Everything Fab Four” to discuss his experience filming a movie scene with George Harrison and getting his guitar signed by the Quiet Beatle. Across his five decade-long career, Jeff Daniels has worked with some of the world's most revered filmmakers. He made his screen debut in Miloš Forman's Ragtime, and followed with James L. Brooks's Terms of Endearment, Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo, and Mike Nichols's Heartburn. Daniels has been nominated for numerous Golden Globe and Screen Actors Awards for his dramatic turns, including such films as Jonathan Demme's Something Wild and Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale. In 2012, Daniels joined the cast of HBO's political drama The Newsroom, which earned him a Prime Time Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Playing Will McAvoy, Daniels' monologue about American exceptionalism in the series pilot has been viewed more than 22 million times on YouTube. His acclaimed television work also includes his portrayal of John O'Neill in the Hulu miniseries The Looming Tower and FBI director James Comey in Showtime's The Comey Rule. In May 2024, stars in the new Netflix limited series A Man In Full, based on Tom Wolfe's novel of the same name. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/everythingfabfour/support
Actor Jeff Daniels is always writing. Plays, songs, a script or two. Even in interviews you get the sense the Michigan native is trying to relay the stories of his life in a way he'd find compelling as a reader, or listener. Bystander — as a viewer. He joins us this week around the latest chapter of his crime series American Rust (12:30), reprising his role as Police Chief Del Harris. It's a performance inspired by his midwestern upbringing in Chelsea, Michigan (16:06) and the formative teachings of theater director Marshall W. Mason (21:20). Then, Daniels reflects on his arrival to New York City in 1976 (24:06), performing in Lanford Wilson's play Fifth of July (27:20), and his early on-screen roles in Jonathan Demme's Something Wild (31:10), Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo (34:20), and Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale (44:20). On the back-half, we walk through his years making The Newsroom (51:48), working with screenwriter (and then playwright) Aaron Sorkin (53:20), and how the two of them reimagined Atticus Finch and To Kill a Mockingbird for both Broadway (59:49) and what he calls “a country at a crossroads” (1:05:33). To close, we sit with the utility of good writing in this fraught era (1:10:30), and a musical tribute to his late father, Robert (1:15:32). For questions, comments, or to join our mailing list, reach me at sf@talkeasypod.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome to season 4 of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast! This week, we're taking our favorite cuties to Mondstadt as we discuss Lisa, the Witch of Purple Rose. After our hosts answer a fan question, we reminisce all about our first interactions with the librarian of Mondstadt. We discuss her views on Visions, time at the Akademiya, and the all popular theory that Lisa may be dying due to some unknown curse. Curses again? Seems like a trend for Genshin! Afterwards, our hosts will discuss her love of tea and booze, what jobs she actually does and hasn't pawned off onto Knights, and if Lisa and Jean are besties or wives. Make sure to return your books before listening to this episode, or you'll pay the price! Visit talesofteyvat.com to find a comprehensive lore sheet that provides visual aids and links to videos and important Genshin Impact Resources. Make sure to give us a follow on Twitter or Instagram to stay updated on all things Tales of Teyvat and let us know your thoughts on today's episode. Questions? Thoughts? Theories you have to share? Feel free to email us at talesofteyvatpod@gmail.com and let us know, we would love to hear from you!
We set out to make a Michigan Bucket List show and ended up with a guest list that is all over the map and book-ended by two well-known names, one in the travel industry, and one for abiding while creating an incredible theatrical destination for all to enjoy. We were pleased as punch to confirm an interview with Pauline Frommer. Yes, of that Frommer family, the kind of kings of travel publications. We were interested to hear some of her experiences around Michigan as a travel expert, and what she sees trending in the next few years. She did not disappoint. Frommer is the Co-President of FrommerMedia, Editorial Director of Frommer's Guidebooks, author of the best-selling "Frommer's EasyGuide to New York City" and "Frommer's New York City Day by Day", and co-host of "The Travel Show" You see what I'm saying? This woman is an expert.Then we turn closer to home, and visit with our friend, and radio legend, Mary Ellen Murphy. This award-winning DJ hosts The Morning Show on WGHN in Grand Haven. Passionate about the Tri-Cities region, which also includes Spring Lake and Ferrysburg, Mary Ellen shares her thoughts on 'beach time' plus what she loves about this area. One thing I love about Mary Ellen is her fantastic studio at WGHN, which looks directly out over the Channel and boardwalk in GH. You can see what she sees on their live camera link here. Pro beach-going move: check out their OTHER cam for live beach conditions, so you know before you go.An old friend then calls in, all the way from Savannah Georgia. We first met Matt DeWitt at the bar he used to own in Ishpeming, a little gem of a spot called Brogie's that served one hell of a Bloody Mary. May have been named a top glass by a couple of food writers we know. Anywho, Matt has been having quite an adventure the last few years, working for that crazy baseball team, the Savannah Bananas. We get to hear all about what that's been like, plus what he misses most about the Upper Peninsula. It may, or may not, be a certain sausage. EDIT: I almost forgot! Matt and his wife EV have started a new website, crabrankoons.com. They rank crab rangoons and all derivatives. Yes, you cannot make this up. These are the people we love at Behind the Mitten.Finally our last interview, and yes, it's a big one. Jeff Daniels took time to chat with little old us about his incredible Purple Rose Theatre."Founded in 1991 by acclaimed actor and Chelsea native Jeff Daniels, The Purple Rose Theatre Company is a creative home for theatre artists to define our collective Midwestern voice. It is a place for emerging talent and seasoned professionals to learn more about and to practice their craft; a place for patrons of the arts to laugh, cry, and perhaps even learn something new," according to their website.We learned it is so much more than that, not just to Daniels, but to the Chelsea community that has been truly transformed by its presence over the last thirty years. Daniels' passion for theatre and acting is pretty evident, but what I found most interesting is that The Purple Rose focuses on laughter, the best medicine, and developing hilarious plays from the ground up, all to bring some much-needed joy to our world. How awesome is that?Their newest play had me giggling just reading the summary. Directed by Rhiannon Raglan, and written by David MacGregor, "The Anti Christ Cometh" premiers to the world on March 22 and runs at the theatre through May 25. "The Antichrist Cometh is a comedy about a happily married man who discovers that he might be the Antichrist. Will he be able to enjoy a small dinner party with his loving wife, former college roommate, and his roommate's devoutly religious fiancée? Or will their home-cooked meal usher in the Apocalypse?"Daniels goes a little bit deeper with us, and let me say, this sounds like quite the dinner party, and one you don't want to miss. Remember, it's a comedy! Chelsea is a charming, lively downtown with great restaurants and shopping, so when you go to a show, plan on making a day of it.It was a pleasure talking with Mr. Daniels, who at the end of the day, is just another Michigander like the rest of us. It's his passion for this project, for the Purple Rose and all that it might mean, that sets him apart. We salute his years of hard work building this Michigan gem. Daniels is also a big Lions fan and attended a few games this year, so you know we had to ask him about that. Who could we possibly have on the show next week? Who knows! But stay tuned to Behind the Mitten to find out!Follow John and Amy:Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/behindthemittenTwitter at @BehindTheMittenInstagram at @BehindTheMitten
