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John, Sarah, and Hallie discuss their favorite films from the podcast in 2024 and a few films released in 2024 that they think will become forgotten films of the future!

Sarah, Hallie, and John discuss this forgotten family fantasy (and maybe body horror) holiday film, Jack Frost, starring Michael Keaton. Other topic include the perfect cup of hot cocoa and John's penchant for watching The Grinch with cookies and whisky on Christmas Eve.

Sources for this episode:

Ebert, Roger. "Jack Frost." Chicago Sun-Times. 11 Dec. 1998. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.

King, Susan. “He’s Winter’s Warmest Snowman.” Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 1998, www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-10-ca-52336-story.html. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.

Rea, Andrew. Binging with Babish: Judy the Elf's Hot Cocoa from The Santa Clause. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.

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Hallie, John, and Sarah discuss forgotten films set at the Summer Olympics, including Personal Best (1982), Without Limits (1997), and Swimming Upstream (2003).

Sources for this episode:

The Steve Prefontaine Story via Oregon's Adventure Coast

How Steve Prefontaine Set the Pace for Nike via Nike

Steven Roland PREFONTAINE, Biography & Olympic Results via Olympics.com

Tom Cruise produced a movie in Eugene during the summer of 1996 about Steve Prefontaine via The Register-Guard

Steve Prefontaine’s Last Run via Grantland

Steve Prefontaine Profile - aired during the 1992 Olympic Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO3tdslavPg

Billy Crudup "Without Limits" 1998 - Bobbie Wygant Archive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDgX0hV6D2M

Prefontaine: What He Was Really Like via The New York Times

His first run outside: 27 miles from prison to home via Salon

How did Prefontaine really hurt his foot? via Let's Run

Steve Prefontaine Was The Man Who Defined Running With Blood, Sweat, And Tears via Odyssey

Sarah, Hallie, and John discuss 1988’s “For Keeps?,” starring Molly Ringwald and Randall Batinkoff. Other (different but related) topics include Rugrats, The Little Mermaid, and The Brat Pack. If you'd like to watch along with us, "For Keeps?" is streaming free with ads on YouTube (as of 6.12.2024). For a transcript of this episode, visit us at ForgottenFilmClub.com.

Sources for this Episode

For Keeps? Trivia via IMDB.

For Keeps (January 15, 1988). Roger Ebert via RogerEbert.com.

"Angelica's Worst Nightmare," Rugrats, Season 3 Episode 21 (March 13, 1994) via IMDB.

Whatever Happened To Jake From Sixteen Candles? via Looper.

No One Would Tell (TV Movie 1996) via IMDB.

Juno (2007) via IMDB.

Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) via IMDB.

Obvious Child (2014) via IMDB.

Brats (2024) via Internet Movie Database.

Mama LuLu’s hot take on The Little Mermaid movie via TikTok.

The Bobbie Wygant Archive. “Molly Ringwald “for Keeps” 1/10/88 - Bobbie Wygant Archive.” YouTube, bobbiewygant.com, 26 Nov. 2020, youtu.be/bNAZ9U3XHbM?si=GvWlvnsj_GVELFBm

Maslin, Jane. “Film: “for Keeps,” on Teen-Age Pregnancy.” The New York Times, 15 Jan. 1988, www.nytimes.com/1988/01/15/movies/film-for-keeps-on-teen-age-pregnancy.html

Freeman, Paul. “PopCultureClassics.com.” Www.popcultureclassics.com, 1988, www.popcultureclassics.com/molly_ringwald.html

"AFI|Catalog - For Keeps” Catalog.afi.com, catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/58710

“U.S. Teen Birth Rate Reached Another Historic Low in 2022.” Www.cdc.gov, 30 May 2023, www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2023/20230601.htm

Spoiler Alert for this Source: CalTech, at least in 2024, does provide married student housing.

Our theme music is "Rue Severine" by Blue Dot Sessions.

