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35 years ago today THE DISNEY AFTERNOON premiered serving as an after school programming block that featured 13 different animated shows in its lineup from 1990 to 1997.
40 years ago today CARAVAN OF COURAGE: AN EWOK ADVENTURE premiered on ABC. Saturated in a bygone storybook whimsy, this STAR WARS spinoff is a charming oddity of the Lucasfilm dark age that I’ve always enjoyed. Everything down to the Burl Ives narration is spot on.
Mark Stutzman’s art for the McDonald’s BATMAN RETURNS collector cups should be hanging in the Louvre.
I love when a film drops the dialogue in over the studio logo. And one of my favorite examples is in THE MAJESTIC with Garry Marshall, Paul Mazursky, Sydney Pollack, Carl Reiner, and Rob Reiner providing the studio executives’ voiceover. A well crafted introduction.
E.T. is filled with realistic depictions of children but giving a new acquaintance a roll call of your Star Wars action figures has always felt like a particularly authentic moment.
35 years ago today Jean-Jacques Annaud’s masterpiece THE BEAR was released in theaters. The film set a new standard for realistic depictions of wildlife survival in narrative storytelling. It’s a timeless classic that deserves to be talked about more today.
This was a killer little Castle Rock run for David Morse between 1999 & 2001: THE GREEN MILE, BAIT, PROOF OF LIFE & HEARTS IN ATLANTIS
30 years ago today RADIOLAND MURDERS was released in theaters. Unjustly panned at the time, I think it holds up as one of the most underrated comedies of the decade & one of the rare Lucasfilm releases not associated with Star Wars or Indiana Jones. Brian Benben hive rise up!
I’m a Michael Keaton season ticket holder but I’ve always had a soft spot for his 1991-1994 run. A few classics mixed with a few forgotten gems.
It sort of goes without saying, but the supporting cast of THE GREEN MILE is such a deep bench of talent.
As @kristapley put it, this was literally a historic conversation: the 1st time Keanu, Sandra & Jan have ever sat down & talked about SPEED in front of an audience. Here’s to one last victory lap around the runway for @50MPHPod as the year wraps up.
Attached here is the introduction beforehand from the 50 MPH podcast host Kris Tapley and the full Q&A at the @EgyptianLA and @BeyondFest @am_cinematheque. Q&A with Jan Da Bont, Sandra Bullock, & Keanu Reeves moderated by @JimmyHemphill! What an amazing night!!
Is ZERO EFFECT the best that Bill Pullman and Ben Stiller have ever been in a film? A case can be made.
