Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:40:43 -0400 George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson http://www.perfectmovie.net Podcast Maker v1.4.1 - http://www.lemonzdream.com/podcastmaker Welcome to the ORIGINAL show where you will find only movies WORTH WATCHING! Many years ago, J. Todd Anderson (filmmaker, storyboard artist and bon-vivant) and Geo. Willeman (film archivist, writer, producer, and actor-of-sorts) came up with their Rules for The Perfect Movie. Four simple but defining rules. Thus was born Their List of Perfect Movies! en Frozen Turkey Pictures filmguys@perfectmovie.net http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP_podcast_logo_144.jpg http://www.perfectmovie.net 144 117 TV & Film Performing Arts Podcasting Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect no George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Orson Welles fills the screen in his noir thriller! We here at Filmically Perfect believe that Orson Welles' worst film is better than some directors best film! There is no doubt in our minds that this IS one of his best, a twisted sadistic tale of love, murder and drugs on the border. And while some will fault Charlton Heston for his mucho gringo Mexican character, it was he who made sure that Welles was in the director's chair and for that, we can forgive all else! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP119_Touch%20of%20Evil_FINAL.mp3 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:37:36 -0400 TV & Film no 00:29:50 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson John Huston's exploration of gold & greed featuring his dad and Humphrey Bogart! There are few directors as good as getting under the skin of a character than John Huston. In this film, Huston pulls an astounding performance from Humphrey Bogart, whom he had made into a star some years earlier with "The Maltese Falcon." And if that weren't enough, Walter Huston, the director's father and an actor among actors, turns in the performance of a lifetime which garnered him an Academy Award that year! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP118_TOSM_FINAL.mp3 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:18:44 -0400 TV & Film no 00:31:16 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw burn up the screen in Sam Peckinpah's crime drama! For those of you who thought "Finally! FP is doing a Alec Baldwin movie!" SHAME ON YOU! This is the one and only original film, directed by the masterful but highly self-destructive Sam Peckinpah and starring Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, and the usually lovable Ben Johnson as one of the great swine of the screen! "The Getaway" is one of the great heist capers of all time, told with all the panache and bravado that Peckinpah had at his command. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP117_The%20Getaway_FINAL.mp3 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:54:15 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:21 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Tough Guy James Cagney directed by Tough Guy Raoul Walsh! James Cagney proves that he still has what it takes in this film, one of his last for Warner Bros. Playing the psychotic mama's boy Cody Jarrett, Cagney sets the world on fire (well, the top of it anyway) in Raoul Walsh's explosive drama! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP116_White%20Heat_FINAL.mp3 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 06:18:01 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:22 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Kirk Douglas channeling Bix with the help of Harry James!! This film is Michael Curtiz's fictional biography of Bix Beiderbecke, famed jazz trumpeter of the Roaring 20's featuring Kirk Douglas, Doris Day, and the lovely Lauren Bacall. Acting as Muse is composer/performer hoagy Carmichael as "Smoke" Willoughby. The film just proves once again that there was no genre that Curtiz could not handle! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP115_YMWAH_FINAL.mp3 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:46:02 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:08 Film, Classic, Movie, Bix, Jazz, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Hollywood's fondest tribute to itself! Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly created pure celluloid gold with this musical tale of the upheaval of hollywood with the Coming of SOUND! Kelly and his cohorts Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds and the glorious Jean Hagen make beautiful music together and get to poke a few jokes at the rough times in Tinsel Town as movies learned to talk! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP114_Singing%20in%20the%20Rain_FINAL.mp3 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:41:26 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:17 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson James Stewart takes his lumps in Anthony Mann's widescreen western! Anthony Mann helped turn James Stewart from a likeable everyman into the tough, hard-bitten westerner we see in this film. Mann utilizes his trademarked sudden viscious violence in this film, showing how the worst in a man can be even more loathsome! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP113_Man%20from%20Laramie_FINAL.mp3 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:39:13 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:13 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Elvis plays a young man who suddenly becomes a music star and can't handle the fame. Hmm. Elvis Presley plays a fictional character not at all like Elvis Presley, except that he becomes a huger rock star practically over night. One of the best of the Elvis films, when they still actually cared if the story mattered! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP112_Jailhouse%20Rock_FINAL.mp3 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:59:59 -0400 TV & Film no 00:29:52 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Play Ball! The Film Guys head for the dugout to discuss Barry Levinson's 1984 Baseball Love Letter, "The Natural" In 1984, Barry Levinson created one of the ultimate baseball movies in "The Natural", a mythological tale about America's Sport. Unfortunately, thwenty-three years later he went back and re-cut it, tarinishing its perfection somewhat in the eyes of the Film Guys. Listen in as they discuss the film and why some directors just need to learn to walk away. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP111_The%20Natural_FINAL.mp3 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 06:12:39 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:15 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Chuck Jones assaults the world of Opera with two of Bugs Bunny's finest films! The Film Guys and Niki Dakota do it LIVE for the second time in front of a stunned audience at the FilmDayton Festival! Charles M. "Chuck" Jones was arguably one of the finest minds in the world of animation--a singular master whose style is still being aped by lesser talents. Here, in two of his finest outings, Jones takes the Opera by the horns ripping up Rossini and violating Wagner! