Greatest Movie Of All-Time – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Dana and Tom with new guests, Jen and Sarah (Movies and Us podcast) discuss the seminal film noir, The Maltese Falcon (1941): written and directed by John Huston, music by Adolph Deutsch, starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet.

Plot Summary: In the grimy streets of 1930s San Francisco, private eye Sam Spade finds himself entangled in a web of deceit, betrayal, and murder. When his partner is killed on a routine tail job, Spade is pulled into the orbit of a mysterious woman, a sinister foreigner, and a hulking brute—all desperate to get their hands on a priceless statue; the elusive Maltese Falcon. As the bodies pile up, Spade navigates the murky underworld with a cold detachment, playing a dangerous game of wits to uncover the truth. In the end, loyalty is a luxury, trust is a weapon, and everyone’s after the same thing: the black bird.

Guests:

Jen and Sarah

• Hosts of Movies and Us podcast
• @moviesanduspod on IG, TikTok, YouTube
• On Medium

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction and Guest Introductions

01:29 Getting to Know - Jen and Sarah

10:59 Cast and Recognition for The Maltese Falcon

13:49 Relationship(s) to the Film

17:57 What is the Maltese Falcon About?

19:22 Is The Maltese Falcon THE Film Noir?

23:51 Humphrey Bogart's Performance as Sam Spade

28:28 Plot Summary for The Maltese Falcon

29:26 Did You Know?

30:59 First Commercial Break

31:46 What's Happening at Movies and Us?

33:17 Ask Dana Anything

38:20 Best Performance(s)

49:48 Best/Favorite/Indelible Scene(s)

01:02:28 Second Commercial Break

01:03:14 In Memoriam

01:05:39 Best/Funniest Lines

01:09:21 The Stanley Rubric - Legacy

01:15:32 The Stanley Rubric - Impact/Significance

01:21:30 The Stanley Rubric - Novelty

01:29:59 The Stanley Rubric - Classicness

01:36:51 The Stanley Rubric - Rewatchability

01:41:11 The Stanley Rubric - Audience Score and Total Score

01:42:48 Remaining Questions

01:51:25 Thank You to Our Guests / Final Thoughts

01:54:46 Credits

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Find the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WAxQ7wsxhhc

For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com//post/the-maltese-falcon-1941-ft-jen-and-sarah

For the entire rankings list so far, go to:Full Graded List - Greatest Movies of All-Time

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Dana and Tom with new guests Heather Stewart (@heatherjstewart) and Ryan Luis Rodriguez (One Track Mind podcast, Reels of Justice podcast) discuss the religious comedy, Life of Brian (1979): directed by Terry Jones, written by Monty Python, starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, and Eric Idle.

Plot Summary: Ah, splendid! Picture this, if you will: the bustling streets of ancient Judea, a land rife with political turmoil, religious fervor, and the occasional stoning. Into this chaos, on the very same night as a certain well-known savior, is born a rather unremarkable chap named Brian Cohen.

Now, Brian, through no fault of his own, is continuously mistaken for the Messiah. This hapless fellow bumbles his way through a series of increasingly ludicrous adventures. From joining the People's Front of Judea (not to be confused with the Judean People's Front—splitters!) to unintentionally starting his own religious movement, Brian's life is a whirlwind of mistaken identity, misunderstandings, and the utterly absurd.

As if that weren't enough, he's pursued by Roman centurions, swooned over by fanatical followers, and lectured by his domineering mother ("He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"). All this, while Brian desperately tries to carve out a normal life in a world that seems determined to turn him into something he most definitely is not.

So, in essence, dear friends, "Life of Brian" is a satirical romp through history, skewering sacred cows and poking fun at the foibles of humanity with the kind of irreverent wit and cheekiness that only Monty Python can deliver. Quite a lark, wouldn't you say?

Guests:

Heather Stewart

• @heatherjstewart on IG, X, Letterboxd

Ryan Luis Rodriguez

• Host of One Track Mind Podcast (IG, X, Letterboxd)
• Co-Host of Reels of Justice Podcast (IG, X)

Chapters:

0:00 Intro

1:47 Getting to Know Our Guests

13:42 Relationship(s) to Life of Brian

19:49 What is Life of Brian About?

22:49 Is Satire Healthy for Democracies?

25:28 What is the Legacy of the Pythons?

30:02 Plot Summary

31:50 Did You Know?

