Episode 267: Smile (1975)

Special Guests: Bruce Dern, Nicholas Pryor, Barbara Feldon, Denise Nickerson, Annette O'Toole
Guest Co-Hosts: Carol Borden, Kevin Heffernan

Get on your sash and listen to the discussion of Michael Ritchie's Smile, a send-up of beauty pageants and small-town America from 1975.

We talked to a few of the stars of the film: Bruce Dern, Nicholas Pryor, Barbara Feldon, Denise Nickerson, and Annette O'Toole. Joining Mike in the discussion is The Cultural Gutter's Carol Borden and The Crawling Eye's Kevin Heffernan.

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Listen to "Bonus Interviews: The Cast of Smile" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy Smile on Blu-Ray
Buy Howard sings Ashman
Buy Unsung Musicals on CD
Watch a visual history of Michael Ritchie's work
Read You're a goddamn Young American Miss by Casey Scott
Read Smile by Forgotten Films
Read Smile by Ken Anderson
Read The Unsung Heroine of "Smile" (1975) by Hill Place
Read Lonely In A Crowd by Barbara Feldon
Visit Kevin Heffernan's Knot and Gender blog
Visit Kevin Heffernan's The Crawling Eye: A Bloodshot Look at International Genre Film, Television, and Cult Media
Visit the Cultural Gutter website

Music:
"Delta Dawn" - Helen Reddy
"Smile" - Nat King Cole

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Episode 229: Night Moves (1975)

Special Guest: Nat Segaloff
Guest Co-Host: Carol Borden

Arthur Penn's Night Moves (1975) stars Gene Hackman as Harry Moseby, a private eye trying to find himself in a post-Watergate America.

We're joined by Nat Segaloff, author of Arthur Penn: American Director and Carol Borden of the Cultural Gutter.

Links:
Buy Night Moves on DVD
Buy Arthur Penn: American Director by Nat Segaloff
Buy Mr. Huston/ Mr. North: Life, Death, and Making John Huston's Last Film by Nat Segaloff
Learn more about Arthur Penn: American Director Download the Night Moves script by Alan Sharp
Read "With Autumn Closing In" Night Moves Remembered by Daniel Moses Luft
Read Night Moves vs. The Long Goodbye by Susan Doll
Be sure to visit the Cultural Gutter

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Bonus: Interview with Matthew Asprey Gear

Listen to "Special Report: Moseby Confidential" on Spreaker.

Bonus: Interview with David Manderson

Listen to "Special Report: David Manderson on Alan Sharp, Anti-Hero" on Spreaker.

Music:
"Night Moves" - Pulsedriver
"Night Moves" - Leckerphonics
"Night Moves" - Bob Seger

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