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP110_OperaToons_LIVE_FINAL.mp3 Tue, 31 May 2011 20:45:56 -0400 TV & Film no 00:29:49 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson The BEST horror film to come out of Lawrence, Kansas! Herk Harvey's horror tour de force is a low-budget delight and a perfect example of creativity triumphing over a lack of funds! A marvellously creepy and atmospheric film, featuring one of the most bizarre amusement piers of all time--"Saltair," built by the Mormons on the edge of the Great Salt Lake! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP109_Carnival%20Of%20Souls_FINAL.mp3 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:12:20 -0400 TV & Film no 00:29:59 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Guys in Hats with Guts and Gats! Anthony Mann directs and John Alton photographs one of the seminal police produral/film noirs of the late 1940s. LOts of cool location footage along with Mann's trademarked lightning violence and even a very young June Lockhart! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP108_T-Men_FINAL.mp3 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:42:07 -0400 TV & Film no 00:29:33 Film, Classic, Movie, Counterfeiters, gats George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Billy Wilder's drama of the crumbling facade of Hollywood... Watching Norma Desmond's deterioration is liking watching a grand old movie palace being pulled down to be replaced by a kid-themed pizza joint or parking lot. A Powerful and dramatic film from a director also known for his brilliant comedies, Billy Wilder. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP107_Sunset%20Blvd_FINAL.mp3 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:56:53 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:05 Film, Classic, Movie, madness, von stroheim George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Check into the Bates Motel with the Film Guys! Alfred Hitchcock referred to "Psycho" as his greatest comedy. Of course, the joke was on the audience! After a decde of lush, technicolored adventures, this gritty little B&W potboiler showed that Sir Alf still had what it took to be "The Master of Mystery!" http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP106_Psycho_FINAL.mp3 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:59:43 -0400 TV & Film no 00:29:58 Film, Classic, Movie, Psycho, Bates, Madness George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson "The Movie With Something To Offend Everyone!" Tony Richardson & Terry Southern's dark, dark skewering of the American Way of Death via Evelyn Waugh's acerbic novel of the same name. Features some of the greatest comic talent of all time, especially Ohio's own Jonathan Winters in one of the most astounding dual roles of his career! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP105_The%20Loved%20One_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:10:26 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:37 Film, Classic, Movie, Funerals, Waugh, British George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Fritz Lang's first sound film and a tour de force of expressionism and early sound design! Not surprisingly, it took Germany's "uber-director" Fritz Lang a few years before he was ready to make his first sound film. In fact, he released two more silent features AFTER the release of "The Jazz Singer!" Knowing Lang, he was waiting until either he was comfortable with the idea os sound, or until the technology of sound had reached a level where it did not stifle his creativity. Either way, it was worth waiting for! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP104_M_FINAL.mp3 Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:31:53 -0400 TV & Film no 00:29:52 Film, Classic, Movie, Lang, Lorre, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Roy Del Ruth's 1933 film is just one of Warner Bros. many great "pre-code" moral dramas. So why did we pick it? Because we like it, that's why! Warren Williams goes toe-to-toe with the demure and extremely cute Loretta Young and the not so demure but still somewhat cute (in a manly way) Wallace Ford in Roy Del Ruth's great comic-drama from 1933. Sex, lies, treachery, and men's underpants come together in this story of a ruthless Department Store manager and his minions. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP103_Employees%20Entrance_FINAL.mp3 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:21:42 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:11 Film, Classic, Movie, pre-code, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson In honor of Memorial Day, we present a look at one of the best, most important and most neglected anti-war films. As far as French film directors go, Raymond Bernard is one of the most--neglected. At the time he made "Wooden Crosses" in 1932, there were few directors rated in higher in France. In fact, the success of this film allowed Bernard to mount an amazing three film adaptation of "Les Miserables" that is still considered by many to be the best version of the film. "Wooden Crosses" is an agonizing anti-war film, picturing war as a day-to-day drudgery, accentuated with violent an often pointless battles and deaths. Many compare it to "All Quiet on the Western Front," but we find it much more akin to Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" in its depictions. FIND THIS FILM AND WATCH IT!! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP102_Wooden%20Crosses_FINAL.mp3 Sun, 30 May 2010 16:46:30 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:18 Film, Classic, Movie, War, WWI, French George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson The Film Guys do it LIVE in front of a frozen studio audience at the FilmDayton Festival! The Halperin Brothers created what is ostensibly the first majorly successful "indie" film with "White Zombie." This gothic nightmare just oozes with styke and Bela Lugose as Murder Legendre was never better. This episode marks a first for Filmically Perfect: we recrded the show live before a studio audience--and it was fun!! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP101_WHITE%20ZOMBIE_FINAL.mp3 Sat, 22 May 2010 18:51:15 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:49 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson For their ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE, the Film Guys tackle the only film ever directed by legendary actor Charles Laughton. A movie RESERVED for those who TRULY LOVE movies! WELCOME TO EPISODE 100!! Charles Laughton created a singular work of art with "The Night of the Hunter." A film so intensely personal that it could never be remade or even duplicated. To prove this, a hideous TV version of the story was made in 1991 and has never been seen again. The Film Guys get a little testy in this one, stating their belief that this is a film for lovers of film only and every one else can go watch something else--like "Love, Actually." http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP100_Night%20Of%20The%20Hunter_FINAL.mp3 Sun, 09 May 2010 19:59:37 -0400 TV & Film no 00:29:44 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Luis Buñuel's searing portrait of the plight of Mexico City's street children. Moving from the US to Mexico, director Luis Buñuel became fascinated with the plight of the forgotten ones, the street children of Mexico City. The film he made is a grueling, unflinching portrait of these kids, who have no chance for a better life. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP099_Los%20Olividados_FINAL.mp3 Sun, 02 May 2010 19:40:39 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:15 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Laurel. Hardy. Piano. Stairs. Comedy!! Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy in the purest expression of their comedy--two minds without a single thought versus a crated player piano and the longest flight of stairs! The Boys won their only Academy Award for this three-reeler, with was added to the National Film Registry in 1997. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP98_music%20box_FINAL.mp3 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:03:29 -0400 TV & Film no 00:29:44 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson The Film Guys return with two of their favorite "guilty pleasures!" "The California Kid" is a made-for-TV movie from 1974 starring Martin Sheen and the late, great Vic Morrow! Following in the trail of "American Graffiti," it tells the story of an ex-sailor bent on revenge on a small town sheriff responsible for getting Sheen's brother killed. "Streets of Fire" is Walter Hill's 1984 love letter to movies of the fifties, told with an 80's sensibility (believe it or not). Starring Michael Pare, Diane Lane, Willem Dafoe, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan and Studebaker cop cars! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP097_guilty%20pleasures_FINAL.mp3 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:41:07 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:43 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Francis Ford Coppola's controversial and utterly mad take on the Vietnam War. An intensely personal piece of cinema, which severely damaged the director's career and literally almost killed its star, Martin Sheen. Yet 30 years on, it still packs a punch, whether in its original configuration or Director Coppola's "Older & Wiser" Redux. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP096_Apocalypse%20Now_FINAL.mp3 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:46:24 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:18 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson A tasty treat served up cold by Filmically Perfect! Jeunet and Caro's delightful delicacy "Delicatessen" is arguably the best post-apocalyptic cannibal comedy--ever. Combining a singular look, hearkening back to the silent era of great European cinema, with a wild and ultimately touching story of a clown, a girl and a butcher, "Delicatessen" does what perfect movies do--it pulls you in and, just for a time, removes you from your hum-drum existence. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP095_Delicatessen_FINAL.mp3 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:00:01 -0500 TV & Film no 00:29:35 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Preston Sturges teaches us why laughter matters. Might better be titled "Sullivan's Travails" for all that poor John L. Sullivan is put through in trying to research his new pet film project "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" Writer-Director Preston Sturges leads us through this story, at times hilarious, at times perilous, at times powerful, by our noses and we love it! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP094_Sullivans_Travels_FINAL.mp3 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:34:14 -0500 TV & Film no 00:29:40 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson "We all need memories to remind ourselves who we are." Christopher Nolan, now celebrated for bringing life back to "Batman," roared onto the scene with this auspicious film in the year 2000. Memento raises many more questions than it can answer and does so with such glee and panache that one can only sit back in wonder. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP093_Memento_FINAL.mp3 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:13:54 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:08 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Our third round of some favorite "Guilty Pleasures!" It's three for the price of one this week as The Film Guys and Niki Dakota present three films which don't appear on their List of Perfect Movies, but which they love nonetheless. From a tribute to Doris and Rock, to teen sex frustration in Ohio and finally C.B DeMille under the big top! Come one, come all, it's a panoply of movie mayhem! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP092_Guilty%20Pleasures3_FINAL.mp3 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:14:51 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:37 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson A cloister of nuns, high in the Himalayas, try to create a convent from an old "house of women" with unholy results. A production of The Archers, aka Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, "Black Narcissus" is great for only the spectacular Technicolor cinematography. But wait, there's more! A brooding dark storyline, roiling in repressed sexuality and longing also makes it a fun time for all. Top that off with that fact that not one frame was shot on location--that all was made in and around a studio in the UK--and it remains as one of the true cinematic "creations" of the Twentieth Century. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP091_Black_Narcissus_FINAL.mp3 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:59:10 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:11 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson The Film Guys' tribute to one of the masters of comic animation, Chuck Jones! From lowly cel washer to head of a cartoon studio bearing his name, Charles M. "Chuck" Jones was one of the great success stories in American animation. Jones' cartoons have the strongest and most definable style outside of Walt Disney's and are arguably much funnier. Jones maintained that he made his films for just one person--himself--and it shows in the adult qualities of his best work, although even the films he made for child consumption are easily enjoyed by adults. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP090_Chuck%20Jones_FINAL.mp3 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:34:24 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:13 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson The Maysles Brothers real-life version of "Death of a Salesman"! Albert and David Maysles' "Direct cinema" masterpiece tells the story of four door-to-door bible salesman and the people and problems they encounter. Much of the film focuses on Paul Brennan, "The Badger," whose life and work deteriorate before our eyes like a real life Willy Loman http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP089_Salesman_FINAL.mp3 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:55:35 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:13 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Godfrey Reggio's immersive, wordless essay on the chaotic state of life resonates stronger year by year. The grand combination of Godfrey Reggio's thoughts, Philip Glass' music and Ron Fricke's cinematography make this film not only an emotional learning experience, but powerful cinema. Often copied, but never equally, even by its two companion pieces "Powaqqatsi" and "Naqoyqatsi," "Koyaanisqatsi" screams out wordlessly about the chaotic and ultimately destructive way of life here on Earth. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP088_Koyaanisqatsi_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:55:27 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:46 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Federico Fellini examines the life of a famous Italian film director who strongly resembles -surprise!