33:44 First Break

34:25 Where You Can Find Our Guests

37:01 Ask Dana Anything

51:09 Best Performance(s)

01:06:05 Best/Favorite/Indelible Scene(s)

01:18:04 Second Break

01:18:49 In Memoriam

01:19:54 Best/Funniest Lines

01:25:38 The Stanley Rubric: Legacy

01:32:37 The Stanley Rubric: Impact/Significance

01:39:04 The Stanley Rubric: Novelty

01:44:48 The Stanley Rubric: Classicness

01:54:01 The Stanley Rubric: Rewatchability

01:58:24 The Stanley Rubric: Audience Score and Total...

Dana and Tom welcome new guest, Scott Cole (Twitter-X/IG (@colecommascott) movie commentator, and occassional writer/contributor for The Movie Friends podcast.com (@moviefriendspodcast)), to the show to discuss the neo-noir classic, Chinatown (1974): directed by Roman Polanski, written by Robert Towne, starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston.

Plot Summary: Chinatown (1974), directed by Roman Polanski, is a masterful blend of noir and tragedy that stands as one of the great achievements in American cinema. The film stars Jack Nicholson as Jake Gittes, a private detective whose specialty is uncovering marital infidelities. When he is hired by a woman claiming to be Evelyn Mulwray (Diane Ladd) to investigate her husband’s suspected affair, Gittes is drawn into a labyrinth of deceit, corruption, and murder. Set against the backdrop of 1930s Los Angeles, the plot thickens as Gittes discovers the true Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) and realizes he has been duped. The deeper he digs, the more he uncovers a sinister conspiracy involving water rights and the powerful land magnate Noah Cross (John Huston).

Chinatown is not just a detective story; it is a commentary on the corruption and decay that lie beneath the surface of society, a theme that remains relevant to this day. In the end, as the iconic final line suggests, "Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown," the film reminds us that some mysteries are better left unsolved, and some wounds never heal.

0:00 Welcome – First-Time Guest Questions

5:05 Cast and Recognition

9:03 Relationship(s) to the Film

14:19 What is this Film About?

22:52 Why is this Film Important to the Detective/Mystery Genre?

26:46 The Elephant in the Room…

34:55 Plot Summary

36:27 Did You Know?

38:51 First Break

41:14 Ask Dana Anything

54:17 Best Performance(s)

1:08:23 Best/Favorite/Indelible Scene(s)

1:16:20 In Memoriam

1:17:41 Best/Funniest Lines

1:19:38 The Stanley Rubric/Legacy

1:25:24 Impact/Significance

1:31:53 Novelty

1:37:09 Classicness

1:42:05 Rewatchability

1:46:02 Audience Score/Recap

1:46:27 Final Score

1:47:22 Remaining Question(s)

1:53:02 Listener Question(s)

1:57:23 Guest Acknowledgement

1:58:30 Final Thoughts

1:59:55 Credits

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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com//post/chinatown-1974-ft-scott-cole

For the entire rankings list so far, go to:Full Graded List - Greatest Movies of All-Time

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Dana and Tom are joined again by Adam Hitchcock (the Circuitverse) for their annual Christmas episode to discuss Elf (2003): directed by Jon Favreau, written by David Berenbaum, starring Will Ferrell, Zooey Deschanel, James Caan, Ed Asner, and Bob Newhart.

Plot Summary: Buddy (Will Ferrell) is an orphan who wound up in Santa’s sack and made it all the way back to the North Pole with him. Santa’s elves take him in and raise him as one of their own. As an adult, Buddy is too large to stay with the elves, and Santa (Ed Asner) lets him to go to New York City where he sets out to find his birth father, Walter Hobbs (James Caan). However, Hobbs is on Santa’s naughty list because he’s a heartless jerk. He has no idea Buddy is his son, and treats him with distain. Rejected, Buddy moves about the city experiencing things through the eyes of an elf and causing problems wherever he goes.

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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/elf-2003-ft-adam-hitchcock

For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list

Dana and Tom discuss the current highest-grossing movie of all-time in Avatar (2009): directed and written by James Cameron, starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver.

Plot Summary: Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a former Marine confined to a wheelchair, has been recruited to join an expedition to the moon Pandora, where corporate interests are strip-mining for a mineral worth $20 billion per kilogram on Earth. To facilitate their work, the humans use a link system that projects a person's consciousness into a hybrid of humans and Pandora's indigenous humanoids, the Na'vi. This human-Na'vi hybrid – a fully living, breathing body that resembles the Na'vi but possesses the individual human's thoughts, feelings, and personality – is known as an "avatar." Jake must work with Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver), the head of the Avatar program, who is not sure of Sully’s suitability to the project, and Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), head of the mining operation’s security detail. Jake’s mission is to interact with and infiltrate the Na'vi with the hope of enlisting their help – or at least their acquiescence – in mining the ore. A beautiful Na'vi, Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) saves Jake's life and eventually shows him the culture of her people. As Jake's relationship with Neytiri deepens, along with his respect for the Na'vi, he faces the ultimate test as he leads an epic conflict that will decide nothing less than the fate of an entire world.

