Join two-time Emmy Award winner Javier Grillo-Marxuach (writer-producer of Lost, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Witcher and creator of The Middleman) and Paul Alvarado-Dykstra (co-founder of Fantastic Fest, the leading genre film festival in the US) as they travel back in time to revisit the summer movies that shaped their generation: movie by movie, weekend by weekend, and year by year. Starting with the legendary summer of 1982, movie experts Javi and Paul - aided and abetted by the long-suffering Producer Brad - take you on an unprecedented audio adventure from Memorial Day through Labor Day weekends, spanning iconic blockbusters and obscure curiosities that some may be surprised to learn even exist. Relive the joy of seeing these amazing movies with your pals on opening night as these longtime friends rewatch their childhood favorites and discuss both what it was like to see them in their teenage years, and how their perceptions have changed over the decades. It's a time machine, it's a nostalgia trip, it's a witty and incisive glance at a world of movies and memory: it's Multiplex Overthruster!
Multiplex Overthruster is produced by Bradley Dumont, who co-created the series with co-hosts Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Paul Alvarado-Dykstra. Logo and artwork is by acclaimed Marvel and DC Comics artist Afua Richardson. Theme music is by Mike McGuill / Pond5. Additional voice work by Russell Bentley The series is available on Apple Podcasts and most other major podcast platforms, as well as multiplexoverthruster.com and @mpotpod on social media.
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Join two-time Emmy Award winner Javier Grillo-Marxuach (writer-producer of Lost, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Witcher and creator of The Middleman) and Paul Alvarado-Dykstra (co-founder of Fantastic Fest, the leading genre film festival in the US) as they travel back in time to revisit the summer movies that shaped their generation: movie by movie, weekend by weekend, and year by year. Starting with the legendary summer of 1982, movie experts Javi and Paul - aided and abetted by the long-suffering Producer Brad - take you on an unprecedented audio adventure from Memorial Day through Labor Day weekends, spanning iconic blockbusters and obscure curiosities that some may be surprised to learn even exist. Relive the joy of seeing these amazing movies with your pals on opening night as these longtime friends rewatch their childhood favorites and discuss both what it was like to see them in their teenage years, and how their perceptions have changed over the decades. It's a time machine, it's a nostalgia trip, it's a witty and incisive glance at a world of movies and memory: it's Multiplex Overthruster!
Multiplex Overthruster is produced by Bradley Dumont, who co-created the series with co-hosts Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Paul Alvarado-Dykstra. Logo and artwork is by acclaimed Marvel and DC Comics artist Afua Richardson. Theme music is by Mike McGuill / Pond5. Additional voice work by Russell Bentley The series is available on Apple Podcasts and most other major podcast platforms, as well as multiplexoverthruster.com and @mpotpod on social media.
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What do you get when you mix the manic comic genius of Michael Keaton, the inimitable dramatic and comedic chops of the great Teri Garr, the legendary deadpan wit of Martin Mull, the wacky unpredictability of Christopher Lloyd, and the ever-reliable smarm of Jeffrey Tambor? Franlky, we wish you got more than Mr. Mom, a movie regarded by many as a modern classic but which left the already very domesticated Paul, Javi, and the always paternal Producer Brad scratching their heads wondering if men in the 80s were simply too brain damaged to drive a grocery store cart. There’s a few bright spots, of course, the not-so-hidden connection to Rocky III, the cute kids, and, of course, woobies. But is it enough? Honestly, we decided to watch this instead of Deathstalker because we thought we owed it to you - our listeners - to get out of the sword and sorcery space and talk about a mainstream movie… and in this episode, you get to hear your three hosts realize the depth of their error with hilarious consequences! CURSE YOU LORD MUNKAR! Yeah, come back next week, we’re watching Deathstalker.
Show Notes:
September 2 1983 Weekend Box Office
July 22, 1983 Weekend Box Office
Cole Haddon 2023 interview with producer Lauren Shuler Donner.
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