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Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman, marking my 102nd episode of VideoFuzzy, reporting the progress I've made in cataloging thousands of VHS transfers and digital recordings. I open with a complicated correction that involves my having mixed up Rachel Nichols and Elisabeth Harnois, the shows they were involved in, their connections to Joss Whedon productions and also cross connections through "Criminal Minds." This set covers discs 1826 to 1850 in my Classic Collection. For my Fuzzy Feature, from Discs 1849 and 1850, comments on the pilot episode of Matt Nix production "The Good Guys," along with my 12th ever "VideoFuzzy the Video" posted here: https://youtu.be/aT5HIqRBS50 I also traced Cross Connections turning up in this collection for Golden Threads Michael O'Neill and Stephen Weber, plus Tahmon Penniket, William B. Davis, Gary Anthony Williams, Erica Gimpel, Ally Walker, Marion Ross, Chrisotpher Lloyd, Scott Bakula, Fred Willard, Swoosie Kurtz, Allison Janney, Terry O'Quinn, Marilyn Manson, Mitch Pileggi, Jon Waters, Bob Clendinen, Neil Patrick Harris, Molly Shannon, John Michael Higgins, Idina Menzel, Judy Greer, Kelsey Grammer, Saul Rubinek, Rachel York, Brent Sexton, Kevin "Repo" Thomas, M.C. Gainey, Kate Vernon and Wade Williams. Plus from "Mid-Century Modern" and elsewhere, I recognize my latest Golden Thread: Bruno Amato. In my Classic Collection, I encountered a few disc errors, suggesting my current DVD player may be wearing out. In the meantime, lots of high-drama season finales in this set. Comments on "Grey's Anatomy," "Fringe," "The Simpsons," "Chuck," "Breaking Bad," and a discussion on the Weeping Angels in "Doctor Who." In Old Business, I track down a musical comedy clip of Martin Short listing celebrities and other notables who refuse to appear on "The Late Show with David Letterman." I'd archived a portion of that one to disc 225 but hadn't seen the first half in perhaps ever until I found it on YouTube in a clip compilation of Martin Short appearances hosted by David Letterman and Paul Schaffer. I posted it here, cued to the 22-minute mark: https://bit.ly/3G52J9e In What I've Been Watching, comments on the Vernal Theatre's outstanding production of "Kiss Me Kate," the second season premiere of "Doctor Who" on Disney+, the first season of "Continuum" and pilot episodes of "Millennium," "Profiler" and "Mid-Century Modern." SPREADING THE WORD! "VideoFuzzy: The Video - Celebrating 100 Episodes!" is posted at https://youtu.be/eWfcCDiOZ2I. Please share as you're able to with anyone you feel might enjoy this production. For PROMOS, scroll all the way down at https://videofuzzy.libsyn.com. Also, there's a "Top Fifteen" episode guide for people looking for a quick read-in on this blog and podcast effort at: https://videofuzzy.libsyn.com/about. Enjoy!
We're pretty sure Jake Gyllenhaal would like you to forget about this movie, but that's not our problem. It's 2001's BUBBLE BOYBUBBLE BOYRELEASED: August 24, 2001DIRECTED BY: Blair HayesSTARRING: Jake Gyllenhaal, Marley Shelton, Swoosie Kurtz, John Carroll Lynch, Danny TrejoBUDGET: $13M BOX OFFICE: $5MESTIMATED LOSS: $TOTAL NEXT EPSIODE: We are the law. It's 2012's DREDD0:00 Intro 2:30 Show & tell9:10 This week's movie
Jason Teasley and Mark Radulich review movies currently on streaming services: Wildcats/Draft Day/Any Given Sunday Movie Review! First up is Wildcats (1986). Then we move on to Draft Day (2014). Finally we review Any Given Sunday (1999).Wildcats is a 1986 American sports comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Goldie Hawn, James Keach and Swoosie Kurtz. It is the film debut of Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson.Draft Day is a 2014 American sports drama film directed by Ivan Reitman, and starring Kevin Costner and Jennifer Garner. The premise revolves around the fictional general manager of the Cleveland Browns (Costner) deciding what to do after his team acquires the number one draft pick in the upcoming National Football League Draft.The film premiered in Los Angeles on April 7, 2014 and was released in the United States on April 11, 2014. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office failure grossing only $29 million against its $25 million budget. The film was Reitman's final directorial effort and Jim Brown's final acting role before their deaths in 2022 and 2023 respectively.Any Given Sunday is a 1999 American sports drama film directed by Oliver Stone depicting a fictional professional American football team. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, LL Cool J, Ann-Margret, Lauren Holly, Matthew Modine, John C. McGinley, Charlton Heston, Bill Bellamy, Lela Rochon, Aaron Eckhart, Elizabeth Berkley, and NFL players Jim Brown and Lawrence Taylor.It is partly based on the 1984 novel On Any Given Sunday by NFL defensive end Pat Toomay; the title is derived from a line in the book (also used in the film), that a team can win or lose on "any given Sunday", said by the fictitious coach Tony D'Amato. The quote was originally derived from a statement made in 1952 by then-NFL commissioner Bert Bell, about the league's devotion to financial and competitive parity.Cameo roles also feature many former American football players, including Dick Butkus, Y. A. Tittle, Pat Toomay, Warren Moon, Johnny Unitas, Ricky Watters, Emmitt Smith and Terrell Owens, as well as coach Barry Switzer.Disclaimer: The following may contain offensive language, adult humor, and/or content that some viewers may find offensive – The views and opinions expressed by any one speaker does not explicitly or necessarily reflect or represent those of Mark Radulich or W2M Network.Mark Radulich and his wacky podcast on all the things:https://linktr.ee/markkind76alsohttps://www.teepublic.com/user/radulich-in-broadcasting-networkFB Messenger: Mark Radulich LCSWTiktok: @markradulichtwitter: @MarkRadulichInstagram: markkind76RIBN Album Playlist: https://suno.com/playlist/91d704c9-d1ea-45a0-9ffe-5069497bad59
Welcome back to Morgan Hasn't Seen with Jeannine Brice & Morgan Robinson!! Happy New Year!! We're so very excited for everything we have planned for this show in 2025, starting at the very start of the year today with a new series on Social Issue Movies, titled "What's Going On?" We close out the series this week with a darkly funny, and deeply satirical look on the needless politicisation, hypocrisy, and lack of focus surrounding abortion rights in the USA; Alexander Payne's CITIZEN RUTH (1996) starring Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Kurtwood Smith, Kelly Preston, Burt Reynolds & Tippi Hedren! Our YouTube Channel for all our regular videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvACMX8jX1qQ5ClrGW53vow Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ItsAWonderful1 Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ItsAWonderful1 IT'S A WONDERFUL PODCAST STORE: https://www.teepublic.com/user/g9design Sub to the feed and download now on all major podcast platforms and be sure to rate, review and SHARE AROUND!! Keep up with us on (X) Twitter: Podcast: https://twitter.com/ItsAWonderful1 Morgan: https://twitter.com/Th3PurpleDon Jeannine: https://twitter.com/JeannineDaBean_ Keep being wonderful!!
“Killing is easy… Getting away with it is murder.” “A Shock to the System is a 1990 American black comedy film directed by Jan Egleson and starring Michael Caine, Swoosie Kurtz, Elizabeth McGovern, and Peter Riegert.” Show Links Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p65Tvvc7yl4 Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Shock_to_the_System_(1990_film) Just Watch: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/a-shock-to-the-system Socials Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/@moviewavepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moviewavepod Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/moviewavepod/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/moviewavepod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moviewavepod Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/moviewavepod Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/moviewavepod Intro/Outro Sample Credits “Aiwa CX-930 VHS VCR Video Cassette Recorder.wav” by Pixabay “Underwater Ambience” by Pixabay “waves crashing into shore parkdale beach” by Pixabay Movie Wave is a part of Pie Hat Productions.
National Fight procastination day. Entertainment from 2012. First to sail around the workd, Prsident McKinley shot in Buffalo, First supermarket in the world opened. Todays birthdays - David Allan Coe, Roger Waters, Swoosie Kurtz, Jane Curtain, Jeff Foxworthy, Michael Winslow, Mark Chesnutt, Rosie Perez, Deloris O'Riordan. Burt Reynolds died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard http://defleppard.com/Procrastination the musicalWe are never ever getting back together - Taylor SwiftOver - Blake SheltonBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent http://50cent.com/Mona Lisa lost her smile - David Allan CoeComfortably numb - Pink FloydYou might be a redneck - Jeff FoxworthyIt's a little to late - Mark ChesnuttLinger - The CranberriesLets do something cheap and superficial - Burt ReynoldsExit - In my dreams - DokkenFollow Jeff Stampka on facebook and cooolmedia.com
Director, co-writer, and star of The People's Joker (one of our favorite films of the year), Vera Drew joins for a discussion of the sexy, taboo-breaking, teen thriller Cruel Intentions. A 90s update of the 18th century Peirre Choderlos de Laclos novel 'Les Liaisons dangereuses' (aka Dangerous Liaisons), the film is a darkly comic and gleefully misanthropic erotic thrill ride featuring a top notch cast of up-comers-comers playing deeply unlikable - but incredibly sexy - people, who are all (in the words of our guest) "acting their asses off."We discuss the sensational young cast, including Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Ryan Phillippe, and an exceptional Sarah Michelle Gellar, and find delights in the "teens play-acting adults" uncanniness of the movie's milieu. Then we revel in the film's preternatural handling on eroticism and desire, finding ways to constantly steam up the screen even while the actors (mostly) keep their clothes on. Finally, we find a through-line from some of Vera's other favorite films to Cruel Intentions, note how the movie defies a "so bad its good" valuation, and illimunate why criticisms of the film's supposed moralism might be reading it wrong. The People's Joker is still in theaters and now available on VOD, Blu-Ray and VHS! Find showtimes near you or purchase your copy today.Follow Vera Drew on Twitter.Get access to all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month.....Our theme song is "Mirror" by Chris Fish.
