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After a pair of successful adventure movies together with Robert Zemeckis, the trio of Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito got the band back together for one last time in 1989. With DeVito in the director’s chair and adapted from the Warren Adler novel, The War of the Roses follows the disintegration of one materialistic couple and the divorce battle that ensues. It’s an acidicly comedic satire that nevertheless became a holiday season hit, but failed to capture Oscar’s affection.
This episode, we talk about DeVito’s directorial career and the film’s muddled framing device. We also talk about the Oscar legacy of Driving Miss Daisy, Turner’s too brief period as a commanding leading lady, and Douglas’ emergence into serious leading man.
Topics also include Romancing the Stone‘s horniness, entering the paté business, the chandelier finale.
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After a pair of successful adventure movies together with Robert Zemeckis, the trio of Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito got the band back together for one last time in 1989. With DeVito in the director’s chair and adapted from the Warren Adler novel, The War of the Roses follows the disintegration of one materialistic couple and the divorce battle that ensues. It’s an acidicly comedic satire that nevertheless became a holiday season hit, but failed to capture Oscar’s affection.
This episode, we talk about DeVito’s directorial career and the film’s muddled framing device. We also talk about the Oscar legacy of Driving Miss Daisy, Turner’s too brief period as a commanding leading lady, and Douglas’ emergence into serious leading man.
Topics also include Romancing the Stone‘s horniness, entering the paté business, the chandelier finale.
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