Join us as we discuss the 1997 biopic, Donnie Brasco.

Directed by Mike Newell

Screenplay by Paul Attanasio

Based on Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia (1988 book) by Joseph D. Pistone

Richard Woodley

Produced by Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson, Louis DiGiaimo, Gail Mutrux

Starring Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, James Russo, Anne Heche

Cinematography Peter Sova

Edited by Jon Gregory

Music by Patrick Doyle

Production companies TriStar Pictures

Mandalay Entertainment, Baltimore Pictures

Mark Johnson Productions

Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing

Release dates

February 24, 1997 (Century City premiere)

February 28, 1997 (U.S.)

Running time 126 minutes

Budget

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Gross US & Canada

$41,909,762

Opening weekend US & Canada

$11,660,216Mar 2, 1997

Gross worldwide

$124,909,762

We jump back into the 80s and watch John Hughes' second to last directorial film Uncle Buck

Directed by John Hughes
Written by John Hughes
Produced by John Hughes, Tom Jacobson
Starring John Candy, Amy Madigan
Cinematography Ralf D. Bode
Edited by Lou Lombardo, Tony Lombardo, Peck Prior
Music by Ira Newborn
Production company Hughes Entertainment
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release dateAugust 16, 1989
Running time100 minutes
Budget
$15,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$66,758,538
Opening weekend US & Canada
$8,794,501Aug 20, 1989
Gross worldwide
$79,258,538
Metacritic: 51%
Rotten Tomatoes: 61% 
Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 77%
IMDB Audience: 7.1/10

We did it! We made it through all the Indiana Jones movies! We sunset on the franchise sunset - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. 

Sorry it is long - we don't have an excuse - we just talked a lot lol

Directed by James Mangold
Written by Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, David Koepp, James Mangold
Based on Characters by George Lucas, Philip Kaufman
Produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Simon Emanuel
Starring Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook, Ethann Isidore, Mads Mikkelsen
Cinematography Phedon Papamichael
Edited by Michael McCusker, Andrew Buckland, Dirk Westervelt
Music by John Williams
Production companies Walt Disney Pictures, Lucasfilm Ltd.
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release datesMay 18, 2023 (Cannes)
June 30, 2023 (United States)
Running time154 minutes
Budget
$387,200,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$174,480,468
Opening weekend US & Canada
$60,368,101Jul 2, 2023
Gross worldwide
$383,963,057

20 years since Last Crusade and almost 20 years since it released we watched Crystal Skull. Is it what we remember?

Directed by Steven Spielberg
Screenplay byDavid Koepp
Story by George Lucas, Jeff Nathanson
Based on Characters by George Lucas, Philip Kaufman
Produced by Frank Marshall
Starring Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent
Shia LaBeouf
Cinematography Janusz Kamiński
Edited by Michael Kahn
Music by John Williams
Production company Lucasfilm Ltd.
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release datesMay 18, 2008 (Cannes)
May 22, 2008 (United States)
Running time122 minutes
Budget
$185,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$317,101,119
Opening weekend US & Canada
$100,137,835May 25, 2008
Gross worldwide
$786,636,033

We jump into the 3rd installment of Indiana Jones with The Last Crusade. 

Directed by Steven Spielberg
Screenplay byJeffrey Boam
Story by George Lucas, Menno Meyjes
Based on Characters by George Lucas, Philip Kaufman
Produced by Robert Watts
Starring Harrison Ford, Denholm Elliott, Alison Doody, John Rhys-Davies, Julian Glover, Sean Connery
Cinematography Douglas Slocombe
Edited by Michael Kahn
Music by John Williams
Production company Lucasfilm Ltd.
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
May 24, 1989 (United States)
Running time127 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
Budget
$48,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$197,171,806
Opening weekend US & Canada
$29,355,021May 28, 1989
Gross worldwide
$474,171,806

Our impromptu summer series continues with Temple of Doom!

Directed by Steven Spielberg
Screenplay byWillard Huyck, Gloria Katz
Story by George Lucas
Produced by Robert Watts
Starring Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth, Philip Stone, Ke Huy Quan
Cinematography Douglas Slocombe
Edited by Michael Kahn
Music by John Williams
Production company Lucasfilm Ltd.
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
April 23, 1984 (Thousand Oaks)
May 23, 1984 (United States)
Running time118 minutes
Budget $28,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$179,870,271
Opening weekend US & Canada
$25,337,110May 27, 1984
Gross worldwide
$333,107,271

It's been 45 years since Indy first hit the big screen and 4 year's since this podcast has talked about it. Now with Tristian in the mix, we wanted to revisit Raiders and see how we feel about it. 

Directed by Steven Spielberg
Screenplay byLawrence Kasdan
Story by George Lucas, Philip Kaufman
Produced by Frank Marshall
Starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott
Cinematography Douglas Slocombe
Edited by Michael Kahn
Music by John Williams
Production company Lucasfilm Ltd.
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
June 12, 1981
Running time115 minutes
Budget
$18,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$248,159,971
Opening weekend US & Canada
$8,305,823Jun 14, 1981
Gross worldwide
$389,925,971

Catch us Catching the 2002 Steven Spielberg film, Catch Me If You Can

Directed by Steven Spielberg
Screenplay by Jeff Nathanson
Based on Catch Me If You Can 
by Frank Abagnale Jr., Stan Redding
Produced by Steven Spielberg, Walter F. Parkes
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye
Cinematography Janusz Kamiński
Edited by Michael Kahn
Music by John Williams
Production companies DreamWorks Pictures
Amblin Entertainment, Parkes/MacDonald Productions, Kemp Company, Splendid Pictures
Distributed byDreamWorks Distribution, LLC
Release dates December 18, 2002 (Westwood)
December 25, 2002 (United States)
Running time141 minutes
Budget
$52,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$164,615,351
Opening weekend US & Canada
$30,053,627Dec 29, 2002
Gross worldwide
$352,114,312

A retelling of Homer's epic - well, an attempt...

Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Screenplay byDavid Benioff
Based on Iliad by Homer
Posthomerica by Quintus Smyrnaeus
Produced by Wolfgang Petersen, Diana Rathbun, Colin Wilson
Starring Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson, Peter O'Toole
Cinematography Roger Pratt
Edited by Peter Honess
Music by James Horner
Production companies Warner Bros. Pictures, Radiant Productions, Plan B Entertainment, Helena Productions, Latina Pictures, Nimar Studios
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release datesMay 13, 2004 (Cannes)
May 14, 2004 (United States)
Running time163 minutes
Budget
$175,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$133,378,256
Opening weekend US & Canada
$46,865,412May 16, 2004
Gross worldwide
$497,409,852

Test your might and join us as we discuss the 1995 film Mortal Kombat

Directed by Paul Anderson
Written by Kevin Droney
Based on Mortal Kombat by Ed Boon, John Tobias
Produced by Lawrence Kasanoff
Starring Linden Ashby, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Robin Shou, Bridgette Wilson, Talisa Soto, Christopher Lambert
Cinematography John R. Leonetti
Edited by Martin Hunter
Music by George S. Clinton
Production company Threshold Entertainment
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release date
August 18, 1995
Running time101 minutes
Budget
$18,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$70,454,098
Opening weekend US & Canada
$23,283,887Aug 20, 1995
Gross worldwide
$122,195,920