Episode 93 - The Best Disaster Movies | Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen Podcast

On the Set of Bullitt: During the summer of 1968, Leilani Chun found herself on the set of Bullitt alongside Steve McQueen. She joins me on this bonus episode of the show, to share her interaction with "The King of Cool." by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

12 min listen

Episode 100 - Steve McQueen Forever: On this episode of Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen, I'm joined by Marshall Terrill, writer and Steve McQueen expert. Together, we explore McQueen's relationship with his third wife, Barbara Minty, his struggle with Mesothelioma,... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

56 min listen

Episode 99 - The Hunter: Dr. Jason Nye, Associate Professor of English at Colorado Christian University and film historian, joins me to discuss Steve McQueen's final film, The Hunter. We explore the cars featured in the movie, the film's cast of ridiculous characters, and the... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

61 min listen

Episode 98 - Tom Horn: Mickey Guinn, retired actor, stuntman, and driver for Hollywood Local 399 Teamsters joins me to talk about working with Steve McQueen on his penultimate film, Tom Horn, and to share stories about working with many actors including William Shatner,... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

65 min listen

Episode 97 - The Old Place: Florence Esposito takes me back to The Old Place in Agoura Hills, California during the early to mid-70s, where she worked and mingled with Steve McQueen and other Hollywood stars at the beloved rustic bar. by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

37 min listen

Episode 96 - An Enemy of the People: The Steve McQueen expert Marshall Terrill joins me to provide insight into McQueen's rarely seen 1978 film, An Enemy of The People. We also discuss the extensive interview Steve gave Charles Champlin at Loyola Marymount University in 1978, which... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

83 min listen

Episode 95 - Fading into the Background: In 1974, Steve McQueen starred in The Towering Inferno, the top grossing film of the year. By 1975, he became a recluse, and faded into the background of Hollywood. On this episode of the podcast, the Steve McQueen expert, Marshall Terrill, joins... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

52 min listen

Episode 94 - Lee Marvin: Lee Marvin expert Dwayne Epstein joins me to discuss his new book, Killin' Generals: The Making of The Dirty Dozen, the Most Iconic WW II Movie of All Time, and to explore the life and films of one of Steve McQueen’s contemporaries, and the man... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

97 min listen

Episode 92 - A Tiny Spark: Documentary filmmaker, producer, and author, Laurent Bouzereau explores the impact disaster movies have had on his career, especially Steve McQueen’s The Towering Inferno. He also shares what he learned about the classic disaster film from talking... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

47 min listen

Episode 91 - The Towering Inferno: Carlena Gower, Angela Allbright in The Towering Inferno, joins me to reveal what it was like working with Steve McQueen and Paul Newman, to talk about being on the set of the greatest disaster movie ever, and to discuss her life and career after... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

66 min listen

Episode 90 - Blobfest 2023: It's that time of year again, when movie fans congregate at The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania to celebrate Steve McQueen’s 1958 classic sci-fi monster movie, The Blob. Chuck Francisco, aka Dash Daring, joins me on this episode of... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

57 min listen

Episode 89 - Dustin Hoffman and The Graduate: After seeing The Graduate in 1968, Steve McQueen couldn’t believe Dustin Hoffman was going to be a movie star. Five years later, they starred in Papillon together. Beverly Gray, author of 2017’s Seduced by Mrs. Robinson: How The Graduate Became... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

72 min listen

Episode 88 - Cinema Behind Bars: Kevin Kehrwald, author of the book Prison Movies: Cinema Behind Bars, and a professor in the English department at Frostburg State University, where he founded the Film Studies program, joins me to discuss the history of prison movies; exploring films... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

60 min listen

Episode 87 - Life on a Prison Island: Caroline Delbert, freelance writer and reporter, and contributing editor at Popular Mechanics, discusses her recent article, Forced Exile: The World’s Dubious History of Prison Islands, as we explore the history of life on various prison islands,... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

49 min listen

Episode 86 - Papillon by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

63 min listen

Episode 85 - The Getaway, 1994: Author, actor, and co-host of the Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers podcast Dion Baia joins me to discuss the 1994 remake of 1972's The Getaway. We talk about the performances of several actors in the 1994 version of the film and compare them to their... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

