#Noirvember2018 kicks off with the 1972 film from director Sam Peckinpah, The Getaway. Based on the novel by
Jim Thompson and adapted by Walter Hill, the film stars Steve McQueen as Doc McCoy and Ali MacGraw as Carol McCoy, two young lovers with nothing better to do than rob a bank with the duplicitous Rudy Butler (Al Lettieri) and the barely-a-character Jack Dodson (Bo Hopkins). Let’s just say that things don’t go as well as they should.
Special Guest: Andrés M. Koppel Guest Co-Hosts: Jamey Duvall, Heather Drain
We're up all night to get lucky as we discuss the 2001 film from director and co-writer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Intacto which stars Leonardo Sbaraglia as Tomás, a man who survives a plane crash and who may just be the luckiest man in the world. He's found by Federico (Eusebio Poncela), who introduces him to an underground world where luck is something of a commodity and the man who rules over this kingdom, Samuel Berg (Max von Sydow).
Co-hosts Jamey Duvall and Heather Drain discuss the film as well as other related movies like 13, Fearless, and The Cooler.
Interview:Andrés M. Koppel, co-writer of Intacto: 47:30 Music: "Get Lucky" - Daft Punk
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.
Real badge. Real gun. Fake cop. That's Miami Blues in six words but there's so much more than that to this terrific adaptation of Charles Willeford's work by George Armitage. The film stars Fred Ward as Hoke Mosely, a cantankerous Miami detective who's trying to find Freddy Frenger Jr (Alec Baldwin), the killer of a hare krishna.
We're joined in the Projection Booth this week by author Scott Phillips (The Ice Harvest, The Adjustment, The Walkaway, etc) as our special guest co-host.