Movie Wars - Se7en Vs. The Silence Of The Lambs (Ep. 0016)

Se7en Vs. The Silence Of The Lambs (Ep. 0016)

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10/29/21 • 79 min

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Kyle, Drew, and Phil decided to take on two psychological icons for the scary October episode of Movie Wars. Hannibal Lector is a cinema-defining character while Se7en is considered one of the most innovative, creative, and daunting thrillers of all time. Get a break from the slashers and listen to the MWP as they get psychological.

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SE7EN

When retiring police Detective William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) tackles a final case with the aid of newly transferred David Mills (Brad Pitt), they discover a number of elaborate and grizzly murders. They soon realize they are dealing with a serial killer (Kevin Spacey) who is targeting people he thinks represent one of the seven deadly sins. Somerset also befriends Mills' wife, Tracy (Gwyneth Paltrow), who is pregnant and afraid to raise her child in the crime-riddled city.

Director:
David Fincher
Producer:
Arnold Kopelson, Phyllis Carlyle
Writer:
Andrew Kevin Walker
Release Date (Streaming):
Dec 19, 2000
Box Office (Gross USA):
$100.1M
Runtime:
2h 5m

(Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/seven)

The Silence Of The Lambs

Jodie Foster stars as Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn) wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

Director:
Jonathan Demme
Producer:
Ronald M. Bozman, Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt
Writer:
Thomas Harris, Ted Tally
Release Date (Theaters):
Feb 13, 1991 Wide
Release Date (Streaming):
Aug 21, 2001
Box Office (Gross USA):
$130.7M
Runtime:
1h 59m
Distributor:
Orion Pictures

(Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/silence_of_the_lambs)

SE7EN

Director:
David Fincher
Producer:
Arnold Kopelson, Phyllis Carlyle
Writer:
Andrew Kevin Walker
Release Date (Streaming):
Dec 19, 2000
Box Office (Gross USA):
$100.1M
Runtime:
2h 5m

(Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/seven)

The Silence Of The Lambs

Director:
Jonathan Demme
Producer:
Ronald M. Bozman, Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt
Writer:
Thomas Harris, Ted Tally
Release Date (Theaters):
Feb 13, 1991 Wide
Release Date (Streaming):
Aug 21, 2001
Box Office (Gross USA):
$130.7M
Runtime:
1h 59m
Distributor:
Orion Pictures

(Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/silence_of_the_lambs)

Previous Episode

Sleepless In Seattle Vs. When Harry Met Sally (Ep. 0015)

1 Recommendations

Only on Movie Wars can we go from discussing pimps and franchised anarchy one week and then Rom-Coms the next week. When you watch a good Rom-Com, you can taste it. The taste of Fall or Christmas against the backdrop of a romanticized New York, Chicago, or Seattle. Grab a latte, take a stroll with your soulmate, and laugh along with the Movie Wars crew as we Love and War.

Film Summary

Sleepless In Seattle

After the death of his wife, Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) moves to Seattle with his son, Jonah (Ross Mallinger). When Jonah calls in to a talk-radio program to find a new wife for his father, Sam grudgingly gets on the line to discuss his feelings. Annie Reed (Meg Ryan), a reporter in Baltimore, hears Sam speak and falls for him, even though she is engaged. Unsure where it will lead, she writes Sam a letter asking him to meet her at the Empire State Building on Valentine's Day.

Genre:
Romance
Original Language:
English
Director:
Nora Ephron
Producer:
Gary Foster
Writer:
Nora Ephron, David S. Ward, Jeff Arch
Release Date (Theaters):
Jun 25, 1993 Wide
Runtime:
1h 44m
Distributor:
Columbia Tristar
Production Co:
TriStar Pictures

(Info courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sleepless_in_seattle)

When Harry Met Sally

In 1977, college graduates Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) and Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) share a contentious car ride from Chicago to New York, during which they argue about whether men and women can ever truly be strictly platonic friends. Ten years later, Harry and Sally meet again at a bookstore, and in the company of their respective best friends, Jess (Bruno Kirby) and Marie (Carrie Fisher), attempt to stay friends without sex becoming an issue between them.

Genre:
Romance
Original Language:
English
Director:
Rob Reiner
Producer:
Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman
Writer:
Nora Ephron
Box Office (Gross USA):
$90.4M
Runtime:
1h 35m
Production Co:
Castle Rock Entertainment

(info provided by Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/when_harry_met_sally)

Next Episode

Total Recall Vs. Minority Report (Ep. 0017)

8 Recommendations

Phillip K. Dick wrote two incredibly prophetic stories of technophobia with The Minority Report(1956) and We Can Remember it For You Wholesale(1966). It doesn’t hurt that they also led to two Sci-Fi classics carried by leading men Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tom Cruise. Get paranoid and get weird with the Movie Wars crew as we discuss Total Recall and Minority Report.

Film Summaries:

Total Recall

Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a bored construction worker in the year 2084 who dreams of visiting the colonized Mars. He visits "Rekall," a company that plants false memories into people's brains, in order to experience the thrill of Mars without having to travel there. But something goes wrong during the procedure; Quaid discovers that his entire life is actually a false memory and that the people who implanted it in his head now want him dead.

Rating:
R
Genre:
Sci-Fi, Action
Director:
Paul Verhoeven
Producer:
Buzz Feitshans, Ronald Shusett
Writer:
Philip K. Dick, Jon Povill, Gary Goldman
Release Date (Streaming):
May 21, 2002
Box Office (Gross USA):
$117.8M
Runtime:
1h 49m

(Info courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/total_recall)

Minority Report

Based on a story by famed science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, "Minority Report" is an action-detective thriller set in Washington D.C. in 2054, where police utilize a psychic technology to arrest and convict murderers before they commit their crime. Tom Cruise plays the head of this Precrime unit and is himself accused of the future murder of a man he hasn't even met.