Episode 363: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Special Guests: Kenneth E. Hall, Joseph McBride
Guest Co-Hosts: Jon Cross, Ben Buckingham

We travel back to the days of yesteryear with a look at the 1962 film from director John Ford, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. The film stars Jimmy Stewart as Ransom Stoddard, a lawyer who comes out west only to get robbed by the titular Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin). The film also stars John Wayne as Tom Doniphan, a man of action and the living embodiment of "The Old West".

Joseph McBride and Kenneth E. Hall discuss the works of John Ford while Jon Cross and Ben Buckingham join Mike to talk about Liberty Valance and revisionist Westerns.

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Bonus: Joseph McBride Interviews John Ford

Copyright © 1970, 2018 by Joseph McBride

Links:
Buy The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance on Blu-Ray
Buy The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance by Dorothy M. Johnson
Listen to Jon Cross's Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures

Music:
Soundtrack by Cyril Mockridge
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" - Gene Pitney

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Episode 286: Vertigo

Special Guests: Patrick McGilligan, Dan Auiler
Guest Co-Hosts: Tania Modleski, Susan White

Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo is a tale of obsession which has sparked an obsession in many of its viewers. Jimmy Stewart stars as John "Scottie" Ferguson, a disgraced detective who's hired by an old friend to follow his wife, Madeline (Kim Novak), who seems to have become possessed by a spirit from San Francisco's past.

Professors Tania Modleski and Susan White (no relation) join Mike to discuss the film which was ranked as the best film in the world in a 2012 Sight & Sound poll. Authors Patrick McGilligan (Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light) and Dan Auiler (Vertigo: The Making of a Hitchcock Classic)

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Links:
Buy Vertigo on Blu-Ray
Buy Vertigo: The Making of a Hitchcock Classic by Dan Auiler
Buy Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light by Patrick McGilligan
Buy The Women Who Knew Too Much by Tania Modleski
Buy Hitchcock's Films Revisited by Robin Wood
Buy The Cinema of Max Ophuls by Susan M. White
Visit the The Bernard Herrmann Society website
Read more about the film at The Hitchcock Zone
Read Alfred Hitchcock brought out the glorious weaknesses in Jimmy Stewart by Jesse Hassenger
Read the Vertigo script
Read The Midge Portrait in "Vertigo:" The Parody of Carlotta by The Art of Film
Read The Scandal of Vertigo: It’s Not What You Think by Peter Hayes
Listen to other Projection Booth episodes on the films of Alfred Hitchcock
Hear more from Patrick McGilligan on other Projection Booth episodes

Music:
"The Forest" - Bernard Herrmann
"Carlotta Valdes" - Ghost Rhythms
"Vertigo" - Billy Eckstine
"Carlotta Valdez" - Harvey Danger

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Special Report: In The Company of Legends

Special Guest: Joan Kramer & David Heeley

On this special episode, Mike talked with filmmakers Joan Kramer and David Heeley about their book, In the Company of Legends. They recall the creation of a series of documentaries made for PBS as well as working with Dick Cavett and on Sesame Street.

Links:
Buy In the Company of Legends Hardcover by Joan Kramer and David Heeley
Read more about the greatest moments of The Dick Cavett Show

Music:
"Hooray for Hollywood" - Nancy Sinatra

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