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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/avatar-2009

For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list

Dana and Tom discuss the Best Picture winner from 1953 for the 81st Anniversary of Pearl Harbor, From Here to Eternity (1953): directed by Fred Zinnemann, written by Daniel Taradash, starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, and Frank Sinatra.

Plot Summary: In 1941, in Oahu, Hawaii, Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) is voluntarily transferred after quitting the Bugle Corp upon being replaced as First Bugler. Prewitt reunites with his good friend, Pvt. Angelo Maggio (Frank Sinatra), before meeting with the company commander and Regimental boxing head, Capt. Dana Holmes (Philip Ober). Holmes pressures Prewitt to join the company boxing club, but he steadfastly refuses because of a fight-related tragedy. Holmes' adjutant, Sgt. Milton Warden (Burt Lancaster), cautions Prewitt against opposing Holmes, but Prewitt stubbornly declines to box. Soon, the base is a caldron of action as Holmes makes romantic overtures to Capt. Holmes’ wife Karen; Prewitt starts a relationship with Lorene, (Donna Reed) a club hostess, while continuing to endure hassling due to his refusal to box; and Maggio starts a grudge match with "Fatso" Judson (Ernest Borgnine), sergeant of the stockade. Each relationship seems headed for disaster as war in the Pacific looms.

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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/from-here-to-eternity-1953

For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list

Dana and Tom welcome first-time guest, author/director Jeremy Norrie, to discuss the sequel to the Best Picture winner from 1976 in Rocky 2 (1979): directed, written by, and starring Sylvester Stallone with Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith, Carl Weathers, and Tony Burton.

Plot Summary: After losing the heavyweight title fight, Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) attempts to find a life after boxing. He marries his girlfriend, Adrian (Talia Shire) and starts a family. However, when he realizes that he has little skill other than boxing, he decides to relent and fight Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) again. Opposed by Adrian because of his health, Rocky struggles to train and meet Apollo’s challenge. With Micky (Burgess Meredith) as his trainer and confidant, Rocky must determine his future and whether he will summon the inner strength to defeat Creed this time around.

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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/rocky-ii-1979

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Dana and Tom discuss one of the seminal film noirs in Double Indemnity (1944): directed and written by Billy Wilder, co-written by Raymond Chandler, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, and Edward G. Robinson.

Plot Summary: Late at night, an insurance salesman, Walter Neff (Fred McMurray) stumbles into his office, bleeding from a wound to his left shoulder. He starts to record a memo for Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson) a claims investigator for Neff’s insurance company. The memo recounts how Neff fell for a client’s wife, Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck), and how the two plotted to murder her husband and collect his accidental insurance policy. Knowing that a clause in the contract pays double if he is killed on a train, Neff plots the murder and the method to make it look like it fell from the train. However, things soon start to unravel as Keyes figures out the plot, and Phyllis proves more than Neff’s lover. Will the two get away with murder and will they collect the double indemnity?

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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/double-indemnity-1944

For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list

In this special bonus episode, Tom repays his Oscar bet this year by reviewing Dana's pick for him, Glen or Glenda (1953): directed, written by, and starring Ed Wood with Timothy Ferrell, Dolores Fuller, and Bela Lugosi.

Plot Summary: In the 1950s, little is understood about Transvestitism. Director Ed Wood, in a seemingly autobiographical examination, seeks to inform the world on the topic through the story of Glen (Ed Wood), a man forced to deal with his own transvestitism after he becomes engaged to be married.

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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/bonus-glen-or-glenda-1953

For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list

Dana and Tom welcome first-time guest, writer/director Scott Hardie (Father of the Flying Car), to discuss the movie that started Quentin Tarantino's career, Reservoir Dogs (1992): directed, written by, and starring Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, and Michael Madsen.

Plot Summary: Six men are hired to rob the local jewelry store for a recent diamond shipment: Mr. White (Harvey Keitel), Mr. Orange (Tim Roth), a new guy; Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen), a trigger-happy killer; Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi), a paranoid neurotic; Mr. Brown (Quentin Tarantino); and Mr. Blue (Edward Bunker). Hired by mob boss Joe Cabot (Lawrence Tierney) and given fake names so no one could identify the others. At first it goes smoothly, but then the alarm gets tripped, several employees and customers die in the panic, and the cops show up within moments which results in a massive bloody shootout. They soon realize that one of them had to have been a police informant. But who?

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For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/reservoir-dogs-1992-ft-scott-hardie

For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list