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In the second of five special episodes to celebrate this podcast's 300th episode, focused on J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings, Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings was 18-years-old by the time Peter Jackson started considering making his own version in live action. Jackson and his partner Fran Walsh wanted to make something high fantasy, but kept coming back to Tolkien's stories.Acquiring the rights from Saul Zaentz took a while, and at the time Jackson was contracted to Miramax, so Harvey Weinstein took charge.With a planned two-film adaptation, filmed back-to-back, this The Lord of the Rings adaptation was worked on under Miramax. Then the budget started to balloon, but parent company Disney refused to help.Jackson was given an ultimatum by Weinstein - either reduce the number of films to one, continue with two on a heavily reduced budget, or abandon the project entirely and find another studio willing to take it on within four weeks.Jackson and his "fellowship" would choose their own quest to find a new studio, and they ended up at New Line Cinema, where something incredible happened... This episode is Part 1 of a three-part story, as well as Part 2 of a five-part group of episodes. You don't need to have listened to the previous episode, but it might help for context of the story as a whole to this point. I would love to hear your thoughts on The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [Part 2 of 5] !Verbal Diorama is now an award-winning podcast! Best Movie Podcast in the inaugural Ear Worthy Independent Podcast Awards and is also now nominated for the Earworm Award at the 2025 Golden Lobes.CONTACT.... Twitter @verbaldiorama Instagram @verbaldiorama Facebook @verbaldiorama Letterboxd @verbaldiorama Email verbaldiorama [at] gmail [dot] com Website verbaldiorama.comSUPPORT VERBAL DIORAMA....Give this podcast a five-star Rate & Review Join the Patreon | Send a Tip ABOUT VERBAL DIORAMAVerbal Diorama is hosted, produced, edited, researched, recorded and marketed by me, Em | This podcast is hosted by Captivate, try it yourself for free. Theme Music: Verbal Diorama Theme Song. Music by Chloe Enticott - Compositions by Chloe. Lyrics by Chloe Enticott (and me!) Production by Ellis Powell-Bevan of Ewenique StudioPatrons: Sade, Claudia, Simon, Laurel, Derek, Cat, Andy, Mike, Luke, Michael, Scott, Brendan, Lisa, Sam, Jack, Dave, Stuart, Nicholas, Zo, Kev, Pete, Heather, Danny, Aly, Stu, Brett, Philip M, Xenos, Sean, Ryno, Philip K, Adam, Elaine, Kyle and Aaron.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podscribe -...

In the first of five special episodes to celebrate this podcast's 300th episode, focused on J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings, this episode summarises how Tolkien's life experiences, from childhood tragedies to the horrors of war, deeply influenced the themes of his stories. They reflected the complexity of human nature, shaped his creation of Elvish languages, and how Tolkien's love of linguistics led to Middle-Earth - the home of his beloved Hobbit Bilbo Baggins, but also the world he then extended from The Hobbit to create The Lord of the Rings. With several failed attempts struggling to adapt the "unfilmable" material, including one which would have starred The Beatles, animator Ralph Bakshi had first expressed an interest in making a version of The Lord of the Rings in 1957. It would take twenty years for him to get his opportunity, but even then the Dark Lord's forces were against him.Enter producer Saul Zaentz, who stumped up the cash to buy the rights to Tolkien's work, and allowed Bakshi control over his ambitious, passionate attempt to make an animated version of the books, in two parts.Bakshi would choose to shoot an entire live-action film first to use as a visual reference to rotoscope the animation, which was a controversial, expensive and time-consuming choice, but it would lead to a young Peter Jackson becoming inspired to read the novels and find out more...I would love to hear your thoughts on The history of The Lord of the Rings & The Lord of the Rings (1978) !Verbal Diorama is now an award-winning podcast! Best Movie Podcast in the inaugural Ear Worthy Independent Podcast Awards and is also now nominated for the Earworm Award at the 2025 Golden Lobes.CONTACT.... Twitter @verbaldiorama Instagram @verbaldiorama Facebook @verbaldiorama Letterboxd @verbaldiorama Email verbaldiorama [at] gmail [dot] com Website verbaldiorama.comSUPPORT VERBAL DIORAMA....Give this podcast a five-star Rate & Review Join the Patreon | Send a Tip ABOUT VERBAL DIORAMAVerbal Diorama is hosted, produced, edited, researched, recorded and marketed by me, Em | This podcast is hosted by Captivate, try it yourself for free. Theme Music: Verbal Diorama Theme Song. Music by Chloe Enticott - Compositions by Chloe. Lyrics by Chloe Enticott (and me!) Production by Ellis Powell-Bevan of Ewenique StudioPatrons: Claudia, Simon, Laurel, Derek, Cat, Andy, Mike, Luke, Michael, Scott, Brendan, Lisa, Sam, Jack, Dave, Stuart, Nicholas, Zo, Kev, Pete, Heather, Danny, Aly, Stu, Brett, Philip M, Xenos, Sean, Ryno, Philip K, Adam, Elaine, Kyle & Aaron.This podcast uses the following third-party services...

