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107. Heart And Souls
Load Bearing Beams
English - March 15, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 150 MB - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsTV & Film relationships eighties film guiltypleasures love marriage movies nineties Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The week Robert Downey Jr. has finally secured his coveted Oscar, we take a trip back in time. The year is 1993. A movie called Heart and Souls is released, in the aftermath of what Downey must have assumed was his Academy Award for the movie Chaplin (1992). We take a big long look at RDJ's career and also examine the curious '90s phenomenon of angel movies.
Next week: The movie that was supposed to be Ghostbusters 3: Ivan Reitman’s Evolution (2001).
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Time stamps:
00:01:04 — Our personal histories with Heart and Souls
00:08:04 — Pre-movie predictions
00:12:23 — History segment: Career overviews of director Ron Underwood and star Robert Downey Jr.
00:47:41 — In-depth movie discussion
01:43:37 — Final thoughts and star ratings
Artwork by Laci Roth.
Music by Rural Route Nine. Listen to their album The Joy of Averages on Spotify (https://bit.ly/48WBtUa), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3Q6kOVC), or YouTube (https://bit.ly/3MbU6tC).
Songs by Rural Route Nine in this episode:
“Winston-Salem” - https://youtu.be/-acMutUf8IM
“Snake Drama” - https://youtu.be/xrzz8_2Mqkg
“The Bible Towers of Bluebonnet” - https://youtu.be/k7wlxTGGEIQ
Sources:
"The Star In Cell 17" by Steve Garbarino | Vanity Fair, 2000 - https://bit.ly/48Qsq5W
"More Than Skin Deep" by Jon Wilde | The Guardian, 2003 - https://bit.ly/3wSYusL
"May God Bless and Keep Robert Downey Jr." by Scott Raab | Esquire, 2007 - https://bit.ly/4cinVUH
"Been Up, Been Down. Now? Super." by David Carr | New York Times, 2008 - https://nyti.ms/3IFieT8
"Robert Downey Jr: return of the hero" by Murphy Williams | The Telegraph, 2008 - https://bit.ly/3Vko04f
"Robert Downey Jr.’s Third Act" by Anthony Breznican | Vanity Fair, 2023 - https://bit.ly/3TzEioC