“I was quite set on theater. I was going to go out to Los Angeles for one year -- and that was it. Then I was going to go back to New York and devote myself to the theater. It didn't work out that way.” -- Jan Eliasberg80s TV Ladies "Director Ladies" series continues as Susan and Sharon welcome legendary director Jan Eliasberg. Jan began her television director career in the 1980s with an episode of Cagney & Lacey -- and she went on to be the first female director ever on Miami Vice, Crime Story and 21 Jump Street. She has also directed episodes of Dirty Dancing, L.A. Law, Dawson's Creek, Party of Five, Sisters, Parenthood, Nashville, Supernatural, Bull and NCIS: Los Angeles. Jan recently published her first novel, Hannah's War.In this enlightening conversation, Jan discusses how the American Film Institute (AFI) and “The Original Six” opened up opportunities for her and other female directors; how to navigate directing a network television show for the first time -- and how courage, tenacity and little guile can make all the difference …THE CONVERSATIONHow do you get 10,000 hours of experience when directing requires so much time, money and people: Europe or Yale?What can Shakespeare and Ibsen teach you about directing TV? Everything…Frances McDormand, Angela Bassett, John Turturo, Tony Shalhoub and Courtney Vance -- how do you quickly figure out what different actors need to create great performances?What happens when you direct a play about South African apartheid in St. Louis in the early 1980s?On shadowing directors: “I'm already a director -- what am I doing watching these people? I mean, they're good, but I'm good, too. And that was the kind of confidence -- or maybe you could say arrogance, fearlessness - -that it takes to go into a field that is predominantly male and actually make a dent and get a job.”How a twisty game of cat-and-mouse with Barney Rosensweig led to Jan's first directing gig -- on Cagney & Lacey. (S5, EP13 -- “Act of Conscience”).Directing L.A. Law -- and David Kelly's very first script!How asking others for advice is a gift that goes both ways.Directing two classic, fan-favorite episodes of Miami Vice.Jan gets her first feature film in 1988: How I Got Into College -- but you won't believe what happened to her on Day Two of filming…Past Midnight -- working with the great Rutger Hauer and Natasha Richardson.Is the window for women directors opening or closing? Jan gives us her take.So, join Susan, Sharon -- and Jan -- as they talk Dennis Farina, Michael Moriarty, Rutger Hauer, Paul Giamatti, Daniel Craig, Meg Foster, Sela Ward, Swoosie Kurtz, Kirsten Dunst, George Clooney, Patricia Arquette, Stanley Tucci -- and creamsicles!AUDIOGRAPHYFind out more about Jan at JanEliasberg.com.Buy Jan's new novel Hannah's War at Bookshop.Read Michael Cieply's 1988 article on Jan and other fired women directors at LA Times. 80s TV LADIES NEWSCatch 90s TV Baby Serita Fontanesi's “Not Ugly” podcast at Apple.CONNECTRead transcripts and more at 80sTVLadies.com.Get ad-free episodes and exclusive videos on PATREON.Find more cool podcasts at our host sight, Weirding Way Media.
It's Gary's Birthday and we are watching a movie? We guess? Dark Encounter the 2019 movie about a space invasion? Meh. Let's talk about Swoosie Kurtz and The Witches of Paradise instead or how we are splitting the Blue Chew money 4 ways. Happy Birthday bitch!Dark Encounter is available to Peacock!Follow us on Instagram:@Gaspatchojones@Homewreckingwhore@QualityHoegramming@Mullhollanddaze@The_Miseducation_of_DandG_PodGo Support Our Loves Beth and Justin Going Through a Hard Time by Donating Anything You Can Here
On the 10th day of Pitts-mas, Albert Finney gave to me: The Image. John Mahoney. Albert Finney. Kathy Baker. A newsman reports the news wrong and a guy suicides. Can he make it right? Maybe, if Swoosie Kurtz gets out of his way! Also, Brad Pitt. I had to buy this thing on DVD. Why isn't it readily available? Is it because it's so boring it just washes over you and someone has to dump you in a shower and run cold water over you or it will carry you into the afterlife.
Sam Clements is curating a fictional film festival. He'll accept almost anything, but the movie must not be longer than 90 minutes. This is the 90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest podcast. In episode 106 Sam is joined by actor Galen Howard. Galen has chosen True Stories (90 mins), David Byrne's directorial debut. The 1986 film stars John Goodman, David Byrne, Swoosie Kurtz, and Spalding Gray, with a soundtrack by Talking Heads. Sam and Galen discuss becoming a part of the Star Wars universe, John Goodman's first major role and how Ned Ryerson (Stephen Tobolowsky) is responsible for the song Radio Head. [This podcast was recorded before the start of the SAG-AFTRA strike] Thank you for downloading. We'll be back in a couple of weeks! Rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/90minfilm If you enjoy the show, please subscribe, rate, review and share with your friends. We're an independent podcast and every recommendation helps - thank you! You can also show your support for the podcast by buying us a coffee at our Ko-fi page: https://ko-fi.com/90minfilmfest Website: 90minfilmfest.com Tweet: @90MinFilmFest Instagram: @90MinFilmFest We are a proud member of the Stripped Media Network. Hosted and produced by @sam_clements. Edited and produced by Louise Owen. Guest star @_galen_howard_. Additional editing and sound mixing by @lukemakestweets. Music by @martinaustwick. Artwork by @samgilbey.
National fight procrastination day. Entertainment from 1970. 1st circumnavigation of the world, 1st supermarket, President McKineley assassinated. Todays birthdays - David Allan Coe, Roger Waters, Swoosie Kurtz, Jane Curtin, Jeff Foxworthy, Michael Winslow, Mark Chesnutt, Rosie Perez, Deloris O'Riordan, Idris Elba. Burt Reynolds died.intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard http://defleppard.com/Procrastination the musicalWar - Edwin StarrAll for the love of sunshine - Hank Williams jrBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent http://50cent.com/Mona Lisa lost her smile - David Allan CoeComfortably numb - Pink FloydYou might be a redneck - Jeff Foxworthy It's a little to late - Mark ChesnuttLinger - The CranberriesLets do something cheap and superficial - Burt ReynoldsExit - It's not love - Dokkenhttps://www.coolcasts.cooolmedia.com/show/history-factoids-about-today/
From his first plays in the early 1960s to his death in 2020, playwright Terrence McNally has been a force in American theater. Beginning in the Off-Off Broadway movement, McNally's writing continually reflected a changing culture, from opposition to the Vietnam War through the emergence of AIDS and gay rights. His stage plays, musicals, and operas continue to be performed internationally, and they remain the work of a consummate artist, delving into the human soul and fearlessly examining both the lighter and darker aspects of existence in an uncertain—and sometimes frightening—world. A Man of Much Importance looks at McNally's life and work against the backdrop of a dynamic theatrical culture, tracing the ways in which an artist grows and responds to his world. Based on extensive interviews with McNally, it also features interviews with many of the artists—actors, designers, and producers—with whom he's collaborated, including Nathan Lane, Chita Rivera, Audra McDonald, Christine Baranski, Kathy Bates, Swoosie Kurtz, John Glover, Joe Mantello, Arin Arbus, Paul Libin, Lynne Meadow, and many more. Christopher Byrne is an author and theater critic. He is a member of The Drama Desk and the American Theatre Critics Association. He began his career as a stage manager and producer and is a graduate of Boston University's College of Fine Arts. In his not-so-secret double life, he is a leading expert on toys and play, writing extensively (including seven books), speaking, and appearing on many television programs worldwide on the topic. He is the creator and host of The Playground Podcast, a B2B podcast for the international toy industry, as well as Voice Out Loud, a podcast amplifying diverse voices in the LGBTQ+community. The book is officially out on July 15, and it's available for pre-order.
In the modern television era we've seen couples meet in just about every situation you could dream up. In 2010 however, we were presented with a pretty unique origin story for TV romance when Mike Biggs and Molly Flynn met one another during an Overeaters Anonymous meeting. The series stars Billy Gardell (Bob Hearts Abishola) & Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) as two overweight people who both struggle with portion control all while falling in love with each other. Will this episode leave us wanting seconds? Find out as we do a deep dive of "Mike & Molly". www.S1E1POD.com Starring: Billy Gardell, Melissa McCarthy, Reno Wilson, Katy Mixon, Nyambi Nyambi, David Anthony Higgins, & Swoosie Kurtz
This year's series of holiday-themed movies concludes with a body-switch comedy from 1988 starring Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage as a father and son who - you guessed it - switch bodies as a result of a mishap with an ancient artifact. What results are hijinks involving middle school bullies, board meetings, heavy metal concerts, motorcycle chases, department stores, etc.....and this all takes place around Chicago during Christmastime. Of course while father and son adapt to their circumstances, they get to know each other better and hilarity ensues. ;) Brian Gilbert directed and this film also co-stars Swoosie Kurtz, Jane Kaczmarek, and David Proval. This came out amidst a slew of other body-switching comedies released within a few months including Like Father Like Son, 18 Again, and Big....and it's actually one of the better ones!Host: Geoff Gershon Editors: Geoff and Ella GershonProducer: Marlene Gershonhttps://livingforthecinema.com/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/Letterboxd:https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/
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.
