Veteran actor and frequent scene stealer Bruce Davison joins Josh Olson and Joe Dante to discuss a few of his favorite films.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Extra School (2017)
Gone With The Wind (1939)
Willard (1971) – Joe Dante’s review, Lee Broughton’s Blu-ray review
Fortune And Men’s Eyes (1971)
Short Cuts (1993) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Longtime Companion (1989)
Last Summer (1969) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary
Short Eyes (1977)
The Manor (2021)
Ulzana’s Raid (1972) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review and All-Region Blu-ray review
King Solomon’s Mines (1950) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937)
Them! (1954) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary
Tarantula (1955) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Spartacus (1960) – Larry Cohen’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Ben-Hur (1959) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
Psycho (1960) – John Landis’s trailer commentary,...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Extra School (2017)
Gone With The Wind (1939)
Willard (1971) – Joe Dante’s review, Lee Broughton’s Blu-ray review
Fortune And Men’s Eyes (1971)
Short Cuts (1993) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Longtime Companion (1989)
Last Summer (1969) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary
Short Eyes (1977)
The Manor (2021)
Ulzana’s Raid (1972) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review and All-Region Blu-ray review
King Solomon’s Mines (1950) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937)
Them! (1954) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary
Tarantula (1955) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Spartacus (1960) – Larry Cohen’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Ben-Hur (1959) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
Psycho (1960) – John Landis’s trailer commentary,...
- 2/8/2022
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Camera operators, co-anchors and onlookers surround Savannah Guthrie whenever she appears on a broadcast of NBC’s “Today.” For a new streaming offering, however, sometimes she must fly solo.
Guthrie is hunkered down in her dressing room two flights of stairs above Studio 1A, the longtime home of the venerable morning show, fidgeting with a ring light that she can’t get to stay in a fixed position due to a faulty clamp. Rainy weather is keeping her from doing what was supposed to be a quick outdoor interview with the country band Lady A for the latest edition of “Six-Minute Marathon,” a recurring feature where she throws questions rapid-fire at any number of celebrity guests: “If you were arrested, with no explanation, what would your family think you had done?” “If you were stuck on a desert island and could only have one food, what would it be?” “What...
Guthrie is hunkered down in her dressing room two flights of stairs above Studio 1A, the longtime home of the venerable morning show, fidgeting with a ring light that she can’t get to stay in a fixed position due to a faulty clamp. Rainy weather is keeping her from doing what was supposed to be a quick outdoor interview with the country band Lady A for the latest edition of “Six-Minute Marathon,” a recurring feature where she throws questions rapid-fire at any number of celebrity guests: “If you were arrested, with no explanation, what would your family think you had done?” “If you were stuck on a desert island and could only have one food, what would it be?” “What...
- 11/17/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Hugh Downs, who began appearing on television at the dawn of the medium and gained fame as co-host of 20/20, host of Today and as Jack Paar’s sidekick on the Tonight Show, has died.
The Washington Post and New York Times cited a statement from Downs’ family in reporting his death on July 1 at his home in Scottsdale, Az. The cause was reported to be a heart ailment, and not related to Covid-19.
Downs appeared on air for more than 10,000 hours, which was a record until Regis Philbin eclipsed it in the 2000s. He officially signed off in 1999 after more than a half-century on the air.
Viewers in the 1980s and 1990s got to know Downs during his long co-hosting stint with Barbara Walters on ABC’s 20/20. In her 2008 memoir, Audition, the Post recalled, Walters noted their different approaches but also her fondness for Downs.
“Hugh and I had different personalities and different styles,...
The Washington Post and New York Times cited a statement from Downs’ family in reporting his death on July 1 at his home in Scottsdale, Az. The cause was reported to be a heart ailment, and not related to Covid-19.
Downs appeared on air for more than 10,000 hours, which was a record until Regis Philbin eclipsed it in the 2000s. He officially signed off in 1999 after more than a half-century on the air.
Viewers in the 1980s and 1990s got to know Downs during his long co-hosting stint with Barbara Walters on ABC’s 20/20. In her 2008 memoir, Audition, the Post recalled, Walters noted their different approaches but also her fondness for Downs.
“Hugh and I had different personalities and different styles,...
- 7/2/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Longtime “Saturday Night Live” director Phil Hymes died Monday, an NBC spokesperson confirmed to Variety. He was 96.
Hymes, who began his career at NBC in 1951, starting work at “SNL” during its second season in 1976. He worked on more than 500 episodes of NBC’s venerable sketch comedy program and served as its lighting director until last year. In addition to his technical work, Hymes appeared in sketches during episodes hosted by Ralph Nader in 1977, Christopher Walken in 2000, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in 2006.