John, Sarah, and Hallie discuss queer romcom, "The Broken Hearts Club," starring John Mahoney, Timothy Olyphant, Dean Cain, Zach Braff, Justin Theroux, Andrew Keegan, Jennifer Coolidge, Nia Long, and Billy Porter.  We had a lot of fun recasting this one!

Sources for this episode

Stack, Timothy. ““The Broken Hearts Club”: Inside the Making of the 2000 Gay Rom-Com.” EW.com, 13 Feb. 2019, ew.com/movies/2019/02/13/broken-hearts-club-oral-history/

“Broken Hearts Club : Production Notes.” Cinema.com, 2024, cinema.com/articles/378/broken-hearts-club-production-notes.phtml

Reddish, David. “Happy 20th: How Greg Berlanti’s “the Broken Hearts Club” Changed the Course of Queer Cinema.” Queerty, 21 Oct. 2020, www.queerty.com/happy-20th-greg-berlantis-broken-hearts-club-changed-course-queer-cinema-20201021

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Hallie, Sarah, and John discuss Kirsten Dunst's 1999 filmography.

Sources for this episode:

True Heart 

Pod Me If You Can. “True Heart (1997) (PMIYC TV#179). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adASberWSiU

Goss, Michael. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/ActorMichaelGross/photos/

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“True Heart.” TCM Database. https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/522226/true-heart#overview

“Orion Pictures.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Pictures

True Heart Soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXN0XTRrDjDwwvZOQhavQCFIBxWj5fBRF

The Devil’s Arithmetic

King, Susan. “Re-Creating the Scene of the Crimes.” Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar.1999. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-28-tv-21700-story.html

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Jacobs, Matthew. “We Spent Half An Hour Talking To Allison Janney About 'Drop Dead Gorgeous’: A Deep Dive On 'Drop Dead Gorgeous' With Allison Janney.” HuffPost, 24 July 2014. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/allison-janney-drop-dead-gorgeous_n_5611277

“Drop Dead Gorgeous.” Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_Dead_Gorgeous_(film)

The Virgin Suicides

Coppola, Sofia. “Sofia Coppola on Making the Virgin Suicides: “When I Saw the Rough Cut I Thought: Oh No, What Have I Done?”” The Guardian, 25 Jan. 2018, www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/25/sofia-coppola-on-the-virgin-suicides-director-debut

Cline, Emma. ““The Virgin Suicides” Still Holds the Mysteries of Adolescence.” The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2018, www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/the-virgin-suicides-still-holds-the-mysteries-of-adolescence

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Sarah, John, and Hallie discuss the Watergate teen comedy, Dick, starring Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, and Dan Hedaya.

Sources for this episode:

Gajewski, Ryan. ““Dick” Director on Challenges of Making a Watergate Comedy and Whether It Could Be Done Today.” The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2022, www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dick-film-director-watergate-comedy-annivesary-1235167156/. Accessed 9 Apr. 2024.

Jacobs, Matthew. “9 Things You Really Never Knew about “Dick.”” HuffPost, 27 Aug. 2014, www.huffpost.com/entry/dick-andrew-fleming_n_5698264. Accessed 9 Apr. 2024.

Busis, Hillary. “Everything I Know about Watergate I Learned from Watching Dick.” Vanity Fair, 26 Apr. 2022, www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/04/dick-movie-1999-watergate-gaslit. Accessed 9 Apr. 2024.

"Bedfellows." Slow Burn. Season 2, Episode 7. Accessed 10 Apr. 2024. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/slow-burn-season-2-episode-7-transcript.html

Our theme music is "Rue Severine" by Blue Dot Sessions.

We're celebrating Kirsten Dunst's 1999 theatrical releases this May! Look out for our main episode on "Dick" and our mini-episode where we divide and conquer "Drop Dead Gorgeous," "A Mighty Heart," and "The Virgin Suicides."