It's our finest hour and we're never gonna be the same again because we are topping that (unusual for us). We are here with actress, Halloween icon, and “the most popular girl” Robyn Lively. You Might Know Her From Teen Witch, Into the Dark: They Come Knocking, 30 Rock, Cobra Kai, Wildcats, Twin Peaks, Savannah, The Karate Kid Part III, and Through the Glass Darkly. Obviously we got all the scoop from Robyn about headlining cult fave Teen Witch, why it hasn't been revived, why there were musical numbers, the Rita Wilson of it all, and how it translated into a horror-adjacent career for her in later years. We also talked about Robyn sinking her teeth into the role of a smalltown lesbian in the indie Through the Glass Darkly, growing up in a showbiz family and getting emancipated from her parents, donning Tina Fey's wig for the iconic 30 Rock “Reunion” episode, and rubbing elbows with Aaron Spelling. And Fuzzbucket. Happy Halloween, little gourds, we hope you love this one! Follow us on social media: @damianbellino || @rodemanne Discussed this week: Fruit by the Foot Travelocity gnome “negging” Mystery the Pickup Artist Taylor Swift bisexual conspiracy theory Madonna came out on TikTok Rosie has cellulitis on her face Our celesbian chart Velma is a lesbian Former guest Mindy Cohn was voice of Velma for 10 years Linda Cardellini is hot Women who are crossovers for lesbians and gay men: Julie Andrews, Olivia Newton John, Dolly Parton, Pam Anderson, Jennifer Grey Through the Glass Darkly (Writer/director: Lauren Fash) Karate Kid III and Cobra Kai Married to Bart Johnson (High School Musical) Currently Guest starring on 911: Lone Star Was on reunion ep of 30 Rock where she got to wear Tina Fey's SNL wig Started in Aaron Spelling WB show, Savannah Turned down role of Andrea Zuckerman in original 90210 Starred opposite Jason Priestley (whom she also dated) in Teen Angel Returns Teen Witch (1989) and Robyn's performance as Louise is iconic (tho Debbie Gibson did audition) Is Rita Wilson in Teen Witch? She says no Former guest and Teen Witch costar Mandy Ingber is a buddy Aaron Spelling had a bowling alley in house. And built a dining room with dome where acoustics carry your voice to edge of room Aaron Spelling did fireside chat intro to Savannah Co-starred in Wildcats opposite Goldie Hawn, Swoosie Kurtz, and Jan Hooks Was a “contortionist erotic dancer” in Twin Peaks Buckeye and Blue is the movie she got emancipated for Tom Cruise introducing Top Gun: Maverick We love Randy Spelling. Anne meant Sunset Beach (not Malibu Shores) Fuzzbucket looks like chimpanzee man from Land of the Lost. Ewok + Rumpelstiltskin with Amy Irving
Grunge up your unwashed hair and please put out that endless chain of cigarettes as we succumb to the 90s slacker vortex that is Reality Bites. Do Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke's characters actually deserve each other because they both suck so much? And should we feel bad for Ben Stiller or relieved that he totally dodged a bullet there? Could we just watch Steve Zahn be adorable and Janeane Garofalo in her perfect vintage outfits instead? And can we directly blame all the shitty behavior and toxic relationships during our 20s on this movie? We'll let you know as soon as we stop listening to Lisa Loeb on loop.Read Randall's full episode notes at yourenofun.com.And follow us on Instagram , Facebook and Twitter.
Producer-Director, Jose Escamilla has been editing film and video for over 20 years. Video productions in release nationwide include; L.A. Gang Violence - a documentary about LA Gangs and Donny - The Educational Dinosaur, a cartoon series starring; RUTH BUZZI, RICHARD MOLL, SWOOSIE KURTZ, BRENDA VACCARO, KATHY IRELAND, ED BEGLEY, JR., DR. JOYCE BROTHERS, TOM BOSLEY, CARLOS PALOMINO, and NEL CARTER. In 1985 he put together a world event entitled: ONE MINUTE OF PEACE, where he asked everyone in the world to stop what they were doing all together for "one minute" in honor of Samantha Smith and the children of the world. He performed the title song at The Hollywood Bowl and via satellite world wide and the One Minute of Peace project was underway. He produced, arranged and performed all the background music for TITO GUIZAR in 1990, as he helped Tito make a comeback with his music in an album and home video which Jose produced. Tito has starred in Mari Mar, the latest hot "novella" now airing in Mexico and the US and is now starring in his third soap opera in Mexico at age 88! Tito Guizar, best known as the Mexican Troubadour, making famous such songs as, Alla En El Rancho Grande, Cielito Lindo, Maria Elena, Guadalajara, Jalisco, South of The Border, What a Difference a Day Makes , and many more songs that are standards today all over the world. Jose's work with Tito is an experience that he will never forget. "Tito is the last living legend from Mexico and the Golden Era of Hollywood." Aside from Jose's work with many artists and celebrities, Jose's UFO experiences that occurred at Midway, New Mexico on March 5,1994, have put him on a variety of lectures and television and radio programs talking about the subject. He has appeared on television shows such as The Learning Channel, Geraldo Rivera, Hard Copy, Sightings, Encounters, The Other Side, Inside Edition, the BBC in London, Spanish Language programs, (Sabado Gigante-"EL Y ELLA"), and on many Network News broadcasts, ABC, NBC, CBS NEWS. He has appeared in many UFO related magazines, America On-line, The Internet, CompuServe, Newspapers and radio talk shows. He has lectured at many conventions on the subject including, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, and Mexico City. His first hand experiences with the phenomena and background in the Entertainment Industry, lend a unique quality in presenting UFOs to the public. - www.skyfishrods.com
Producer-Director, Jose Escamilla has been editing film and video for over 20 years. Video productions in release nationwide include; L.A. Gang Violence - a documentary about LA Gangs and Donny - The Educational Dinosaur, a cartoon series starring; RUTH BUZZI, RICHARD MOLL, SWOOSIE KURTZ, BRENDA VACCARO, KATHY IRELAND, ED BEGLEY, JR., DR. JOYCE BROTHERS, TOM BOSLEY, CARLOS PALOMINO, and NEL CARTER. In 1985 he put together a world event entitled: ONE MINUTE OF PEACE, where he asked everyone in the world to stop what they were doing all together for "one minute" in honor of Samantha Smith and the children of the world. He performed the title song at The Hollywood Bowl and via satellite world wide and the One Minute of Peace project was underway. He produced, arranged and performed all the background music for TITO GUIZAR in 1990, as he helped Tito make a comeback with his music in an album and home video which Jose produced. Tito has starred in Mari Mar, the latest hot "novella" now airing in Mexico and the US and is now starring in his third soap opera in Mexico at age 88! Tito Guizar, best known as the Mexican Troubadour, making famous such songs as, Alla En El Rancho Grande, Cielito Lindo, Maria Elena, Guadalajara, Jalisco, South of The Border, What a Difference a Day Makes , and many more songs that are standards today all over the world. Jose's work with Tito is an experience that he will never forget. "Tito is the last living legend from Mexico and the Golden Era of Hollywood." Aside from Jose's work with many artists and celebrities, Jose's UFO experiences that occurred at Midway, New Mexico on March 5,1994, have put him on a variety of lectures and television and radio programs talking about the subject. He has appeared on television shows such as The Learning Channel, Geraldo Rivera, Hard Copy, Sightings, Encounters, The Other Side, Inside Edition, the BBC in London, Spanish Language programs, (Sabado Gigante-"EL Y ELLA"), and on many Network News broadcasts, ABC, NBC, CBS NEWS. He has appeared in many UFO related magazines, America On-line, The Internet, CompuServe, Newspapers and radio talk shows. He has lectured at many conventions on the subject including, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, and Mexico City. His first hand experiences with the phenomena and background in the Entertainment Industry, lend a unique quality in presenting UFOs to the public. - www.tblnfilms.comWatch the entire TV episode at - https://youtu.be/ztYQLqfoOzw
