Special Report: Dead Man's Line (2018)

Special Guests: Mark Enochs, Alan Berry

Mike talks with Alan Berry and Mark Enochs, the filmmakers behind Dead Man's Line (2018), a chilling dive into one of America’s most disturbing true-crime stories. The conversation traces how the directors reconstructed the life and legend of Tony Kiritsis, whose 1977 hostage standoff transfixed the nation and blurred the line between media spectacle and lived horror.

Berry and Enochs unpack their research, ethical choices, and the challenge of shaping archival chaos into a tense, humane documentary. They also discuss the struggles for distribution and the obligatory Hollywood remake, Dead Man's Wire, the 2026 release from director Gus Van Sant and writer Austin Kolodney.

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Links:
Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy Kiritsis and Me: Enduring 63 Hours at Gunpoint by Dick Hall
Visit the official Dead Man's Line website

Music:
"Amoreena (BBC Session)" - Elton John

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Episode 371: Scarecrow (1973)

Special Guests: Jerry Schatzberg, Garry Michael White
Guest Co-Hosts: Bill Ackerman, Jamey Duvall

The crows are laughing at our episode about 1973's Scarecrow. The film stars Al Pacino and Gene Hackman as two drifters who join forces to head to Pittsburgh by way of Detroit to start a car wash.

Jamey Duvall (Movie Geeks United) and Bill Ackerman (Supporting Characters, From the Neighborhood) join Mike to discuss the film. Special guests include director Jerry Schatzberg and writer Garry Michael White (no relation).

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Links:
Buy Scarecrow on Blu-Ray
Visit the official Jerry Schatzberg website Visit the official Garry Michael White website
Read The Queer Subtext of New Hollywood Era Buddy Movies by Caroline Madden
Listen to Movie Geeks United
Listen to Supporting Characters
Listen to From the Neighborhood
Listen to our Puzzle of a Downfall Child episode
Read Schatzberg's Scarecrows by Steve Rostkoski

Music:
"Scarecrow" - Fred Myrow

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Episode 282: Dick Tracy (1990)

Special Guests: Glenne Headly, Garyn G. Roberts, Dan Kampling
Guest Co-Hosts: Jared Case, Frank Santopadre

Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy is a beautiful recreation of the four-color world of Chester Gould's square-jawed detective. It's also something of an uneasy marriage of Stephen Sondheim songs, Madonna, and a cavalcade of character actors as Gould's "Rogues Gallery."

Interviews feature Glenne Headly who plays Tracy's love interest, Tess Trueheart, as well as author Garyn G. Roberts, and Dick Tracy afficianado Dan Kampling. We also hear just a bit of executive producer Floyd Mutrux from a previous interview.

Jared Case and Frank Santopadre join Mike to debate if the film ultimately works.

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Links:
Buy Dick Tracy on Blu-Ray
Buy Dick Tracy and American Culture: Morality and Mythology, Text and Context by Garyn G Roberts
Buy Chester Gould: A Daughter's Biography of the Creator of Dick Tracy by Jean Gould O'Connell
Buy Dick Tracy The Official Biography by Jay Maeder
Read Dick Tracy: A (Re)appreciation by Jared Case
Read Looking Back at Dick Tracy by Becky Lea
Read Remember Dick Tracy? by Keith Phipps
Learn more about the Cash & Epps collection at MSU
Visit the official Stephen Sondheim website
Visit the official Frank Santopadre website
Hear more of Frank Santopadre on Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast
Learn more about the Nitrate Picture Show
Hear more from Floyd Mutrux

Music:
"Bat/Tracy?" - Danny Elfman
"Dick Tracy" - The Ventures
"Tess's Theme" - Danny Elfman
"The Powerful Fully-Transistorized Dick Tracy Two-Way Wrist Radio" - Man or Astro-man?
"Dick Tracy" - Ice-T

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Episode 224: Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

Special Guest: James Foley, Ed Harris
Guest Co-Host: Chris Stachiw

Put that coffee down!

We're going to talk about something important. We're going to talk about Glengarry Glen Ross, the film from James Foley based on the Tony- and Pulizer-winning play by David Mamet. It's about a group of shady real estate salesmen in a big city boiler room trying to make the big money, get on the board, keep their jobs, and avoid winning third prize.

This episode concludes our two-part interview with James Foley. We also talk with Ed Harris about his role in the film.

We're joined by Chris Stachiw from the Kulturecast podcast.

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Links:
Buy Glengarry Glen Ross on DVD
Buy Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet
Buy Salesmen on DVD
Buy Bible & Gun Club iTunes
Buy Boiler Room on DVD
Read Women are not capable of understanding 'GoodFellas' by Kyle Smith
Read the Fact-checking of the Baldwin speech

Music:
Soundtrack - James Howard Newton
Life of a Salesman - The Anonymous

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Episode 150: Cruising (1980)

Special Guests: Don Scardino, Randy Jurgensen, Travis Mathews

A highly controversial film, William Friedkin's Cruising was as confusing as it was confused. It's a slasher film, of sorts, set in the leather bar scene of the late '70s.

We're joined by Jeffrey Schwarz of I Am Divine, Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon, Vito! and more.

Links:
Buy Cruising on DVD
Buy Gerald Walker's Cruising
Buy Randy Jurgensen's Circle of Six
Buy William Friedkin's The Friedkin Connection
Buy the Celluloid Closet movie
Buy the Celluloid Closet book
Buy Vito! on DVD
Visit the official Jeffrey Schwarz website
Visit the official Randy Jurgensen website
Visit the official Travis Mathews website
Follow Don Scardino on Twitter
Visit the official Interior. Leather Bar. website
Wear the right hanky for the right occasion
Visit Discreet Charms and Obscure Objects to see a poster gallery
Listen to our episode about I Am Divine
Listen to our episode about Sorcerer

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Music:
"Cruising" - Airspace
"Walk the Night" - Skatt Brothers "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" - Sylvester
"Gay Bar" - Electric Six
"Hell Bent for Leather" - Judas Priest
"When I Close My Eyes I See Blood" - Madelynn Von Ritz

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