Talking Pictures

Patton Oswalt

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Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt joins host Ben Mankiewicz for a live taping of Talking Pictures recorded at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on the eve of the 2026 TCM Classic Film Festival. An obsessive movie fan, Patton sees hundreds of films a year; he hates talkers in theaters but loves when going to a movie turns into a bonding experience with strangers. From his acting career, he tells stories of being suspended in a tree on the set of “Magnolia” and doing a sex scene with Charlize Theron in “Young Adult.” In the Super 8, Oswalt shares films you’ll want to remember and see the first chance you get.


Films Mentioned:

  • Young Adult
  • Ratatouille
  • The D.I.
  • Halloween
  • Magnolia
  • Hard Eight
  • Young Adult
  • Stalag 17
  • The Great Escape
  • Yojimbo
  • Bad News Bears, 1976
  • Casablanca
  • Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
  • Return of the Living Dead
  • Three Kings
  • Gates of Heaven
  • Bachelor Party
  • Baby Driver
  • After Life
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
  • Planet of The Apes
  • Wait Until Dark
  • Man With No Name
  • A Catered Affair
  • The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming
  • Sergeant York
  • The Taking of Pelham 123
  • Female Trouble
  • Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
  • The Twelve Chairs
  • Blazing Saddles
  • Ikiru
  • Kingpin
  • Quick Change
  • Pig

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