Producer-Director, Jose Escamilla has been editing film and video for over 20 years. Video productions in release nationwide include; L.A. Gang Violence - a documentary about LA Gangs and Donny - The Educational Dinosaur, a cartoon series starring; RUTH BUZZI, RICHARD MOLL, SWOOSIE KURTZ, BRENDA VACCARO, KATHY IRELAND, ED BEGLEY, JR., DR. JOYCE BROTHERS, TOM BOSLEY, CARLOS PALOMINO, and NEL CARTER. In 1985 he put together a world event entitled: ONE MINUTE OF PEACE, where he asked everyone in the world to stop what they were doing all together for "one minute" in honor of Samantha Smith and the children of the world. He performed the title song at The Hollywood Bowl and via satellite world wide and the One Minute of Peace project was underway. He produced, arranged and performed all the background music for TITO GUIZAR in 1990, as he helped Tito make a comeback with his music in an album and home video which Jose produced. Tito has starred in Mari Mar, the latest hot "novella" now airing in Mexico and the US and is now starring in his third soap opera in Mexico at age 88! Tito Guizar, best known as the Mexican Troubadour, making famous such songs as, Alla En El Rancho Grande, Cielito Lindo, Maria Elena, Guadalajara, Jalisco, South of The Border, What a Difference a Day Makes , and many more songs that are standards today all over the world. Jose's work with Tito is an experience that he will never forget. "Tito is the last living legend from Mexico and the Golden Era of Hollywood." Aside from Jose's work with many artists and celebrities, Jose's UFO experiences that occurred at Midway, New Mexico on March 5,1994, have put him on a variety of lectures and television and radio programs talking about the subject. He has appeared on television shows such as The Learning Channel, Geraldo Rivera, Hard Copy, Sightings, Encounters, The Other Side, Inside Edition, the BBC in London, Spanish Language programs, (Sabado Gigante-"EL Y ELLA"), and on many Network News broadcasts, ABC, NBC, CBS NEWS. He has appeared in many UFO related magazines, America On-line, The Internet, CompuServe, Newspapers and radio talk shows. He has lectured at many conventions on the subject including, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, and Mexico City. His first hand experiences with the phenomena and background in the Entertainment Industry, lend a unique quality in presenting UFOs to the public. - www.tblnfilms.comWatch the entire TV episode at - https://youtu.be/ztYQLqfoOzwFor Your Listening Pleasure for these Lockdown / Stay-At-Home COVID and Variants Times - For all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv.Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other!That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv
Producer-Director, Jose Escamilla has been editing film and video for over 20 years. Video productions in release nationwide include; L.A. Gang Violence - a documentary about LA Gangs and Donny - The Educational Dinosaur, a cartoon series starring; RUTH BUZZI, RICHARD MOLL, SWOOSIE KURTZ, BRENDA VACCARO, KATHY IRELAND, ED BEGLEY, JR., DR. JOYCE BROTHERS, TOM BOSLEY, CARLOS PALOMINO, and NEL CARTER. In 1985 he put together a world event entitled: ONE MINUTE OF PEACE, where he asked everyone in the world to stop what they were doing all together for "one minute" in honor of Samantha Smith and the children of the world. He performed the title song at The Hollywood Bowl and via satellite world wide and the One Minute of Peace project was underway. He produced, arranged and performed all the background music for TITO GUIZAR in 1990, as he helped Tito make a comeback with his music in an album and home video which Jose produced. Tito has starred in Mari Mar, the latest hot "novella" now airing in Mexico and the US and is now starring in his third soap opera in Mexico at age 88! Tito Guizar, best known as the Mexican Troubadour, making famous such songs as, Alla En El Rancho Grande, Cielito Lindo, Maria Elena, Guadalajara, Jalisco, South of The Border, What a Difference a Day Makes , and many more songs that are standards today all over the world. Jose's work with Tito is an experience that he will never forget. "Tito is the last living legend from Mexico and the Golden Era of Hollywood." Aside from Jose's work with many artists and celebrities, Jose's UFO experiences that occurred at Midway, New Mexico on March 5,1994, have put him on a variety of lectures and television and radio programs talking about the subject. He has appeared on television shows such as The Learning Channel, Geraldo Rivera, Hard Copy, Sightings, Encounters, The Other Side, Inside Edition, the BBC in London, Spanish Language programs, (Sabado Gigante-"EL Y ELLA"), and on many Network News broadcasts, ABC, NBC, CBS NEWS. He has appeared in many UFO related magazines, America On-line, The Internet, CompuServe, Newspapers and radio talk shows. He has lectured at many conventions on the subject including, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, and Mexico City. His first hand experiences with the phenomena and background in the Entertainment Industry, lend a unique quality in presenting UFOs to the public. - www.tblnfilms.comWatch the entire TV episode at - https://youtu.be/ztYQLqfoOzwFor Your Listening Pleasure for these Lockdown / Stay-At-Home COVID and Variants Times - For all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv.Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other!That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 378, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Seashore Life 1: An edible type of this seaweed seen at low tide grows up to 10 feet long on the Atlantic coast. Kelp. 2: Blubber and the tufts at the base of their densely packed feathers keep them warm while diving. Penguins. 3: The American species of this crustacean has a 6-segmented tail. Lobster. 4: They hang around in bars, feed on plankton and produce those famous little spheres of nacre. Oysters. 5: Scallops swim for their lives when they sense these 5-armed creatures approaching. Starfish. Round 2. Category: Of "Love" 1: Fred Grandy popped up as Gopher on this cruisin' TV show. The Love Boat. 2: It's not a vixen's mitten, it's a traditional herb used in medicines and also known as figwort. foxglove. 3: Adjective for the hoof of a goat or a devil. cloven. 4: The title of this 1985 Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel should put you at disease. Love in the Time of Cholera. 5: The capital of this former Yugoslav Republic and now independent nation is Ljubljana. Slovenia. Round 3. Category: Tv "Love" 1: "Love and the Pill" and "Love and a Couple of Couples" were a couple of the episodes in its 1st telecast. Love, American Style. 2: Chuck Woolery presides and the audience "decides" how couples should match up on this show. Love Connection. 3: After playing newlyweds on this 1972-3 show, David Birney and Meredith Baxter became real-life husband and wife. Bridget Loves Bernie. 4: Sitcom in which Tony Randall and Swoosie Kurtz formed an odd but loving couple. Love,Sidney. 5: It was the title for the original "Bob Cummings Show" in syndication. Love That Bob. Round 4. Category: Transportation 1: The Oregon, California and Mormon trails followed this east-west River in Nebraska. the Platte. 2: Some of these vehicles survived a 1906 earthquake and are still in use on the Powell Street line today. (San Francisco) cable cars. 3: Type of auto engine, or a tomato cocktail. V8. 4: From the French for "to carry" it's what Lewis and Clark had to do a lot of with their canoes. portage. 5: The world's largest railway station, this U.S. landmark covers some 48 acres. Grand Central Station. Round 5. Category: The King James Bible Tells Me So 1: John 20:"Then saith he to" this man, "...be not faithless, but believing". (Doubting) Thomas. 2: James 5:"Ye have heard of the patience of" this man. Job. 3: Luke 4, to this person:"Heal thyself". physician. 4: Genesis 4:"And the Lord set a mark upon" this man, "lest any finding him should kill him". Cain. 5: Matthew 14:"Give me here" this man's "head in a charger". John the Baptist. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
“No one ever knows anyone. You're not ever gonna know me.” We watched The Rules of Attraction (2002) with MTMUG Superstar Mike Toscano and we always knew it would be like this. We're taking another trip into Bret Easton Ellis territory with this slick entry from director Roger Avery. The cast is filled to the brim with beautiful up and comers and even one or two teen soap stars trying to break the mold. Released during the Golden Age of the Special Edition DVD - we talk about all FIVE commentary tracks and even the infamous deleted scene that was left off the DVD featuring Casper Van Dien taking on the role of American Psycho's Patrick Bateman (apparently Christian Bale was busy). Our teenage gay selves showed up for the college boys dancing in their underwear but our adult gay selves keep coming back for Swoosie Kurtz and Faye Dunaway popping pills over martinis. Rock and Roll. Thanks for listening and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! www.patreon.com/moviesthatmadeusgay Facebook/Instagram: @moviesthatmadeusgay Twitter: @MTMUGPod Scott Youngbauer: Twitter @oscarscott / Instagram @scottyoungballer Peter Lozano: Twitter/Instagram @peterlasagna
Goldie Hawn lands her dream job as a high school football coach in this fun sports comedy co-starring Swoosie Kurtz, Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Mykelti Williamson, Robyn Lively, and Nipsey Russell.
Hey everybody and welcome to another episode of The Wrinkled Rabbit Podcast! This week we're talking about David Byrne's first and only directorial effort, True Stories. The film is about a small Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converage on a local parade and talent show. It stars David Byrne, John Goodman, Swoosie Kurtz, Spalding Gray, Annie McEnroe, and Jo Harvey Allen. Next Week's Movie: Kubo and the Two Strings YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/WrinkledRabbitProductions Twitter: https://twitter.com/WrinkledRabbit Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wrinkledrabbit/
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We get to chat with Mayim Bialik about her new show, Call Me Kat, a fun sitcom set in a cat cafe. We learn about Mayim and where the show began. We find out the inside scoop about all her costars from Leslie Jordan to Swoosie Kurtz. What are they really like? Is Mayim a real cat person? Are the cats actors? What is it like working with cat costars? Find out in this meow-valous episode! EPISODE NOTES: Call Me Kat!