-Federico Fellini. As the result of an horrible case of writer’s block, Federico Fellini created one of his most seminal and autobiographical films. The story of a world-famous director, saddled with writer’s block, a film he can not finish, let alone begin, and all the people in his life, present and past, who wander in and out of his thoughts like ghosts. A supreme example of the cinema of dreams. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP087_Otto_e_mezzo_FINAL.mp3 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:07:21 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:15 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson The first adventure of America's favorite man-child, helmed by first-time feature director Tim Burton and scored by Oingo-Boingo's own Danny Elfman! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP086_PeeWee_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:43:16 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:11 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson How about passing the time with a nice game of solitaire? John Frankenheimer's political thriller, based on Richard Condon's novel, is as riveting today as it ever was, remakes notwithstanding. Sinatra is riveting, Angela Lansbury is incredibly evil, and Laurence Harvey plays the ultimate walking dead man as Raymond Shaw. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP085_Manchurian_candidate.mp3 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:52:59 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:13 Film, Classic, Movie, War, brainwashing, Sinatra George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Anthony Mann's groundbreaking film that changed the Western (and James Stewart) forever! Anthony Mann had been building his style for more than ten years in great pot boilers for PRC when he made this film, a western that re-invented both the genre and its star, James Stewart. No more yodeling cowboys with big white hats--this West was a place of sudden, horrible violence, where a good man could be bad as well. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP084_Wchstr73_FINAL.mp3 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:05:34 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:24 Film, Classic, Movie, Western George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson One of the great WB "social message" films, directed with zest by Michael Curtiz and wonderfully acted out by James Cagney, Pat O'Brien and Humphrey Bogart! Pat O'Brien as a priest, James Cagney as a punk and Humphrey Bogart as a sleazy lawyer? How can you go wrong?! Lay it all in the extremely capable hands of Warners' go-to guy, Michael Curtiz, and you've got one fine movie! Whaddaya say? http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP083_AngelsWDF_FINAL.mp3 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:20:42 -0400 TV & Film no 00:29:47 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson What a better choice for Friday the 13th than Stanley Kubrick acidic comedy about the destruction of our world via Nuclear Holocaust? http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP082_Dr%20Strangelove_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:29:20 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:17 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson The first and best--often imitated, never equalled. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP081_Raiders_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:29:17 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:23 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Orson Welles--twenty-five years old--comes to Hollywood and makes this film. Amazing. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP080_KANE_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 23 May 2008 22:29:15 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:21 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Philip Kaufman’s EPIC filming of Tom Wolfe’s book about the Mercury Space Program is not only a PERFECT MOVIE, but arguably one of the best films of the 1980s! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP079_The%20Right%20Stuff_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 16 May 2008 22:29:13 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:32 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson From that fateful day in 1975, when Film Guy Geo. Willeman got his Super 8mm print of Metropolis, it was a given that this film would be part of our Perfect Movie List. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP078_Metropolis_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 09 May 2008 22:29:11 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:32 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Denis Sanders created the perfect Elvis Time Capsule with his 1970 film Elvis: That’s The Way It Is. Elvis fan or no, one cannot deny the power and influence this fellow from Memphis had on the world of popular music. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP077_ElvisTTWII_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 02 May 2008 22:29:08 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:27 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson After returning from exile to his native Spain, director Luis Buñuel made one his greatest and most controversial films--Viridiana. After its release, he found himself back in Mexico, where he made this very surreal and angry film. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP076_exterminating%20angel_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:29:06 -0400 TV & Film no 00:29:50 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Harsh--gritty--dark--and that’s just the opening credits!! Martin Scorsese’s unflinching portrait of boxer Jake LaMotta won the “Best Picture” award for 1980 and retains all of its power more than twenty-five years later. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP075_raging_bull_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:29:04 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:12 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson GUANINE--ADENINE--THYMINE--CYTOSINE. The four amino acids that make up deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA, the stuff that we are made of, to paraphrase Sam Spade. They are also the letters that make up the title of Andrew Niccol’s frighteningly prophetic film http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP074_Gattaca_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:29:02 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:18 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Roger Donaldson’s unfairly overlooked gem is, in our minds, one of the finest stories of the power of the human spirit EVER. Anthony Hopkins’ portrayal of Kiwi cyclist Burt Munro is funny and touching and very, very real. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP073_WFIndian_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:29:00 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:03 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Alfred Hitchcock, Ernest Lehman, Bernard Hermann, and Cary Grant--what a glorious quartet! Hitchcock winds up the 1950’s with one of his best films of all, the lively, effervescent, wonderful, perfect North by Northwest. