Today on Elevator Pitch there will be absolutely no elevator pitches! Instead, we welcome Jack Tucker into the zoom room for a celebration of shame. Each year, Jack organizes a list of movies he's ashamed to have never seen and then watches all of them. The movement has spread wildly across Letterboxd, so last month we decided to join him. Now here us speak our shame for nearly two hours. I promise you it's worth it.

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We're joined by Marc Brockwell (writer/director) for a grand ol' elevator pitch session with greenskeeper, ghostbuster, pop psychologist, and world famous actor/writer/comedian (in Japan at least) Bill Murray. First, a discussion on Bill’s early career and the type of characters he embodied. Then, a brief side discussion on Dominic Sessa’s Hotels.com commercials. But of course, then we pitch to Bill at a fulcrum point of his career, coming off his 80s slapstick run, during his five year hiatus, and just before his 90s arthouse turn - in the year 1985 (50:02).

A pitch off you say?

Today on the pod we're joined by Dan and Chris Powers from the Empty Netters Podcast for an eloquent, word perfect conversation within a pitch-off within a podcast within a play covering none other than the lord of corduroy himself, Wes Anderson. Then, the Powers bros and the Elevator fellas team up for our first ever pitch off to Wes in the year 2015 (34:11).

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Your favorite podcaster's favorite podcaster, Gerry Kenah, joins us as we welcome stripper, breakdancer, half-werewolf, and undercover cop Channing Tatum into the elevator on the heels of his new movie Pussy Island…I mean Blink Twice. 

None of us saw it. 

BUT we do dissect Tatum’s fascinating career. Each and every one of his pops, locks, knee slides, and pelvic thrusts. THEN we pitch to Channing at his arguable apex, the year 2015 (54:27).

Listening’s free folks, touching’s gonna cost ya.

Today on the pod writer, director, and mind alterer M. Night Shyamalan joins Will in the elevator as Matt zooms in from New York. Matt tells Will and Night what he thought about his new(ish) movie Trap starring Josh Hartnett (3:33) without spoiling a thing. Then, they dig into Night's career as a whole. Then...something unexpected happens. It'll confuse you, scare you, and then probably just confuse you once again as we start pitching Night some pandemic movies in the year 2020 (32:05).

Buckle up. Today we're joined in the elevator by collegiate baseball player, Gotham stock exchange broker, personal assistant, fighter pilot, hitman, and storm chaser/content creator Glen Powell.

We sit down with Powell expert Kate Klausner for a deep dive on his new hit film Twisters co-starring Daisey Edgar Jones, Anthony Ramos, and Paul Scheer (5:27). Then we hop into a time machine and travel to 2027 for our first future pitch session (57:26). Glen's got some interesting projects already in place that we wouldn't want to step on. Instead, we'll catch him on the tail end of saving the motion picture industry and predict the future. Not to be dramatic, but the fate of humanity depends on it.

Some podcasts merely adopted the dark, this podcast was born in it. That's right, it's Tom Hardy week on Elevator Pitch. For the release of Jeff Nichols' The Bikeriders, we dig into the new film starring Hardy, Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, and most importantly Emory Cohen (13:30). Then a lil' bonus discussion on the current state of pop filmmaking vs. how they're marketed (27:38).

Finally, we pitch two films to Tom hot off his Oscar nom in the year 2016 (50:35). This is a really good episode, everyone. And I should know. I was on the episode.

This week, we're shaking things up and taking the pod to the STREETS. Our first-ever MAILBAG episode!

You asked (three of you), we kind of answered, and then we talked about our love lives for nearly 30 minutes! This episode is sure to make you question whether following this podcast was the right thing to do or the best thing you've ever done. Hop in, we're going NOWHERE!

Yup. The Juice is LOOSE and he's IN the Elevator.

It's Tanner's birthday and instead of giving him a gift, we gave him some power, which he chose to wield in the most unusual way imaginable. That's right, Tanner is forcing us to pitch to former Heisman Trophy winner and Detective Nordberg himself, O.J. Simpson, fresh off his tiny, little murder trial (don't worry, we talk about that A LOT). So don't sit, don't relax, and please don't enjoy as we pitch to our first deceased star, O.J. Simpson.

Today is a special day on Elevator Pitch. Not only are we welcoming in our first guest pitcher, writer/actor Winston Salk, but our celebrity guest is none other than the lord of the prison yard, tennis court, US Mexican border, borough of Queens, and city of Baltimore - JON BERNTHAL.

First, a discussion as colorful and wide ranging as Bernthal's own career. Then, we pitch three movies to Jon for this year, 2024 (20:26). Our first modern pitch session yet - because Bernthal's time is right about now.