Felicia is joined once again by José Roldan (listen to our episode on The Gleaners & I) to discuss Gordon Willis' work on Woody Allen's controversial but groundbreaking film, Zelig (1983). We chat about how Willis and team were able to succeed in making this film, and the blocking, lighting and camera techniques that were used to achieve its look. We also discuss how this story would be perceived in today's world and why the subject matter doesn't really hold up. This is our Gordon Willis closer, and I think an important one to study as it shows how important lighting really is to a film - specifically for a one needing to match with found footage. Send us your thoughts on the episode - how do you think this film reads in today's society ? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: seeingfacesinmovies@gmail.com Follow José here: IG: @channel.jose Tik Tok: @channel.jose Sources: Gordon Willis: An Annotated Webliography • Cinephilia & Beyond (cinephiliabeyond.org) The Willis Frame • Cinephilia & Beyond (cinephiliabeyond.org) HOW THE GRAPHIC ARTS FEATS IN 'ZELIG' WERE DONE - The New York Times (nytimes.com) FILM: 'ZELIG,' WOODY ALLEN'S STORY ABOUT A 'CHAMELEON MAN' - The New York Times (nytimes.com) OUTRO SONG: Doin' The Chameleon by Dick Hyman FILMS MENTIONED: The Gleaners and I (Agnès Varda 2001) Vortex (Gaspar Noé 2021) Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino 1997) Napoleon (Ridley Scott 2023) Fight Club (David Fincher Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis 1994) Take the Money and Run (Woody Allen 1969) Barbie (Greta Gerwig 2023) The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola 1972) The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola 1974) Manhattan (Woody Allen 1979) Annie Hall (Woody Allen 1977) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry 2004) Land Without Bread (Luis Buñuel 1933) Klute (Alan J. Pakula 1971) All the President's Men (Alan J. Pakula 1976) La jetée (Chris Marker 1962) Reds (Warren Beatty 1981) Interiors (Woody Allen 1978) Night and Fog (Alain Resnais 1956) Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Carl Reiner 1982) The Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen 1985)
IMMERSION THERAPY: The best husband in the world gives his wife the ultimate birthday present. Written by David MacGregor Directed by Jonathan Cook Performed by Devon McSherry as "Melissa", Jonathan Cook as "Doug", and Tommy Cooper as "Droppo the Clown" Intro/Outro music: JK/47 About the writer: David's plays have been performed from California to New York to London and Hobart, Tasmania. He is a resident artist at The Purple Rose Theatre (Chelsea, MI), which was founded in 1991 by actor and playwright Jeff Daniels. He has had nine plays produced there, and a revival of his 2008 dark comedy, "Vino Veritas," appeared in 2017 as The Purple Rose Theatre's 100th production. His trilogy of Sherlock Holmes plays, "Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear" (2018), "Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Fallen Soufflé" (2019), and "Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Ghost Machine" (2022) all premiered at the Purple Rose, and are available for licensing through Theatrical Works Worldwide (TRW). His work has been published by Dramatic Publishing, Playscripts, Smith & Kraus, Applause, Heuer Publishing, and TRW. The film based on "Vino Veritas," which stars Carrie Preston (of "True Blood" and Emmy-winner for "The Good Wife"), won numerous festival accolades and is now available on various on-line platforms, as well as DVD and Blu-ray. His Icelandic romance "In the Land of Fire and Ice" was a 2016 Athena List winner, and is now in pre-production, with Emmy-winner and Oscar-nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo attached. He teaches writing at Wayne State University in Detroit and is inordinately fond of cheese and terriers. His newest full-length play, the dark comedy "The Antichrist Cometh," will premiere at The Purple Rose Theatre in March 2024. Gather by the Ghost Light merch available at Home | Gather by the Ghost Light (bigcartel.com) If you would like to further support this podcast, please visit Gather by the Ghost Light is increasing public knowledge of emerging writers and actors (buymeacoffee.com) If you are associated with a theatre and would like to perform this play, please send an email to info@gatherbytheghostlight.com to get connected with the playwright. If you enjoy this podcast, please please please leave a rating on your preferred podcast app! Gather by the Ghost Light
Hola Gerardo aquí en otro episodio de Simplemente Yo; La selección de esta semana es The Purple Rose of Cairo, es una película de comedia romántica de fantasía estadounidense de 1985 escrita y dirigida por Woody Allen. Plot: En 1935, Nueva Jersey, un personaje de una película sale de la pantalla y entra en el mundo real. Espero que lo disfruten ;) Información adicional del podcast: Enlace del website official de Filmic Notion Podcast: https://filmicnotionpod.com/ Enlace a nuestra página de Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fnpod Discord: https://discord.gg/ukWHr4NK6c
Week 38 is Mitch and Scott's first perfect week!! So why are they still so miserable? 5:45 - Metropolis17:45 - Stage Fright24:50 - Watcher35:09 - The Purple Rose of Cairo43:12 - Charade51:01 - Rush1:00:30 - Thor: Love and Thunder
Au menu cette semaine: Anatomie d'une chute, Thirteen, Under the Skin, Society, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Stigmata, Halloween 6: The Curse of Micheal Myers, Scream (2022) et bien plus.
WTL Unplugged Presents Comfort Movies: Episode 6 with my stellar buddy Max, who gives us three truly varied features he feels most soothe his soul. A little Ozu, a little Allen, and a little Linklater make for a delightfully warm cup of tea. Enjoy.
小額贊助支持本節目: https://open.firstory.me/user/ck2ymcbpa2cpi0869qq23bkji 留言告訴我你對這一集的想法: https://open.firstory.me/user/ck2ymcbpa2cpi0869qq23bkji/comments 【H&M 365 EP.297】 1929-10-24 華爾街大股災 錢沒有不見,只是變成有錢人家的壁紙而已 《開羅紫玫瑰》The Purple Rose of Cairo, 1985 . ➡ 收看YouTube影像:https://youtu.be/0WNj46iaKxg ➡ 收聽PODCAST聲音:https://open.firstory.me/story/clo8ajeat08im01w5eksx74rd/platforms .
“Sometimes I'm asked if I'll ever write a book,” notes actor, playwright and singer-songwriter Jeff Daniels, “and I always answer that I already have. It's in my songs.” This is true. But now it's also true that the stuff of Jeff Daniels's life is on delightful display in the Audible Originals memoir “Alive and Well Enough”—a collection of stories, musings and songs that invites listeners into the heart and mindset of one of our most versatile performers, offered with grace and good cheer and midwestern soul. Daniels, the two-time Emmy Award-winning actor and star of such iconic films as “Terms of Endearment,” “The Purple Rose of Cairo,” “Dumb and Dumber,” “Pleasantville,” and “The Squid and the Whale,” recalls being inspired in this effort by the story-laced songs of Steve Goodman and Arlo Guthrie, and, more recently, by Bruce Springsteen's “Springsteen on Broadway.” Part podcast, part musical memoir, part bulletins from the frontlines of contemporary storytelling, “Alive and Well Enough” is a wildly entertaining mash-up of Jeff Daniels's many gifts as a writer and performer, including scenes from some of the author's original plays, many of which have been staged at The Purple Rose Theatre Company in his hometown of Chelsea, Mich. “[It's] is the only place where I get to do everything I do,” he says of his new audio project, which he calls “an adventure of an accidental artist who one day looked up and realized he had a sense of humor, a passion for writing, and stories to tell.” Join us for an insightful, engaging and surprisingly candid conversation on what it means to channel the work of some of our finest playwrights and screenwriters – like Lanford Wilson (“Fourth of July”), Scott Frank (“Godless”) and Aaron Sorkin (“The Newsroom” and the Broadway adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird”). “When you're inside the writing, it rubs off,” he says. This is true as well. Note: This episode of As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast features narrative and song excerpts from Jeff Daniels's audio memoir “Alive and Well Enough,” presented courtesy of Audible Originals. Jeff Daniels photo credit: Sam Jones More from Jeff Daniels: Jeff Daniels & Jonathan Hogan, “Together Again” Website Facebook Please support the sponsors who support our show. Daniel Paisner's Balloon Dog & Horizontal Hold Unforgiving: Lessons from the Fall by Lindsey Jacobellis Film Movement Plus (PODCAST) | 30% discount Libro.fm (ASTOLDTO) | 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 when you start your membership Film Freaks Forever! podcast, hosted by Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton A Mighty Blaze podcast The Writer's Bone Podcast Network Misfits Market (WRITERSBONE) | $15 off your first order Film Movement Plus (PODCAST) | 30% discount Wizard Pins (WRITERSBONE) | 20% discount
Never Did It: A podcast for folks who like movies but haven't seen them all yet. This week, we go back almost 100 years to 1924. Brad Garoon starts by recommending Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. Brad and Jake talk about Keaton's influence on both action and comedy films over the last century, and how the movie continues to hold up today. Jake assigns Brad the Thief of Bagdad, a swashbuckling adventure starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Raoul Walsh. They marvel at the cutting edge special effects of the day, the sweeping cinematography, the engaging second and third acts, and get a bit of a history lesson about the cast and director. Other movies mentioned in this episode: Batman: The Silent Motion Picture (2021), Birth of a Nation (1915), Broken Blossoms (1919), Arabian Nights (1942), Seven Samurai (1954), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Batman (1989), Aladdin (1992), Last Action Hero (1993), Coneheads (1993), Jackass (2002), Hot Rod (2007), Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), John Wick 4 (2023).