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP072_NxNW_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:28:58 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:10 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Orson & the soon-to-be-ex Mrs. Orson Welles on a cruise of total weirdness. A crazy amalgam of style and mystery and the strangely blonde tresses of the lovely Miss Hayworth. Even in the studio ordered recutting, this film is totally fascinating. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP071_LFShanghai_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:28:56 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:21 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Once again, The Film Guys take to the phones to answer questions about love, life, and movies. The day this show was recorded, the “Blizzard of 2008” struck Ohio, dumping about fifteen inches of snow in less than a day on the startled citizenry http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP070_Bloop%20marks_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:28:54 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:41 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson It was as inevitable as night--in the wake of the Coen Bros. Academy Award triumph with No Country For Old Men, J. Todd Anderson gets his chance to speak about his life as “storyboard artist to the stars!” http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP069_storyboarding_FINAL-1.mp3 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:28:52 -0500 TV & Film no 00:31:23 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson One of New York’s finest cities gets its big moment with the above line of dialogue, snarled at a perp by the out-of-control “Popeye” Doyle, played by Gene Hackman, in his break through role. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP068_French_Conn_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:28:50 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:12 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson It's been way too long since we rummaged around the back of our several cinematic closets to bring to you some films we love, but will never be on the Filmically Perfect List of Perfect Movies. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP067_Guilty%20Pleasures_2_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:28:48 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:43 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson With the Academy Awards only a couple weeks away, what better film to chronicle than the one that made the first "Grand Slam", garnering all five top awards: Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actor, and Actress. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP066_IHON_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:28:46 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:02 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Director Fred Zinnemann made only one western during his career, but what a western! An excruciatingly simple and straight-forward tale, High Noon has become so iconic as to have become part of the English lexicon! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP065_High%20Noon_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:28:44 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:05 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Robert Rossen's scalding tale of drunken love and billiards is as powerful today as it was forty some years ago. Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, and The Great One (Jackie Gleason) all bring their roles to gritty life. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP064_The_Hustler_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:28:42 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:05 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson James Whale's 1935 follow-up Frankenstein is a tour-de-force of gothic story-telling. Karloff adds another layer to his portrayal of The Monster while the highly nostrilled Ernest Thesiger weirds everyone out as the alchemist Dr. Praetorius. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP063_%20BOF_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:28:40 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:04 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Mix together equal parts Gable, Monroe, Wallach, and Clift, garnish with Miller and stir with John Huston and you've got one of the most bizarre cinematic cocktails. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP062_Misfits_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:28:37 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:26 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson What better way to start of 2008 than with the Three Stooges?? And here they are in their sole Oscar-nominated short from 1934, Men In Black! Listen to the Film Guys completely befuddle Niki Dakota with their brilliant philosobabble! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP061_MIB_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:28:32 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:17 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson John Lasseter's ground breaking feature set the stage for the digital animation explosion and, for good or ill, this type of animation is here to stay, effectively eradicating traditional animation in its wake. Fo http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP060_Toy%20story_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:28:30 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:37 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson The Film Guys attempt to get a jump on the Christmas Season and give our listeners a few new, cool ideas for DVD giving this year! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP059_DVD_Xmas_2007_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:28:28 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:32 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Once again, Niki Dakota and the Film Guys open up the lines and allow the public into their twisted little world of Cinema! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP058_call-in_3_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:28:18 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:25 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Regardless of what our dear host Niki D. thinks, this is one of the great harbingers of the sci-fi explosion of the 1950's! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP057_The%20Thing_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:28:11 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:35 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson In "the last great B&W action movie," bruised anti-hero Paul Labiche, portrayed by the ever-great Burt Lancaster, rescues a train-load of impressionist paintings from a mean old Nazi bad guy, played with depth and aplomb by the amazing Paul Scofield. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP056_The%20Train_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:28:08 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:18 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson On a very Special Episode of Filmically Perfect, Niki and JT discuss the role of The Library of Congress in Film Preservation with Geo., who is their "inside man" at the new National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, VA. