Episode 418: Total Recall (1990)

Special Guest: Gary L. Goldman
Guest Co-Hosts: Jedidiah Ayres, Rob St. Mary

We’re kicking off back to back discussions of Philip K. Dick adaptations with a look at 1990's Total Recall. Directed by Paul Verhoeven, the film spent years in turnaround until Arnold Schwarzenegger was attached and got the thing made. It's the story of a common construction worker who dreams of life on Mars. When he learns of a procedure that can implant memories of being on Mars, things get a little complicated.

Rob St. Mary and Jedidiah Ayres join Mike to discuss the complicated road which Total Recall took to get to the silver screen as well as the wretched Len Wiseman remake and the strange television spin-off. Screenwriter Gary Goldman reveals how he helped shape the film to make it the success it ultimately became.

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Links:
Buy Total Recall on Blu-Ray
Buy We Can Remember It for you Wholesale and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick
Listen to our episode on The Fly
Listen to our episode on Blade Runner
Listen to our episode on Big Trouble in Little China

Music:
Original Score - Jerry Goldsmith
"Total Recall: The Musical (Mountains of Mars" - Jon and Al

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Special Report: Timon Singh on Born to Be Bad

Special Guest: Timon Singh

Timon Singh of the Bristol Bad Film Club joins Mike to talk about his book, Born To Be Bad: Talking to the Greatest Villains in Action Cinema and the documentary, In Search of the Last Action Heroes, which he's producing and Oliver Harper is directing.

Pre-Order your copy of In Search of the Last Action Heroes

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Episode 315: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Special Guest: Daniel Petrie Jr., Steven Berkoff, Ronny Cox, John Ashton, Harold Faltermeyer, Steven E. de Sousa
Guest Co-Host: Elric Kane, Chris Cummins

In Martin Brest's Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Eddie Murphy stars as Detroit police officer Axel Foley. He pursues the killers of his childhood friend to Beverly Hills where the local constabulary find his methods questionable.

We talk to screenwriter Daniel Petrie Jr, actors John Ashton, Ronny Cox, and Steven Berkoff along with composer Harold Faltermeyer. As an added bonus, we talk to the original writer of Beverly Hills Cop III, Steven E. de Sousa.

Mike's joined by Chris Cummins and Elric Kane to discuss the Beverly Hills Cop series as well as the Sylvester Stallone offshoot, Cobra.

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Links:
Buy the Beverly Hills Cop collection on Blu-Ray
Visit the official Harold Faltermeyer website
Visit the official Ronny Cox website
Visit the official John Ashton website
Visit the official Steven Berkoff website
Visit the Pure Cinema podcast
Follow Steven E. de Sousa on Twitter
Follow Elric Kane on Twitter
Follow Chris Cummins on Twitter

Music:
"Axel F" - Harold Faltermeyer
"Axel F" - Clock
"Axel F - Miami Vice" - The Ventures
"Foley Finds Mikey" - Harold Faltermeyer
"The Heat is On (Original Demo)" - LateNight@Oasis
"Zach Shoots" - Harold Faltermeyer
"Axel F" - Crazy Frog
"The New Team" - Harold Faltermeyer
"Party All the Time" - Eddie Murphy

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Episode 16: Robocop (1987)

Special Guests: Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Miguel Ferrer, Monte Hellman, Michael Miner, Ed Naha, Ed Neumeier, & Jerry Paffendorf

Mike & Mondo Justin hit the streets of Old Detroit in search of our city's savior, Robocop. In this super ultra deluxe edition of The Projection Booth we discuss this landmark film and chat with many of the folks involved in both its production and in its aftermath including Jerry Paffendorf of DetroitNeedsRobocop.com.

Links
Visit the Robocop Archive
Buy Robocop on DVD
Buy the Robocop series
Buy the Prime Directive series
Buy Ed Naha's Robocop novelization
Read the Oral History of Robocop
Buy RoboCop: The Definitive History by Calum Waddell
Listen to our discussion of Starship Troopers
Download the Robocop 2: Corporate Wars script
Listen to Fred Dekker talk about Robocop 2

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Bonus Interview: Miguel Ferrer
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Robocop 2 Discussion


Robocop Music Mix:

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Music:
Robocop Theme - Basil Poledouris
Don't Worry Baby - Keith Moon
Milkbone Underwear - Ronny Cox
Robocop Theme - Nintendo 8-bit version
Robocop (Who R U?) - B.O.S.E
OCP - Gama Bomb
Robocop - Sleaze Boyz
Murphy's Law - Priestess
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Robocop: Streets of Detroit - Shiryu
Murphy, It's You - Al & Jon Kaplan

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RoboCop: The Musical - "Murphy, It's You" (Peter Weller) from Jon and Al on Vimeo.

Our RoboCop Remake - (Full Movie) from DaveAOK on Vimeo.