Listen to this PREVIEW of the 6th episode of A Woman Robbed, a special bonus series you can hear on the And the Runner-Up Is Patreon exclusive feed! A Woman Robbed is a series in which Kevin is joined by a special guest in discussing women who had significant Oscar buzz heading into the nominations but were ultimately robbed/snubbed/omitted from the Best Actress lineup. In this episode, Kevin speaks with Andrew Carden about Mia Farrow, who earned Oscar buzz and precursor nominations for both "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Purple Rose of Cairo" but did not receive Oscar nominations for either film. We discuss her performances, talk about why she came up short both times, and reveal whether we would have nominated her. You can listen to the full episode of A Woman Robbed by going to patreon.com/andtherunnerupis and contributing at the $3 per month tier. Follow Kevin Jacobsen on Twitter: @Kevin_Jacobsen Follow Andrew Carden on Twitter: @AwardsConnect Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter: @OscarRunnerUp Clips used in this episode: "Rosemary's Baby" - Paramount Pictures
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On this episode, we travel back to 1984, and the days when a "young adult" novel included lots of drugs and partying and absolutely no sparkly vampires or dystopian warrior girls. We're talking about Jay McInerney's groundbreaking novel, Bright Lights, Big City, and its 1988 film version starring Michael J. Fox and Keifer Sutherland. ----more---- Hello, and welcome to The 80s Movies Podcast. I am your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today. The original 1984 front cover for Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City If you were a young adult in the late 1980s, there's a very good chance that you started reading more adult-y books thanks to an imprint called Vintage Contemporaries. Quality books at an affordable paperback price point, with their uniform and intrinsically 80s designed covers, bold cover and spine fonts, and mix of first-time writers and cult authors who never quite broke through to the mainstream, the Vintage Contemporary series would be an immediate hit when it was first launched in September 1984. The first set of releases would include such novels as Raymond Carver's Cathedral and Thomas McGuane's The Bushwhacked Piano, but the one that would set the bar for the entire series was the first novel by a twenty-nine year old former fact checker at the New Yorker magazine. The writer was Jay McInerney, and his novel was Bright Lights, Big City. The original 1984 front cover for Raymond Carver's Cathedral Bright Lights, Big City would set a template for twenty something writers in the 1980s. A protagonist not unlike the writer themselves, with a not-so-secret drug addiction, and often written in the second person, You, which was not a usual literary choice at the time. The nameless protagonist, You, is a divorced twenty-four year old wannabe writer who works as fact-checker at a major upscale magazine in New York City, for which he once dreamed of writing for. You is recently divorced from Amanda, an aspiring model he had met while going to school in Kansas City. You would move to New York City earlier in the year with her when her modeling career was starting to talk off. While in Paris for Fashion Week, Amanda called You to inform him their marriage was over, and that she was leaving him for another man. You continues to hope Amanda will return to him, and when it's clear she won't, he not only becomes obsessed with everything about her that left in their apartment, he begins to slide into reckless abandon at the clubs they used to frequent, and becoming heavily addicted to cocaine, which then affects his performance at work. A chance encounter with Amanda at an event in the city leads You to a public humiliation, which makes him starts to realize that his behavior is not because his wife left him, but a manifestation of the grief he still feels over his mother's passing the previous year. You had gotten married to a woman he hardly knew because he wanted to make his mother happy before she died, and he was still unconsciously grieving when his wife's leaving him triggered his downward spiral. Bright Lights, Big City was an immediate hit, one of the few paperback-only books to ever hit the New York Times best-seller chart. Within two years, the novel had sold more than 300,000 copies, and spawned a tidal wave of like-minded twentysomething writers becoming published. Bret Easton Ellis might have been able to get his first novel Less Than Zero published somewhere down the line, but it was McInerney's success that would cause Simon and Schuster to try and duplicate Vintage's success, which they would. Same with Tana Janowitz, whose 1986 novel Slaves of New York was picked up by Crown Publishers looking to replicate the success of McInerney and Ellis, despite her previous novel, 1981's American Dad, being completely ignored by the book buying public at that time. While the book took moments from his life, it wasn't necessarily autobiographical. For example, McInerney had been married to a fashion model in the early 1980s, but they would meet while he attended Syracuse University in the late 1970s. And yes, McInerney would do a lot of blow during his divorce from his wife, and yes, he would get fired from The New Yorker because of the effects of his drug addiction. Yes, he was partying pretty hard during the times that preceded the writing of his first novel. And yes, he would meet a young woman who would kinda rescue him and get him on the right path. But there were a number of details about McInerney's life that were not used for the book. Like how the author studied writing with none other than Raymond Carver while studying creative writing at Syracuse, or how his family connections would allow him to submit blind stories to someone like George Plimpton at the Paris Review, and not only get the story read but published. And, naturally, any literary success was going to become a movie at some point. For Bright Lights, it would happen almost as soon as the novel was published. Robert Lawrence, a vice president at Columbia Pictures in his early thirties, had read the book nearly cover to cover in a single sitting, and envisioned a film that could be “The Graduate” of his generation, with maybe a bit of “Lost Weekend” thrown in. But the older executives at the studio balked at the idea, which they felt would be subversive and unconventional. They would, however, buy in when Lawrence was able to get mega-producer Jerry Weintraub to be a producer on the film, who in turn was able to get Joel Schumacher, who had just finished filming St. Elmo's Fire for the studio, to direct, and get Tom Cruise, who was still two years away from Top Gun and megastardom, to play the main character. McInerney was hired to write the script, and he and Schumacher and Cruise would even go on club crawls in New York City to help inform all of the atmosphere they were trying to capture with the film. In 1985, Weintraub would be hired by United Artists to become their new chief executive, and Bright Lights would be one of the properties he would be allowed to take with him to his new home. But since he was now an executive, Weintraub would need to hire a new producer to take the reigns on the picture. Enter Sydney Pollack. By 1985, Sydney Pollack was one of the biggest directors in Hollywood. With films like They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Jeremiah Johnson, Three Days of the Condor, The Electric Horseman and Tootsie under his belt, Pollock could get a film made, and get it seen by audiences. At least, as a director. At this point in his career, he had only ever produced one movie, Alan Rudolph's 1984 musical drama Songwriter, which despite being based on the life of Willie Nelson, and starring Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Rip Torn, barely grossed a tenth of its $8m budget. And Pollock at that moment was busy putting the finishing touches on his newest film, an African-based drama featuring Meryl Streep and longtime Pollock collaborator Robert Redford. That film, Out of Africa, would win seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, in March 1986, which would keep Pollock and his producing partner Mark Rosenberg's attention away from Bright Lights for several months. Once the hype on Out of Africa died down, Pollock and Rosenberg got to work getting Bright Lights, Big City made. Starting with hiring a new screenwriter, a new director, and a new leading actor. McInerney, Schumacher and Cruise had gotten tired of waiting. Ironically, Cruise would call on Pollock to direct another movie he was waiting to make, also based at United Artists, that he was going to star in alongside Dustin Hoffman. That movie, of course, is Rain Man, and we'll dive into that movie another time. Also ironically, Weintraub would not last long as the CEO of United Artists. Just five months after becoming the head of the studio, Weintraub would tire of the antics of Kirk Kerkorian, the owner of United Artists and its sister company, MGM, and step down. Kerkorian would not let Weintraub take any of the properties he brought from Columbia to his new home, the eponymously named mini-major he'd form with backing from Columbia. With a new studio head in place, Pollock started to look for a new director. He would discover that director in Joyce Chopra, who, after twenty years of making documentaries, made her first dramatic narrative in 1985. Smooth Talk was an incredible coming of age drama, based on a story by Joyce Carol Oates, that would make a star out of then seventeen-year-old Laura Dern. UA would not only hire her to direct the film but hire her husband, Tom Cole, who brilliantly adapted the Oates story that was the basis for Smooth Talk, to co-write the screenplay with his wife. While Cole was working on the script, Chopra would have her agent send a copy of McInerney's book to Michael J. Fox. This wasn't just some random decision. Chopra knew she needed a star for this movie, and Fox's agent just happened to be Chopra's agent. That'd be two commissions for the agent if it came together, and a copy of the book was delivered to Fox's dressing room on the Family Ties soundstage that very day. Fox loved the book, and agreed to do the film. After Alex P. Keaton and Marty McFly and other characters he had played that highlighted his good looks and pleasant demeanor, he was ready to play a darker, more morally ambiguous character. Since the production was scheduled around Fox's summer hiatus from the hit TV show, he was in. For Pollock and United Artists, this was a major coup, landing one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. But the project was originally going to be Toronto standing in for New York City for less than $7m with a lesser known cast. Now, it was going to be a $15m with not only Michael J. Fox but also Keifer Sutherland, who was cast as Tad, the best friend of the formerly named You, who would now known as Jamie Conway, and would be shot on location in New York City. The film