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP055_LOC%20guy_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:28:06 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:48 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson John Huston's entry into the stable of post-war films about desperate losers is this grimy, tough-as-mails crime drama which would seem much more at home at Warner Bros. than the high-falutin' MGM studio. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP054_Asphalt%20Jungle_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:28:04 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:56 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Between West Side Story and The Sound of Music, director Robert Wise created what is arguably one of the best ghost stories ever put to film. A horror film that emphasizes the scariest part of life--just being human. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP053_The%20Haunting_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:28:02 -0400 TV & Film no 00:29:57 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Brian De Palma's ode to the problems of puberty. Sissy Spacek's career-making portrayal of the tortured Carrie White is one for the ages, going from pathetic, to blissful, to "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP052_Carrie_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:28:00 -0400 TV & Film no 00:28:34 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Take a measly $300,000, a simple story told in a beautifully simple, albeit scary, fashion and what do you get? One of the major cash cows of film history and a film that has a lot to answer for!! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP051_Halloween_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:27:58 -0400 TV & Film no 00:28:22 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Let's do the Time Warp Again--and Again--and Again--and Again--and Again --and Again--and Again--and Again--and Again --and Again--and Again--and Again--and Again --and Again--and Again--and Again--and Again --and Again, etc. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP050_RHPS_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:27:56 -0400 TV & Film no 00:29:57 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Alfred Hitchcock had fallen upon hard times, successfully speaking, so he put every effort into making sure that THIS FILM was a hit. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP049_Strangers_OAT_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:27:54 -0400 TV & Film no 00:29:47 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson A raucous comedy with meaning from the creator of “Beavis & Butthead?” What is the world coming to?! Mike judge hits oh so many nails on the head with this little gem that once you’ve seen it, you’ll never look at your cubicle the same again! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP048_Office%20space_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:27:50 -0400 TV & Film no 00:38:31 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Sergio Leone’s fourth and arguably finest foray into the wild west featuring perennial nice guy Henry Fonda as the baddest SOB on the screen. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP047_OUATITW_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:27:48 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:04 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Who woulda thunk it? John Waters, the “enfant terrible” of mondo trasho cinema gaining acceptability?! And to top it off a major Broadway musical and then a musical remake of one of his films? Will wonders never cease? http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP046_Hairspray_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:27:46 -0400 TV & Film no 00:29:45 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Filmically Perfect takes a break from our onslaught of Perfect Movies to listen to the Voice of the People! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP045_sound_cues_no02_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:27:44 -0400 TV & Film no 00:29:23 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson These three, The Great Train Robbery (1903), The Jazz Singer (1927), and Star Wars (1977), each gave the film biz a badly needed injection of life at a time when revenues were falling. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP044_3%20great%20films_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:27:41 -0400 TV & Film no 00:33:50 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson This movie has meant so much to so many and has affected entire generations throughout the world. Is there any better example of the power of film? http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP043_Star%20Wars_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:27:39 -0400 TV & Film no 00:33:10 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Watch JAWS and witness the birth of a phenomenon: THE SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE EVENT!! This annual ritual continues unabated to this day, although the quality of the films has become somewhat questionable as years have passed. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP042_JAWS_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:27:37 -0400 TV & Film no 00:29:48 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson We like to think of this as “American Graffiti: The Dark Side.” But seriously folks...As crass and silly as Animal House is, it KNOWS that it is crass and silly and therefore is able to get away with outrageous gags both plausible and implausible. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP041_Animal%20House_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:27:35 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:23 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson What began as a love letter to Berlin by an expatriate filmmaker come home grew into a lyrical albeit existential look into the hearts of men and angels. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP040_Wings%20Of%20Desire_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 25 May 2007 22:27:32 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:15 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Stephen King and George Romero combine forces to celebrate the wonderfully horrific EC Comics! A great cast romps through five spooky stories with such aplomb, how could it not be fun?? http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP039_CREEPSHOW_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 18 May 2007 22:27:30 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:57 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 masterpiece has withstood the test of time and is as fresh, funny, and ferocious as it was twenty years ago. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP038_ROBOCOP_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 11 May 2007 22:27:28 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:16 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson A groundbreaking film that most of the money people in Hollywood had no faith in, it was not only highly successful, but spawned a best selling soundtrack album and gave new life to many musical oldies. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP037_American%20graffiti_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 04 May 2007 22:27:26 -0400 TV & Film no 00:29:04 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Rob Reiner’s picturization of William Goldman’s delightful 1973 novel (screenplay also penned by Goldman) remains as fresh and fun as it was twenty years ago. "Inconceivable!!" http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP036_princess%20bride_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:27:24 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:29 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson While not his first American film, Shadow of a Doubt is arguably Hitchcock’s first “American” film--his first look at the darkness that lies just beneath the surface of an All-American city. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP035_Shadow%20of%20a%20doubt_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:27:22 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:16 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Our first attempt at a call-in show was wildly successful, at least as far as we were concerned! Thanks so much to all who called, especially those who were not able to get on the show! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP034_sound_cues_no01_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:27:18 -0400 TV & Film no 00:27:41 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson One of the most reverential and human films about the subject of religion, Robert Duvall’s The Apostle has rightfully earned its place on the List of Perfect Movies. This is a film about real people, told by an actor with a keen eye. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP033_the%20apostle_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:27:16 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:30 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson A powerful film from one of the hot new directors of the late 1960’s, Arthur Penn. One of the few films that successfully manages to tweak “the old west” while at the same time being highly reverent to the ways of the American Indians. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP032_Little%20Big%20Man_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:27:14 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:23 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson What can we say? This is it--the original article. The one and only real, genuine, except-no-substitutes KING KONG, in glorious, luminous Black & White. Not someone else’s idea of what the story should be but the REAL DEAL. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP031_King%20Kong_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:27:11 -0400 TV & Film no 00:32:04 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Richard Donner’s magnificent, half-finished epic has become the iconic embodiment of The Man of Steel, regardless of the machinations of the suits at Warner Bros. and DC Comics. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP030_Superman_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:27:08 -0400 TV & Film no 00:30:29 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Lewis Milestone’s ground-breaking sound film epic treats WWI not as an allegory, as many of its predecessors had, but as a painfully human story, showing the hopes and fears of a group of young men being thrust into battle. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP029_AQWF_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:27:06 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:17 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson It is thought that these shorts were made so that the executives at Paramount could see just how good or bad W.C. Fields was on the talking screen. I guess he must have impressed them as he was immediately pressed into feature films! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP028_Fatal%20Glass%20of%20Beer_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:27:04 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:10 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Gordon Parks’ breakthrough detective film resonates with as much or more power than it did when it exploded on the scene back in 1971. Richard Roundtree leads the cast as John Shaft, the hero of Ernest Tidyman’s series of novels. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP027_Shaft_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:27:01 -0500 TV & Film no 00:29:14 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Henry Hampton’s fourteen hour journey through the American Civil Rights Movement should be required viewing for all, especially those groups today who feel they are getting a bad break. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP026_Eyes%20on%20the%20prize_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:26:59 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:35 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson “Are you a mod or a rocker?” “I’m a mocker.” Ringo’s exchange sets the tone for Richard Lester’s wild, free and groundbreaking little film. In the pantheon of musical performance films, everything is either before HDN or after HDN. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP025_Hard_Days_Night_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:26:57 -0500 TV & Film no 00:28:09 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Jerry Lewis’ first film with a strong storyline is also one of his best. A film full of flash and color and fun! Jerry takes R.L. Stevenson’s classic tale, Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde and turns it on it’s head, giving it his own wacky flavor. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP024_Nutty_Prof_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:26:55 -0500 TV & Film no 00:30:41 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Whom better to make a film about the American South than British director John Boorman? Well, he was arguably the right choice as the longevity of this simple yet harrowing film attests. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP023_Deliverance_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:26:53 -0500 TV & Film no 00:29:28 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Arguably one of Bruce Dern’s finest moments on the screen, Douglas Trumbull’s enviro-cautionary fable still resonates today, more powerfully than more ham-fisted attempts such as The Day After Tomorrow. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP022_silent_running_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:26:51 -0500 TV & Film no 00:27:37 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson They said we were mad! They said we were crazy! Crazy? Yes, crazy like a fox! To include this seventeen-minute Three Stooges short with the likes of to Kill A Mockingbird and Sunrise? You got it, Bunky! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP021_An_ache_in_every_stake_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:26:48 -0500 TV & Film no 00:28:28 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Frank Capra’s first film after WWII was of the utmost importance to him--would audiences still accept what so many critics had labeled “Capra-corn?” In 1946, the answer was “no.” But then, a strange thing happened--television. