- Nathan Robert Blackburn
Alcatraz DOUBLE FEATURE | Four Seasons of Film Podcast | Ep. 335
Nathan and Andy break into THE ROCK (1996) with Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, and Michael Bay… then ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ (1979) with Clint Eastwood, Don Siegel, and Roberts Blossom. It’s an Alcatraz Double Feature!
CRITICS MENTIONED: Gary Arnold (The Washington Post), Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times), Marc Savlov (The Austin Chronicle), Desson Thomas (The Washington Post)
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Show Notes:
01:42 Critique the Critics
02:05 The Rock (1996)
02:54 Does Director Michael Bay deserve negative criticism?
04:06 Critic Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle & the “Testosterone-ee” factor
07:01 The Transformers Franchise
07:39 Nicolas Cage: Man, Myth, and Legend
09:35 Critic Desson Thomas & “Morally Corrupt Drama”
10:30 Plot + Action + Comedy
11:26 Critic Roger Ebert on The Rock (1996)
13:07 Action Films and Practical Effects
13:40 Double Feature
14:30 Escape From Alcatraz (1979)
15:05 Pacing
15:50 Critic Roger Ebert on Escape From Alcatraz (1979)
16:40 Director Don Seigel
17:40 On-location Filming vs. in the Studio
18:25 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
19:05 Character actors of the 1970s
20:03 Prison Film Genre
21:13 The Warden
21:55 Clint Eastwood and the critics
23:55 Clint Eastwood and a Monkey (Every Which Way but Loose 1978)
24:42 Critic Gary Arnold, Washington Post
25:20 George Plimpton
26:04 Masterclass of filmmaking
27:02 Did they make it to shore?
28:55 Conspiracy theories
29:55 Rooting for the anti-heroes in this film