would also feature Phoebe Cates as Jamie's model ex-wife, William Hickey, Kelly Lynch. But there was a major catch. The production would only have ten weeks to shoot with Fox, as he was due back in Los Angeles to begin production on the sixth season of Family Ties. He wasn't going to do that thing he did making a movie and a television show at the same time like he did with Back to the Future and Family Ties in 1984 and 1985. Ten weeks and not a day more. Production on the film would begin on April 13th, 1987, to get as much of the film shot while Fox was still finishing Family Ties in Los Angeles. He would be joining the production at the end of the month. But Fox never get the chance to shoot with Chopra. After three weeks of production, Chopra, her husband, and her cinematographer James Glennon, who had also shot Smooth Talk, were dismissed from the film. The suits at United Artists were not happy with the Fox-less footage that was coming out of New York, and were not happy with the direction of the film. Cole and Chopra had removed much of the nightlife and drug life storyline, and focused more on the development of Jamie as a writer. Apparently, no one at the studio had read the final draft of the script before shooting began. Cole, the screenwriter, says it was Pollock, the producer, who requested the changes, but in the end, it would be not the Oscar-winning filmmaker producing the movie that would be released but the trio of newer creatives. Second unit footage would continue to shoot around New York City while the studio looked for a new director. Ironically, days after Chopra was fired, the Directors Guild of America had announced that if they were not able to sign a new agreement with the Producers Guild before the end of the current contract on June 30th, the directors were going on strike. So now United Artists were really under the gun. After considering such filmmakers as Belgian director Ulu Grosbard, who had directed Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro in Falling in Love, and Australian director Bruce Beresford, whose films had included Breaker Morant and Tender Mercies, they would find their new director in James Bridges, whose filmography included such critical and financial success as The Paper Chase, The China Syndrome and Urban Cowboy, but had two bombs in a row in 1984's Mike's Murder and 1985's Perfect. He needed a hit, and this was the first solid directing offer in three years. He'd spend the weekend after his hiring doing some minor recasting, including bringing in John Houseman, who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in The Paper Chase, as well as Swoosie Kurtz, Oscar-winning actors Jason Robards and Dianne Weist, and Tracy Pollan, Fox's co-star on Family Ties, who would shortly after the filming of Bright Lights become Mrs. Michael J. Fox, although in the film, she would be cast not as a love interest to her real-life boyfriend's character but as the wife of Keifer Sutherland's character. After a week of rewriting McInerney's original draft of the screenplay from the Schumacher days, principal photography re-commenced on the film. And since Bridges would be working with famed cinematographer Gordon Willis, who had shot three previous movies with Bridges as well as the first two Godfather movies and every Woody Allen movie from Annie Hall to The Purple Rose of Cairo, it was also decided that none of Chopra's footage would be used. Everything would start back on square one. And because of the impending Directors Guild strike, he'd have only thirty-six days, a tad over five weeks, to film everything. One of the lobby cards from the movie version of Bright Lights, Big City And they were able to get it all done, thanks to some ingenious measures. One location, the Palladium concert hall on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, would double as three different nightclubs, two discotheques and a dinner club. Instead of finding six different locations, which would loading cameras and lights from one location to another, moving hundreds of people as well, and then setting the lights and props again, over and over, all they would have to do is re-decorate the area to become the next thing they needed. Bridges would complete the film that day before the Directors Guild strike deadline, but the strike would never happen. But there would be some issue with the final writing credits. While Bridges had used McInerney's original screenplay as a jumping off point, the writer/director had really latched on to the mother's death as the emotional center of the movie. Bridges' own grandmother had passed away in 1986, and he found writing those scenes to be cathartic for his own unresolved issues. But despite the changes Bridges would make to the script, including adding such filmmaking tropes as flashbacks and voiceovers, and having the movie broken up into sections by the use of chapter titles being typed out on screen, the Writers Guild would give sole screenwriting credit to Jay McInerney. As post-production continued throughout the fall, the one topic no one involved in the production wanted to talk about or even acknowledge was the movie version of Bret Easton Ellis's Less Than Zero that rival studio 20th Century Fox had been making in Los Angeles. It had a smaller budget, a lesser known filmmaker, a lesser known cast lead by Andrew McCarthy and Jami Gertz, and a budget half the size. If their film was a hit, that could be good for this one. And if their film wasn't a hit? Well, Bright Lights was the trendsetter. It was the one that sold more copies. The one that saw its author featured in more magazines and television news shows. How well did Less Than Zero do when it was released into theatres on November 6th, 1987? Well, you're just going to have to wait until next week's episode. Unless you're listening months or years after they were published, and are listening to episodes in reverse order. Then you already know how it did, but let's just say it wasn't a hit but it wasn't really a dud either. Bridges would spend nearly six months putting his film together, most of which he would find enjoyable, but he would have trouble deciding which of two endings he shot would be used. His preferred ending saw Jamie wandering through the streets of New York City early one morning, after a long night of partying that included a confrontation with his ex-wife, where he decides that was the day he was going to get his life back on track but not knowing what he was going to do, but the studio asked for an alternative ending, one that features Jamie one year in the future, putting the finishing touches on his first novel, which we see is titled… wait for it… Bright Lights, Big City, while his new girlfriend stands behind him giving her approval. After several audience test screenings, the studio would decide to let Bridges have his ending. United Artists would an April 1st, 1988 release date, and would spend months gearing up the publicity machine. Fox and Pollan were busy finishing the final episodes of that season's Family Ties, and weren't as widely available for the publicity circuit outside of those based in Los Angeles. The studio wasn't too worried, though. Michael J. Fox's last movie, The Secret of My Success, had been released in April 1987, and had grossed $67m without his doing a lot of publicity for that one, either. Opening on 1196 screens, the film would only manage to gross $5.13m, putting it in third place behind the previous week's #1 film, Biloxi Blues with Matthew Broderick, and the Tim Burton comedy Beetlejuice, which despite opening on nearly 200 fewer screens would gross nearly $3m more. But the reviews were not great. Decent. Respectful. But not great. The New York-based critics, like David Ansen of Newsweek and Janet Maslin of the Times, would be kinder than most other critics, maybe because they didn't want to be seen knocking a film shot in their backyard. But one person would actually would praise the film and Michael J. Fox as an actor was Roger Ebert. But it wouldn't save the film. In its second week, the film would fall to fifth place, with $3.09m worth of tickets sold, and it would drop all the way to tenth place in its third week with just under $1.9m in ticket sales. Week four would see it fall to 16th place with only $862k worth of ticket sales. After that, United Artists would stop reporting grosses. The $17m film had grossed just $16.1m. Bright Lights, Big City was a milestone book for me, in large part because it made me a reader. Before Bright Lights, I read occasionally, mainly John Irving, preferring to spend most of my free time voraciously consuming every movie I could. After Bright Lights, I picked up every Vintage Contemporary book I could get my hands on. One of the checklists of Vintage Contemporary books listed in the back of a Vintage Contemporary book. And one thing that really helped out was the literal checklist of other books available from that imprint in the back of each book. Without those distinct covers, I don't know if I would have discovered some of my favorite authors like Raymond Carver and Don DeLillo and Richard Ford and Richard Russo. Even after the Vintage Contemporary line shut down years later, I continued to read. I still read today, although not as much as I would prefer. I have a podcast to work on. I remember when the movie came out that I wasn't all that thrilled with it, and it would be nearly 35 years before I revisited it again, for this episode. I can't say it's the 80s as I remember it, because I had never been to New York City by that point in my life, I had never, and still never have, done anything like cocaine. And I had only ever had like two relationships that could be considered anything of substance, let alone marriage and a divorce. But I am certain it's an 80s that I'm glad I didn't know. Mainly because Jamie's 80s seemed rather boring and inconsequential. Fox does the best he can with the material, but he is not the right person for the role. As I watched it again, I couldn't help but wonder what if the roles were reversed. What if Keifer Sutherland played Jamie and Michael J. Fox played the friend? That might have been a more interesting movie, but Sutherland was not yet at that level of stardom. Thank you for joining us. We'll talk again next week, when Episode 95, on the novel and movie version of Less Than Zero is released. Remember to visit this episode's page on our website, The80sMoviePodcast.com, for extra materials about Bright Lights, Big City, both the book and the movie, as well as other titles in the Vintage Contemporary book series. The full cover, back and front, of Richard Ford's 1986 The Sportswriter, which would be the first of four novels about Frank Bascombe, a failed novelist who becomes a sportswriter. The second book in the series, 1995's Independence Day, would win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the first of only two times the same book would win both awards the same year. The 80s Movies Podcast has been researched, written, narrated and edited by Edward Havens for Idiosyncratic Entertainment. Thank you again. Good night.