Director Milos Forman and producers Saul Zaentz & Michael Douglas

Send us a textEveryone knows and loves Creedence Clearwater Revival. Their run of hits at the end of the '60's, and their enduring popularity, has rarely been equaled. Not so well-known is the story of the clashes that caused their run to end so abruptly. We take a look at how the band split and the many personal and legal issues that led to it.  It ain't pretty! Well, we also kept our promise and listened to the new Coldplay album, “Moon Music”.  How did it sound to us? Regular listeners won't be surprised at our reaction! In Rock News, we look some more at the issues surrounding Diddy, and look at the problems with the "stage hole" in Melbourne. Our Album You Must Listen to Before You Die is 1977's “Bat Out of Hell” by Meat Loaf.  Such a great album!!  References:  Houston Bernard, “Dancing in the Dirt”, Puff Daddy, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Chris Martin, Marvel Stadium, Music of the Spheres, Olivia Rodrigo, Donald Trump sneakers, Meat Loaf, Bat Out of Hell, Todd Rundgren, You took the Words Right Out of My Mouth, Two Out of Three Ain't Bad, Jim Steinman, Rocky Horror Picture Show, car sex, El Cerruto California, Doug Clifford, Stu Cook, The Blue Velvets, Tom Fogerty, Fantasy Records, Casey Kasem, Credence Newball, Olympia beer, CCR, Dale Hawkins' Susie Q, Apocalypse Now, Woodstock, Bad Moon Rising, Proud Mary, "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?", Hammond B3 organ, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, “Fortunate Son”, Trump (the) fortunate son, An American Werewolf in London, Evan Almighty, Keith Richards, Saul Zaentz, Allen Klein, “The Royal Albert Hall Concert”, Concord Records, Rockin' All Over the World, Status Quo, Asylum, Warner Bros, Centerfield, Zanz Kan't Dance, Mr. Greed, “Mardi Gras”, Rolling Stone (Jon Landau), “Classic Album Review”, “The 10 Worst Albums Ever”, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Pop, Chronicle, US Top 200, Glenn Barros, The Long Road Home Playlist  We play all the music/artists discussed during this episode 

Original air date: October 3, 2022 This is an UNLOCKED episode. For access to premium episodes, upcoming installments of DEMON FORCES, live call-in specials, and the Grotto of Truth Discord, become a subscriber at patreon.com/subliminaljihad. In the final chapter of CONTRA VII, Dimitri and Khalid explore how Creedence Clearwater Revival went from the #1 chooglin' rock band in the world in 1970 to having their entire fortune stolen by Burt Kanter's notoriously shady, mafia and CIA-infested Castle Bank and Trust. SIDE A: THE ASSASSINATION OF CCR BY THE COWARD BURTON KANTER How CCR's Woodstock headlining set got sabotaged by the Grateful Dead, the silk topper inspiration for “Fortunate Son”, not getting respect from the “cool” rock media, providing material support to the American Indian occupation of Alcatraz, renegotiating their contract with Fantasy Records bigwig Saul Zaentz, Saul convincing CCR to put all their earnings offshore in Castle Bank and a grapevine of shell entities, Tom Fogerty's painful departure in '71, John's revenge on Negative Stu and No-Shuffle Doug with “Mardi Gras” in '72, the end of CCR, Tom's underrated solo career/chooglin' with suslord Jerry Garcia, Tom subtweeting John on “Sign of the Devil”, John's stint with David Geffen and the scrapped lo-fi “Hoodoo” album, realizing that ALL of Creedence's money has vanished into a “Bahamian abyss”, years of seclusion and lawsuits, getting even with Burt Kanter, Zaentz's new role as serrrious Hollywood producer of “One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest” and “Amadeus”, John realizing he's Zaentz's Pinocchio puppet, his 1985 return with “Zanz Kant Danz” and “Mr. Greed”, Tom's new “best friend” Saul Zaentz, more lawsuits and fighting, Tom's tragic death from AIDS in 1990, his dying wish that the other three Creedence guys choogle together one last time, and John's NOT-on-haqq refusal to play with Stu, Doug, and Tom's son Jeff at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction in 1993. SIDE B: EFFIGY Donald Trump's purchase of Resorts International in 1987, cocaine trafficking in 1980s Bahamas, Medellin Cocaine Nazi Carlos “Joe” Lehder making Norman's Cay his castle and garden, US Ambassador to the Bahamas/Slava Ukraini Banderite/WACL suslord Lev Dobriansky telling the CIA station chief to “find another job”, Kanter's relationships with international oil man Bruce Rappaport and Bill Casey, Indonesian oil schemes in the 1960s, the Bank of New York, the ill-fated Aqaba oil pipeline project in Iraq, looting the Soviet economy, Antigua as training ground for Contras, IDF machine guns for Colombian drug cartels, BCCI/Rappaport overlaps, “left-leaning wealth advisor” Josh Kanter's Alliance for a Better Utah and Kanter Family Foundation, Linda Pritzker aka Lama Tsomo's Namchak Foundation in Montana, Nick Pritzker bankrolling Gavin Newsom's career, Tom Pritzker running the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Nick and Tom Pritzker's multiple phone numbers in Epstein's black book, Virginia Roberts Giuffre's allegations against Tom Pritzker, the Kanter law firm of Neal, Gerber, & Eisenberg's continuing services to the Pritzker family, and last but not least, some thoughts on how it doesn't whip ass when left-leaning media influencers try to meme Big Boy JB Pritzker into the White House, especially when one's uncle happens to have been a Burt Kanter protegé/Pritzker family attorney for the last 50 years.

Hurricane Beryl dealt a blow to our hometown but 36 hours after it passed Hooks & Runs is on schedule against all odds. This week, Craig and Rex riffing on the upcoming Baseball Hall of Fame inductees, Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, Jim Leyland and Joe Mauer (with an obligatory dig along the way on Journey and Bon Jovi from Craig), speculating about Ichiro's chances for unanimous induction, Billy Wagner's chance for induction at all in 2025, updating plans for the podcast's College Football Preview episode and looking over our best of second quarter album selections. Errata: Craig guessed right - the HOF induction is July 21. Adrián Beltré also played for the Dodgers and Red Sox. Mark Grace slashed .303/.383/.442 for his career; Will Clark slashed .303/.384/.497. On the road, Todd Helton slashed .287/.386/.469. The Marlins won their second World Series title in 2003, not 2001. Jim Leyland's record in Detroit was 700-597 in eight seasons. Saul Zaentz owned Fantasy Records and produced "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Rex meant to say "Nurse Ratchet." We bleeped the player Craig called "the baseball equivalent of Journey" because Craig thinks he's actually a better player than that. Craig meant to say "ERA plus" not "OPS."Best of Second QuarterCraig's PicksHonorable Mention - Outlander, "Acts of Harm"Selection - DIIV, "Frog in Boiling Water"Rex's pickKerry King - "From Hell I Rise"Episodes Mentioned:189 - Baseball, Chemical Warfare and The Great War w/ Jim Leeke 167 - College Football Preview: It's All an Arms Race w/ Gabey Lucas 115 - On College Football's Changing Landscape w/ Grant McGalliard (Purple Theory) -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN-->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.comHooks & Runs on TikTok -  https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandrunsHooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandrunsRex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Hosts Emeritus:Andrew Eckhoff on Tik TokLink: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Eric on FacebookLink: https://www.facebook.com/ichabodericMusic: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)     This podcast and this episode are copyright Craig Estlinbaum, 

