Discovering Directors

Hello and welcome to Season Five of Discovering Directors! We are covering the films of James Mangold, starting off with his directing debut Heavy! Learn about Mangold's early rise and fall within the Walt Disney Company, his involvement with Oliver and Company, and  how it's never too late to go back to school. There's a lot of talk about Liv Tyler and both Ethan and Paige try to sing Blondie songs and you're not gonna want to miss it!

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The Discovering Directors gang takes a quick look at Frank Oz's most recent directorial feature on Hulu before jumping into our usual wrap party shenanigans. Who wants to see The Chamberlain in Indian in the Cupboard? Who's a cynical doubter of magic? Who sings nursery rhymes? Listen to this episode to find out! You can skip all the In & Of Itself talk by jumping to 17:00 exactly!

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Frank Oz gets relegated from quickly inflating studio films to a low-budget indie comedy, how does that suit him? We are joined by Ellen Beck from We Should Watch a Movie and Love that Movie to help us talk about Alan Tudyk's bare ass, how British comedy stars all look like someone we have seen before, and what our dream funerals would look like. Are you in the Triangle of Positivity or is this a painful endeavor for you? Join us this Saturday for our Frank Oz Wrap Party and a brief discussion of In & Of Itself!

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Product placement? Inflatable breasts? Gay republicans? Personal ATMs that still require credit cards? Ethan's favorite movie we've covered on this podcast yet?
 
It's The Stepford Wives by Frank Oz.

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Join us for talking about Frank Oz's one shot at making a non-comedy movie! In this episode we talk about The 2021 Oscars results,  notorious drama between Frank Oz and Marlon Brando, why Angela Basset should fire her agent, and the whole team gets sent to impression jail. You won't want to miss it.

Two characters for the price of one actor? That's right folks, this Frank Oz film features one of the best actors to play multiple characters in the same film, Eddie Murphy! AND Bowfinger captures Christine Baranski's ability to over-act but still make it classy. Even Robert Downy Jr makes an appearance! ...oh yeah, and that Steve Martin guy that Ethan loves in films.

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Are you IN or OUT on this Frank Oz comedy? Join Discovering Directors as we discuss our thoughts on the world's most ridiculous fictional awards show, our emotional adjustment periods for looking at Tom Selleck without a mustache, and what it truly means to be a "Macho Man".

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In this one we talk for just far too long about how the Darth Vader/T Rex/Robo Cop/Star Trek scene breaks the entire premise of the movie. So if you're looking for that you've found the right place.

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We promise you can listen to this episode without watching the movie.
Listen to the Discovering Directors trio talk House Sitter, a randomly financially successful film by none other than Frank Oz. At least we can all agree that Goldie Hawn is amazing. We may or may not agree on the overall value of this comedy.

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This isn't Frank Oz! In order to properly celebrate Oscar Season each year your hosts at Discovering Directors decided to cover a filmmaker who made their debut film that year to signify that we will continue to cover their career and where it goes in the future! This year we picked the director of one of the most talked about, debated, and admired films of the year, Emerald Fennell! We brought Megan Spell back from On The Download to help us dissect this film, lend us her TV watching expertise, and gush about Bo Burnham as we talk the crazy Oscar trajectory of this film. You won't want to miss it!

TW: Sexual assault, violence, rape

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