On this episode, we travel back to 1984, and the days when a "young adult" novel included lots of drugs and partying and absolutely no sparkly vampires or dystopian warrior girls. We're talking about Jay McInerney's groundbreaking novel, Bright Lights, Big City, and its 1988 film version starring Michael J. Fox and Keifer Sutherland. ----more---- Hello, and welcome to The 80s Movies Podcast. I am your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today. The original 1984 front cover for Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City If you were a young adult in the late 1980s, there's a very good chance that you started reading more adult-y books thanks to an imprint called Vintage Contemporaries. Quality books at an affordable paperback price point, with their uniform and intrinsically 80s designed covers, bold cover and spine fonts, and mix of first-time writers and cult authors who never quite broke through to the mainstream, the Vintage Contemporary series would be an immediate hit when it was first launched in September 1984. The first set of releases would include such novels as Raymond Carver's Cathedral and Thomas McGuane's The Bushwhacked Piano, but the one that would set the bar for the entire series was the first novel by a twenty-nine year old former fact checker at the New Yorker magazine. The writer was Jay McInerney, and his novel was Bright Lights, Big City. The original 1984 front cover for Raymond Carver's Cathedral Bright Lights, Big City would set a template for twenty something writers in the 1980s. A protagonist not unlike the writer themselves, with a not-so-secret drug addiction, and often written in the second person, You, which was not a usual literary choice at the time. The nameless protagonist, You, is a divorced twenty-four year old wannabe writer who works as fact-checker at a major upscale magazine in New York City, for which he once dreamed of writing for. You is recently divorced from Amanda, an aspiring model he had met while going to school in Kansas City. You would move to New York City earlier in the year with her when her modeling career was starting to talk off. While in Paris for Fashion Week, Amanda called You to inform him their marriage was over, and that she was leaving him for another man. You continues to hope Amanda will return to him, and when it's clear she won't, he not only becomes obsessed with everything about her that left in their apartment, he begins to slide into reckless abandon at the clubs they used to frequent, and becoming heavily addicted to cocaine, which then affects his performance at work. A chance encounter with Amanda at an event in the city leads You to a public humiliation, which makes him starts to realize that his behavior is not because his wife left him, but a manifestation of the grief he still feels over his mother's passing the previous year. You had gotten married to a woman he hardly knew because he wanted to make his mother happy before she died, and he was still unconsciously grieving when his wife's leaving him triggered his downward spiral. Bright Lights, Big City was an immediate hit, one of the few paperback-only books to ever hit the New York Times best-seller chart. Within two years, the novel had sold more than 300,000 copies, and spawned a tidal wave of like-minded twentysomething writers becoming published. Bret Easton Ellis might have been able to get his first novel Less Than Zero published somewhere down the line, but it was McInerney's success that would cause Simon and Schuster to try and duplicate Vintage's success, which they would. Same with Tana Janowitz, whose 1986 novel Slaves of New York was picked up by Crown Publishers looking to replicate the success of McInerney and Ellis, despite her previous novel, 1981's American Dad, being completely ignored by the book buying public at that time. While the book took moments from his life, it wasn't necessarily autobiographical. For example, McInerney had been married to a fashion model in the early 1980s, but they would meet while he attended Syracuse University in the late 1970s. And yes, McInerney would do a lot of blow during his divorce from his wife, and yes, he would get fired from The New Yorker because of the effects of his drug addiction. Yes, he was partying pretty hard during the times that preceded the writing of his first novel. And yes, he would meet a young woman who would kinda rescue him and get him on the right path. But there were a number of details about McInerney's life that were not used for the book. Like how the author studied writing with none other than Raymond Carver while studying creative writing at Syracuse, or how his family connections would allow him to submit blind stories to someone like George Plimpton at the Paris Review, and not only get the story read but published. And, naturally, any literary success was going to become a movie at some point. For Bright Lights, it would happen almost as soon as the novel was published. Robert Lawrence, a vice president at Columbia Pictures in his early thirties, had read the book nearly cover to cover in a single sitting, and envisioned a film that could be “The Graduate” of his generation, with maybe a bit of “Lost Weekend” thrown in. But the older executives at the studio balked at the idea, which they felt would be subversive and unconventional. They would, however, buy in when Lawrence was able to get mega-producer Jerry Weintraub to be a producer on the film, who in turn was able to get Joel Schumacher, who had just finished filming St. Elmo's Fire for the studio, to direct, and get Tom Cruise, who was still two years away from Top Gun and megastardom, to play the main character. McInerney was hired to write the script, and he and Schumacher and Cruise would even go on club crawls in New York City to help inform all of the atmosphere they were trying to capture with the film. In 1985, Weintraub would be hired by United Artists to become their new chief executive, and Bright Lights would be one of the properties he would be allowed to take with him to his new home. But since he was now an executive, Weintraub would need to hire a new producer to take the reigns on the picture. Enter Sydney Pollack. By 1985, Sydney Pollack was one of the biggest directors in Hollywood. With films like They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Jeremiah Johnson, Three Days of the Condor, The Electric Horseman and Tootsie under his belt, Pollock could get a film made, and get it seen by audiences. At least, as a director. At this point in his career, he had only ever produced one movie, Alan Rudolph's 1984 musical drama Songwriter, which despite being based on the life of Willie Nelson, and starring Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Rip Torn, barely grossed a tenth of its $8m budget. And Pollock at that moment was busy putting the finishing touches on his newest film, an African-based drama featuring Meryl Streep and longtime Pollock collaborator Robert Redford. That film, Out of Africa, would win seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, in March 1986, which would keep Pollock and his producing partner Mark Rosenberg's attention away from Bright Lights for several months. Once the hype on Out of Africa died down, Pollock and Rosenberg got to work getting Bright Lights, Big City made. Starting with hiring a new screenwriter, a new director, and a new leading actor. McInerney, Schumacher and Cruise had gotten tired of waiting. Ironically, Cruise would call on Pollock to direct another movie he was waiting to make, also based at United Artists, that he was going to star in alongside Dustin Hoffman. That movie, of course, is Rain Man, and we'll dive into that movie another time. Also ironically, Weintraub would not last long as the CEO of United Artists. Just five months after becoming the head of the studio, Weintraub would tire of the antics of Kirk Kerkorian, the owner of United Artists and its sister company, MGM, and step down. Kerkorian would not let Weintraub take any of the properties he brought from Columbia to his new home, the eponymously named mini-major he'd form with backing from Columbia. With a new studio head in place, Pollock started to look for a new director. He would discover that director in Joyce Chopra, who, after twenty years of making documentaries, made her first dramatic narrative in 1985. Smooth Talk was an incredible coming of age drama, based on a story by Joyce Carol Oates, that would make a star out of then seventeen-year-old Laura Dern. UA would not only hire her to direct the film but hire her husband, Tom Cole, who brilliantly adapted the Oates story that was the basis for Smooth Talk, to co-write the screenplay with his wife. While Cole was working on the script, Chopra would have her agent send a copy of McInerney's book to Michael J. Fox. This wasn't just some random decision. Chopra knew she needed a star for this movie, and Fox's agent just happened to be Chopra's agent. That'd be two commissions for the agent if it came together, and a copy of the book was delivered to Fox's dressing room on the Family Ties soundstage that very day. Fox loved the book, and agreed to do the film. After Alex P. Keaton and Marty McFly and other characters he had played that highlighted his good looks and pleasant demeanor, he was ready to play a darker, more morally ambiguous character. Since the production was scheduled around Fox's summer hiatus from the hit TV show, he was in. For Pollock and United Artists, this was a major coup, landing one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. But the project was originally going to be Toronto standing in for New York City for less than $7m with a lesser known cast. Now, it was going to be a $15m with not only Michael J. Fox but also Keifer Sutherland, who was cast as Tad, the best friend of the formerly named You, who would now known as Jamie Conway, and would be shot on location in New York City. The film would also feature Phoebe Cates as Jamie's model ex-wife, William Hickey, Kelly Lynch. But there was a major catch. The production would only have ten weeks to shoot with Fox, as he was due back in Los Angeles to begin production on the sixth season of Family Ties. He wasn't going to do that thing he did making a movie and a television show at the same time like he did with Back to the Future and Family Ties in 1984 and 1985. Ten weeks and not a day more. Production on the film would begin on April 13th, 1987, to get as much of the film shot while Fox was still finishing Family Ties in Los Angeles. He would be joining the production at the end of the month. But Fox never get the chance to shoot with Chopra. After three weeks of production, Chopra, her husband, and her cinematographer James Glennon, who had also shot Smooth Talk, were dismissed from the film. The suits at United Artists were not happy with the Fox-less footage that was coming out of New York, and were not happy with the direction of the film. Cole and Chopra had removed much of the nightlife and drug life storyline, and focused more on the development of Jamie as a writer. Apparently, no one at the studio had read the final draft of the script before shooting began. Cole, the screenwriter, says it was Pollock, the producer, who requested the changes, but in the end, it would be not the Oscar-winning filmmaker producing the movie that would be released but the trio of newer creatives. Second unit footage would continue to shoot around New York City while the studio looked for a new director. Ironically, days after Chopra was fired, the Directors Guild of America had announced that if they were not able to sign a new agreement with the Producers Guild before the end of the current contract on June 30th, the directors were going on strike. So now United Artists were really under the gun. After considering such filmmakers as Belgian director Ulu Grosbard, who had directed Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro in Falling in Love, and Australian director Bruce Beresford, whose films had included Breaker Morant and Tender Mercies, they would find their new director in James Bridges, whose filmography included such critical and financial success as The Paper Chase, The China Syndrome and Urban Cowboy, but had two bombs in a row in 1984's Mike's Murder and 1985's Perfect. He needed a hit, and this was the first solid directing offer in three