Dimitri and Khalid are joined by Public Swiftie intellectual Christina (@stidrill) to explore and critically uphold the parasocial cult of personality, esoteric symbolism, and Eagles-tier Song Power of Ms. Taylor Alison Swift, including: The Eras Tour parking lot experience, recent comparisons with the Grateful Dead, mass amnesia/dissociative episodes at her concerts, Taylor-as-Sufi mystic/spiritual leader, getting Swiftiepilled when it wasn't “cool” in the late 2000s, Taylor becoming the Bob Dylan of the millennials, the low-key emo character of “Fearless” and “Speak Now”, Taylor's high finance parents and her carefully managed musical upbringing in Nashville, the Gaylor theories, Hetlers, Karlie Kloss, the Kushners, and David Geffen, similarities to the Ayatollah Khomeini, the deep cultural ramifications of Kanye interrupting Taylor at the 2009 VMAs, the Olivia Rodrigo interpolation controversy, Ryan Adams' pre-cancellation “1989” cover record, leaning into snake symbolism on “Reputation”, Joe Alwyn's ambiguous writing credits on “Folklore” and “Evermore”… The sordid saga of Scooter Braun, the Carlyle Group, and the Soros/Disney families stealing the masters of Taylor's first six albums, Taylor's ingenious decision to outfox the Silk Toppers by rerecording all her early records, the sus career moves of (son of a 1956 Hungarian emigré dentist) Scott “Scooter” Braun, gr**ming Justin Bieber for superstardom, noticing the social and business interlocks between Matty Healy, Peter Thiel, and certain prominent dirtbag podcasters who despise Taylor and hiss like snakes from the shadows as they root for her downfall, Matty Healy the Interscope COINTELPRO chaos agent, the unbearable midness of The 1975, Scott Swift's double-dealing with Scooter over Taylor's masters, Scott Borchetta's betrayal, big Saul Zaentz vibes, Taylor getting ermed by NYT journalists for making “…….a choice” to call out Soros by name, getting caught in the middle of the Hungarian Yankee-Cowboy Soros v. Orban shadow war, more political/apolitical parallels between Taylor and Khomeini, the fuzzy folklore of Taylor's MIB computer repairman guitar teacher in Nashville, and the carefully premeditated tactical media aspects of Taylor's rise to superstardom. Part 1 of 2. Follow Christina on Twitter: @stidrill

I always wondered, how did Amadeus, an expensive period film starring two relative unknowns, get made? The answer was there in research, starting with a hilariously contentious relationship between writer Peter Shaffer and director Milos Forman, continuing with the outsized, colorful character of uber-producer Saul Zaentz, and concluding with the rejection of bigger stars in favor of Tom Hulce and F. Murray Abraham. I've loved this movie forever, and I learned a lot of stuff I didn't know in researching this episode.Trying to figure out, "What should I stream tonight?" Come back to Watch This Tonight as your podcast for the best movie recommendations for what to watch on streaming platforms. Please leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts if you're enjoying the show, and mention a movie or TV show you want me to cover (and I will). Subscribe for future episodes.Reach out to us @BenamorDan (Twitter), watch_this_tonight (Instagram) or @watchthistonightpodcast (TikTok).Watch This Tonight is a movie recommendation podcast and TV recommendation podcast, produced by Voyage Media. You can find other Voyage Media podcasts at voyagemedia.fmThanks for listening.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5626962/advertisement

Tune in to learn about the Saul Zaentz  Early Education Initiative at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Brightside Up's venture to win the grant. Dana and Kevin also share details about Provider Appreciation Comedy Night on May 17, Health Schenectady Families, Mental Health Awareness Month, and a bright idea.Brightside Up is A Finalist for the 2023 Zaentz Early Education Innovation ChallengeProvider Appreciation Comedy NightHealthy Schenectady FamiliesMay is for Mental HealthProduce Plant PartyUpcoming from the Instructional SuiteKids in the Kitchen Tipcard (English & Spanish)--Home & Classroom is an interview-style podcast featuring child development experts and Shorties! is a news-style podcast on what's happening at Brightside Up.

In which a future three-time Oscar winner becomes the nemesis of America's favorite fake swamp-rocker, and Ken has prepared a little skit about the death of Stalin. Certificate #42240.

