Screenwriter Ed Solomon joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to discuss a few of his favorite movies.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) – Alex Kirschenbaum’s Bill & Ted character power rankings
Bill And Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)
Bill And Ted Face The Music (2020)
Men In Black (1997)
The French Connection (1971) – Dennis Lehane’s trailer commentary, Mark Pellington’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
No Sudden Move (2021)
A Night At The Opera (1935) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Mosaic (2018)
Take The Money And Run (1969)
Bananas (1971) – Robert Weide’s trailer commentary
Sleeper (1973)
Love And Death (1975)
Annie Hall (1977) – Robert Weide’s trailer commentary
Manhattan (1979)
And Now For Something Completely Different… (1971) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary
Blazing Saddles (1974) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Dennis Cozzalio’s Blazing Saddles Thanksgiving
Klute (1971) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review
The Parallax View (1974) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary,...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) – Alex Kirschenbaum’s Bill & Ted character power rankings
Bill And Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)
Bill And Ted Face The Music (2020)
Men In Black (1997)
The French Connection (1971) – Dennis Lehane’s trailer commentary, Mark Pellington’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
No Sudden Move (2021)
A Night At The Opera (1935) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Mosaic (2018)
Take The Money And Run (1969)
Bananas (1971) – Robert Weide’s trailer commentary
Sleeper (1973)
Love And Death (1975)
Annie Hall (1977) – Robert Weide’s trailer commentary
Manhattan (1979)
And Now For Something Completely Different… (1971) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary
Blazing Saddles (1974) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Dennis Cozzalio’s Blazing Saddles Thanksgiving
Klute (1971) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review
The Parallax View (1974) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary,...
- 7/6/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Academy Award winner Alvin Sargent, who penned an extraordinary number of popular and critically successful films, from “Paper Moon” and “Ordinary People” to the “Spider-Man” sequels of the 2000s, died Thursday, his talent agency Gersh confirmed to Variety. He was 92.
Sargent won adapted screenplay Oscars for “Julia” in 1978 and “Ordinary People” in 1981 and was also nominated in the category in 1974 for “Paper Moon.” (He also received Writers Guild awards for all three films.) The writer worked with many of Hollywood’s top directors over the course of his career, including Alan J. Pakula, John Frankenheimer. Paul Newman, Peter Bogdanovich, Sydney Pollack, Fred Zinnemann, Robert Redford, Martin Ritt, Norman Jewison, Stephen Frears and Wayne Wang, though not always when those helmers were doing their best work.
Sargent started as a writer for television but broke into features with his screenplay for 1966’s “Gambit,” a Ronald Neame-directed comedy thriller starring Michael Caine,...
Sargent won adapted screenplay Oscars for “Julia” in 1978 and “Ordinary People” in 1981 and was also nominated in the category in 1974 for “Paper Moon.” (He also received Writers Guild awards for all three films.) The writer worked with many of Hollywood’s top directors over the course of his career, including Alan J. Pakula, John Frankenheimer. Paul Newman, Peter Bogdanovich, Sydney Pollack, Fred Zinnemann, Robert Redford, Martin Ritt, Norman Jewison, Stephen Frears and Wayne Wang, though not always when those helmers were doing their best work.
Sargent started as a writer for television but broke into features with his screenplay for 1966’s “Gambit,” a Ronald Neame-directed comedy thriller starring Michael Caine,...
- 5/11/2019
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
Timothy Bottoms Gets His Pound Of Flesh
By
Alex Simon
Timothy Bottoms became an overnight sensation at the height of the so-called “Easy Riders and Raging Bulls” era, after landing the leading role in The Last Picture Show (1971), Peter Bogdanovich’s film about the social and sexual rites of small town Texans in the early 1950s. Internationally acclaimed for his portrait of Sonny, a sensitive kid struggling to find his way in the harsh landscape of post-war America, the then-twenty year-old Bottoms suddenly found himself not only in-demand as a rising young star, but a major celebrity, as well, with younger brothers Sam (who co-starred in The Last Picture Show), Joseph and Ben following in their older brother’s footsteps, making names for themselves on stage and screen. Bottoms reprised the role of Sonny for Picture Show's 1990 sequel, Texasville.
After another triumphant turn with the lead in James Bridges’ The Paper Chase...
By
Alex Simon
Timothy Bottoms became an overnight sensation at the height of the so-called “Easy Riders and Raging Bulls” era, after landing the leading role in The Last Picture Show (1971), Peter Bogdanovich’s film about the social and sexual rites of small town Texans in the early 1950s. Internationally acclaimed for his portrait of Sonny, a sensitive kid struggling to find his way in the harsh landscape of post-war America, the then-twenty year-old Bottoms suddenly found himself not only in-demand as a rising young star, but a major celebrity, as well, with younger brothers Sam (who co-starred in The Last Picture Show), Joseph and Ben following in their older brother’s footsteps, making names for themselves on stage and screen. Bottoms reprised the role of Sonny for Picture Show's 1990 sequel, Texasville.
After another triumphant turn with the lead in James Bridges’ The Paper Chase...
- 5/22/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Nicole Kidman is developing a remake of the 1973 Alan J. Pakula film Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing as a possible starring vehicle, The Wrap reports. Kidman’s production company Blossom Films is developing the project with producers Laura Ziskin and Susan Landau, as well as Kidman’s Blossom partener, Per Saari (who co-produced Kidman’s current Oscar vehicle, Rabbit Hole).