years. He'd spend the weekend after his hiring doing some minor recasting, including bringing in John Houseman, who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in The Paper Chase, as well as Swoosie Kurtz, Oscar-winning actors Jason Robards and Dianne Weist, and Tracy Pollan, Fox's co-star on Family Ties, who would shortly after the filming of Bright Lights become Mrs. Michael J. Fox, although in the film, she would be cast not as a love interest to her real-life boyfriend's character but as the wife of Keifer Sutherland's character. After a week of rewriting McInerney's original draft of the screenplay from the Schumacher days, principal photography re-commenced on the film. And since Bridges would be working with famed cinematographer Gordon Willis, who had shot three previous movies with Bridges as well as the first two Godfather movies and every Woody Allen movie from Annie Hall to The Purple Rose of Cairo, it was also decided that none of Chopra's footage would be used. Everything would start back on square one. And because of the impending Directors Guild strike, he'd have only thirty-six days, a tad over five weeks, to film everything. One of the lobby cards from the movie version of Bright Lights, Big City And they were able to get it all done, thanks to some ingenious measures. One location, the Palladium concert hall on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, would double as three different nightclubs, two discotheques and a dinner club. Instead of finding six different locations, which would loading cameras and lights from one location to another, moving hundreds of people as well, and then setting the lights and props again, over and over, all they would have to do is re-decorate the area to become the next thing they needed. Bridges would complete the film that day before the Directors Guild strike deadline, but the strike would never happen. But there would be some issue with the final writing credits. While Bridges had used McInerney's original screenplay as a jumping off point, the writer/director had really latched on to the mother's death as the emotional center of the movie. Bridges' own grandmother had passed away in 1986, and he found writing those scenes to be cathartic for his own unresolved issues. But despite the changes Bridges would make to the script, including adding such filmmaking tropes as flashbacks and voiceovers, and having the movie broken up into sections by the use of chapter titles being typed out on screen, the Writers Guild would give sole screenwriting credit to Jay McInerney. As post-production continued throughout the fall, the one topic no one involved in the production wanted to talk about or even acknowledge was the movie version of Bret Easton Ellis's Less Than Zero that rival studio 20th Century Fox had been making in Los Angeles. It had a smaller budget, a lesser known filmmaker, a lesser known cast lead by Andrew McCarthy and Jami Gertz, and a budget half the size. If their film was a hit, that could be good for this one. And if their film wasn't a hit? Well, Bright Lights was the trendsetter. It was the one that sold more copies. The one that saw its author featured in more magazines and television news shows. How well did Less Than Zero do when it was released into theatres on November 6th, 1987? Well, you're just going to have to wait until next week's episode. Unless you're listening months or years after they were published, and are listening to episodes in reverse order. Then you already know how it did, but let's just say it wasn't a hit but it wasn't really a dud either. Bridges would spend nearly six months putting his film together, most of which he would find enjoyable, but he would have trouble deciding which of two endings he shot would be used. His preferred ending saw Jamie wandering through the streets of New York City early one morning, after a long night of partying that included a confrontation with his ex-wife, where he decides that was the day he was going to get his life back on track but not knowing what he was going to do, but the studio asked for an alternative ending, one that features Jamie one year in the future, putting the finishing touches on his first novel, which we see is titled… wait for it… Bright Lights, Big City, while his new girlfriend stands behind him giving her approval. After several audience test screenings, the studio would decide to let Bridges have his ending. United Artists would an April 1st, 1988 release date, and would spend months gearing up the publicity machine. Fox and Pollan were busy finishing the final episodes of that season's Family Ties, and weren't as widely available for the publicity circuit outside of those based in Los Angeles. The studio wasn't too worried, though. Michael J. Fox's last movie, The Secret of My Success, had been released in April 1987, and had grossed $67m without his doing a lot of publicity for that one, either. Opening on 1196 screens, the film would only manage to gross $5.13m, putting it in third place behind the previous week's #1 film, Biloxi Blues with Matthew Broderick, and the Tim Burton comedy Beetlejuice, which despite opening on nearly 200 fewer screens would gross nearly $3m more. But the reviews were not great. Decent. Respectful. But not great. The New York-based critics, like David Ansen of Newsweek and Janet Maslin of the Times, would be kinder than most other critics, maybe because they didn't want to be seen knocking a film shot in their backyard. But one person would actually would praise the film and Michael J. Fox as an actor was Roger Ebert. But it wouldn't save the film. In its second week, the film would fall to fifth place, with $3.09m worth of tickets sold, and it would drop all the way to tenth place in its third week with just under $1.9m in ticket sales. Week four would see it fall to 16th place with only $862k worth of ticket sales. After that, United Artists would stop reporting grosses. The $17m film had grossed just $16.1m. Bright Lights, Big City was a milestone book for me, in large part because it made me a reader. Before Bright Lights, I read occasionally, mainly John Irving, preferring to spend most of my free time voraciously consuming every movie I could. After Bright Lights, I picked up every Vintage Contemporary book I could get my hands on. One of the checklists of Vintage Contemporary books listed in the back of a Vintage Contemporary book. And one thing that really helped out was the literal checklist of other books available from that imprint in the back of each book. Without those distinct covers, I don't know if I would have discovered some of my favorite authors like Raymond Carver and Don DeLillo and Richard Ford and Richard Russo. Even after the Vintage Contemporary line shut down years later, I continued to read. I still read today, although not as much as I would prefer. I have a podcast to work on. I remember when the movie came out that I wasn't all that thrilled with it, and it would be nearly 35 years before I revisited it again, for this episode. I can't say it's the 80s as I remember it, because I had never been to New York City by that point in my life, I had never, and still never have, done anything like cocaine. And I had only ever had like two relationships that could be considered anything of substance, let alone marriage and a divorce. But I am certain it's an 80s that I'm glad I didn't know. Mainly because Jamie's 80s seemed rather boring and inconsequential. Fox does the best he can with the material, but he is not the right person for the role. As I watched it again, I couldn't help but wonder what if the roles were reversed. What if Keifer Sutherland played Jamie and Michael J. Fox played the friend? That might have been a more interesting movie, but Sutherland was not yet at that level of stardom. Thank you for joining us. We'll talk again next week, when Episode 95, on the novel and movie version of Less Than Zero is released. Remember to visit this episode's page on our website, The80sMoviePodcast.com, for extra materials about Bright Lights, Big City, both the book and the movie, as well as other titles in the Vintage Contemporary book series. The full cover, back and front, of Richard Ford's 1986 The Sportswriter, which would be the first of four novels about Frank Bascombe, a failed novelist who becomes a sportswriter. The second book in the series, 1995's Independence Day, would win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the first of only two times the same book would win both awards the same year. The 80s Movies Podcast has been researched, written, narrated and edited by Edward Havens for Idiosyncratic Entertainment. Thank you again. Good night.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 623, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Davis Cup 1: Kim Carnes sang about her eyes. Bette Davis. 2: In 1861 he resigned from the U.S. Senate. Jefferson Davis. 3: He's moved his Raiders all over California. Al Davis. 4: In 1978 this cartoonist introduced his character Garfield to the world. Jim Davis. 5: This black activist ran for vice president on the 1980 Communist Party ticket. Angela Davis. Round 2. Category: Salad 1: The name of this salad comes from the Dutch for "cabbage salad". coleslaw. 2: The ever-popular salad made from this elbow-shaped pasta often contains celery, olives and chopped pimiento. Macaroni salad. 3: There's a kitchen honcho in the name of this classic salad with egg, cheese and meat. a chef salad. 4: This salad of tomatoes and mozzarella gets its name from an island near the Bay of Naples. caprese. 5: This salad with chopped turkey, bacon, tomatoes and hard-boiled eggs is named for the owner of the Brown Derby. a Cobb salad. Round 3. Category: Movie Locations 1: 1972:Brando prefers anonymity in "Last Tango in blank ". Paris. 2: 2002:Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones get away with murder in " blank ". Chicago. 3: 2004:Don Cheadle managed "Hotel blank ". Rwanda. 4: L.A.'s Biltmore played the Sedgewick Hotel, where guests got slimed in this 1984 comedy. Ghostbusters. 5: 1985:Jeff Daniels steps out of "The Purple Rose of blank ". Cairo. Round 4. Category: "Sea" Ya 1: The First Daughter. Chelsea Clinton. 2: This company's V.O. whisky had a gold and black ribbon signifying the horse racing colors of its founder. Seagram's. 3: This city's annual Seafair features various water sports and a hydroplane race on Lake Washington. Seattle. 4: This fish of the genus Hippocampus has the ability to change its color to conform to its background. Seahorse. 5: In this Bobby Darin tune, "My lover stands on golden sands and watches the ships that go sailing". "Beyond the Sea". Round 5. Category: Which U.s. Cabinet Department? 1: The Food Safety and Inspection Service. the Department of Agriculture. 2: The Federal Railroad Administration. Transportation. 3: The National Park Service. Department of Interior. 4: The U.S. Parole Commission. the Justice Department. 5: The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Department of Health and Human Services. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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Episode 124: “Nobody wants to see Harrison Ford as a Russian—Nobody!”Jim holds his own against George and Joseph as the trio debates fake movies and television shows they'd like to see in real life. They also discuss the best and worst in movie accents.· Why is Glen Close's voice coming out of Andie MacDowell's mouth?· Which well-known movie actor was let go from The Purple Rose of Cairo though his parts were already filmed? · A Paraguayan snake hunter· Which actor's makeup was so good that it landed him a real date with a senior citizen?· Which two actors formally apologized for their awful accents?· Who is the comedic actor that frustrated his own mother when she visited the set because he remained in character the entire time? BONUS: Carnival romance tips from George
Kim Reed is the co-owner of Purple Rose home with her mother Vicki Martelli. Purple Rose Home was started in 1997 when Kim was just graduating high school and going off to college to study fashion design. She had no intentions of later joining her mom, but in 2005 mom beckoned Kim's creativity into the shop and together they've been growing their vintage style home décor brand, locally and online. This month marks its 25th anniversary in business.