For access to full-length premium episodes and the SJ Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe to the Al-Wara' Frequency at patreon.com/subliminaljihad. In the final chapter of CONTRA VII, Dimitri and Khalid explore how Creedence Clearwater Revival went from the #1 chooglin' rock band in the world in 1970 to having their entire fortune stolen by Burt Kanter's notoriously shady, mafia and CIA-infested Castle Bank and Trust. SIDE A: THE ASSASSINATION OF CCR BY THE COWARD BURTON KANTER How CCR's Woodstock headlining set got sabotaged by the Grateful Dead, the silk topper inspiration for “Fortunate Son”, not getting respect from the “cool” rock media, providing material support to the American Indian occupation of Alcatraz, renegotiating their contract with Fantasy Records bigwig Saul Zaentz, Saul convincing CCR to put all their earnings offshore in Castle Bank and a grapevine of shell entities, Tom Fogerty's painful departure in '71, John's revenge on Negative Stu and No-Shuffle Doug with “Mardi Gras” in '72, the end of CCR, Tom's underrated solo career/chooglin' with suslord Jerry Garcia, Tom subtweeting John on “Sign of the Devil”, John's stint with David Geffen and the scrapped lo-fi “Hoodoo” album, realizing that ALL of Creedence's money has vanished into a “Bahamian abyss”, years of seclusion and lawsuits, getting even with Burt Kanter, Zaentz's new role as serrrious Hollywood producer of “One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest” and “Amadeus”, John realizing he's Zaentz's Pinocchio puppet, his 1985 return with “Zanz Kant Danz” and “Mr. Greed”, Tom's new “best friend” Saul Zaentz, more lawsuits and fighting, Tom's tragic death from AIDS in 1990, his dying wish that the other three Creedence guys choogle together one last time, and John's NOT-on-haqq refusal to play with Stu, Doug, and Tom's son Jeff at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction in 1993. SIDE B: EFFIGY Donald Trump's purchase of Resorts International in 1987, cocaine trafficking in 1980s Bahamas, Medellin Cocaine Nazi Carlos “Joe” Lehder making Norman's Cay his castle and garden, US Ambassador to the Bahamas/Slava Ukraini Banderite/WACL suslord Lev Dobriansky telling the CIA station chief to “find another job”, Kanter's relationships with international oil man Bruce Rappaport and Bill Casey, Indonesian oil schemes in the 1960s, the Bank of New York, the ill-fated Aqaba oil pipeline project in Iraq, looting the Soviet economy, Antigua as training ground for Contras, IDF machine guns for Colombian drug cartels, BCCI/Rappaport overlaps, “left-leaning wealth advisor” Josh Kanter's Alliance for a Better Utah and Kanter Family Foundation, Linda Pritzker aka Lama Tsomo's Namchak Foundation in Montana, Nick Pritzker bankrolling Gavin Newsom's career, Tom Pritzker running the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Nick and Tom Pritzker's multiple phone numbers in Epstein's black book, Virginia Roberts Giuffre's allegations against Tom Pritzker, the Kanter law firm of Neal, Gerber, & Eisenberg's continuing services to the Pritzker family, and last but not least, some thoughts on how it doesn't whip ass when left-leaning media influencers try to meme Big Boy JB Pritzker into the White House, especially when one's uncle happens to have been a Burt Kanter protegé/Pritzker family attorney for the last 50 years.

Mistakenly thought to be from Down South (or The Bayou) by many, this Bay Area quartet rocked the music of the swamp like they were born to it. Follow their career from their high school days, to the heights of superstar status in the year 1969, with the forces of the Fogerty brothers' sibling rivalry coming out to play. The Almost Birthday Twins stick together, overcoming all obstacles, all the way to the Rock n' Roll Hall Of Fame!Find out out it all played out in this episode!Please check out our sponsors:Boldfoot Socks   https://boldfoot.comCrooked Eye Brewery   https://crookedeyebrewery.com/Don't forget that you can find all of our episodes, on-demand, for free right here on our web site: https://imbalancedhistory.com/And check our blog about exciting premier events for Danny Garcia's new film, "Nightclubbing!" 

