Show notes
A prettily-wrapped early Christmas present for movie fans, Quentin Tarantino's epic yet human-scale 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' both rewards and upends your expectations from "a Quentin Tarantino movie". Chris' signature intro (00:00), NO SPOILERS in this episode & Chris' favorite Tarantino movies (2:00), Jason loves 'Jackie Brown' (4:00), broad plot strokes of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood & Jay Sebring, Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate, and Charles Manson (5:00), Paul Thomas Anderson on Leo DiCaprio (7:00), Rick Dalton and Cliff Booth inspired by famous stunt-man/actor pairings (7:30), Once Upon A Time In Hollywood trailer (8:45), Neil Diamond's Hot August Night (10:15), Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley, Luke Perry, Bruce Dern, Mike Moh as Bruce Lee, Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen (12:00), Bruce Lee and other controversies after the film's release (13:30), Pitt's Cliff Booth character (15:00), Tarantino's interests in telling this Hollywood story (16:30), Spahn Ranch scene with Manson family (18:00), Lena Dunham's performance in the movie (22:00), the only clip released from the movie (23:30), DiCaprio's incredible scene with his 8-year-old co-star (27:00), Leonardo DiCaprio soundbite about playing Rick Dalton (29:00), Al Pacino as Schwarz (30:00), Tarantino's childhood memories of growing up in LA (32:00), Burt Reynolds was supposed to play George Spahn but died during filming (36:00), Brad Pitt soundbite about playing Cliff Booth (39:30), Luke Perry's final movie (43:00), Danny Bonaduce and David Cassidy anecdote (44:00), Nicholas Hammond (the first live-action Spider-Man) is brilliant as the Sam Wannamaker Director character in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood & clip (44:30), Leo's Oscar-worthy scene acting opposite him self in a mirror (46:00), Two Different Guys On A Bench promo and Chuckler.com (47:00), Brad Pitt's history in Academy Award noms and his plan to abstain from campaigning for an Oscar (47:30), Brad Pitt is a MOVIE STAR (50:00), Tarantino surprising Box Office Grosses (56:30), filming the Spahn ranch scene, destined to be a filmic classic (58:00), Rants N Raves, Jason takes Chris on for doing a lame FB "seven books in seven days" chain letter and the lamer cul de sac of social media (59:30), Pulp Fiction heart needle scene (01:04:00), Mickey Rourke disses Robert Deniro over 'The Irishman' snub (01:05:00), the infamous Mickey Rourke in Iron Man 2 as "Whiplash" anecdote (01:07:00), When Was The Last Time Deniro Was Really Good (01:09:05), clip from "About Endlessness", directed by Roy Andersson, Chris' personal favorite (01:13:00) Latch-Key TV (01:14:00): Beau Brummell, Brian De Palma movies, Ted Wass, Phantom Of The Paradise, Body Double, Craig Wasson, Blow Out, Sally Field, Places In The Heart, Warrior Of The Lost World, Donald Pleasance, Chris' Mystery Final Line Scene (01:18:50)...(email us if you know where this is from at [email protected]. Play the fantastic Once Upon A Time In Hollywood trailer Watch a spoiler-free clip from Once Upon A Time In Hollywood here