Well, we're officially starting our SECOND month of Molly Movie Club! Thanks to everyone who has subscribed. We're having a great time watching a new movie each week, and we hope you are too!As we've mentioned, the theme for June is “Story Within a Story”. The first movie we're watching is The Purple Rose of Cairo directed by Woody Allen. Neither of us had seen it before, and this movie took us by surprise! Some of the themes were very familiar to us - we've been talking about similar ideas for the last few years working on our comic. That made the experience of watching this movie a bit more emotional than it might've been otherwise (at least for Anna).We discuss why we don't see The Purple Rose of Cairo as a perfect film, but feel it's impossible to ignore the brilliant ideas behind the story. Also, we both think that this movie features one of the most magical moments we've ever seen on the screen.Thanks for listening, and we hope you enjoy the episode! We'll see you in the comments. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mollymovieclub.com/subscribe
In Episode Four of Molly Movie Club we watch Moon directed by Duncan Jones. It's the final movie of Space Month, and we've had such a great time watching four very different science fiction movies. We consider Moon to be the weakest of the bunch, and in this episode we discuss why we feel a lack of vision in both direction and writing let Moon down. We also get into a heated debate about an antique armchair.Our next episode will be The Purple Rose of Cairo on June 3rd. This free episode will be available to all subscribers! The theme of June will be “Story Within a Story”. We're currently taking votes for the three other movies in the series, and we will post the official schedule very soon!We hope you enjoy the discussion, and we'll see you in the comments! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mollymovieclub.com
In Episode Three of Molly Movie Club, we get to watch one of Casey's all time favorite movies! We both have a lot affection for Nicholas Meyer's 1982 film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. In this episode we discuss why we think this movie exemplifies Star Trek at its very best, and how the screenwriting is some of the most clever we've ever seen.As per the club format, this is one of the three monthly episodes that are for members only. The fourth and final movie in our Space Month series will be Moon on May 27th.For free subscribers, the next free episode will The Purple Rose of Cairo on June 3rd. Members are currently making suggestions for the other movies in our June series. Stay tuned for the complete schedule!We hope you enjoy the episode! We both really love Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and we're very curious to hear your thoughts. See you in the comments below! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mollymovieclub.com
The Purple Rose of Cairo is the 13th film written and directed by Woody Allen, first released in 1985. This film holds a special place in Woody Allen's filmography. It is Woody Allen's own favourite of his films, whilst he consistently rags on just about every other one he's ever made. Even now, he claims it is the film that is closest to his original vision. From it, we can see what it is that Allen the filmmaker really wants to do. Beloved by critics if not so much by audiences – not only is it great, it's the kind of film that only Woody Allen can make. That wonderful mix of American and European, comedy and tragedy, realism and magic. Mia Farrow stars as Cecilia, a down and out waitress in the depression era Jersey. She's married to a man who beats her and she is poor and unhappy. Her only escape is the cinema, and she sees every film at the local cinema. Black and white, dramatic, sophisticated escapades, such as ‘The Purple Rose Of Cairo'. Just as her life hits bottom, one of the characters in the film leaps off the screen to whisk her away. Welcome to the Woody Allen Pages Podcast, by me, the creator of the Woody Allen Pages website. This week, episode 14, we look at 1985's The Purple Rose of Cairo. How it was conceived, how it was made, and how Allen doesn't hate this one. Spoilers are everywhere so watch the film first, then come back. So much more at our website – Woody Allen Pages. Find us at: Facebook Instagram Twitter Reddit Support us Patreon Buy a poster or t-shirt at Redbubble Buy out books – The Woody Allen Film Guides Buy Me A Coffee You can write to us at woodyallenpages [at] gmail [dot] com
Are you feeling about ready for life to SLOW THE F DOWN?If so, you're in the right place because Kimberly Reed and I are talking all things "surrender season".Kimberly is the Co-Owner of Purple Rose Home, an eclectic farmhouse and vintage style home decor shop, a wife, and a mom. Like so many of us high achieving women, Kimberly got lost in the hustle and grind of building a successful business, and the exhaustion manifested in her body through illness and pain. In this episode, she shares her story of surrendering to slowing down this season and letting go of a business that she built when her gut was telling her it was time.This episode is so real and raw. We also get to talking about:The sweatshop curtain business that she created in her living roomFeeling intuitive hits that may or may not be the Universe, God, whatever you prefer to call it.What growth can look like if it's not about moneyand more!I know you'll connect with her story, so click play now!Connect with Kimberly:InstagramPurple Rose Home WebsiteI look forward to getting to know you better so please subscribe, rate and review, and connect with me on Instagram! (@adrikeefe)Head over to www.AdrianaKeefe.com for more information, free tools and tips, and more!Heartfül of Kerøsene - Jeff II https://youtu.be/ZbyFsGMjfRgCreative Commons AttributionFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/al-heartful-of-kerseneMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/y-tbE2FIA1o
Na de vorige opname werd besloten om niet Metal Lords, maar The Northman (2022) van Robert Eggers te bespreken. De andere twee Three of No Kind films, The Apartment (1960) en The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), bleven onveranderd. Maarten mist Woody Allen in een Woody Allen film, er valt een discussie over Audrey Hepburn vs Shirley MacLaine, Sven wordt gecharmeerd door de lelijke neus van Nicole Kidman en Bart staat stil bij mooie tanden in film. Censuur in België komt aan bod in een Weetjes Melee waarna de letter ‘U' onder handen genomen wordt in The Movie Alphabet.
Career Conversations with Jeff Daniels. Moderated by BroadwayWorld.com's Richard Ridge of "Backstage with Richard Ridge!" Actor, musician, and playwright Jeff Daniels is known for his roles in such films as Terms of Endearment, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Arachnophobia, Dumb & Dumber, The Hours, The Squid and the Whale, and Good Night and Good Luck, as well as his Emmy Award-winning performance on HBO's The Newsroom. Daniels can currently be seen on his return to Broadway in 2016's Blackbird, alongside Michelle Williams. His most recent projects include part 1 of The Divergent Series: Allegiant, alongside Shailene Woodley and Theo James, 20th Century-Fox's The Martian, directed by Ridley Scott, and Universal's Steve Jobs, directed by Danny Boyle. Daniels has received many prestigious nominations over the course of his long career, including four Golden Globes, four SAG Awards, and two Emmys. Alongside screen work, Daniels has many stage credits to his name and is the founder of The Purple Rose Theater Company in Chelsea, Michigan. On Broadway, he has appeared in Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage for which his performance earned a 2009 Tony Award nomination for Best Actor, A. R. Gurney's The Golden Age, Lanford Wilson's Redwood Curtain, and Wilson's Fifth of July. He has appeared off Broadway in productions of Wilson's Lemon Sky and Bradley Rand Smith's adaptation of Johnny Got His Gun. Daniels is also a musician and songwriter, and has recorded six full length albums.
Welcome to The 80's Montage! (music, mateys and cool shit from the 80s) Your Hosts Jay Jovi & Sammy HardOn, singers from Australia's 80's tribute band Rewind 80's. We take you back to living in the 80's: music, artists, TV commercials and video clips. Episode 116: When Looks Weren't Everything.. It's a ripper! Please rate, review and enjoy! Music licensed by APRA/AMCOS Theme music ©2019 M. Skerman see Facebook for links to videos & songs mentioned in this episode! Email: planet80sproductions@gmail.com Rewind 80's Band: www.rewind80sband.com Facebook: the80smontagepodcast twitter: 80_montage instagram: the80smontage Links from Episode 116: When Looks Weren't Everything.Patreon Link With Thanks x https://www.patreon.com/the80smontagepodcast www.the80smontage.comLinks: #LittleRiverBand #LRBLittle River Band - Lonesome Loser (1979) Sorry not 80's but goes with our theme..https://youtu.be/tntQ_VaNrCc The Cars - Tonight She Comes (Official Music Video)https://youtu.be/XlfH1SR0mncRoseanne - Intro [HQ]https://youtu.be/iSE51IAUZ3M1988 (222 Episoden in 9 Staffeln)Roseanne Conner - Roseanne BarrDaniel „Dan" Conner - John GoodmanJackie Harris - Laurie MetcalfRebecca „Becky" Conner - Alicia Goranson,Sarah ChalkeDarlene Conner - Sara GilbertDavid Healy - Johnny GaleckiTheme from the Purple Rose of Cairohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0KdngyHxQA3-Minute Bulletproofhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MznTAWMghqoThe Shining Theme HDhttps://youtu.be/g_nsZ8yt1KA#PhilCollins #InTheAirTonight #ICanFeelItCallingInTheAirTonightPhil Collins - In The Air Tonight (Official Music Video)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkADj0TPrJAThanks for listening! www.the80smontage.com
Randy retreads “The Night House” and talks about watching 33% of a three hour Japanese film. Clark creates and abandons VHSaturday, and Russ reflects on the good fortune of seeing “Taxidermia” in a theatre. Films: The Passion of the Christ (2004), Drac Von Stroller's Horrifying Tales From the Dead Future (2020), Bloody Mary by Drac Von Stoller (2016), The Night House (2020), Session 9 (2001), Taxidermia (2006), Halloween Kills (2021), Antlers (2021), Last Night in Soho (2021), Bad Ben Benign (2021), How to with John Wilson (TV), Dune (2021), Dead Mary (2007), Cockazoid (TBA), Labyrinth of Cinema (2019), Hausu (1977), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Ghosts of Mars (2001), Dark Star (1974), Banshee Chapter (2013), The Golden Glove (2019), We Are the Flesh (2016), Enter the Void (2009), Love (2015), Bijitâ Q (2001), Cold Fish (2010), Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021) Hey, we're on YouTube! Listening on an iPhone? Don't forget to rate us on iTunes! Fill our fe-mailbag by emailing us at Podcast@TheOverlookTheatre.com Intro Music by Engineer Randy Reach us on Instagram (@theoverlooktheatre) Facebook (@theoverlookhour) Twitter (@OverlookHour)
This week's guest is Matt Curione (@TheRealMattC) and he's here to talk about his Top 25 Films of All Time! Let us know your Top 25 for our TFS100 poll: TalkFilmSociety.com/TFS100 Here's Matt's ranked Top 25: 1. Alien 2. Hannah and Her Sisters 3. Apocalypse Now 4. Blade Runner 5. Michael Clayton 6. The Insider 7. Casino 8. Cloud Atlas 9. Eyes Wide Shut 10. All the President's Men 11. Vertigo 12. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 13. Ghostbusters 14. Sleepy Hollow 15. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 16. Magnolia 17. Jurassic Park 18. Akira 19. Frances Ha 20. Halloween 21. Batman Returns 22. The Purple Rose of Cairo 23. Lilo and Stitch 24. Blue Velvet 25. Ocean's Eleven
Calum and Chris discuss the 1985 nominees for Best Original Screenplay, which were Back to the Future, Brazil, The Official Story, The Purple Rose of Cairo, and Witness. Back to the Future: 03:16 - 18:25 Brazil: 18:25 - 31:01 The Official Story: 31:01 - 42:40 The Purple Rose of Cairo: 42:40 - 56:27 Witness: 56:27 - 1:09:04 Conclusions/Ranking: 1:09:04 - 1:21:01 Intro Music: "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis (from Back to the Future) Exit music: "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry (from Back to the Future)
Subscribe on Spotify ∙ Stitcher ∙ Apple ∙ Pocket Casts ∙ Google ∙ TuneIn ∙ RSSFilms of Films within Films…Hellzapoppin' (1941)Interestingly, the narrative is almost as confusing here as in Inland Empire, but for very different reasons.The Mistress (1992)Is Film as serious as your life?The other Side of the Wind (2018, kind of)Is Life as serious as your Film?Ed Wood (1994)Are You Serious?The Stunt Man (1980)Are You Alive?The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)What is Real?Atame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) (1989)What is that dance?Owning the EmpireInland Empire should be available on either DVD or Blueray from most places at a cost of around €10 or so. At the time of writing it doesn't seem to be available to be streamed legally.Subscribe to Gas GiantsRSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com
WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley chats with actor Jeff Daniels about playing in his son's band in a special episode just in time for Father's Day. They also discuss his funniest comedy roles, from "The Purple Rose of Cairo" to "Dumb and Dumber," as well as his iconic monologue in "The Newsroom."