Hola, hola, yo soy Antonio Giménez y esto es… NADA MÁS QUE MÚSICA. Muy buenas tardes Señoras y Señores, sean ustedes bienvenidos a este rincon de internet en el pretendemos, sobre todo, que ustedes lo pasen bien. Hoy lo haremos con la segunda parte de nuestro repaso a una de las mejores bandas de EEUU, Creedence Clearwater Revival. Así que… empezamos. Bueno, pues habíamos dejado a nuestros amigos de la Creedence en mitad de la bronca, una bronca que les llevaría a su disolución. Repasamos el último día algunos de los motivos que les llevaron a este punto pero, la puntilla la dio John Fogerty tomando algunas decisiones, en su calidad de mánager empresarial de la banda, que dejó a todos sus miembros sin los royalties correspondientes a todas sus grabaciones y por las que tuvieron que entablar un montón de pleitos para poder recuperar sus ingresos. Y es que John había decidido, junto con sus abogados, traspasar el capital del grupo a un banco de Nassau. Años más tarde, en 1983, los juicios iniciados por los miembros del grupo fueron vistos para sentencia y una corte de California sentenció la devolución de 8,6 millones de dólares a sus legítimos dueños. A pesar de la sentencia, solo una ínfima parte de este dinero llegó a sus bolsillos. En este ambiente se publicó “Pendulum”, un nuevo trabajo de estudio que fue bien recibido por critica y público y premiado con unas buenas ventas. De este trabajo es “Have you ever seen the rain” A pesar del éxito del grupo, los problemas personales entre los hermanos Fogerty no hacían más que crecer. Tras la grabación de Pendulum, Tom, que ya había dejado el grupo en numerosas ocasiones aunque siempre había vuelto, lo hizo nuevamente pero esta vez de forma definitiva. Su marcha se hizo pública en febrero de 1971 y aunque en un principio se pensó en reemplazarlo, finalmente no lo hicieron. Tom Fogerty grabó en solitario “Good Bye President” que, más o menos, se escucho pero en ningún caso como a su anterior grupo. Este mismo año, 1971, John Fogerty comunicó al resto del grupo que la banda continuaría adelante adoptando una solución democrática, según la cual cada miembro del grupo escribiría y cantaría su propio material. El contribuiría con la guitarra rítmica en las canciones de sus compañeros, lo que daría lugar a un cambio considerable en el sonido de la Creedence. Este nuevo estilo de trabajo dio como resultado el sencillo Sweet Hitch-Hiker. El grupo se embarcó en una gira por Europa y Estados Unidos durante el verano y el otoño de este año 1971 pero, a pesar del considerable éxito de la banda, la relación personal entre los tres miembros de la banda no hacía más que deteriorarse. Sweet Hitch-Hiker El último álbum que grabaron fue Mardi Gras, se publicó en abril de 1972 y, por primera y última vez, se incluyeron en el trabajo canciones de Fogerty, Cook y Clifford. A diferencia de sus anteriores trabajos, Mardi Gras recibió críticas muy desfavorables y las ventas fueron en proporción, o sea, muy pobres. Tras la publicación de este álbum y su pésima acogida, no solo empeoraron sus relaciones personales sino que su compañía discográfica empezó a verles como un mal negocio y se negó a mejorar sus condiciones contractuales. A este respecto, Cook comentó posteriormente que, gracias a la torpeza de John en los negocios, Creedence tenía el peor contrato discográfico de todos los músicos estadounidenses de éxito. Nuevamente, y a pesar de todo, la Creedence se lanzó a la carretera en una nueva gira por Estados Unidos. Seis meses después, el 16 de octubre de 1972, el grupo anunció oficialmente su disolución y desbanda de Creedence Clearwater Revival. En Mardi Gras estaba incluida Hello Mary Lou, una versión del viejo éxito de Ricky Nelson de 1960. “Fortunate son” es, incluso hoy día, una de las canciones más representativas del movimiento antibélico que se desató a finales de los 60 en los EEUU por su intervención en la guerra de Vietnam. La canción, escrita por John Fogerty, está inspirada en la relación entre David Eisenhower, nieto del presidente Dwight Eisenhower y Julie Nixon, hija del presidente Richard Nixon. Sobre la canción, John Fogerty comentó: “Julie Nixon estaba saliendo con David Eisenhower y daba la sensación de que esta gente no estaba comprometida con la guerra. En 1969, la mayoría del país pensaba que las tropas tenían la moral muy alta, y que algo así como el ochenta por ciento de ellas estaba a favor de la guerra. Pero para los que mirábamos más de cerca, sabíamos que estábamos metiéndonos en problemas.” La canción fue muy popular durante la Guerra de Vietnam y fue incluida en varias películas. Cuenta los pensamientos de un hombre que está siendo reclutado para la guerra de Vietnam y que no es hijo de un senador millonario o de un militar y, por tanto, no es un “hijo afortunado”, un Fortunate son. Otro tema de Fogerty, este incluido en el Cosmo’s Factory, también fue, en su momento, objeto de polémica. El título y la letra de la canción, así como el año en el que fue lanzada, 1970, llevó a muchos a pensar que la canción trata sobre la guerra de Vietnam. Sin embargo, en una entrevista de 2016, Fogerty explicó que la canción va, en realidad, sobre la proliferación de armas en los EEUU. “De lo que quería hablar era del control de armas y de la proliferación de armas… Recuerdo haber leído en esa época que había un arma por cada hombre, mujer y niño en EEUU, lo que me pareció asombroso. Así que en algún lugar de la canción, creo que dije “200 millones de armas están cargadas”. Simplemente pensé que era inquietante caminar por nuestro propio país, con la certeza de que hay tantas armas privadas propiedad de algunas personas responsables pero, tal vez, de muchas personas irresponsables.” Bueno pues, como vemos, poco ha cambiado el paisaje. Run Through the jungle. Una última canción relacionada con la guerra de Vietnam. Who’ll stop the rain, ¿quien detendrá la lluvia”, una cara B de Travellin’ Band que se ha hecho inmortal. Fogerty, que por azar se había librado de su viaje de ida al conflicto, veía angustiado esa procesión de ataúdes que regresaban del sudeste asiático. Estas imágenes inspiraron la canción. La gente se congregaba para mantener viva la llama, pero la lluvia seguía cayendo, cayendo encima de mí. Y yo me pregunto: «¿Quién puede detener esta lluvia?». Antes de despedirnos de la banda me gustaría recordar la estupenda versión que la Creedence hizo de un clásico: The mindnight special, una canción folclórica tradicional que se cree se originó entre los prisioneros en el sur de Estados Unidos. Se refiere al tren de pasajeros Midnight Special. La canción ha tenido innumerables versiones: Les Paul, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul an Mary, Van Morrison, Eric Clalpton, en fin, un montón. Escuchamos pues la de Creedence Clearwater Revival. Bueno, pues, cuando CCR llegó a sus tormentoso final, cada uno de los miembros tiró por su lado. De todos, John Fogerty, fue el que tuvo más éxito en su carrera en solitario, cosa nada rara habida cuenta del talento compositor que tenía. Aunque, paradójicamente, su primer disco en solitario, The Blue Ridge Rangers, está dedicado completamente a versiones de canciones tradicionales y country y, para no discutir con nadie, él tocó todos los instrumentos. La situación de John no era, en absoluto, cómoda. Fruto de sus nefastas negociaciones con la discográfica, tras la disolución del grupo todavía debía ocho discos. Finalmente, y tras la compra de su deuda por un millón de dólares, pudo seguir su carrera. Vamos a escuchar de este The Blue Ridge Rangers uno de los sencillos: Jambalaya El siguiente trabajo fue Centerfield, un éxito de ventas en 1985. Con el disco debajo del brazo se embarcó en una gira en la que fue muy criticado por no cantar ninguna de las canciones de la Creedence y por sus problemas con la voz. El se justificaba de la voz porque, decía, la había perdido por haber tenido que declarar tantas veces en los tribunales. Por otro lado, el hecho de no cantar ninguna de las canciones de su grupo anterior se debía a que debía pagar derechos de autor al, por entonces, propietario de los temas, Saul Zaentz. Al publicar Centerfield, nuevamente se vio inmerso en juicios con el dichoso Zaentz, su bestia negra. Éste le acusaba de que la canción The Old Man Down the road era una copia del tema de Creedence Run through the jungle. Desde que Fogerty se había desvinculado con Fantasy Records, las canciones de Creedence había pasado a formar parte del catálogo de Fantasy, propiedad de su “amigo” Zaentz, por lo que éste demandó a Fogerty por “autoplagio”. En este caso, el jurado sentenció a favor de Fogerty pero perdió en otro pleito que el terrible Zaentz le había iniciado por difamación en la canción Zanz kant danz en la que decía: “Zanz no puede bailar, pero sí te robará el dinero”. Fogerty tuvo que reeditar la grabación cambiando Zanz, con z por Vanz, con v. Y esta es la canción en discordia, Zanz kant danz. En 1987 John Fogerty rompió la censura a los temas de Creedence que él mismo se había impuesto por que decía que, “Si no lo saben, todo el mundo piensa que Proud Mary es una canción de Tina Turner”. En la actualidad, John Fogerty sigue interpretando temas de Creedence y de su carrera en solitario. Por su parte, Tom Fogerty también publico álbumes en solitario pero ninguno alcanzó el éxito de Creedence. El tercer álbum de Tom, grabado en 1974, Zephyr National, fue el último en incluir a los cuatro miembros del grupo aunque John grabó sus pistas en solitario. En septiembre de 1990, Tom Fogerty falleció de sida, enfermedad que había contraído en un transfusión sanguínea durante una intervención quirúrgica. Alguna de las canciones de Tom mantenían el sonido característico de Creedence, como podemos apreciar en este Joyful Resurrection. El resto, Clifford y Cook, continuaron trabajando juntos tras la disolución de Creedence, tanto como músicos de sesión como miembros de una nueva banda, la Don Harrison Band. Tras un largo periodo de inactividad, ambos formaron “Creedence Clearwater Revisited” en 1995 y junto a músicos de prestigio ofrecieron conciertos en los que interpretaban temas de la banda original. Medio en broma, medio en serio, John Fogerty decía en una entrevista: “Muchas personas nos vieron como la respuesta americana a The Beatles, podríamos dejarles a ellos el primer puesto como mejor grupo del mundo y colocar a Creedence en segundo lugar”. Bueno, y ¿por qué no?, diría yo. Muy bien amigos, pues hemos terminado por hoy. Os espero a todos nuevamente, dentro de quince días, aquí, en Siénteloconoido.caster.fm. Hasta entonces… ¡¡¡Buenas Vibraciones”.

