Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies

Steve interviews producer Julian Blaustein ("The Day the Earth Stood Still") all about his underrated classic "Khartoum" (1966)

Steve is joined by film historian and filmmaker Steve Mitchell and military technical advisor to film and television Rory Aylward as they celebrate Steven Spielberg's classic World War II film, "Saving Private Ryan" (1998).  

BREAKING PODCAST NEWS – I first discovered the work of director Rod Lurie when I caught his terrific military prison film “The Last Castle, “ which starred Robert Redford and James Gandolfini. I gave it a review on Facebook and he reached out and thanked me, which was very cool.  More recently, he directed the gripping Afghan war film “The Outpost,” which starred Scott Eastwood.  This coming June 26th, Rod teams again with Eastwood in another taut war story – “Lucky Strike” – which follows one determined engineering officer trapped in the midst of the German winter offensive against the allies – inotherwords – the Battle of the Bulge.  I was able to interview Rod all about this film, and he’s the subject of this week’s podcast.

Reaching into the archives for his first book, "Combat Films: American Realism (1945-1970)", Steve interviews author/screenwriter/producer and Army Corps veteran Sy Bartlett, who co-wrote the original novel and screenplay for the World War II classic, "!2 O'Clock HIgh."

Steve taps into his James Bond archives and presents his original 1977 interview with writer Roald Dahl who brought

Borrowing a page from David Letterman's book, Steve offers his Top Ten War films of all time. 

Tapping into his 007 audio archives, Steve presents a fun 1977 interview with marvelous character actor Christopher Lee, who played the suave title villain in "The Man with the Golden Gun."

Steve is joined by U.S. Army veteran Rory Aylward who serves as a military technical advisor to the film and television industries, and film historian, writer and researcher Avie Hern, as they discuss the making of and legacy of "Patton" - the Best Picture of 1970.

Steve interviews former KGB recruit, Jack Barsky, who spent ten years undercover in New York City spying for the Soviet Union, and who explains how many elements of "The Americans" television series were inaccurate.