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP020_IAWL_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:26:45 -0500 TV & Film no 00:29:31 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Ties? A new bathrobe? Socks?? Fuggedahboudit! What every red-blooded cinema fan wants for Christmas (or Hanukkah or whatever celebration you’re into this season) is movies on DVD. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP019_DVDS_4_XMAS_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 22:26:43 -0500 TV & Film no 00:28:41 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Does it amaze anyone else that one of America's favorite Christmas movies comes from Canada? Or that its director had previously made Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things, Black Christmas, and Porky’s? http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP018_Xmas%20Story_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:26:39 -0500 TV & Film no 00:26:31 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson “Chicken Every Sunday?” Do you remember that movie? No? Well, in order to get Miracle on 34th Street made, director George Seaton had to sign on to direct the other film, a project near and dear to Darryl F. Zanuck, the boss of 20th Century-Fox. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP017_Miracle_on_34th_street_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 22:26:34 -0500 TV & Film no 00:22:15 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson From George Miller, the creator of Mad Max and The Road Warrior comes Babe, a film without a single truck chase or sharp-edged boomerang (although it does have at least one feral child)! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP016_Babe_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:26:32 -0500 TV & Film no 00:23:03 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson The Iron Giant has begun to find its audience: people who are taking this film to heart and give it the place it deserves in the pantheon of Perfect Movies. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP015_the_iron_giant_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:26:30 -0500 TV & Film no 00:24:14 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Telling people that this is a Perfect Movie is like telling them that “the sky is blue.” http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP014_To_Kill_A_Mockingbird_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 03 Nov 2006 22:26:28 -0500 TV & Film no 00:21:58 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Unlike its many sequels, this film, the story of a resurrected child killer and his relentless pursuit of four teens in their dreams is still truly frightening. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP013_Nightmare_on_elm_st_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:26:25 -0400 TV & Film no 00:20:20 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson We discuss some of the history of horror films and those “disturbing moments” that remain permanently etched in our minds from those classic horror films of the past. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP012_disturbing%20moments_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:26:23 -0400 TV & Film no 00:20:08 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Social Allegory or Zombie Gore Movie? George A Romero’s taut little horror film proves that a “perfect movie” need not be perfect. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP011_NotLD_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 22:26:21 -0400 TV & Film no 00:21:13 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Director John Landis first wrote this script in 1969, during the time he was working in the film Kelly’s Heroes. The script got him lots of jobs, but none of them involved directing this movie! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP010_American%20Werewolf_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 22:26:19 -0400 TV & Film no 00:17:52 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson What do you get when you combine Doc Savage, Thomas Pynchon, Orson Welles, H.G. Wells, Saturday Matinee Serials, Rock ‘N’ Roll, “B” Westerns, brain surgery, and Red & Black Lectroids? http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP009_Buckaroo%20Banzai_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:26:16 -0400 TV & Film no 00:23:49 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Near the very end of the SIlent Era, just a month before Warner Bros. turned the film world upside down with The Jazz Singer, F. W. Murnau’s lyrical cinematic tone-poem Sunrise was released. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP008_Sunrise_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:26:13 -0400 TV & Film no 00:26:10 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson A film that has not only demonstrated an enviable lasting power, but has altered the very meaning of the words “groundhog day” in our popular lexicon! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP007_Groundhog%20Day_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 22:26:11 -0400 TV & Film no 00:17:52 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson On this “very special” episode of Filmically Perfect, the Film Guys sit down with Niki Dakota to discuss some of those terminologies seen in the credits of films that make you scratch your head and go “Hmmm...” http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP006_background%20info_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 22:26:09 -0400 TV & Film no 00:19:32 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson Listen in as we discuss this film that opened the floodgates for one of the greatest of all genres, the Film Noir! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP005_double%20indemnity_FINAL-1.mp3 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 22:26:07 -0400 TV & Film no 00:19:53 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson "The Girl Can't Help It" and "Strangler of the Swamp!" What a double feature! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP004_guilty_pleasures_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:26:04 -0400 TV & Film no 00:20:17 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson What can one say about The Wizard of Oz that hasn’t already been said? A Technicolor fantasy from the high-point of “The Golden Age of Hollywood” whose disaster-laden production would itself make a great movie! http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP003_Wizard%20of%20Oz_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:26:01 -0400 TV & Film no 00:21:23 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson John Ford, at a time in his career when many are resting on their laurels, pushed into new territory, reinventing the western and giving us one of the most soul-satisfying films ever. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP002_The_Searchers_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:25:55 -0400 TV & Film no 00:22:40 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect George Willeman & J. Todd Anderson In 1951, director Robert Wise and Producer Julian Blaustein created one of the ultimate science-fiction classics, whose powerful message has not been diminished by the passing years or the onslaught of computer technology. http://www.perfectmovie.net/Filmically_Perfect/FP001_Day%20the%20Earth%20Stood%20Still_FINAL.mp3 Fri, 04 Aug 2006 22:25:50 -0400 TV & Film no 00:19:15 Film, Classic, Movie, Chowder, Cheese, Perfect