Toroes D Thomas Jr. is a filmmaker, he uses his life experiences as inspiration for new stories. Toroes received his B.S. in Screenwriting and Animation from Morgan State University, In 2017, Thomas experienced the sudden loss of his father. Using his father's passing as inspiration, he directed and co-wrote “The Beach”, a short film about an unforgettable experience. “The Beach” won Best Short Film at the 2019 Denton Black film festival and second place at 2019 made in Baltimore short film festival. Today Toroes is a fellow in the Saul Zaentz innovation grant fund and is gearing up to produce his first feature film “Senior."

Brian breaks down the amazing story of Tommy James and his roller coaster relationship with the "Godfather of the Music Business." Support the show on Patreon. SHOW NOTES: Books used: Me, the Mob and the Music by Tommy James and Martin Fitzpatrick Godfather of The Music Business by Richard Carlin Hit Men by Fredric Dannen https://variety.com/2019/film/news/tommy-james-biopic-me-the-mob-and-the-music-development-1203271345/ Me, the Mob and the Music Book promotional event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7enAd3jK9k https://www.clicktrack.fm/p/the-dark-history-of-the-jukebox-how https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/22/tommy-james-pop-star-robbed-interview

Jared, Oriana and Ned talk about Jared's choice of topic: the Valar. For a legendarium that is clearly monotheistic at base, down to the opening lines of The Silmarillion essentially being a variant of the Book of Genesis, Tolkien's creation – and account of creation – has a class of similarly immortal beings present from the beginning as well, and while you can call them a version of angels, in many ways they are absolutely not like such beings as theologically understood. Indeed, for all that they are termed as ‘the Powers' in Arda, much of what we know about them seems to derive from the limits of their power or their inability to comprehend deeper truths – a question that Tolkien himself felt needed explaining at a certain point. What does it say that Varda aka Elbereth is regarded by the Elves with more reverence and love than her partner Manwë? Why is it that beings with an essentially plastic form of existence, not bound by physical form, take on certain specific forms and identities even before the Children of Ilúvatar first awoke in Middle-earth? Is there something to be said for the fact that so much of what the Valar do over time turns more and more into outsourcing of a kind? What's with the moment of bemusing domestic snark between Aüle and Yavanna like it's a sitcom? And – separate from all this, but it took up half the episode – what do the three of us think about all the news and trailer and more about a certain Amazon series that finally dropped? Oh, we have thoughts…SHOW NOTES.Jared's doodle. Nienna really does have a lot to feel sad about the more time goes on…Thanks, Princess Quill!The teaser trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, if for some odd reason you haven't seen it yet. (The initial Jackson Fellowship of the Ring teaser trailer if you'd like to compare, plus the overall three movie teaser.)The various character posters are kinda scattered over the LOTR on Prime Twitter account. Not one, not two, but three Vanity Fair stories! They say…a lot. And yet.The Origo Gentis Langobardorum, with the women-with-beards story.The new news about the anime The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim film.TheOneRing.net's case for the mûmakil hanging around in Rohan.The initial Variety report and follow-up regarding the rumored plan of Saul Zaentz's company selling their adaptation rights.Our episode on the Rankin-Bass Hobbit, if you missed it last year!The Valar, in sum.Our The Nature of Middle-earth episode. The book really does give us a lot more to think about the Valar. (Separately, regarding Manwë's emissaries, our eagles episode.)Support By-The-Bywater on Patreon.

The guys let a listener letter lead them into the deep details of all the legal entanglements that defined one of the biggest rock bands of all-time. SHOW NOTES: Songs in this episode: Cast Your Fate to the Wind – Vince Guaraldi Trio, Run Through the Jungle – CCR, Old Man Down the Road – John Fogerty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creedence_Clearwater_Revisited https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creedence_Clearwater_Revival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Zaentz https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/27501/time-john-fogerty-was-sued-ripping-john-fogerty Academic journal article about the CCR contract with Fantasy: https://www.meiea.org/Journal/Vol12/Bordowitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast_Your_Fate_to_the_Wind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Mary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bank_%26_Trust_(Bahamas) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centerfield_(album)

Calling all unsung heroes. That's right, you over there who can read music and write compositions with something to say. Unsung heroes have been prevalent on the JFS, Guys who oozed the cosmic plasma of listening to each other. When everyone is listening then and only then can magic occur. My guest today is a listener, singer, song writer and individualist. He could have chosen the route of Studio City, playing sessions, getting union scale and an identity. He chose not to do this rather making a big imprint on the musical landscape during the days that mixed race bands had crossover appeal because they could play at some upholstered sewer in Cape Cod for a week two weeks- a month. His imprint is also attributable to the fact that people like Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler, Norman Granz and Saul Zaentz were business men who understood the musicians craft. They saw the bigger picture, both sonically and sociologically. They wanted to make money but they understood the lineage that exists in music and when those links are missing. You see when links are missing it begins to dilute our cultural heritage, music serves to pacify instead of elevate consciousness. When the individual supersedes the music then no one is listening and no magic can occur. Trust me, Mingus, Roach and Dizzy are convulsing in their graves. My guest plays with his band in Marin County these days for fun. What a concept? How do you think real music is made? Recently he has been writing some songs with former bandmate and collaborator Mike Finnegan who continues to use my guests tunes on his own albums. Calling all unsung heroes Lane Tietgen welcome to the JFS

Thinking of watching A Charlie Brown Christmas this year? What would be better than a full understanding of how it came to be, starting way back in the 1400s. Learn about Charles Schulz, Lee Mendelson, Bill Melendez, Vince Guaraldi, Hans Christian Andersen, Felix Mendelssohn, Saul Zaentz, NASA, Coca-Cola and more. 