He broke records during his extensive career, becoming the oldest person to win an Emmy in 2018 for outstanding lighting design and lighting direction for a variety series for his work on Kevin Hart’s “SNL” episode. He also won an Emmy for Hallmark Hall of Fame television film “The Magnificent Yankee” in 1965 for outstanding individual achievements in entertainment centered on lighting design. Over the span of his career, he earned a total of 10 Emmy nominations,...
Hymes, who began his career at NBC in 1951, starting work at “SNL” during its second season in 1976. He worked on more than 500 episodes of NBC’s venerable sketch comedy program and served as its lighting director until last year. In addition to his technical work, Hymes appeared in sketches during episodes hosted by Ralph Nader in 1977, Christopher Walken in 2000, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in 2006.
He broke records during his extensive career, becoming the oldest person to win an Emmy in 2018 for outstanding lighting design and lighting direction for a variety series for his work on Kevin Hart’s “SNL” episode. He also won an Emmy for Hallmark Hall of Fame television film “The Magnificent Yankee” in 1965 for outstanding individual achievements in entertainment centered on lighting design. Over the span of his career, he earned a total of 10 Emmy nominations,...
- 7/31/2019
- by Mackenzie Nichols
- Variety Film + TV
I made my first appearance on television four years after the Civil Rights Act passed. I was around 9 years old and in foster care, a budding ballet dancer on a talk show hosted by Dave Garroway — the founding host and anchor of NBC’s “Today.” His headline guest was the legendary Eartha Kitt. It was a time wrought with grief, following the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. I had won a full scholarship for underserved black children at The Cambridge School of Ballet in Harvard Square. There were riots and fires. Poverty and...
- 3/27/2015
- by Victoria Rowell
- The Wrap
Willie Geist is officially joining NBC's Today, it has been announced. The journalist announced on Wednesday's (October 10) Today that he will soon begin hosting the programme's 9am hour. "I'm thrilled," Geist told viewers. "I was thinking coming over here [about] 60 years of Today show history going back to Dave Garroway. And to be some small part of that is completely humbling." (more)...
- 10/10/2012
- by By Justin Harp
- Digital Spy
The "Today" show celebrated its 60th anniversary on Friday in typically laid-back fashion.
Actually, the morning's most venerable and iconic news show got the Empire State Building and Niagara Falls to do its bidding, called in President Obama and brought back just about every anchor "Today" has ever had.
It was on January 13, 1952 that Dave Garroway kicked off the very first "Today" episode, and the show has never left. It is now the fifth-longest-running American television show of all time.
On Thursday night, the Empire State Building was lit up in the show's colors. Niagara Falls did the same.
Below, see how the show kicked off the anniversary.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy...
Actually, the morning's most venerable and iconic news show got the Empire State Building and Niagara Falls to do its bidding, called in President Obama and brought back just about every anchor "Today" has ever had.
It was on January 13, 1952 that Dave Garroway kicked off the very first "Today" episode, and the show has never left. It is now the fifth-longest-running American television show of all time.
On Thursday night, the Empire State Building was lit up in the show's colors. Niagara Falls did the same.
Below, see how the show kicked off the anniversary.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy...
- 1/13/2012
- by Jack Mirkinson
- Aol TV.
Tune in alert for a special event on NBC. On January 14, 1952, Dave Garroway welcomed America to .Today,. and the news broadcasting landscape was forever changed. Six decades of historical moments are served up by the country.s number one morning news destination for more than 16 years straight. From NBC Each day next week, starting Monday, January 9, Matt Lauer, Ann Curry, Al Roker, Natalie Morales, Savannah Guthrie, Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb will look back at "Today's" illustrious past. On Friday, January 13, .Today. will host an anniversary celebration with past co-anchors and hosts including Meredith Vieira, Katie Couric, Bryant Gumbel, Tom Brokaw, Jane Pauley, Barbara Walters, Hugh Downs, Jim Hartz, Deborah Norville and many...
- 1/5/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Filed under: Features
The name David is king on TV, or nearly. Remember 'Starsky & Hutch'? Starsky's first name was David (who knew?). 'Dave' has had its own sitcom ('Dave's World', the '90s show starring Harry Anderson), and it is a go-to name for talk (nighttime's David Letterman and David Susskind, 'This Week''s David Brinkley and 'Today''s founding father, Dave Garroway).
One of the biggest TV stars of the last two decades, David Duchovny, (at right) once scored an Emmy nomination playing "David Duchovny." The 'X Files' and 'Californication' star made a riotous appearance on 'The Larry Sanders Show,' playing a side of "himself" that was strangely attracted to Larry.
