The Holiday season can be challenging to find the perfect gift for the movie-lover in your life. The Projection Booth is here to help with a gift guide that supports some of the folks that have been on the show.
Special Guests: Mike Werb, Michael Colleary Guest Co-Hosts: Samm Deighan, AJ Black
In John Woo's Face/Off (1997), Sean Archer (John Travolta), a FBI Agent whose son was killed by his enemy, Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage ). Six years later Troy has planted a bomb somewhere in L.A. and, after he’s accidentally put into a coma, Archer must put on Troy’s face in order to find where the bomb is at.
Samm Deighan and A.J. Black join Mike to discuss this landmark action film while screenwriters Michael Colleary and Mike Werb talk about the long, strange history of the movie.
Special Guest: Robert Sellers Guest Co-Hosts: Mark Begley, A.J. Black
We’re looking at the 1951 film from Alexander Mackendrick, The Man in the White Suit. The film stars Alec Guiness as Sidney Stratton, an inventor who comes up with a fabric that will never wear out and never get dirty. He soon comes to the attention of both the bosses at the textile mills as well as the workers, and quickly learns that his good intentions are not appreciated in the least, with the possible exception of Daphne Birnley, his boss’s daughter.
Noirvember and Shocktober meet on this episode as we discuss Roman Polanski's 1999 film The Ninth Gate. Based on the book The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, the film tells the tale of Dean Corso (Johnny Depp), a book detective who gets put on a case by the diabolical Boris Balkan (Frank Langella). He’s to compare three volumes of the same book, a tome which holds the secret of summoning the dark lord himself.
Special Guests: Alan Dean Foster, Jon Povill, Walter Koenig Guest Co-Hosts: A.J. Black, Trevor Gumbel
Sci Fi July begins with the first entry in the Star Trek film franchise, Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). After a decade without a live-action version of Star Trek the crew reunite to embark on a very familiar mission: a Gene Roddenberry special where a god-like creature judges humanity to be lacking.
Our episode features interviews with story writer Alan Dean Foster, associate producer Jon Povill, and actor Walter Koenig.
A.J. Black and Trevor Gumbel join Mike to discuss the unusual path to the big screen the film took as well as how it forges a link between "TOS" and "TNG".
Correction: It was Star Trek: Voyager that lead UPN, not Star Trek: The Next Generation (which was syndicated).