In dieser Folge widmen wir uns den offiziellen Adaptionen von Tolkiens Werken. Diese lassen sich in drei Bereiche unterteilen: Theater und Bühne, Hörbuch und Hörspiel und Film und TV. Durch das Ändern des Mediums, ändert sich auch häufig die Geschichte. Nicht immer war das zum Wohlwollen Tolkiens, aber schon damals ließ sich mit Geld viel aufwiegen.

Prior to full interconnection and the complete digitization of music mastering we had in this country pockets of eccentric engineers who more often then not wore more than one hat. Rudy Van Gelder held down the fort in Englewood Cliffs while performing optometry in the daytime. Michael Cuscuna found his way to Woodstock engineering Bonnie Raitt all the while hosting free form radio programs and writing linear notes. Same for Marty Feldman and Eddie Harris Major cities in this country had venerable studios that cooked with music from across all musical spectrums. Chess Records in Chicago, Stax Records in Memphis, Muscle Shoals in Alabama, Sigma Sound in Philly, MoTown in Detroit and The Record Plant in LA. Another major record creator was Fantasy records. My guest today was a major engineer during the gravy years of the studio after Max and Saul Weiss sold the shop to Saul Zaentz. But as with other engineers my guest wads jack of all trades. He was the rhythm and blues drummer for the label when they were still in Oakland playing with Ray Shanklin and Tower of Power singer Lenny Williams. When he became the lead engineer at Fantasy he sought out and trained younger cats on how to create a warm room sound, when Fatansy expanded he was responsible for outfitting the studios and then hunkering down with a Heavy Axe and David Axelrod, Butterfly Dreaming with Flora Purim, Tambu with Cal Tjader and Charlie Byrd and the NTU Troop with Gary Bartz. He was immersed with all types of musicians. Cats like Sonny Rollins who might come out to cut an album before heading to Japan to Country Joe and other Bay Area mainstays who helped liven up sessions just by being within the complex. Put in a live audience for Joe Williams or Cannonball or work with Ed Bogas on arrangements for the Vibes of Truth. This was coupled with a very open radio dial which played a lot of local area favorites like the aforementioned Tjader, Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders and Bola Sete. It should be noted that without Born on the Biyou none of this might have ever happened. You listen to the warmth that these records give off. The homey close knit quality and the musicians understanding of how special a place it was and you begin to see how regional music developed. Orrin Keepnews relocation to Berkeley and the acquisition of the Prestige catalog only furthered the eclecticism of the musicians. All of a sudden McCoy Tyner found a home there so did Larry and Fonce Mizell as well as Wayne Henderson and Woody Herman. It was a family of Zen Tricksters who cared about the music and the musicians. Things were cut using analog tape so there was no way to put lipstick on a pig if Pleasure or The Vibes of Truth flubbed some lyrics. You couldn't fix crappy instrumental takes. The artists had to know their shit and so did the producers and the arrangers and the engineers. Everybody's craft was respected and because of the amount of effort put forth by the team often a good product came from that. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jake-feinberg/support

Annette Haywood-Carter began her directing career with The Foot Shooting Party, a 30 minute short film starring a young Leonardo DiCaprio as well as Foxfire with a then undiscovered Angelina Jolie. Prior to her directorial debut, Annette spent a decade working as a script supervisor winning the respect of Academy Award-winning producers, directors and actors. Steven Spielberg, Bruce Cohen, Bruce Beresford, Saul Zaentz and John Lithgow, among others, took a personal interest in her career and helped her transition into directing. In addition to directing, Annette worked as a writer-for-hire. Her credits include aTV miniseries for CBS, a book adaptation for Disney, original scripts based on studio concepts and script doctoring -- rewriting screenplays green- lit for production. Annette took a break from Hollywood to teach while her children were young. A key creator of the renowned Film & Television program at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), she developed curriculum, taught Directing, Screenwriting and Production, and served as Thesis Chair on MFA films. Annette is a member of the Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America, Women in Film and Film Fatales, and a former member of IATSE. Follow Twisted Times on IG: @twistedtimesapodcast Art by: @NikRichard Music By: @Kbrissy Hosted By: @_ceceking & @msryanjillian Weekly Episodes Air Every Thursday at 6PM -- Leave us a Voice Message! www.twistedvalleyfilms.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/twisted-times/message

We're taking a break from b-movies this week and are instead checking out a film many consider to be one of the greatest ever made. It's Amadeus, released September 19th, 1984. It tells the (very fictional) story of Mozart and a man called Salieri who wants him dead. It's a tale of jealousy, opera and mercury. Got feedback? Send us an email at oldiebutagoodiepod@gmail.com Follow the show! Facebook: https://fb.me/oldiebutagoodiepod Omny: https://omny.fm/shows/oldie-but-a-goodie YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjfdXHxK_rIUsOEoFSx-hGA Songs from 1984 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/39v1MbWf849XD8aau0yA52 Follow the hosts! Sandro Falce - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandrofalce/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandrofalce - Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/SandroFalce/ Zach Adams - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zach4dams/ Listen to Sandro's other podcast: Nerd-Out! https://omny.fm/shows/nerdout  See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

What does it mean to be good? What does it mean if we aren’t good? Whose fault is it? These are just some of the questions that animate Amadeus, a fictional portrayal of famed composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his musical rival Antionio Salieri. These questions also inspire Sue Phillips, a Unitarian Universalist minister. She first watched the movie in the late ’80s, just as she was coming out and understanding her place in the world.Sue Phillips is the co-founder of Sacred Design Lab. She was also the first Director of Strategy as part of the Impact Lab here at the On Being Project. An ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, Sue is the co-author, with colleagues Angie Thurston and Casper ter Kuile, of “Design for the Human Soul.”

