Documenteers: The Documentary Podcast

Documenteers: The Documentary Podcast

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  • Once (2007)
    Musicals are on the docket all November long but not every film is an adaptation and this one popped off as a movie before the stage show. An easy adaptation as you have two singing leads and only a handful of actors needed. While this modern musical had its pre-production ups and downs, this very budget tight Irish film that cost only $150k performed surprisingly well at the box office and received an award winning reputation. We’re talking about the John Carney film from 2007 called “ONCE” with the leads being Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglova of the music group “Swell Season”. A passionate love story of a musician and an immigrant girl in Dublin who motivate each other but can their circumstance allow for them to be together? A story in which life came to imitate in a way and Angela, our MOVIEHUMPERS Gossip and celebrity reporter, spills all the tea with some ball scorching behind the scenes information that is sure to make you stay in your seat and calmly take in. Does ONCE rank among the musical film greats? What is the secret behind the scenes? Did he just tell her to “shut up”? Giiiiiirrrrrrrrlllllll….
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    34 min
  • Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
    It’s musicals month for November’s theme and hitting up Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber again because it’s time to go to church though we can’t tell what denomination this is. It’s pretty sweaty but there are some baddies hanging around. A little gay, to be expected, but the band is pretty sick. They’re all the band. This is what Nazarenes wish their services were like. It’s two thousand years ago by way of the 1970s in this rock opera retelling of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. We’re jamming to Norman Jewison’s 1973 film adaptation of “JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR” and it stars Ted Neeley (who crushes it) Carl Anderson (who steals the show) and Yvonne Elliman (who can get it). Then you got your Pauls, your Pharisees, your Herods and your Pilates and the timeless tale has never been told like this. We didn’t know this at the time but Yvonne Elliman had some disco hits as well. She also hooked up with Eric Clapton but nobody’s perfect. But anyway…Jesus. He’s just a man, right? Why does he scare them so? Check the link here if you want to see it: https://archive.org/details/jeesus-kristus-superstaar-1973-compressed
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    33 min
  • Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
    Kids. What is wrong with kids these days? They’re not perfect like we were. It’s musicals month and we’ve arrived at a 60s musical and the only musical Bob already saw prior to this month. This musical, inspired by Elvis getting drafted into the army, is a pop culture spoof and a launchpad for a young Ann-Margret who mesmerizes in this 1963 George Sidney adaptation of “BYE BYE BIRDIE”. A popular singer gets to kiss a small tawn girl in small town Ohio and if this works out then 5 or 6 people could be set for life! It’s an extensive cast that also stars Dick Van Dyke as a speed dealer, Janet Leigh as a withered old marm, Bobby Rydell who is being cucked by a teen idol despite being one in real life, Paul Lynde as the perfect father and Maureen Stapleton as the perfect mother. It also stars Ed Sullivan as himself. A crafty musical comedy that rightly deserves its place as one of the great teen movies and the best movie ever featuring a turtle high on speed. JFK would be dead later this same year. Just thought I’d mention that. Here’s a link: https://archive.org/details/ByBBd1963
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    38 min
  • Cabaret (1972)
    Let me tell you something about life, old chum. It’s only a cabaret. Kill Nazis. November is for the musicals and we’re RAISING THE CURTAIN & BELTING THE CHORUS all month long and it’s time to hit up a Bob Fosse joint in this iconic adaptation starring stage legend and Queen of the Theatre Nerds, Liza Minelli. Bob is learning this shit for the first time but you theater nerds already know about the most prolific film in Minelli’s life and career and it’s none other than Fosse’s 1961 hit “CABARET” also starring Michael York, Joel Grey and more. There is no richer era to strike negative social parallels than early to mid-century Germany. The Kit Kat Club seems like a grand ‘ol time but it’s only a matter of time before the audience turns on their entertainment. In the thick of it is Sally Bowls, lore accurate OG Manic Pixie Dream Girl, and her timid soon-to-be lover, Brian. It’s a freewheeling, song slinging, sugar baby life. Love has its ups and downs and sometimes you end hooking up with your girlfriend’s sugar daddy. It’s a rather unique story to tell to a broad audience in 1972 (and before). Let’s talk Sally Bowls, old chum. It’s only a cabaret and here’s a link we found: https://archive.org/details/cabaret-1972_202208