Happy 25 to Gay Card Revoked! To celebrate, Rob and Robbie are heading back to 28 Barbary Lane to examine the subsequent TV series in the Tales canon: More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, Tales of the City: 2019 The boys look at why Olympia Dukakis always get blackmailed, Jim Jones living in a park, Swoosie Kurtz's need for a room with a view, losing Mary Ann Singleton in Season 3, Mother Mucca, and the brilliance of Barbara Garrick! Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook Next episode: SHELLEY DUVALL'S FAIRYTALE THEATER
Joyce, originally from a small town in Maryland, spent 30 years in New York City working as an actress working in theatre, TV, and film.She appeared in the original cast of Fifth of July and Prelude to a Kiss on Broadway, and notable off-Broadway productions such as The Hot L Baltimore, the Miss Firecracker Contest, and the runner stumbles. As a member of Circle Repertory Company, Joyce had a chance to work with some big-name actors such as William Hurt, Christopher Reeve, Debra Monk, Swoosie Kurtz, Jeff Daniels, Alec Baldwin, and Mary Louise Parker. She also did many TV and Radio commercials, most famously she was the original “Doctor Mom” in the popular Robitussin TV commercials and the voice for IKEA’s radio commercials.Her TV work included such shows as Law & Order, Ed, Kate and Allie, NYPD Blue, and Cosby as well as numerous daytime dramas. Lastly, her film credits include Longtime Companion, Lorenzo’s Oil, and Roommates. Joyce is a proud member of Actors Equity and the Screen Actors Guild. She and her husband now live in Pinehurst, NC where she writes for the local newspaper, The Pilot and has performed locally a couple of times with the Judson Theatre Company, the Sandhills local professional theatre.
PRÓLOGO é o programa que analisa os pilotos de séries novas, pra saber se vale a pena ou melhor ir para outra série. Neste programa, Vinícius Schiavini analisa o piloto de Call me Kat! Call me Kat tem no elenco Mayim Bialik, Cheyenne Jackson, Kyla Pratt, Julian Gant, Leslie Jordan e Swoosie Kurtz! Duração: 9 minutos. […]
PRÓLOGO é o programa que analisa os pilotos de séries novas, pra saber se vale a pena ou melhor ir para outra série. Neste programa, Vinícius Schiavini analisa o piloto de Call me Kat! Call me Kat tem no elenco Mayim Bialik, Cheyenne Jackson, Kyla Pratt, Julian Gant, Leslie Jordan e Swoosie Kurtz! Duração: 9 minutos. […]
This is one of my favorite films so I was beyond excited to talk this one. We ask Charles about the original film, remember the days of Ryan Phillippe the heartthrob, and obsess about Sarah Michelle Gellar...duh! --- GIVE US A 5 STAR RATING & SUBSCRIBE!Hosts: Lauren @lauren_melanie & Mikey @agentmikey007 & Charles @charleshaslamIntro & Outro music by Den-Mate @imdenmateFollow Fashion Grunge Podcast on Instagram @fashiongrungepod and fashiongrunge.com
A darkly comedic (and very liberal) adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel about college students who are drug addicted, suicidal, and/or sociopathic. It's horrific but is it a horror film? Written for screen and Directed by Roger Avary. Starring James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Ian Somerhalder, Jessica Biel, Kip Pardue, Kate Bosworth, Jay Baruchel, Clifton Collins Jr., Faye Dunaway, Fred Savage, Swoosie Kurtz, Paul Williams & Russell Sams How is the world wrong about this film? From Bryan: A lot of people, including critics, were rightfully turned off by this movie. It’s hella upsetting at times. But, just because a movie is about unlikable people doesn’t make it a bad movie. An early 21st masterpiece from Roger Avary (Killing Zoe, Pulp Fiction). Radio8Ball with Andras Jones:http://www.radio8ball.com/ The Director's Wall with Bryan Connolly & AJ Gonzalez:https://directorswall.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Little Me Host, Marc Tumminelli catches up with Broadway legend - Danielle Ferland in this week's episode of Little Me: Growing Up Broadway. Danielle shares her incredible story of making her Broadway debut in the original cast of Sunday in the Park with George and quickly becoming Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's go to girl. Danielle talks about creating the role of Little Red in the original Broadway cast of Into The Woods. and shares all the backstage stories on getting her start, her first audition, working with Mandy Patinkin, dressing room chats with Bernadette Peters, making the Into The Woods cast recording and PBS film, hanging out with Tom Cruise, performing in A Little Night Music at City Opera with Regina Resnik, working with Woody Allen, dinners in italy with Helena Bonham Carter, rehearsals with Katie Holmes, parties at Swoosie Kurtz's apartment, her brilliant Bart Simpson impression and filming Mighty Mighty Aphrodite, Orange is the New Black, The Normal Heart and starring in the Broadway casts of Frog and Toad and All My Sons! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ashley, Matt and Aaron take a moment to discuss this quirky 1986 movie co-written and directed by David Byrne of the Talking Heads. It's about the lives and events of various people who live and work in a small town in Texas.
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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 02/27/2020 For some reason considered to be a cult classic, this week we sit down with Tom Zarnowski to talk about the 2001 bomb "Bubble Boy" directed by Blair Hayes and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Marley Shelton, Swoosie Kurtz, Danny Trejo and Verne Troyer.
For some reason considered to be a cult classic, this week we sit down with Tom Zarnowski to talk about the 2001 bomb "Bubble Boy" directed by Blair Hayes and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Marley Shelton, Swoosie Kurtz, Danny Trejo and Verne Troyer.This week's episode is sponsored by Podcorn. Explore sponsorship opportunities and start monetizing your podcast by signing up at podcorn.com/podcasters
On this week's episode, the gang welcomes back Vulture writer and friend of the show, Angelica Jade Bastién to chat about the outrageous teen sex romp, Cruel Intentions! Was no one considering the fact that these characters are like 18 tops? What is with Ryan Phillippe's terrible duster? And did we really need this horrendous Joshua Jackson character? PLUS: Chris Cabin falls down a paranoid rabbit hole trying to connect the dots in The Rise of Skywalker! Cruel Intentions stars Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Joshua Jackson, Sean Patrick Thomas, Christine Baranski, Eric Mabius, Swoosie Kurtz, Tara Reid, and Louise Fletcher; directed by Roger Kumble.
Let's Face The Facts - A Facts Of Life Podcast by David Almeida
Matthew and I discuss and/or mention in passing: Zach Nadolski, Poop, Alf, CDs, Vinyl, Ethel Merman, Gypsy, Bette Midler, Experience The Divine, Cassingles, 8-track tapes, Annie Get Your Gun, Computers, Time Magazine, Epcot, Danny Kaye, Princess Grace / Grace Kelly, Barbara Bel Geddes, Rear Window, E.T., Annie, John Huston, Carol Burnett, Tim Curry, Bernadette Peters, Albert Finney, Aileen Quinn, Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Warehouses?, Dolly Parton, 9 to 5, Mr. T, Eye Of The Tiger, Gonna Fly Now, Michael Jackson, Thriller, Ebony & Ivory, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Abracadabra, Steve Miller Band, Fall 1982 Television, NBC, Must-See TV, Square Pegs, CBS, Sarah Jessica Parker, My So-Called Life, Newhart, Bob Newhart, Julia Duffy, Suzanne Pleshette, The A-Team, Ace Crawford Private Eye, Tim Conway, Gloria, Sally Struthers, All In The Family, St. Elsewhere, Family Ties, Cheers, Knight Rider, Remington Steele, Silver Spoons, Mama’s Family, Taxi, Voyagers, Gavilan, Bare Essence, Dynasty, Joan Collins, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Amanda’s Place (a/k/a Amanda’s By The Sea a/k/a Amanda’s), John Cleese, Fawlty Towers, Family Tree, Bea Arthur, Ann Archer, Melora Hardin, James Spader, The Office, Barney Miller, It’s A Living, Ann Jillian, Too Close For Comfort, Mark & Mindy, The Incredible Hulk, Nurse, Michael Learned, Barbara Mandrell And The Mandrell Sisters, Little House On The Prairie, Little House: A New Beginning, Private Benjamin, Small & Frye, Darrin McGavin, Hill Street Blues, Real People, Monitor, 60 Minutes, CHiPs, Erik Estrada, Fame, Gimme A Break!, The Cosby Show, Michael J. Fox, Gary Coleman, Nell Carter, Isabel Sanford, The Jeffersons, Swoosie Kurtz, Love Sidney, Bonnie Franklin, One Day At A Time, Eileen Brennan, Carol Kane, Marilu Henner, Frasier & Lilith, A New Clap Track, Florence Henderson, Brars, Richard Nixon, Calvin Coolidge, JFK, Cheryl Epps, Jill Tandy, Archie Bunker, Benson, Dorothy Michaels, Dustin Hoffman, Tootsie, Carmen Sandiego, Sears, JCPenney, Report To Murphy, Michael Keaton, Asaad Kelada, James Burroughs, Balloon Knots.facethefactspod.comfacebook.com/facethefactspodtwitter.com/facethefactspodinstagram.com/facethefactspodPlease SUBSCRIBE, RATE, and REVIEW!
Erika and Paul are going through 1999’s Cruel Intentions, starring an Oscar winner, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ryan Phillippe! There’s a lot in this one, folks...we’re not gonna lie. -Erika suggests you go peak Witherspoon after that and watch Legally Blonde. -Paul wants everyone to watch Pushing Daisies with Swoosie Kurtz!