The original film starred Timothy Bottoms and Maggie Smith as tourists who meet in Spain and find themselves falling for the other, despite mutual uncertainty about the viability of a long-term relationship. Love and Pain…, directed by Pakula (All The President’s Men) and written by Alvin Sargent (Ordinary People, Spider-Man) has a relatively impressive 7 out of 10 stars on IMDb.
Nicole Kidman has recently been pursuing roles as far from her blockbuster contemporaries as possible, following her turn as a bitter, bitchy writer in Margot at the Wedding...
The original film starred Timothy Bottoms and Maggie Smith as tourists who meet in Spain and find themselves falling for the other, despite mutual uncertainty about the viability of a long-term relationship. Love and Pain…, directed by Pakula (All The President’s Men) and written by Alvin Sargent (Ordinary People, Spider-Man) has a relatively impressive 7 out of 10 stars on IMDb.
Nicole Kidman has recently been pursuing roles as far from her blockbuster contemporaries as possible, following her turn as a bitter, bitchy writer in Margot at the Wedding...
- 1/17/2011
- by Anthony Vieira
- The Film Stage
Filed under: Movie News, Cinematical
Marvel continues their slow drip of 'Captain America' images, the latest of which arrives to us via the La Times.
Speaking of superheroes, Emma Stone has confirmed that those tiny glints of metal on the underside of Andrew Garfield's wrists in the first official image of the new 'Spider-Man' are, in fact, a kind of web-slinging device.
A remake of 'Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing' is gearing up with Nicole Kidman on board as a producer and potential lead. The original 1973 film starred Maggie Smith and Timothy Bottoms as two tourists who fall in love while in Spain.
Though the film may not have a committed director yet, Korean actor extraordinaire (seriously, if you don't like him, you're crazy) Lee Byung-Hun will return to 'G.I. Joe 2' to play Storm Shadow.
Fox has shifted around a handful of upcoming release dates,...
Marvel continues their slow drip of 'Captain America' images, the latest of which arrives to us via the La Times.
Speaking of superheroes, Emma Stone has confirmed that those tiny glints of metal on the underside of Andrew Garfield's wrists in the first official image of the new 'Spider-Man' are, in fact, a kind of web-slinging device.
A remake of 'Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing' is gearing up with Nicole Kidman on board as a producer and potential lead. The original 1973 film starred Maggie Smith and Timothy Bottoms as two tourists who fall in love while in Spain.
Though the film may not have a committed director yet, Korean actor extraordinaire (seriously, if you don't like him, you're crazy) Lee Byung-Hun will return to 'G.I. Joe 2' to play Storm Shadow.
Fox has shifted around a handful of upcoming release dates,...
- 1/17/2011
- by Peter Hall
- Moviefone
Filed under: Movie News, Cinematical
Marvel continues their slow drip of 'Captain America' images, the latest of which arrives to us via the La Times.
Speaking of superheroes, Emma Stone has confirmed that those tiny glints of metal on the underside of Andrew Garfield's wrists in the first official image of the new 'Spider-Man' are, in fact, a kind of web-slinging device.
A remake of 'Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing' is gearing up with Nicole Kidman on board as a producer and potential lead. The original 1973 film starred Maggie Smith and Timothy Bottoms as two tourists who fall in love while in Spain.
Though the film may not have a committed director yet, Korean actor extraordinaire (seriously, if you don't like him, you're crazy) Lee Byung-Hun will return to 'G.I. Joe 2' to play Storm Shadow.
Fox has shifted around a handful of upcoming release dates,...
Marvel continues their slow drip of 'Captain America' images, the latest of which arrives to us via the La Times.
Speaking of superheroes, Emma Stone has confirmed that those tiny glints of metal on the underside of Andrew Garfield's wrists in the first official image of the new 'Spider-Man' are, in fact, a kind of web-slinging device.
A remake of 'Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing' is gearing up with Nicole Kidman on board as a producer and potential lead. The original 1973 film starred Maggie Smith and Timothy Bottoms as two tourists who fall in love while in Spain.
Though the film may not have a committed director yet, Korean actor extraordinaire (seriously, if you don't like him, you're crazy) Lee Byung-Hun will return to 'G.I. Joe 2' to play Storm Shadow.
Fox has shifted around a handful of upcoming release dates,...
- 1/17/2011
- by Peter Hall
- Cinematical
Nicole Kidman is developing a remake of Alan J. Pakula's 1973 comedy-drama Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing, according to a report by The Playlist. Kidman is working with her producing partner Per Saari, and she plans to take the lead female role. The film follows two tourists who meet and fall in love in Spain, though their non-epic relationship doesn't follow the straightforward route of many screen romances. Kidman and Saari's Blossom Films production company was behind Rabbit Hole, a movie that has seen the actress garner some...
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- 1/16/2011
- by Matt Maytum
- TotalFilm
The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Quick Stop Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…
(Please support Quick Stop by using the links below to make any impulse purchases - it helps to keep us going…)
What made the comedy of Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind work so well was the actual musicianship of its principal trio, who’ve decided to take center stage as themselves for Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening With Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer (Courgette Records, Not Rated, DVD-$15.97 Srp), a must-have concert DVD that is exactly what it says on the tin.
Having seen it’s uber-cool,...
(Please support Quick Stop by using the links below to make any impulse purchases - it helps to keep us going…)
What made the comedy of Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind work so well was the actual musicianship of its principal trio, who’ve decided to take center stage as themselves for Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening With Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer (Courgette Records, Not Rated, DVD-$15.97 Srp), a must-have concert DVD that is exactly what it says on the tin.
Having seen it’s uber-cool,...
- 9/13/2009
- by UncaScroogeMcD
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