On this episode, Phillip starts by reading some corrections from the last episode, then he reads some comments that some fans have sent in. He then lets you know what he has been watching; They Drive By Night (1940), Take Aim at the Police Van (1960), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Pumpkin (2002), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), New Police Story (2004), Clueless (1995), Commando (1985) Director's Cut, The Italian Job (1969), The Killing (1956), Grindhouse (2007), Tourist Trap (1979), Atomic Blonde (2017), and Killing Gunther (2017). Then he does a deep dive on Stanley Kubrick's The Killing from 1956 and The Italian Job from 1969. He gives a couple of honorable mentions for heist films; The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and Dog Day Afternoon. Then he teases what's coming up on the next episode; Korean Horror: I Saw The Devil (2010) and Train to Busan (2016) with Joe Merle from Those Movie Guys Podcast.
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伍迪•艾伦 Woody Allen出了什么事,老虎百合? What&`&s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) 傻瓜入狱记 Take the Money and Run (1969) 香蕉 Bananas (1971)性爱宝典 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)傻瓜大闹科学城 Sleeper (1973)爱与死 Love and Death (1975)安妮•霍尔 Annie Hall (1977)我心深处 Interiors (1978)曼哈顿 Manhattan (1979)星尘往事 Stardust Memories (1980)仲夏夜性喜剧 A Midsummer Night&`&s Sex Comedy (1982)西力传 Zelig (1983)丹尼玫瑰 Broadway Danny Rose (1984)开罗紫玫瑰 The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)无线电时代 Radio Days (1987)汉娜姐妹 Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)情怀九月天 September (1987)另一个女人 Another Woman (1988)罪与错 Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)丈夫、太太与情人 Husbands and Wives (1992)爱丽丝 Alice (1990)影与雾 Shadows and Fog (1991)曼哈顿谋杀疑案 Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)子弹横飞百老汇 Bullets Over Broadway (1994)别喝生水 Don&`&t Drink the Water (1994)非强力春药 Mighty Aphrodite (1995)人人都说我爱你 Everyone Says I Love You (1996)解构爱情狂 Deconstructing Harry (1997)名人百态 Celebrity (1998)甜蜜与卑微 Sweet and Lowdown (1999) 业余小偷 Small Time Crooks (2000)玉蝎子的魔咒 The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
We continue to move forward with our Retrospective as we look at a charming Hollywood fantasy set in the time of the great depression, giving one moviegoer an experience of a lifetime! _____________ SPECIAL THANKS to The Woody Allen Pages & The Woody Allen Subreddit http://www.woodyallenpages.com https://www.reddit.com/r/woodyallen/ http://woodyallen.site / @simeon_rad @dontyro
HFPA member Tina Jøhnk Christensen met actor/playwright/musician Jeff Daniels to talk about his new TV show The Looming Tower, the politics behind it, and working during 9/11. He also discusses the phases of his career, his dreams as a young actor, lessons from Jack Nicholson on Terms of Endearment, his role in The Purple Rose of Cairo, working with Jim Carrey with Dumb and Dumber, the Northwestern speech on The Newsroom, Aaron Sorkin's writing process, and owning his own theater The Purple Rose.
The gang's back in auld lang syne mode as we discuss our Watchlists over the end of year hiatus. And yes, it's as exciting as that sounds. > Direct podcast RSS feed: here! > Contact: email, Facebook (movies, TV, games), and Twitter! > Check out The Media By Us Facebook Page too! > Review us on iTunes, Google Play, or anywhere! The Watchlist (1:25) David: Wonder Woman (1:30), Logan Lucky (5:15), Dunkirk (6:20), The Batman Films, (11:25), Black Mirror Season 4 Ep 1 (17:47), Playing SNES Classic (19:15) Chris: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (22:33), Clueless (23:10), Wilson (27:05), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (29:53), Godless (48:15), Playing Mario Kart 8 (33:35), Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (35:00), Super Mario Odyssey (37:34) Brent: The Godfather (39:50), Bananas, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (but were afraid to ask) (41:00), The Purple Rose of Cairo (43:07), Playing The Uncharted Trilogy Remastered (46:45) TJ: Barton Fink (50:07), A Muppet Family Christmas (52:15), The Disaster Artist (53:05), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (55:15), American Assassin (55:56), Bright (57:00), The Greatest Showman (58:24), Coco (59:16), I, Tonya (1:00:15), Downsizing (1:03:47) Breezy on the Streets (1:06:13) 1:06:13 - Recapping the Movie Guild Nominees (Oscar Lead-up!) 1:10:10 - Also recapping some of the Oscar category shortlists 1:12:20 - Flight of the Conchords HBO special coming out this year1:02:14 - Golden Globe and SAG nominations Out 1:12:54 - Trailer for Game Over, Man from Workaholics crew 1:13:15 - Sexual misconduct allegations against Paul Haggis, Bryan Singer, Max Landis 1:15:00 - Amazing trailer for A Quiet Place, also Slenderman (nope) Next Week's Pods: Top Ten 2017 Lists! Oscar predictions! Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante. > Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers > Outro song "Extemporaneous Birth" courtesy of Boo Reefa
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Oh, hello! On this week's episode of How Was Your Week, Choire Sicha is here! He is one of the editors of The Awl and the author of an upcoming book you must read, plus a very good-looking person with stunning eyes who also happens to loves cats. Choire joins Julie to talk about his life story and how he ended up a gay married person after working and living in different places and doing different things and generally living an interesting life! Then, comedian, actor, writer and DEAR FRIEND Curtis Gwinn joins Julie to talk extensively about Carl Jung, ventriloquists, horror movies, and what lessons we can learn from The Purple Rose of Cairo. It is a good talk that contains many tributaries that flow into the darker corners. Also, Julie has a triumphant proclamation to make about Jimmy Jazz, Marilu Henner tweets the ultimate Marilu Henner thing on Mothers' Day, Michael Caine does or does not get trapped in an attic, Dark Shadows is appreciated as a modern-day Touchtone joint, and what not to say to a redhead when she tries something on at your store. Plus: How not to be mean on the internet! Why to be concerned when Julie resorts to bed for a turkey burger and Kubrick movie marathon! Anne Heche's fillers are explored! And what would happen if Johnny Depp and Daniel Tosh played strip poker together. A meeting of the minds and souls. And a fine show to boot! ***Please note: In this week's show, Julie mis-attributes Shipoopi as being from The Pajama Game. She is incorrect and regrets saying so: it is from The Music Man.