This time around we covered the Milos Forman classic, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the Canon Films cheese-fest, Over the Top and the early noughties teen comedy, Get Over It. Please review us over on Apple Podcasts. Got comments or suggestions for new episodes? Email: sddpod@gmail.com. Seek us out via Twitter and Instagram @ sddfilmpodcast Support our Patreon for $3 a month and get access to our exclusive show, Sudden Double Deep Cuts where we talk about our favourite movie soundtracks, scores and theme songs! On next week's Deeper, Daryl reports on the Canon Film Group! One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest stars Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Will Sampson, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, Brad Dourif, William Redfield, Sydney Lassick and Scatman Crothers. Over the Top stars Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely and David Mendenhall. Get Over It stars Ben Foster, Kirsten Dunst, Melissa Sagemiller, Sisqo, Colin Hanks, Shane West, Martin Short, Coolio, Vitamin C, Zoe Saldana, Carmen Electra, Swoosie Kurtz and Ed Begley Jr.
Episode 5 - JOSE ESCAMILLA - UFOs, Roswell Rods and Cities on the Moon: Producer-Director, Jose Escamilla has been editing film and video for over 20 years. Video productions in release nationwide include; L.A. Gang Violence - a documentary about LA Gangs and Donny - The Educational Dinosaur, a cartoon series starring; RUTH BUZZI, RICHARD MOLL, SWOOSIE KURTZ, BRENDA VACCARO, KATHY IRELAND, ED BEGLEY, JR., DR. JOYCE BROTHERS, TOM BOSLEY, CARLOS PALOMINO, and NEL CARTER. In 1985 he put together a world event entitled: ONE MINUTE OF PEACE, where he asked everyone in the world to stop what they were doing all together for "one minute" in honor of Samantha Smith and the children of the world. He performed the title song at The Hollywood Bowl and via satellite world wide and the One Minute of Peace project was underway. He produced, arranged and performed all the background music for TITO GUIZAR in 1990, as he helped Tito make a comeback with his music in an album and home video which Jose produced. Tito has starred in Mari Mar, the latest hot "novella" now airing in Mexico and the US and is now starring in his third soap opera in Mexico at age 88! Tito Guizar, best known as the Mexican Troubadour, making famous such songs as, Alla En El Rancho Grande, Cielito Lindo, Maria Elena, Guadalajara, Jalisco, South of The Border, What a Difference a Day Makes , and many more songs that are standards today all over the world. Jose's work with Tito is an experience that he will never forget. "Tito is the last living legend from Mexico and the Golden Era of Hollywood." Aside from Jose's work with many artists and celebrities, Jose's UFO experiences that occurred at Midway, New Mexico on March 5,1994, have put him on a variety of lectures and television and radio programs talking about the subject. He has appeared on television shows such as The Learning Channel, Geraldo Rivera, Hard Copy, Sightings, Encounters, The Other Side, Inside Edition, the BBC in London, Spanish Language programs, (Sabado Gigante-"EL Y ELLA"), and on many Network News broadcasts, ABC, NBC, CBS NEWS. He has appeared in many UFO related magazines, America On-line, The Internet, CompuServe, Newspapers and radio talk shows. He has lectured at many conventions on the subject including, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, and Mexico City. His first hand experiences with the phenomena and background in the Entertainment Industry, lend a unique quality in presenting UFOs to the public. - www.tblnfilms.com
Paul and Erika take on 1994’s Reality Bites, a movie many say defines Generation X, which should offend most people of Generation X. -- SHOW NOTES -Here’s the GAP commercial Paul is talking about. Raoul Bova! *swoon* -Swoosie Kurtz was in Pushing Daisies and Paul thinks you should watch it! -Erika thinks the Before Sunrise trilogy is a full delight.
As an actor, how does one follow a performance in a record breaking blockbuster like JURASSIC PARK? If one is Laura Dern, you star in a controversial indie film by a first-time director about the abortion debate, of course. This week it’s her movie, her choice as we discuss Ashley’s pick, dark comedy CITIZEN RUTH (1996) by Alexander Payne. Ashley and Dave marvel at Laura Dern’s ability to render a character with virtually no redeemable qualities as vaguely loveable, and the fact that this film still feels extremely relevant even 20 years later. Plus an appearance by the late, great Burt Reynolds, and SaWT favorites Mary Kay Place and Swoosie Kurtz. Subscribe in iTunes, Android, or Spotify. Follow us on Facebook Visit our site: shutupwatchthis.wordpress.com Send your feedback to shutupwatchthis@gmail.com Please consider leaving a review or a star rating on iTunes, so other folks can find us. © 2018 Ashley Carr & Dave Wilson
The Filmlosophers, Eddie Villanueva, Chad Riley and Spencer Williams, get rich for a few days with this week's review of Overboard (2018). This retelling of the classic Kurt Russell-Goldie Hawn comedy reverses the dynamic between its leading man, Eugenio Derbez, and leading lady, Anna Faris, by having Kate (Faris) take advantage of privileged Leonardo's (Derbez) amnesia to teach him a lesson about the values of hard work and family, albeit deviously and for selfish reasons. Directed by Rob Greenberg, the film also stars Eva Longoria, John Hannah, Swoosie Kurtz and several others. And yes, it will make you want to spend an extended amount of time on a multimillion dollar yacht.
We delve into the world of film and find the forgotten gems or otherwise unappreciated masterpieces of film and talk about them. This episode we discuss one of the best films of all time "Duplex" (2003) which features Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore, Eileen Essell, Harvey Fierstein, Swoosie Kurtz and Maya Rudolph? In this commentary, we talk about the interesting questions that are brought from watching this brilliant film and we hope that we answer some of those questions. This episode features Ryan Sliwinski, Bartek Kasprzyszak, and Cat Holder! PRESS PLAY AT 9:40!
We delve into the world of film and find the forgotten gems or otherwise unappreciated masterpieces of film and talk about them. This episode we discuss one of the best films of all time "Cruel Intentions" (1999) which erotically stars Sarah Michelle McGellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Swoosie Kurtz, Christine Baranski, and Louise Fletcher? In this commentary, we talk about the interesting questions that are brought from watching this brilliant film and we hope that we answer some of those questions. This episode features Ryan Sliwinski & Bartek Kasprzyszak! PRESS PLAY AT 5:25!
It’s time for another episode of Sooz On Film and this time I’m joined by awesome comedian and writer, Taylor Glenn. We cover: ASMR, La La Land, Moonlight, Lion, Leaving Las Vegas, Amadeus, The Dark Crystal, Jack Nicholson, Julia Roberts, Cruel Intentions, Swoosie Kurtz, John Hughes movies, Society, Shrek and Cruel Intentions 2. Check out Taylor’s fantastic podcast she does alongside Caroline Mabey, Self Renovators and follow her on Twitter: @TaylorGlennUK. You can follow me: @SoozUK and if you can spare 30 seconds why not leave a review for Sooz On Film on iTunes.
We delve into the world of film and find the forgotten gems or otherwise unappreciated masterpieces of film and talk about them. This episode we discuss one of the best films of all time "Bubble Boy" (2001) which stars the talents of Jake Gyllenhaal, Swoosie Kurtz, Marley Shelton, John Caroll Lynch, Verne Troyer, Brian George, Danny Trejo and Fabio? In this commentary, we talk about the interesting questions that are brought from watching this brilliant film and we hope that we answer some of those questions. This episode features Ryan Sliwinski, Bartek Kasprzyszak & Sorab Kaikobad! PRESS PLAY AT 7:49!
On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason sing the many praises of Netflix, none greater than being the official Mary Kay Place place, but also for keeping Sissy Spacek, Swoosie Kurtz, Marsha Mason, Ana Gasteyer, and Mary Louise Wilson in paychecks and TV sets. ALSO: Christine Baranski gets an official green light at CBS for her 'Good Wife' spinoff, Helena Bonham Carter helps us clear up Brexit, Naomi Judd is hopefully not a racist (but Wynonna definitely loves grits), Robin Wright has her don't-fuck-with-me-fellas moment and Susan Sarandon will have a fuck-me-fellas moment when she is 80, Sheila E. comes to her own (and Chaka Khan's) defense at Linda Perry's defense of Madonna, and MUCH MUCH MORE!
