Blake Masters
The creator of Brotherhood and Falling Water and screenwriter of 2 Guns takes us on a journey through the movies that made him.
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood (2019)
Hickey & Boggs (1972)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
The Wrecking Crew (2008)
Peeping Tom (1960)
2 Guns (2013)
Satisfaction (1988)
The Sugarland Express (1974)
E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Duel (1971)
A Perfect World (1993)
Ace In The Hole (1951)
Act of Violence (1949)
Uncut Gems (2019)
Serpico (1973)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
The Warriors (1979)
The Wanderers (1979)
Hero At Large (1980)
Richard Pryor: Live On The Sunset Strip (1982)
Lords of Flatbush (1974)
Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
Turk 182! (1985)
Porky’s (1981)
The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Report To The Commissioner (1975)
Across 110th Street (1972)
The Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
Wolfen (1981)
The Seven-Ups (1973)
Deadly Hero (1975)
Downhill Racer (1969)
Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970)
Hud (1963)
Rocky (1976)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
The Candidate (1972)
Ed Wood (1994)
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
The Fountainhead (1949)
A Face In The Crowd (1957)
Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (1973)
Miller’s Crossing (1990)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Major League (1989)
The Claim (2000)
American Beauty (1999)
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
My Brilliant Career (1979)
The Yards (2000)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Down With Love (2003)
Pillow Talk (1959)
Far From Heaven (2002)
Timecop (1994)
Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
The Longest Yard (1974)
Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Brute Force (1947)
Alien (1979)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Persona (1966)
The Beastmaster (1982)
Local Hero (1983)
Tempest (1982)
Ghostbusters (1984)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Alligator (1980)
Star Wars (1977)
All That Jazz (1979)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Hooper (1978)
Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger (1991)
The Liars’ Club (1993)
Foul Play (1978)
Nine to Five (1980)
Harold and Maude (1971)
A Night At The Opera (1935)
The In-Laws (1979)
Ulzana’s Raid (1972)
Fun With Dick And Jane (1977)
California Split (1974)
The Big Fix (1978)
Youngblood (1978)
6 Underground (2019)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Other Notable Items
Brotherhood TV series (2006-2008)
The Fourteen Fists of McClusky, a fictional film from Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino
Sergio Corbucci
Sharon Tate
Michael Powell
Martin Scorsese
Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia
Falling Water TV series (2016-2018)
Sneaky Pete TV series (2015-2019)
The James Adomian Podcast Episode
The Allan Arkush Podcast Episode
Vilmos Zsigmond
Steven Spielberg
Goldie Hawn
William Atherton
Clint Eastwood
Ben Johnson
Looney Tunes
Billy Wilder
Fred Zinnemann
UA East Theatre, New York City
John Ritter
Anne Archer
Loew’s Orpheum Theatre, New York City
Superman
Dark Hero novel by Peter Cheyney (1946)
Martin Davidson
Bob Clark
Kim Cattrall
Robert Urich
Peter Boyle
Robert Culp
The Deuce TV series (2015-2019)
Game of Thrones TV series (2011-2019)
Don Murray
Ivan Nagy
Heidi Fleiss
The Watergate scandal
Bob Dylan
Syd Field
Michael Ritchie
Gene Hackman
Robert Redford
Paul Newman
Bob Kerrey
John Kerry
Richard Nixon
The Vietnam War
Ronald Reagan
Orson Welles
Ed Wood
Martin Ritt
Richard Burton
James Wong Howe
Oswald Morris
Tony Curtis
Patricia Neal
Andy Griffith
“Knocking On Heaven’s Door” by Bob Dylan
Sam Peckinpah
Terrence Malick
James Coburn
Kris Kristofferson
James T. Aubrey
The Authentic Death and Contentious Afterlife of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid: The Untold Story of Peckinpah’s Last Western Film by Paul Seydor
Mark Wahlberg
Jim Keltner
Michael Winterbottom
Wes Bentley
Milla Jovovich
Peter Mullan
The Mayor of Casterbridge novel by Thomas Hardy (1886)
Baronet & Coronet Theatre, New York City
Gillian Armstrong
Jane Campion
The Paris Theatre, New York City
Bill Maher
Generation X
Breaking Bad TV series (2008-2013)
The Sopranos TV series (1999-2007)
Mad Men TV series (2007-2015)
Harris Savides
James Gray
William Shakespeare
Harvey Weinstein
Paul Thomas Anderson
Scorsese’s thoughts on Marvel movies
Doris Day
Rock Hudson
Renee Zellweger
Ewan McGregor
Peyton Reed
Sarah Paulson
Douglas Sirk
Sam Raimi
Mark Verheiden
Robert Aldrich
The Capitol Theatre in Arlington, Massachusetts
HBO
Peter Riegert
Burt Lancaster
Peter Capaldi
Dr. Who TV series (1963- )
Mark Knopfler
The Coen Brothers
Paul Mazursky
Raul Julia
Molly Ringwald
Gena Rowlands
TFH Guru Roger Corman
84th Street 6 Theatre, New York City
Robert Forster
The Untouchables TV series (1959-1963)
Northern Exposure TV series (1990-1995)
Homicide: Life on the Street TV series (1993-1999)
Andre Braugher
Isaiah Washington
Sex and the City TV series (1998-2004)
The Larry Sanders Show TV series (1992-1998)
Chris Albrecht
Hill Street Blues TV series (1981-1987)
St. Elsewhere TV series (1982-1988)
Supertrain TV series (1979)
Burt Reynolds
Gregory Harrison
Morton Downey Jr.
Hal Needham
Smokey and the Bandit series
Robert Klein
Colin Higgins
Goldie Hawn
Chevy Chase
Saturday Night Live TV show (1975- )
Dudley Moore
James Dean
William Wellman
George Segal
Whoopi Goldberg
Richard Dreyfuss
Laurence Fishburne
Daniel Waters
Michael Bay
Ryan Reynolds
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