Let's take a look at more TV Davids, Daves and, yes, even Davys.
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The name David is king on TV, or nearly. Remember 'Starsky & Hutch'? Starsky's first name was David (who knew?). 'Dave' has had its own sitcom ('Dave's World', the '90s show starring Harry Anderson), and it is a go-to name for talk (nighttime's David Letterman and David Susskind, 'This Week''s David Brinkley and 'Today''s founding father, Dave Garroway).
One of the biggest TV stars of the last two decades, David Duchovny, (at right) once scored an Emmy nomination playing "David Duchovny." The 'X Files' and 'Californication' star made a riotous appearance on 'The Larry Sanders Show,' playing a side of "himself" that was strangely attracted to Larry.
Let's take a look at more TV Davids, Daves and, yes, even Davys.
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- 3/3/2011
- by Jane Murphy
- Aol TV.
How do you make those tough life decisions: chicken or fish? Coke or Pepsi? High school sweetheart or hot, young news anchor? Jack compared his Nancy/Avery dilemma to being forced to choose between Lee Marvin and Derek Jeter (That's an easy one: Derek Jeter, always), as each woman represented something he wanted from life (don't get too greedy Mr. Donaghy). There were so many awkward triangles, I just need to dance it out, so why don't you get on to last night's first 10 best lines? "As my good friend and fox hunting partner Mary J. Blige would say 'No more drama.
- 4/23/2010
- by Emily Exton
- EW.com - PopWatch
The swept-wing, big-chromed '50s took on an ugly tarnish in the last years of the decade: Not only did the Soviet Union beat us into space with Sputnik, but also the country was duped and disillusioned by a rigged TV quiz show scandal in which Charles Van Doren, a handsome golden boy, won national adoration for his brainy, charismatic play on ''Twenty-One, '' a wildly popular quiz show. Van Doren's play, it turned out, was really a performance --
In this brilliant depiction of the early years of TV and the phenomenal powers it asserted in breaking down the walls of America's living rooms and homogenizing our culture, director Robert Redford has crafted a superb piece of cracked Americana. Buena Vista will win heartfelt plaudits from mature audiences and, come awards season, will certainly increase its viewership through anticipated nominations.
In this intelligent insight into the giddy years of mass consumerism and TV advertising, corporate sponsor Geritol, we see, did not appreciate any tired blood on the ratings of its quiz shows. Accordingly, NBC knew it was expected to deliver winning numbers and, by extension, quiz-show producers Dan Enright (David Paymer) and Albert Freedman (Hank Azaria) felt the pressure.
Audience research told them that the intellectual eggheads who typically won on the show were not endearing enough to sustain the numbers. What the producers sought was a white knight whose popularity would not plateau. They found their man in Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), an East Coast Brahmin with a dazzling smile and a winsome erudition. After perfunctory moral objections, Van Doren signed on for the deception and, indeed, his graceful charms flamed the ratings.
A cagey account of power gone awry and a juicy insight into the workings of mass manipulation, Paul Attanasio's screen adaptation is a resonant and articulate work, distilling the times and capturing the country's voracious naivete. It's a marvelously uncynical work, told with a piercing understanding of the way fair play can be rationalized away in the face of easy, no-harm personal gain.
Under Redford's nimble and perceptive hand, the performances are wonderfully textured, fleshed out with the wonder of human contradictions. In the lead role, Fiennes brings a terrific Gatsby-esque demeanor as the front man for the scheme, a fastidiously moral man who, nevertheless, succumbed to easy temptation. John Turturro as the show's tenacious competitor from Brooklyn, who ultimately takes a dive, wonderfully embodies the frustrations and paranoia of a man who knows that life's deck will always be stacked against him.
As Van Doren's professorial father, Paul Scofield's craggy eloquence and firm moral tenor bring out the full moral tragedy of his son's fall from grace.
A couple of cameos are particularly solid, although the players should not quit their day jobs: Barry Levinson oozes an edgy garrulousness as talk showmeister Dave Garroway, while Martin Scorsese is downright iron-fortified as a Geritol executive.
Technical contributions are superior, in particular production designer Jon Hutman's Age of Eisenhower look, and cinematographer Michael Ballhaus' golden tone, appropriately flecked with slants of darkness. Also, the story's pearly bite is nicely belted out in its opening moments with ''Mack the Knife.''