Actress Swoosie Kurtz discusses her career and her relationship with her mother on The Steve Fast Show. #SwoosieKurtz
…NOTHING BUTT GOOD FOOD.Have you ever woken up in the morning, headed straight to the kitchen and made breakfast naked? I know someone who has…THE BEAR-NAKED CHEF is a sexy and innovative cooking show hosted by its creator, home-chef Adrian De Berardinis. We watch Adrian cook accessible and delicious food while connecting with his viewers by delivering elegant and enticing visuals. His experience combined with his sex-appeal make for an engaging, educational, and unforgettable cooking experience.What is a “Bear”?Often a larger, hairier man who projects an image of rugged masculinity.Why naked?Why not? Adrian believes food is sexy and so is the process of cooking it.What is THE BEAR-NAKED CHEF series?Cooking shows are ordinary and all the same. This provocative short-form web-series offers something different and exciting. We follow Adrian on his naked culinary journey of making simple-to-make, yet sophisticated dishes while using his “smoldering charm” to elevate the experience. Sexualizing food? Maybe. Remember 9 ½ weeks? Adrian believes food and cooking is a very seductive process, so why not feel so while experiencing it? It’s “food-porn” combined with mild nudity. Nudity may be the hook, but his food is legit! And his viewers get a feast for the eyes while learning to cook something uniquely delicious. His approach is simple recipes, fresh ingredients and no carb or calorie counting here!Huffington Post-http://huff.to/1nBF3LOhttp://huff.to/23hUDgiTowleroad-http://bit.ly/1VcjDjhttp://bit.ly/1RX9KIuLogo-http://logo.to/1QoJBABhttp://logo.to/1No0uEYQueerty-http://bit.ly/1OACEKnhttp://bit.ly/1SAue9wOut Magazinehttp://bit.ly/1Uf8FJwDNA Magazine-http://bit.ly/1RvhFfBWho Is THE BEAR-NAKED CHEF?Growing up in a foodie household in Toronto, Canada, Adrian cultivated his passion for authentic Italian cuisine, learning from the caring hands of his mother and grandmother. By age 11, he had the privilege of working in family owned restaurants and pizzerias which honed his kitchen and cooking skills. He specializes in uncomplicated, regional Italian dishes, but his exploration and ability don’t stop there. He experiments with other tastes from around the globe. His experience in New York’s famous east-village restaurant Frank won him an award for “Best focaccia in NYC”.Facebook: Adrian De BerardinisCreated By: Adrian De Berardinis Instagram: @dbear97Produced By: Brandon Roberts Twitter: @ChefbarenakedWWW.BEARNAKEDCHEF.COM Del Shores Del Shores has written, directed and produced successfully across studio and independent film, network and cable television as well as theatre. Shores’ career took off with the play Daddy’s Dyin’ (Who’s Got The Will?) in 1987, which ran two years, winning many Los Angeles theatre awards, including LA Weekly’s Best Production and Best Writing. The play has subsequently been produced in over 2,500 theatres worldwide. A movie version of Daddy’s Dyin’ was released in 1990 by MGM starring Beau Bridges, Tess Harper, Judge Reinhold, Keith Carradine and Beverly D’Angelo. Shores wrote the screenplay and executive produced the film. Sordid Lives, his fourth play, opened in Los Angeles in 1996 and ran 13 sold-out months. The play went on to win 14 Drama-Logue Theatre Awards, including three for Shores for writing, directing and producing. There have since been over 300 additional stage productions of the play. In 1999, Shores wrote and directed the film version of Sordid Lives starring Beau Bridges, Delta Burke, Olivia Newton-John, Bonnie Bedelia, Leslie Jordan and Beth Grant along with most of the original cast from the play. Opening in only eight theatres across the country, the little film that could took in nearly two million dollars in its limited release. The movie became a cult phenomenon and became the longest running film in the history of Palm Springs with a record ninety-six weeks.The movie won many festival awards including Best Film at the New York Independent Film & Video Festival, Atlanta Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival, Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival, South Beach Film Festival, Memphis International Film Festival and the San Diego International Film Festival and won a total of thirteen “Audience Awards.” In 2002 Twentieth Century Fox released the DVD/Video, which has now sold over 300,000 units. His play Southern Baptist Sissies followed, and it enjoyed a ten-month sold-out run in Los Angeles in 2000. Revived in 2002, Sissies had another six month sold-out run. Shores received the LA Weekly, Robby and Maddy for Best Direction and the Backstage West Garland, Robby and Maddy for Best Writing. The play was also awarded the prestigious GLAAD Award for Outstanding Production of the Year.In 2003, The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife became Shores’ most critically acclaimed play. After a six-month sold-out run in Los Angeles, Shores won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle’s Ted Schmitt Award for Best World Premiere of an Outstanding New Play. The Circle also awarded the play Best Production and Best Lead Performance to Beth Grant. Trials also won five Back Stage West Garland Awards, two NAACP Awards, an LA Stage Alliance Ovation and three LA Weekly Awards.In 2006, Shores revived three of his plays (Sordid Lives, Southern Baptist Sissies, The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife) in Los Angeles before taking to the road for asuccessful six city national tour, starring Delta Burke and Leslie Jordan, which played in 1000- 1700 seat houses.Sordid Lives: The Series, a television series prequel to the film, premiered on Viacom’s LOGO network in 2008 starring Olivia Newton-John, Rue McClanahan, Leslie Jordan, Beth Grant, Caroline Rhea and many of the original stage and film cast. Shores created, wrote, directed and executive produced all twelve episodes. The series became LOGO’s biggest hit to date, and was distributed internationally through IMG worldwide in syndication in seventeen countries. In addition to Sordid Lives: The Series, in television Shores has written and produced for many shows including Dharma and Greg and the last three seasons of the ground-breaking Showtime series Queer as Folk. He also wrote, directed and produced the Showtime movie The Wilde Girls, starring Olivia Newton-John and Swoosie Kurtz.In 2009, Shores hit the road and played 34 cities to sold-out houses with his one-man show Del Shores: My Sordid Life. The DVD was filmed and released in 2012 by Breaking Glass Pictures. He also performed stand-up with various Sordid Lives stars including Rue McClanahan, Caroline Rhea and Leslie Jordan in A Sordid Affair, playing large theatres in Dallas, Atlanta, Ft. Lauderdale and Raleigh as well as four nights at Comix in New York City.The world premiere of Shores’ newest play, Yellow, opened June 11, 2010 to rave reviews and ran six sold-out months. Yellow followed in the unmatched footsteps of Shores’ six previousworld premiere productions that have run collectively for over eight years and won over one hundred Los Angeles theatre awards. The production swept various Los Angeles theatreawards including Best World Premiere, Best Production, Best Direction for Del Shores himself (Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, Backstage Garland, LA Weekly, Broadway World.) The play became Shores’ seventh Samuel French published play and played to sold-out houses for Uptown Players in Dallas at the historic Kalita Humpheys Theater. He also directed the Dallas production.Shores wrote, directed and produced the film version of his play The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife with the entire original stage cast: Beth Grant (Sordid Lives, Little Miss Sunshine, No Country For Old Men) Octavia Spencer (Oscar, Golden Globe, SAG Award Winner “Minnie” in The Help), Dale Dickey (Spirit Award Winner, Best Supporting Actress Winter’s Bone), David Steen (Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained) and top 10 Billboard dance artist Debby Holiday. The film adaption is entitled Blues For Willadean and was released in select theatres in late 2012. It is now available on iTunes and DVD.In the summer of 2011, Shores took to the road again, selling out his new stand-up show Del Shores: Sordid Confessions in 40 cities. Shores returned to his home state of Texas in January of 2012 to film the show at the famous Rose Room in Dallas. Breaking Glass Pictures released the DVD to rave reviews. His stand-up career continued to explode and he launched his third national tour in 2012 with Del Shores: Naked.Sordid.Reality. The tour became his most successful, playing over 50 dates. He returned to the Rose Room to film the show in March 2013, which will be released in the fall of 2014. He continues to tour with his “best of” stand-up called Del Shores: My Sordid Best.Shores filmed his play Southern Baptist Sissies in January 2013. The film played the film festival circuit and won fifteen festival awards, nine of them Audience Awards. Sissies stars Emerson Collins, Willam Belli, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Luke Stratte-McClure, Dale Dickey, Leslie Jordan, Newell Alexander, Rosemary Alexander, Bobbie Eakes and Ann Walker. Del has also won or been nominated for GLAAD, NAACP, Ovation, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, LA Weekly and Backstage Garland awards for writing, directing and producing. He has Lifetime Achievement awards from LA Weekly and FilmOut San Diego and is the 2013 recipient of The Stanley Kramer Emerging Filmmaker Award.Del also recently returned to acting and completed principal photography, co-starring in the independent feature Cry, now playing in film festivals. FOLLOW HIM ON TWITTER AT @DELSHORESVISIT HIS FAN PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DELSHORESFANCLUB.“DEL SHORES IS THE GRAND MASTER OF SOUTHERN LOWLIFE SENSIBILITIES.” DAILY VARIETY
País Reino Unido Director Stephen Frears Guión Christopher Hampton (Novela: Choderlos de Laclos) Música George Fenton Fotografía Philippe Rousselot Reparto Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Keanu Reeves, Uma Thurman, Swoosie Kurtz, Mildred Natwick, Peter Capaldi, Valerie Gogan, Laura Benson Sinopsis Francia, siglo XVIII. La perversa y fascinante Marquesa de Merteuil (Glenn Close) planea vengarse de su último amante con la ayuda de su viejo amigo el Vizconde de Valmont (John Malkovich), un seductor tan amoral y depravado como ella. Una virtuosa mujer casada, Madame de Tourvel (Michelle Pfeiffer), de la que Valmont se enamora, se verá involucrada en las insidiosas maquinaciones de la marquesa.
