The Complete Works Podcast

It's 1977, disco has taken over, and Saturday Night Fever is out in theaters... now, let's fast-forward six months, to when Jeff Goldblum appeared in a DIFFERENT disco movie that really wanted to be Saturday Night Fever, it's THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY! Featuring Goldblum as the owner of the disco, Debra Winger in an early role, Terri Nunn aka the lead singer of Berlin, The Commodores appearing as themselves, and Donna Summer, performing an Academy Award-winning song. It may say Friday in the title, but you can listen to this podcast any day of the week. 

In the early '70s, director Robert Altman discovered Jeff Goldblum and put him in a couple of his movies... and now, Goldblum appears in an Altman-produced movie from Altman protegé Alan Rudolph, starring an Altman alum in the lead role, Geraldine Chaplin. The movie itself is hard to find in the US right now, but definitely worth it when you do - this is 1978's REMEMBER MY NAME.

It's finally happening: Jeff Goldblum gets a major, substantial role in a movie, and he's already going Full Goldblum. Mike and Mike talk about his role as Max Arloft, a rock music critic for a Boston newspaper, in 1977's BETWEEN THE LINES! After weeks of bit parts and movies where Goldblum has no dialogue, we were super excited to dig into this one. 

Jeff Goldblum forgets his mantra, but we don't forget to talk about it! Goldblum appears in 1977's Best Picture winner ANNIE HALL for about three seconds, and we're gonna break that down as much as is humanly possible. Plus, we discuss the film as a turning point in Woody Allen's career, and use it as a jumping off point to talk about how we deal with culturally significant art from problematic artists. 

After The Exorcist came out in 1973, a whole wave of supernatural horror movies followed - and one of them featured Jeff Goldblum in a small role, so that's the one we're talking about today! Mike and Mike talk Michael Winner's THE SENTINEL, possibly one of the weirdest movies to attract a cast of big names... maybe ever?

Does Jeff Goldblum have some kind of problem with Charles Bronson or something? Two years after his screen debut as Freak #1 in DEATH WISH, Goldblum returns to terrorize Bronson again, this time as Hood #3, in the 1976 neo-noir thriller ST. IVES! 

Jeff Goldblum - that young, streetwise, tough guy - pops up for a couple of scenes in SPECIAL DELIVERY in 1976, a crime comedy thriller starring Bo Svenson and Cybill Shepherd. Come for Goldblum evolving the character he played in DEATH WISH, stay for Bo Svenson smashing Goldblum's face against the wall!

We finally get some substantial Goldblum in Paul Mazursky's 1976 semi-autobiographical comedy-drama NEXT STOP, GREENWICH VILLAGE. Only two real Goldblum scenes, but that's ok, because the movie's pretty great, too! Also features early appearances from Christopher Walken and Bill Murray! 

After Robert Altman discovered Jeff Goldblum and cast him in CALIFORNIA SPLIT, he told him to come down to Tennessee for a summer to hang out and film another movie... and of course, that became one of the most celebrated movies of Altman's career, NASHVILLE. Goldblum's Tricycle Man is a memorable early performance amidst a huge ensemble cast, and now we're gonna talk about it! (Which means we'll do more talking than he actually does in the movie, naturally). 

Ok, so Jeff Goldblum is in this movie for about 15 seconds. Still counts! Our second episode takes us into Robert Altman's gambling comedy-drama CALIFORNIA SPLIT, a great movie that acts as a clear influence on UNCUT GEMS. Plus, hey, Goldblum!