Episode 4 – Lawrence of Arabia

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08/01/13 • 34 min

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Holy crap! This movie is so long we had to split this episode into three parts! Lawrence of Arabia is an undisputed classic no matter what the length so Melissa and Tim couldn’t wait to show it to Jena. There is significant geeking about the score, the flimmaking and Peter O’Toole. If you have never seen this movie, you have missed one of the great pleasures of film geekdom. Don’t let yourself miss out for too much longer!

Our next episode will be out on August 15th and we’ll be watching The Road Warrior!

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Rating: 8.3/10 (327,088 votes)
Director: David Lean
Writer: Robert Bolt, Michael Wilson
Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn
Runtime: 227 min
Rated: PG
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Released: 02 Apr 2013 Plot: The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.

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Our next episode will be out on August 15th and we’ll be watching The Road Warrior!

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Episode 3 – Argo

We don’t want to be accused of only watching old movies so for this episode, we focused on the 2012 Academy Award winner for Best Picture – Argo! Not only has Jena never seen the movie, she has no first hand memories of the historical event upon which it was based! Not only does she get to learn about the movie, but she also gets to learn about something that happened. Well...if you ignore all the stuff that isn’t actually true.

Our next podcast will be on August 1st and we’ll be talking about Lawrence of Arabia!

Argo (2012) Rating: 7.7/10 (652,528 votes)
Director: Ben Affleck
Writer: Chris Terrio, Tony Mendez, Joshuah Bearman
Stars: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman
Runtime: 120 min
Rated: R
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Released: 12 Oct 2012 Plot: Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.

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Episode 5 – The Road Warrior

Our last episode was about the soaring greatness of Lawrence of Arabia. A great movie it is but we figured that we needed to have a little more fun. This episode, we watched Mad Max 2, which is better known as The Road Warrior. Many cars were wrecked. Very few lines were delivered. Awesomeness was achieved. We were joined by Melissa’s friend Fes Works to enjoy this fine example of 80’s post apocalyptic action.

Our September 1st episode will be a tribute to the late Ray Harryhausen as we watch The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad!

The Road Warrior (1981) Rating: 7.6/10 (206,579 votes)
Director: George Miller
Writer: Terry Hayes, George Miller, Brian Hannant
Stars: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston
Runtime: 96 min
Rated: R
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Released: 21 May 1982 Plot: In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community get rid of a horde of bandits.

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