Episode 66 - Saving Private Ryan (1998)

08/15/23 • 111 min

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On the 25th anniversary of its release, the two guys who brought you phrases like "brain boners," "milady, you've got the chompers of a basset hound," and "Amy want night tickle" are here to talk 1998's critically acclaimed World War II film, Saving Private Ryan. And who better? Your gnarly boys not only breakdown the technical aspects of Steven Spielberg's direction, but somehow break into a Kantian dialogue pitting Jeremy Benthem's philosophy of Utilitarianism against classical Deontology. I'm serious.
Filmshake is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get, and we don't even care if that's the wrong Tom Hanks movie. You also get, very briefly, discussion about our punishment film, 2005's The Great Raid, and of course, as always, an episode-ending trivia battle to the death.
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Music Heard This Episode:
"Hymn to the Fallen" -- John Williams
"Omaha Beach" -- John Williams
"High School Teacher" -- John Williams
"Revisiting Normandy" -- John Williams

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"He's mean, and he'll blast through your screen!" but that's okay, you don't need a screen for Filmshake, cuz we're a podcast, and we're talking 1993's Last Action Hero on its 30th anniversary. We'll try to decide if this *DEEP BREATH* fantasy action comedy drama deserved to flop harder than Lebron James at the box office (that joke means two things now!), or if it's actually an unsung gem, like Space Jam: A New Legacy (lol, just kidding Lebron). To find out, we've brought on the world's preeminent Last Action Hero expert, Jackson Boren, to let us know if Arnold Schwarzenegger's venture into the meta should have been a hit (like Michael Jordan's Space Jam) and Jackson's brought a friend. That friend is our punishment film, Arnie's lone directorial effort, 1992's made for TV romantic comedy remake, Christmas in Connecticut. Does it stand on its own two feet, or does it fall violently to the ground at the mere sight of an elbow, like Lebron does? Only one way to find out! Listen to this episode (unless you're Lebron*)!
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"Jack and the Ripper" by Michael Kamen
"The Real World" by Michael Kamen
"River Chase" by Michael Kamen
"Premiere" by Michael Kamen
"Big Gun" by AC/DC

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It's an episode 65 Million Years In the Making, as the 90s Movies Podcast finally covers 1993's Jurassic Park, arguably the biggest movie of the 90s (all major theme parks have delays)! Join us and special guest, Chaz from Cinema Medicine Podcast, as we talk every single plot point of the film, how it reflects on the book, how it reflects on the other Jurassic Park films, as well as the music, the video game tie-ins, our first experience with the film, a trademark Filmshake nihilism monologue, if you want it, we got it for two hours! Life finds a way, and if it has anything to do with Jurassic Park, we'll find a way to talk about it!
We also talk our punishment film, 1992's The Lost World, which is like Jurassic Park if Jurassic Park was not good, as well as engage in an episode-ending dinosaur-centric trivia battle because we do intend to have dinosaurs on our dinosaur tour.
Music Heard This Episode:
"Journey to the Island" -- John Williams
"Incident at Isla Nublar" -- John Williams
"Jurassic Park Gate" -- John Williams
"Eye to Eye" -- John Williams
"Ocean (Submarine Symphony)" - Jon Dunn

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Filmshake - The ‘90s Movies Podcast - Episode 66 - Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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Music - Well clear your murder holes and get out your bangle lores. I'm Jordan. And this is Nick. And this is Film Shake, the 90s movies podcast. Episode 65. We're talking about saving Private Ryan, formerly known as saving Ryan's privates. I'm just gonna just feel like I'm gonna have to throw that in there every now and then, Nick. I'm so glad that I sent you that. Yeah, you sent that you sent that mad mad TV video to me and I just can't stop thinking about it. So the legendary mad TV video.