Episode 418: Total Recall (1990)

Special Guest: Gary L. Goldman
Guest Co-Hosts: Jedidiah Ayres, Rob St. Mary

We’re kicking off back to back discussions of Philip K. Dick adaptations with a look at 1990's Total Recall. Directed by Paul Verhoeven, the film spent years in turnaround until Arnold Schwarzenegger was attached and got the thing made. It's the story of a common construction worker who dreams of life on Mars. When he learns of a procedure that can implant memories of being on Mars, things get a little complicated.

Rob St. Mary and Jedidiah Ayres join Mike to discuss the complicated road which Total Recall took to get to the silver screen as well as the wretched Len Wiseman remake and the strange television spin-off. Screenwriter Gary Goldman reveals how he helped shape the film to make it the success it ultimately became.

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Links:
Buy Total Recall on Blu-Ray
Buy We Can Remember It for you Wholesale and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick
Listen to our episode on The Fly
Listen to our episode on Blade Runner
Listen to our episode on Big Trouble in Little China

Music:
Original Score - Jerry Goldsmith
"Total Recall: The Musical (Mountains of Mars" - Jon and Al

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Episode 99: Starship Troopers (1997)

Special Guests: Ed Neumeier & Paul M. Sammon

One of the most subversive films of the last twenty years,Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers tells the story of Robert Heinlein's controversial sci-fi novel.

We talk to screenwriter Ed Neumeier (who also wrote and directed Starship Troopers 3) and Paul M. Sammon (who wrote the behind the scenes book).

Would you like to know more?

Links:
Read An Intimate History of Killing
Read Paul Verhoeven's Jesus of Nazareth
Visit the Robert Heinlein Archives
Buy Paul M. Sammon's The Making of Starship Troopers
Buy Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers
Buy the Starship Troopers trilogy from BoulevardMovies.com
Hear more Ed Neumeier on our Robocop episode
Hear more of Paul M. Sammon on our Blade Runner episode

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Bonus Interview with Greg Travis:

Listen to "Special Report: Greg Travis on Dark Seduction (2015)" on Spreaker.

Music
Starship Troopers Score - Basil Poledouris
"Starship Trooper" - Yes
Starship Troopers 2 Score - John Morgan & William T. Stromberg
Backdraft Score - Hans Zimmer
"I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper" - Sarah Brightman And Hot Gossip
"I Have Not Been to Oxford Town" - David Bowie

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