4 woman ensemble in hour long drama. Obscure, only 2 seasons on DVD, some on YouTube. Emmy Awards for cast & crew The 4 sisters, what have they been up to? Swoosie Kurtz, Patricia Kalember, Sela Ward and Julianne Phillips. Role of Beatrice - Elizabeth Hoffman - feminism by generation Plots including interracial and inter-faith marriage, three plane crashes, menopause, foster parenting the son of a deceased patient, surviving a coma - list nearly never ends. Wonderful escapist drama from a woman's POV
She's a multiple Tony, Emmy, Obie, and Drama Desk Award winner, a Broadway icon, a film star and plays the hysterical character Joyce Flynn on the critically acclaimed long-running sitcom Mike & Molly. And she is the author of a brave and riveting memoir PART SWAN, PART GOOSE. She is actress Swoosie Kurtz and she'll be joining Halli at her table on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show,.With a name like Swoosie she was destined to lead an interesting life. From her first appearance on The Donna Reed Show to her Tony Award-winning roles in Lanford Wilson's Fifth of July and John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves to her much-heralded turns on television series Sisters, Pushing Daisies and Mike & Molly, Swoosie has been embraced by critics and fans alike for her quirky, heartfelt, and always attention-getting performances.Born to become a stellar success, Swoosie is the only child of Frank and Margo Kurtz. Her father was an Olympic diving medalist and one of the most decorated aviators in American history. Her mother, nearing 100 years old is an accomplished, opinionated, and filled-to-bursting personality.The fascinating and accomplished Swoosie Kurtz visits The Halli Casser-Jayne Show. Let's talk. For more information visit goo.gl/PzLurH
The Marquise de Merteuil (Glenn Close) and the Vicomte de Valmont (John Malkovich) display the petty jealousies and jaded insouciance of life in France's royal court in the 18th century, casually ruining the lives of de Merteuil's young romantic rival (Uma Thurman), the music teacher (Keanu Reeves) for whom she secretly pines and the upstanding Madame de Tourvel (Michelle Pfeiffer). But when actual romantic feelings begin to surface, their games take on a more treacherous air. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2XIn6AM/ Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true
The Marquise de Merteuil (Glenn Close) and the Vicomte de Valmont (John Malkovich) display the petty jealousies and jaded insouciance of life in France's royal court in the 18th century, casually ruining the lives of de Merteuil's young romantic rival (Uma Thurman), the music teacher (Keanu Reeves) for whom she secretly pines and the upstanding Madame de Tourvel (Michelle Pfeiffer). But when actual romantic feelings begin to surface, their games take on a more treacherous air. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2XIn6AM/
The panel of performers -- Vondie Curtis-Hall (Raisin In The Sun), Ossie Davis (I'm Not Rappaport), Swoosie Kurtz (1981 Featured Actress Tony for Fifth of July and 1986 Featured Actress Tony for the original production of The House of Blue Leaves), Jean Stapleton (Arsenic and Old Lace, and Loretta Swit (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) -- discuss how they got started in the business, Stapleton's experience working at the Stage Door Canteen and attending the American Theatre Wing school, how dance training contributes to overall performance, working with agents and experiences with typecasting, and balancing a film and television career with stage work.
The panel of performers - Vondie Curtis-Hall ("Raisin In The Sun"), Ossie Davis ("I'm Not Rappaport"), Swoosie Kurtz ("The House of Blue Leaves"), Jean Stapleton ("Arsenic and Old Lace", and Loretta Swit ("The Mystery of Edwin Drood") - discuss how they got started in the business, Stapleton's experience working at the Stage Door Canteen and attending the American Theatre Wing school, how dance training contributes to overall performance, working with agents and experiences with typecasting, and balancing a film and television career with stage work.
We have the full report and videos from the Chuck fan rallies on Monday, May 3rd. Hear about the new Church of Chuck, watch the littlest Nerd Herder eat his name tag, and see fans have a blast spreading the news about Chuck! Distressed about Chuck's low ratings on Monday? We break down a surprisingly long list of reasons why you shouldn't be worried, though we do urge you to watch Chuck live every Monday. Later, we discuss the latest episode of Chuck, Chuck vs. the Role models, which was written by Phil Klemmer, and stars Fred Willard and Swoosie Kurtz. We round out the episode with news, spoilers, and of course a little silly dancing!
We have the full report and videos from the Chuck fan rallies on Monday, May 3rd. Hear about the new Church of Chuck, watch the littlest Nerd Herder eat his name tag, and see fans have a blast spreading the news about Chuck! Distressed about Chuck's low ratings on Monday? We break down a surprisingly long list of reasons why you shouldn't be worried, though we do urge you to watch Chuck live every Monday. Later, we discuss the latest episode of Chuck, Chuck vs. the Role models, which was written by Phil Klemmer, and stars Fred Willard and Swoosie Kurtz. We round out the episode with news, spoilers, and of course a little silly dancing! Miss any episodes? You can find them all at chuckpodcast.blip.tv, and every time you watch it helps to support us! Also, if you like the show, please consider supporting us with a monthly vote at Podcast Alley.
The Podcaster traveled to the City of Angels to visit the set of Pushing Daisies while co-host Joe stayed home to watch the kids. Afterwards, The Podcaster trekked down to the fabled San Diego Comic-Con. Hear the many tales of fancy with creator/producer Bryan Fuller and cast members Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz and Field Cate. The Podcaster will never be the same.
If you missed out on the incredible panel, don’t worry your pretty little heads. Here is the entire PUSHING DAISIES Comic-Con 2008 Panel audio for your enjoyment. Listen as Barry Sonnenfeld guides Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Bryan Fuller, Dan Jinks, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene and Swoosie Kurtz through fan questions and the glorious and imaginative world of Pushing Daisies.
The five performers -- Matthew Broderick (two-time Tony winner for Brighton Beach Memoirs and How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying), Kathleen Chalfant (Wit), Brian Dennehy (Inherit the Wind and a Tony Award for Death of a Salesman), Elizabeth Franz (1999 Tony Award for her featured role in Death of a Salesman), and Swoosie Kurtz (1981 Featured Actress Tony for Fifth of July and 1986 Featured Actress Tony for the original production of The House of Blue Leaves) -- discuss their current and past acting roles, how research and real life experience shapes one's portrayal of a character, how the audience completes the performance equation, stage versus film work, and where they started their performing careers.
The five performers -- Matthew Broderick ("Night Must Fall"), Kathleen Chalfant ("Wit"), Brian Dennehy ("Death of a Salesman"), Elizabeth Franz ("Death of a Salesman"), and Swoosie Kurtz ("The Mineola Twins") -- discuss their current and past acting roles, how research and real life experience shapes one's portrayal of a character, how the audience completes the performance equation, stage versus film work, and where they started their performing careers.
Tovah Feldshuh ("Golda's Balcony"), Marc Kudisch ("Thoroughly Modern Millie"), Swoosie Kurtz ("Frozen"), Rebecca Luker ("Nine"), Denis O'Hare ("Take Me Out") and Lewis J. Stadlen ("The Producers") come together in this interview to talk about their careers - both on Broadway and around the country - covering a variety of topics, including the challenge of playing real people and "capturing their essence," the effect of typecasting, the value of acting teachers, and how in performance they relate to their audiences.
Tovah Feldshuh (Golda's Balcony), Marc Kudisch (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Swoosie Kurtz (Tony winner for Fifth of July and original The House of Blue Leaves), Rebecca Luker (Nine), Denis O'Hare (Take Me Out for which he won a Tony Award) and Lewis J. Stadlen (The Producers) come together in this interview to talk about their careers -- both on Broadway and around the country -- covering a variety of topics, including the challenge of playing real people and ""capturing their essence,"" the effect of typecasting, the value of acting teachers, and how in performance they relate to their audiences.
"Leading Ladies" Blair Brown ("The Clean House"), Blythe Danner ("Suddenly, Last Summer"), Swoosie Kurtz ("Heartbreak House") and Julie White ("The Little Dog Laughed") share their thoughts on their careers on stage, from the difference between working in plays and musicals, to whether they still audition for roles, to the experience of working with living playwrights -- and whether they feel they ever have any power on a production.
"Leading Ladies" and Tony Award winners Blair Brown (Best Featured Actress Tony Award for Copenhagen in 2000), Blythe Danner (1970 Tony Award for Butterflies Are Free), Swoosie Kurtz (1981 Featured Actress Tony for Fifth of July and 1986 Featured Actress Tony for The House of Blue Leaves) and Julie White (2007 Tony Award for her performance in The Little Dog Laughed) share their thoughts on their careers on stage, from the difference between working in plays and musicals, to whether they still audition for roles, to the experience of working with living playwrights -- and whether they feel they ever have any power on a production.
Swoosie Kurtz talks about tackling her first role in a play by George Bernard Shaw in "Heartbreak House"; how she went from Air Force brat to the only American student at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art; her major stage appearances in the original "Uncommon Women and Others", "Fifth of July" and "The House of Blue Leaves"; and why she personally raised $250,000 to insure that "Frozen" made the leap to Broadway. Original air date - October 27, 2006.
Swoosie Kurtz talks about tackling her first role in a play by George Bernard Shaw in "Heartbreak House"; how she went from Air Force brat to the only American student at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art; her major stage appearances in the original "Uncommon Women and Others", "Fifth of July" and "The House of Blue Leaves"; and why she personally raised $250,000 to insure that "Frozen" made the leap to Broadway. Original air date - October 27, 2006.
Swoosie Kurtz talks about tackling her first role in a play by George Bernard Shaw in "Heartbreak House"; how she went from Air Force brat to the only American student at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art; her major stage appearances in the original "Uncommon Women and Others", "Fifth of July" and "The House of Blue Leaves"; and why she personally raised $250,000 to insure that "Frozen" made the leap to Broadway. Original air date - October 27, 2006.
Two time Tony winner SWOOSIE KURTZ guest hosts this week - Also, What did we laern from Katrina and where are we now. Remember, this Podcast is only a half-hour. The full two-hour show is available at AnimalRadio.com.
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