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    32 min
  • Mamma Mia! (2008)
    For our month of musicals we certainly had some choices for the sub-sub genre of song movies known as “Jukebox Musicals”. These are musicals in which the music is based on pre-existing material. Maybe it’s cheat mode when you’re mining from something that was already popular but remember how not cool it was in that “A Knight’s Tale” movie with Heath Ledger in it? Remember that shit? I guess that last Joker movie is technically a jukebox musical too, eh? Well we picked a bonafide moneymaker when it comes to jukebox musicals and you definitely gotta credit the songs because this plot is totally batshit. Maybe the most musically familiar to both hosts because they consider ABBA do be one of the most enjoyable pop groups of all time. You probably went to see this movie with your eccentric Aunt with the dangliest earrings, twice divorced, lived in Barcelona for three years and then Sarasota ever since, has a boyfriend from Morocco who is half her age. No shit we’re talking about “MAMMA MIA!” From 2008 directed by Phyllida Lloyd and starring Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth & Stellan Skarsgård. Hit that zinfandel and then hit that play button. We’re getting cheesy like a bachelorette party in downtown Nashville.
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    Our OG podcast “Documenteers”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/documenteers-the-documentary-podcast/id1321652249
    Soundcloud feed: https://soundcloud.com/documenteers
    Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/culturewrought
    32 min
  • West Side Story (1961)
    It’s musicals month and Bob is at least tripling the amount of musicals he’s watched in his lifetime on this month alone and today we go to that timeless tale of salt and garlic who truly have the ability to do wonders together if it wasn’t for sausage and it’s systemic authoritarianism making things too divided. I’m sure it’s obvious that we’re talking about the Jerome Robbins/Robert Wise/Stephen Sondheim/Leonard Bernstein joint from 1961 “WEST SIDE STORY” starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblin & Rita Moreno. The American take on “Romeo & Juliet” won Best Picture for that year and is the ground floor for many people’s introduction to musicals. Jets, Sharks, fake Latinas, star-crossed lovers, tragedy and the most graceful gang warfare you ever saw. Everyone knows this story. Check it here: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7u28ym
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    33 min
  • Fiddler On The Roof (1971)
    All November we RAISE THE CURTAIN & BELT THE CHORUS for a musicals themed month and we’re heading to a fictional Russian town called Anatevka for a folksy tale of a pious and poor Jewish family. This beloved stage show ran very long so perhaps it’s no wonder that Norman Jewison’s adaptation of “FIDDLER ON THE ROOF” was a box office smash for 1971. In it we meet Tevye’ and his family. He’s got 3 daughters at marrying age and the good book dictates that their marriages be arranged to benefit their family and status. Such is tradition! But times are changing in Eastern Europe in the early 20th Century and these kids got their own crazy ideas. With the weight of tradition and the dangers of society upon them can Tevye bend without breaking his faith? Starring Chaim Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey and more. Music by Jerry Bock and adapted by John Williams. Angela has booked this month and much of it is Bob’s introduction to many musical styles. The only one he’s seen for this coming month is “Bye Bye Birdie” of all things. He’s only seen three more beyond that. Hear us set fresh eyes and opinions on a beloved classic. If we were a rich man, we would still do a movie podcast. We love movies that much.
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    Soundcloud feed: https://soundcloud.com/documenteers
    Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/culturewrought
    29 min

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Bob Sham and Angela (former Documenteers hosts)have expanded their film discussion into broader waters with MOVIEHUMPERS. This feed is the one stop shop for our classic and current shows.