74 min listen

Episode 84 - The Magnificent Seven, 2016: Daniel Epler from The Cobwebs Podcast joins me to compare Antoine Fuqua’s version of The Magnificent Seven to John Sturges’ 1960 classic remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film, Seven Samurai. We discuss the film's diverse cast of... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

41 min listen

Episode 83 - Wanted: Dead or Alive, the Movie: In the first episode of a series that explores remade and reimagined Steve McQueen projects, Will from the Exploding Helicopter podcast and website joins me to discuss 1987's reimagined Wanted: Dead or Alive, a film that attempts to connect to Steve... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

49 min listen

Episode 82 - Steve McQueen's Record Collection: Drummer and Jazz historian Steven Cerra joins me to explore Steve McQueen’s record collection, as seen in LIFE photographer John Dominis’ 1963 photograph of the “King of Cool” listening to Jazz records in his Palm Springs bungalow. by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

53 min listen

Episode 81 - Spencer Tracy by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

37 min listen

Episode 80 - Hardboiled Jim Thompson: Georgetown University professor Dr. Susanna Lee, author of Hard-Boiled Crime Fiction and the Decline of Moral Authority and Detectives In the Shadows: A Hard-Boiled History, joins me to discuss the hardboiled crime fiction of Jim Thompson, including... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

51 min listen

Episode 60 - Bruce Buffer Remembers Steve McQueen REVISITED: As we say goodbye to 2022, and welcome in 2023, I share with you the most listened to/downloaded episode of Speeding Bullitt of the past year, with a new intro providing insightful background information about the podcast. Bruce Buffer, the official... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

46 min listen

Episode 79 - How to Rob a Bank: Steve McQueen robbed banks in The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery, The Thomas Crown Affair, and The Getaway; Clay Tumey robbed banks in real life. Clay joins me to discuss what led to him robbing banks, to talk about how prison changed him, and he shares... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

58 min listen

Episode 78 - The Getaway: Writer and Steve McQueen expert Marshall Terrill joins me to provide an update on the books he’s been writing, to talk about fact and fiction in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, and to discuss Steve McQueen’s Junior Bonner and The Getaway. by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

68 min listen

Episode 77 - Cinema Speculation: Acclaimed director Quentin Tarantino has released his nonfiction film theory book, Cinema Speculation, which includes chapters on Bullitt and The Getaway. On this episode of Speeding Bullitt, McQueen expert Marshall Terrill and I unpack the McQueen... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

61 min listen

Episode 76 - Girl on the Run: It’s Noirvember, and on this episode of Speeding Bullitt, Daniel Epler from The Cobwebs Podcast joins me to explore Steve McQueen’s very first appearance on film in the ultra low budget film noir, 1953’s Girl on the Run. During the second half... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

50 min listen

Episode 75 - Man from the South: Novelist, actor, and co-host of the Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers podcast, Dion Baia, joins me to discuss Steve McQueen's two episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Human Interest Story from 1959 and Man from the South from 1960. by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

93 min listen

Episode 74 - Songs in the Key of McQueen: Musicians have been singing about Steve McQueen for over 50 years, including singer-songwriter Patterson Hood, co-founder of the Drive-By Truckers. Patterson joins me to talk about his song, Steve McQueen, and to explore the origins of his fascination... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

37 min listen

Episode 73 - Rodeo Roundup: Novelist and co-host of the Six-Gun Justice Western pop culture podcast, Paul Bishop, discusses Junior Bonner and explores the history of rodeo books, TV shows, and films. Matthew Asprey Gear, writer, educator, and film historian follows Paul to dive... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

63 min listen

Episode 72 - My Father, Sam Peckinpah: Costume designer and the youngest child of director Sam Peckinpah, Lupita Peckinpah, discusses the Turner Classic Movies 2019 documentary, Peckinpah Suite, of which she is the focus of. Lupita also talks about the life and films of her father, and... by Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

56 min listen

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