70 Movies We Saw in the 70s

On this special episode of 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s, Ben and interim co-host Jim Healy take a deep dive into the one-of-a-kind Charles Bronson/Jill Ireland two-hander, FROM NOON TILL THREE (1976). The centerpiece of the episode is an interview Jim recently conducted with Dan Gilroy (NIGHTCRAWLER, ROMAN J ISRAEL, VELVET BUZZSAW) whose father, Frank Gilroy, was the writer-director of NOON. This interview was originally recorded for Cinematalk, the podcast of the UW Cinematheque. We've also got a dissection of Vincent Canby's New York Times review, and a rousing edition of "what else was playing that week?".

For Scott’s last episode before he goes on tour, we take a deep dish dive into DePalma’s Chicago movie, THE FURY. As would only be appropriate for a foray such as this, we bring along film historians and co- hosts of the Windy City Double Feature Picture Show podcast, Adam Carston and Mike Vanderbilt. Together, the four of us leave no stone unturned, no vein un-bulged, no Cassavetes unexploded, no Douglas undressed… oh wait that last one isn’t right. Anyway, we had an Amy Irving-style blast and we think you will too. Enjoy!

On a very special episode of 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s, Scott and Ben are joined by Ben's mom, Diane, for a nostalgic discussion of the Barbra Streisand/Robert Redford romance for the ages, The Way We Were. Topics of conversation include:

Curling Irons

Communism

Soap Boxes

Musicals

M*A*S*H

Flashbacks

Montages

Introverts

Wasps

A Star is Born

and much much more!

On a contentious episode of 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s, Scott and Ben are joined by special guest, film historian Marc Edward Heuck for a no holds barred discussion of the 1977 car chase classic, SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT. Among the battles fought:

• Coors Banquet vs Coors Light

• Jackie Gleason vs Clifton James

• Burt Reynolds vs Clark Gable

• Sally Field vs a carrier pigeon

• Who wore it better: Sally and Burt vs Scott and Joe

• Dick vs Didie

• Godfather II vs A Touch of Zen

• Hair piece or herpes: Reynolds vs Stewart

Plus Scott vs Marc in a rousing edition of What Else Was Playing That Week?

Ben and Scott are joined by bass player and club owner extraordinaire, Herb Rosen, for a wild ride down the frothing-white-water-torrent of toxic masculinity known as John Boorman’s DELIVERANCE. Grab a paddle,zip up your life preserver, and steer towards shore as we:

• Get sent out of the room during the scary parts

• Debate the merits of Burt Reynolds sans ‘stache

• Get punched out by James Dickey

• Dislocate our collective shoulders

• Go day for night, old-school style

• Get ambiguous on your ass

• Ditch our stuntmen and drive into trees

• Come out of the forest, Princess Mononoke-style

• Fall out of our canoes, Zapruder-film style

• Use Scott’s left arm to play banjo

• Imagine Seth Rogan in tighty-whiteys

• Get homoerotic with James Spader and Jon Voigt

• Rundown NYMag’s idiotic ranking of all things Spielberg (minus SOMETHING EVIL)

• Mix our metaphors

• Swap Enoses and anuses

• Squeal like a pig en francais

And Much Much More!

It's been a crazy busy month for Scott and Ben. Ben's been putting the finishing touches on the 2021 Wisconsin Film Festival and Scott's been prepping for the first Local H live shows in a bit. Still, we found two hours to line up on opposite sides for a rough scrimmage over BLACK SUNDAY, John Frankenheimer's 1977 adaptation of Thomas Harris's best seller. Along the way your heroes mix it up over Cronenberg, Demme, Friedkin, and ole Ernie Lehman. And yes, of course we talk Parallax View, not to mention Day of the Dolphin. Dig in, there's plenty of 70s Conspiracy Thriller meat (or plant-based protein) to chew on here.

For the first time in the Scott Lucas era of 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s we've got guests!! Ben and Scott welcome Jim and Pat Healy to celebrate and dive deep into Michael Ritchie's 1975 masterpiece, SMILE.

In a wide-ranging and super fun conversation we talk Scorsese, commentary tracks, drive-in concerts, Michael Shannon, The Fantastiks, Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon, Michael Kidd, Bad News Bears, Peter Boyle, thermostats, Dernsies, Charlie Chaplin, Tom Laughlin, Disney, and so much more + a rousing rendition of "What Else Was Playing That Week?"

Scott and Ben celebrate the career of Jessica Walter with this look back at the 1971 directorial debut of Clint Eastwood. Join us for a look at the incredibly influential, Play Misty For Me. Highlights include:

• Whose house is it anyway?

• Hide the joint!

• That’s no way to use a knife

• God, you’re dumb

• Peggy Seeger? Uh, yikes

• Fuck James Cameron

• Fuck Fatal Attraction

• Bruce Surtees!!

• Donald Siegel

• Cry Bastion!!!

• Best call letters ever

Scott and Ben wax poetic about one of their favorite filmmakers, George A. Romero, as they celebrate and defend his prescient early masterpiece, THE CRAZIES (1973).

List of people, places and things hit by army-issue shrapnel during the proceedings: Zack Snyder, Vincent Canby, Bloody Disgusting, Albert Brooks, James L. Brooks, Prince, Tim Burton, Melissa Manchester, Madonna, Robert Townsend, The guy with the mustache in the ill-fitting military uniform, Timothy Olyphant, and many many more.

On our 30th(!) episode, Ben and Scott go in depth on 1975's insanely influential nostalgic slice-of-life comedy-drama-romance-tragedy: COOLEY HIGH. That's right, Chi-town is in the house, to say nothing of Chicagoland! Groove along as we:

• Shoot the shit about Steven Soderbergh

• Hit the heights of Harry Hamlin

• Mix it up about Michael Schultz

• Examine the excess of Eric Monte

• Access the axiom of Sam Z Arkoff

• Give it a go with Glynn Turman

• Come to a consensus about Corin Rogers

What’s happening, you say? Good times, nothing but good times. All this, much more, AND we come in under an hour forty-seven. And they said it couldn’t be done!!