QUIZ SHOW
Buena Vista
Hollywood Pictures Presents a Wildwood Enterprises/Baltimore Pictures Production a Robert Redford Film
Exec producers Fred Zollo, Richard Dreyfuss, Judith James
Producers Robert Redford, Michael Jacobs, Julian Krainin, Michael Nozik
Director Robert Redford
Screenwriter Paul Attanasio
Based on the book ''Remembering America: A Voice From the Sixties'' by Richard N. Goodwin
Co-producers Gail Mutrux, Jeff McCracken, Richard N. Goodwin
Director of photography Michael Ballhaus
Production designer Jon Hutman
Editor Stu Linder
Costume designer Kathy O'Rear
Music Mark Isham
Casting Bonnie Timmerman
Sound mixer Tod A. Maitland
Color/stereo
Cast:
Herbie Stempel John Turturro
Dick Goodwin Rob Morrow
Charles Van Doren Ralph Fiennes
Mark Van Doren Paul Scofield
Dan Enright David Paymer
Albert Freedman Hank Azaria
Jack Barry Christopher McDonald
Toby Stempel Johann Carlo
Dorothy Van Doren Elizabeth Wilson
Running time -- 122 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
In this brilliant depiction of the early years of TV and the phenomenal powers it asserted in breaking down the walls of America's living rooms and homogenizing our culture, director Robert Redford has crafted a superb piece of cracked Americana. Buena Vista will win heartfelt plaudits from mature audiences and, come awards season, will certainly increase its viewership through anticipated nominations.
In this intelligent insight into the giddy years of mass consumerism and TV advertising, corporate sponsor Geritol, we see, did not appreciate any tired blood on the ratings of its quiz shows. Accordingly, NBC knew it was expected to deliver winning numbers and, by extension, quiz-show producers Dan Enright (David Paymer) and Albert Freedman (Hank Azaria) felt the pressure.
Audience research told them that the intellectual eggheads who typically won on the show were not endearing enough to sustain the numbers. What the producers sought was a white knight whose popularity would not plateau. They found their man in Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), an East Coast Brahmin with a dazzling smile and a winsome erudition. After perfunctory moral objections, Van Doren signed on for the deception and, indeed, his graceful charms flamed the ratings.
A cagey account of power gone awry and a juicy insight into the workings of mass manipulation, Paul Attanasio's screen adaptation is a resonant and articulate work, distilling the times and capturing the country's voracious naivete. It's a marvelously uncynical work, told with a piercing understanding of the way fair play can be rationalized away in the face of easy, no-harm personal gain.
Under Redford's nimble and perceptive hand, the performances are wonderfully textured, fleshed out with the wonder of human contradictions. In the lead role, Fiennes brings a terrific Gatsby-esque demeanor as the front man for the scheme, a fastidiously moral man who, nevertheless, succumbed to easy temptation. John Turturro as the show's tenacious competitor from Brooklyn, who ultimately takes a dive, wonderfully embodies the frustrations and paranoia of a man who knows that life's deck will always be stacked against him.
As Van Doren's professorial father, Paul Scofield's craggy eloquence and firm moral tenor bring out the full moral tragedy of his son's fall from grace.
A couple of cameos are particularly solid, although the players should not quit their day jobs: Barry Levinson oozes an edgy garrulousness as talk showmeister Dave Garroway, while Martin Scorsese is downright iron-fortified as a Geritol executive.
Technical contributions are superior, in particular production designer Jon Hutman's Age of Eisenhower look, and cinematographer Michael Ballhaus' golden tone, appropriately flecked with slants of darkness. Also, the story's pearly bite is nicely belted out in its opening moments with ''Mack the Knife.''
QUIZ SHOW
Buena Vista
Hollywood Pictures Presents a Wildwood Enterprises/Baltimore Pictures Production a Robert Redford Film
Exec producers Fred Zollo, Richard Dreyfuss, Judith James
Producers Robert Redford, Michael Jacobs, Julian Krainin, Michael Nozik
Director Robert Redford
Screenwriter Paul Attanasio
Based on the book ''Remembering America: A Voice From the Sixties'' by Richard N. Goodwin
Co-producers Gail Mutrux, Jeff McCracken, Richard N. Goodwin
Director of photography Michael Ballhaus
Production designer Jon Hutman
Editor Stu Linder
Costume designer Kathy O'Rear
Music Mark Isham
Casting Bonnie Timmerman
Sound mixer Tod A. Maitland
Color/stereo
Cast:
Herbie Stempel John Turturro
Dick Goodwin Rob Morrow
Charles Van Doren Ralph Fiennes
Mark Van Doren Paul Scofield
Dan Enright David Paymer
Albert Freedman Hank Azaria
Jack Barry Christopher McDonald
Toby Stempel Johann Carlo
Dorothy Van Doren Elizabeth Wilson
Running time -- 122 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
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