Show notes
My guest for this month is West Anthony, and he’s joined me to discuss the film I chose for him, the 1977 drama film ¡Alambrista!. You can follow the show on Twitter @cinemagadfly.
Show notes:
- This film was written and directed by Robert M. Young
- We discuss a certain unnamed presidential candidate at length, who has since gone on to become an unnamed presumptive nominee. I’m not going to do this candidate any favors by linking to them
- Loving Cheeseburgers, Rock and Roll, The Beatles, and Blue Jeans, is pretty damned American
- Ned Beatty is one of my all time favorite “that guy” actors
- He was nominated for an Academy Award for Network, and appeared in All the President’s Men, Deliverance, and both Superman and Superman II, among many other films
- Edward James Olmos has been in quite a few of Robert M. Young’s films
- He was also awesome in the reboot of Battlestar Galactica
- Paul Giamatti is another of my all time favorite “that guy” actors, he’s just so great
- Don Cheadle is staring in Miles Ahead, which I’m fiendishly excited for
- He was in the second and third Iron Man films
- He was also in Oceans Eleven
- Jerry Hardin played Deep Throat on The X-Files
- His daughter Melora was Jan on The Office
- I don’t know if Ryan Gallagher is still re-watching the X-Files in HD or not. Hey Ryan!
- Everyone who reads this needs to go subscribe to Musical Notation with West Anthony. Right now. I’ll wait
- It’s part of the awesome Battleship Pretension Podcast Fleet
- You can also follow West’s amazing show on twitter @notationpod
