The Movie Show

As James Cameron turns 65, Maurice, Noel and Fernando take the opportunity at a deeper look at this most individual of Directors.

Iconic horror director Wes Craven would have celebrated his 80th birthday on the 2nd of August, Why not join Fernando and Maurice who discuss this influential career this Saturday at 11am on 99.9fm or on line at LCCR.ie

The anniversary of the film ‘The Italian Job’ which was released in July 1969 staring Michael Caine , Noel Coward and Benny Hill and with a fantastic score by Quincy Jones is the basis of this edition with Robert M Dowling ,Tom Muldowney and Maurice Egan

John Morris is a film composer on some of Mel Brook’s classic films like ‘The Producers’,’Blazing Saddles’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ as well as ‘The Elephant Man’, ‘Dirty Dancing’ and the television series ‘Coach’

Ronan Cassidy and Gregory Burrowes talk about their new documentary ‘The Vasectomy Doctor’

Part 2 on the career of David Cronenberg beginning with ‘Dead Ringers’ through ‘M Butterfly’, ‘Crash’ ,’A History of Violence’ and many more with the fantastic of experts Fernando Sanchez , Maurice Egan and Noel O’ Shea

David Cronenberg’s career Part 1 which covers his career from the mid seventies up to The Fly in 1986

Philip K. Dick was a science fiction writer who has inspired the films Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, Scanners and many more is the subject of today’s show with Fernando Sanchez, Robert M Dowling, Noel O’ Shea and Maurice Egan

Part 2 on Fred Astaire when he returns to film making in 1948 for Easter Parade with Judy Garland, his reunion with Ginger Rogers in The Barkleys of Broadway and the classic 1953 musical The Band Wagon and on till his final film Ghost Story in 1981

In Part 1, Fred Astaire’s career is examined from his beginnings as a dancer with his sister Adele to fame on screen with Ginger Rogers in the 1930’s to his first retirement in the mid 1940’s.