Cinematic Omniverse

028 - The Mighty Ball of Man Who Fell to Earth, Wind, and Fire


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Scott and Marty pay an oblique and pointless tribute to the world’s greatest soul-funk supergroup as they continue their deep dive into cinema’s secret continuity.

Core Connections:

The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976, Dir. Nicolas Roeg)

A Mighty Wind (2003, Dir. Christopher Guest)

Ball of Fire (1941, Dir. Howard Hawks)

 Connective Cameos:

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song

That’s the Way of the World

Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Don’t Look Now

Performance

Walkabout

Catch-22

Pork Chop Hill

The Third Man

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

This is Spinal Tap

Waiting for Guffman

Best in Show

Mascots

For Your Consideration

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Get Him to the Greek

Independence Day

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Strange Brew

Big Trouble

Super Mario Bros

Big Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Silver Streak

Idle Hands

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

Bringing Up Baby

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Some Like It Hot

Five Graves to Cairo

Sunset Boulevard

Citizen Kane

Casablanca

It’s A Wonderful Life

Intolerance

Go West

Scarface (1932)

The General

Gypsy

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

A Hard Day’s Night

 

Linked Films to Date: 593

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Cinematic OmniverseBy Slack and Slash