On this special episode, we’re diving into the curious 1953 fantasy The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. Produced by Stanley Kramer, directed by Roy Rowland, and uniquely penned by Dr. Seuss, the film stars Hans Conried as Dr. Terwilliker, a sinister piano teacher who’s devised the “Terwilliker Method” for the obedient fingers of child pianists. Tommy Rettig plays Bartholomew Collins, an imaginative boy determined to derail Dr. T's grand plans.
Join Mike, playwright David MacGregor, and critic John Monaghan as they delve into the film's quirky charms, elaborate set pieces, and iconic status.
We continue our Patreon request month with one requested by Peter Rogers, Orson Welles's The Trial. Released in 1962, the film stars Anthony Perkins as K in this adaptation of Franz Kafka's nightmare in bureaucracy.
Playwright David MacGregor and writer Mike Faloon join Mike to discuss this beautiful, baroque interpretation of Kafka's work as well as 1962 Norwegian television film and the 1993 version starring Kyle MacLaughlin.
Special Guests: S. Brent Morris, Susan Clark Guest Co-Hosts: David MacGregor, Aaron Peterson
We conclude our month of discussions around the 1970s interpretations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes.
We wrap up with 1979's Murder by Decree. Directed by Bob Clark, the film is a mix of British and Canadian actors including Christopher Plummer as Sherlock Holmes and James Mason as Doctor Watson. The fictional pair are put on the path of the very real Jack the Ripper, one of Britain’s most famous serial killers.
Special Guest: Nicholas Meyer Guest Co-Hosts: Aaron Peterson. David MacGregor
We continue our month of discussions around the 1970s interpretations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. On this episode we’re discussing The Seven-Per-Cent Solution from 1976. Directed by Herbert Ross and written by Nicholas Meyer -- and based on his first of many Sherlock Holmes books -- the film finds Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson) in the grip of cocaine addiction while Dr. John Watson (Robert Duvall) plans to take his friend to Vienna to undergo therapy by Sigmund Freud (Alan Arkin).
Aaron Peterson (The Hollywood Outsider) and playwright and author David MacGregor join Mike to discuss the film while Nicholas Meyer talks about his many Holmes novels.
We continue our month of discussions around the 1970s interpretations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. On this episode we’re discussing 1975’s The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother. Written and directed by, and starring Gene Wilder, the film tells the tale of Sigerson Holmes. The movie also stars some other familiar faces from Mel Brooks’s troupe of actors including Marty Feldman, Madeline Khan, and Dom DeLuise.
The game is afoot as we kick off a month looking at four films featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. One of the most adapted characters in the history of cinema, we’ve all grown up with a variety of actors and interpretations of Holmes. In this series we’re looking at four from the 1970s and, on this episode, we are discussing Billy Wilder’s 1970 film The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.
The film stars Robert Stephens as Holmes and Colin Blakely as Watson along with Christopher Lee as Mycroft Holmes and Geraldine Page as the mysterious Gabrielle Valladon.
Guest Co-Hosts: John Monaghan, David MacGregor
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