ROCK TALK WITH MITCH LAFON presents CCR drummer, Doug Clifford. Plus Mitch rants.  During our conversation, Doug discusses CCR's ongoing Farewell Tour, the upcoming Concert For A Cause, the power of making music, releasing three albums in one year and getting albums done quickly, did CCR burn out, legal issues, their infamous Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction, his relationship with bassist Stu Cook, his Cosmo solo album from 1972, new music coming, John Forgerty, record company executive Saul Zaentz, Hanoi Rocks and much more. Get your MITCH MERCH here: https://loudtrax.com/Mitch  Concert For A Cause (visit: https://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/benefit) Help support the show. Please consider a donation: https://www.paypal.me/MitchLafon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tentando fugir de uma condenação, Alexandre e Fred se internam num hospital psiquiátrico onde encontram o músico Pedro Bizelli e debatem um grande clássico da década de 70, o tocante filme de Milos Forman, "Um Estranho no Ninho" (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, 1975). Produzido por Michael Douglas e Saul Zaentz e estrelado por Jack Nicholson e Louise Fletcher, o filme rejeitado pelos grandes estúdios e realizado através de produção independente, foi baseado no best seller homônimo de Ken Kesey e pegou os críticos de surpresa e se tornou um grande sucesso de público daquele ano, estabelecendo o tcheco Milos Forman como uma nova promessa no cinema americano. ----------------- Acesse nosso site: http://www.filmesclassicos.com.br Acesse nosso grupo: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1475312462775785/ Nos procure no seu aplicativo de podcast do celular, no Spotify, YouTube, Anchor ou iTunes.

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), a well-known art museum in New York, sued the newly opened café MoMaCha for allegedly copying its trademarked name and logo. Earlier this year, MoMA officials sent the café a letter, asking it to refrain from using the name MoMaCha and to change the café's logo, which resembled that of the museum. Because the café refused to give up its name, the museum filed a lawsuit under the claims that the café is riding on MoMA's popularity. The museum's lawyers asserted that the café is trying to woo customers by giving them the impression that the popular museum and the café are associated with each other. In MoMaCha's defense, owner Eric Cahan clarified that he only combined the words ‘more' and ‘matcha' because Japanese green teas are the café's specialty. He further pointed out that the font style is the only similarity between the museum's and his café's logos. Despite his stance, Cahan complied with some of the museum's demands, such as revising the logo design and converting the letters in the café's name into uppercase. He also released a statement that denied affiliations between the café and the museum. On a similar note, the Hungry Hobbit café in Birmingham, United Kingdom, was also sued for the same reasons. Saul Zaentz Company (SZC) owns the rights to the films The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings. After learning about the café, the company filed a lawsuit. According to SZC, the name might suggest that the café is being promoted by the production company. In a later interview, CEO Saul Zaentz said that he is willing to settle the issue with the café.

Saul Zaentz was a Hollywood producer who won three Academy Awards for Best Picture: "The English Patient," "Amadeus," and "One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest." He died in 2014, leaving behind a foundation that, among other things, established a new film incubator at Johns Hopkins University. Launched in March with a $1 million grant, the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund in Film and Media supports prospective filmmakers and audio/visual artists who submit ideas for projects and get some mentoring before going into production. We hear about some of the fellows and their unique projects from Roberto Busu243u-Garcu237ua, director of the fund and the Hopkins Master of Arts in Film ---- Media program.Links:http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/04/entertainment/la-et-mn-saul-zaentz-oscar-winning-producer-dead-at-92-20140104http://zaentzfund.com/http://krieger.jhu.edu/film-media/directory/roberto-buso-garcia/

SOME ADULT LANGUAGE      Violent events of the last decade, and even longer, have made us skeptical on the direction of mental illness reform. What can be perceived as a threat from beyond actually lurks within the walls of what is known to us. A closer examination reveals a kaleidoscope of things we do not yet understand. If a wide net is cast, then what is to be done with those that don’t really fit into the bucket they are thrown in? Did we misunderstand, mislabel, misguide, mislead or do we just want to forget and ignore the hard truth? Are they walls we actually erected within ourselves? There is no one answer solution.      Our first Academy Award for best picture comes with this examination. Kirk Douglas purchased the script that became a Broadway play, and later, his son Michael, partnered with Saul Zaentz, to produce this 1975 best picture. Milos Foreman was the perfect director given his experience originating from a stifling Czech Republic communistic regime. Louise Fletcher and Jack Nicholson won Academy Awards as they portrayed a truly frightening, and very tangible story about the struggle for control; and the consequences for losing it.      Mark Rhodes and I actually, not kidding, met at his side job. We hit it off right away and realized we knew the same musicians and possibly had been around each other before. Our love of music and movies drove the conversation and his film selection was right in my wheelhouse.  This interview was a dance of like minds hoping to point out the potential issues of mental health reform and the idea of control. Institutional control, and for that matter, control in general, should be examined, checked, and challenged. We even discuss our pets of the past, lest we forget. This collaboration is offered as the movie that moved Mark Rhodes. In loving memory of Lando, Ringo, and most recently Ginger. TC

In 2015, Roberto designed and launched a new graduate program in film production at Johns Hopkins. The Film & Media Master of Arts Program focuses on the areas of business, writing, sound design and production and emphasizes experiential learning. In 2016, he also designed and launched the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund in Film & Media at Johns Hopkins University. The Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund identifies innovative visual media artists in Baltimore and connects them with prestigious artists, veteran executives and successful entrepreneurs to produce powerful projects and bring meaningful stories to life. Currently, Roberto serves as the Director of the Film and Media Masters program and the Director of the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund in Film & Media at Johns Hopkins. He teaches at the undergraduate and graduate level and is working on his second television pilot.