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91: Payback with Ben Acker

91: Payback with Ben Acker

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91: Payback with Ben Acker

FromPodcast Like It's ...

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Length:
122 minutes
Released:
Aug 21, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

A hard boiled crime movie taken away from its director. A star whose then future, now past makes it hard to watch. This Week, Phil, Kenny and guest Ben Acker (Thrilling Adventure Hour, Supernatural) talk about Payback, a film that would be up all their alleys if not for a good amount of tonal confusion, it having two cuts that neither of which completely fix it and some sexism disguised as genre trappings. Oh, and its star is also an abusive anti-Semite.   We dig deep on Mel Gibson’s Controversial career, Lucy Liu’s treatment by Hollywood, Ben Acker’s love of the Parker books (inspired by the movie), Director’s Cut v Theatrical Cut shenanigans, the biggest gap in 99 in ratings for a movie we’ve ever had. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Released:
Aug 21, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

In a lot of ways 1999 was the year that changed movies. From “The Matrix” and “The Blair Witch Project” to “American Beauty” and “The Sixth Sense”, the last year of the millennium was transformative for Hollywood. Through "Podcast Like It's 1999" writers Phillip Iscove (co-creator of FOX's Sleepy Hollow) and Kenny Neibart (Entourage, Hindsight) examine this apex of Cinema, before television took over, before Reality TV, before TMZ and Twitter but also after the internet, after Clinton, after OJ, after Howard Stern and Jerry Springer. This podcast will cover the over 250 exciting, funny and influential movies produced that year. Get excited to do a deep dive into all things 1999. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.