55: Jaws (1975) - Bully Your Local Mayor

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06/27/22 • 79 min

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As actual summer begins, our Summer of Spielberg month ends with his big splash into showbiz: Jaws from 1975!

We're talking about Robert Shaw's amazing writing contributions, the number of incredibly specific lessons this movie TRIED to teach us, and hungover tuba players. Plus, Erin wants to tell you about real life shark attacks!

Next episode, we're sticking to POV monster shots with Tremors from 1990.

As actual summer begins, our Summer of Spielberg month ends with his big splash into showbiz: Jaws from 1975!

Next episode, we're sticking to POV monster shots with Tremors from 1990.

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54: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Piggly Wiggly's Chocolate-Coated Sidewinder Missile

For week 3 of the Summer of Spielberg we're going back to the (almost) beginning: it's Close Encounters of the Third Kind from 1977!

We're talking about the pioneering influence this movie had on sci-fi (Douglas Trumbull and Chris Carter, hello!), we get galaxy-brained about the general ideas of language & communication, and we wouldn't be us if we didn't spend some time talking about John Williams. Plus, what was Truffaut up to with his hands? Let Erin tell you!

Next week we get even closer to the beginning with proto-blockbuster and anti-shark propaganda film, Jaws (1975)!

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56: Tremors (1990) - B-Movie Maniacs

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Do you feel that? It's this week's episode on 1990's Tremors!

Whether you're listening while stranded on a roof or commuting on a CAT loader, we think you'll enjoy our discussion on what makes this a great western and a fantastic monster movie.

We're talking about how the limited budget on this movie was to its advantage, how it was born out of industrial shorts and biology, and Nick accidentally demolishes Erin with his trivia segment, "Grab-oid onto these facts!"

Next week we're sticking to the American south with the Coen's O Brother Where Art Thou (2000)!