Episode 419: Minority Report (2002)

Special Guest: Scott Frank
Guest Co-Hosts: Corinne Luz, Tim Luz

We conclude the second part of our conversation about Philip K. Dick adaptations with a conversation about Minority Report (2002). Believe it or not but this is the first time we’ve directly discussed a film directed by Steven Spielberg on the show! The film stars Tom Cruise as John Anderton, the chief of the country’s first pre-crime division where he and his team arrest people before they commit the crimes prognosticated by a trio of psychics. When the psychics pick him as the perpetrator of an impending murder, Anderton begins to question the validity of the pre-crime system.

Tim and Corinne Luz of the Cinemaspection podcast join Mike to discuss the film. Screenwriter Scott Frank talks about his work on the film as well as his work on The Wolverine, Logan, The Lookout, Hoke, and more.

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Links:
Buy Minority Report on Blu-Ray
Buy Minority Report the TV Show
Buy Minority Report and Other Stories by Philip K. Dick

Music:
"Minority Report" - Los Straightjackets

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Special Report: The Fly (1986)

Special Guests: Emma Westwood, Stuart Cornfeld
Guest Co-Hosts: Bill Ackerman, Samm Deighan

Samm Deighan and Bill Ackerman join Mike to discuss The Fly. Released in 1986, David Cronenberg’s film stars Jeff Goldblum as scientist Seth Brundle, a man who meets a journalist, Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis). The film tells the tale of their relationship as they get together and become driven apart after an accident changes Brundle irreparably.

Special guests are Emma Westwood, author of the Devil's Advocates book on The Fly and producer Stuart Cornfeld who discusses his work on The Fly as well as Tropic Thunder, Mimic, and more.

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Links:
Buy The Fly: The Ultimate Connection on Blu-Ray
Read about David Cronenberg's Six Legs
Buy The Fly: Outbreak graphic novel
Read The Beetle and the Fly by David Cronenberg
Listen to an interview with Emma Westwood on Supporting Characters

Music:
Original Soundtrack - Howard Shore
"Human Fly" - The Cramps
"Return of the Fly" - The Misfits
"Drawing Flies" - Soundgarden
"Jeff Goldblum" - Neal Deters

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Episode 94: Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Special Guest: Alison Castle
Guest Co-Host: Alexis Borelli

The year wraps up with Eyes Wide Shut (1999), the final film from director Stanley Kubrick starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.

We're joined this week by Lex of the "Love & Sex with Lex" podcast as we talk about this tale of frustration and deception.

Links:
Buy The Stanley Kubrick Archives
Buy Alison Castle's Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon: The Greatest Movie Never Made
Buy Eyes Wide Shut from Boulevard Movies
Read An Oral History of an Orgy Staging that scene from Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick’s divisive final film By Bilge Ebiri

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