Sarah, Hallie, and John discuss the original 1954 Sabrina, starring Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, and the 1995 remake, starring Julia Ormond and Harrison Ford. CW: The 1954 Sabrina contains a plot point about suicide. If you are feeling alone and having thoughts of suicide—whether or not you are in crisis—or know someone who is, don’t remain silent. Talk to someone you can trust through the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Call or text 988 or chat the lifeline.

Sources for this Episode:

Nast, Condé. “Conversations with Billy.” Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 1999, www.vanityfair.com/news/1999/10/billy-wilder-199910

Paris, Barry. Audrey Hepburn. Penguin, 1 Sept. 2001.

Wasson, Sam. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. Aurum, 25 Sept. 2011.

Rose, Charlie. “Harrison Ford Interview with Charlie Rose on Sabrina (1996).” Www.youtube.com, 1996, youtu.be/qT5yL6C80fk?si=00h19cQWlW33-hVU

Bobbie, Wygant. “Julia Ormond “Sabrina” 11/17/95 - Bobbie Wygant Archive.” Www.youtube.com, 1995, youtu.be/lmN7HQf1vTE?si=GVPAp5FoTUVA7XM2

Longworth, Karina. “Audrey Hepburn: Sex, Style, and Sabrina”. You Must Remember This. Podcast audio, November 11, 2014. 

Chandler, Charlotte. Nobody’s Perfect : Billy Wilder : A Personal Biography. New York, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2004.

Taylor, Samuel. Sabrina Fair. Dramatists Play Service Inc, 1955.

Hibberd, James. “Harrison Ford: “I Know Who the F*** I Am.”” The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2023, www.hollywoodreporter.com/feature/harrison-ford-interview-shrinking-indy-5-1923-1235318736/

Wilmington, Michael and Staff. PUBLISHED: December 15, 1995 at 1:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 19, 2021 at 8:03 a.m.`SABRINA’ LOOKS DREAMY BUT LACKS RELEVANCE https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/12/15/sabrina-looks-dreamy-but-lacks-relevance/

St. Peters, Joel. Harrison Ford's Choice for His Most Challenging Role Is Not What You'd Expect. 8 Feb. 2023, https://www.cbr.com/harrison-ford-most-challenging-role-sabrina/

Kasumyan, Agnessa. Blast From the Past: 'Sabrina' Disappoints, But Still Great for Nostalgic Viewing. USC Annenberg Media. March 05, 2016, https://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2016/03/05/blast-from-the-past-sabrina-disappoints-but-still-great-for-nostalgic-viewing/#:~:text=Hopeless%20due%20to%20her%20unrequited,up%20and%20carries%20her%20home.

TV Guide. 1995. Sabrina Reviews. https://www.tvguide.com/movies/sabrina/review/2030053018/

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For a transcript of today's episode, visit our website www.forgottenfilmclub.com.

We didn't love this movie but we do love Paulina Porizkova and Tom Selleck! Also, whoops we scheduled two writer-rom-coms back to back. Is that a sub genre? If it wasn't before, it is now! Other topics include how much we love the mall and how much we hate The Razzies. If you want to check out this movie yourself, it's free with ads on YouTube (as of Feburary 14 2024). For a transcript of this episode, please visit us at ForgottenFilmClub.com.

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Sources for this episode:

Won, Esther. “Mission Impossible | Opinion | the Harvard Crimson.” Www.thecrimson.com, 3 Feb. 1989, www.thecrimson.com/article/1989/2/3/mission-impossible-piher-alibii-pwritten-and/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2024.

Tribune, Chicago. “TOM SELLECK: LIFE after `BABY`.” Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 1989, www.chicagotribune.com/1989/01/29/tom-selleck-life-after-baby/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2024.

“AFI|Catalog.” Catalog.afi.com, catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/58111. Accessed 13 Feb. 2024.

Katherine, Rosman. “Paulina Porizkova, Full-Frontal Emotion.” NYTimes.com, New York Times, 15 May 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/style/paulina-porizkova.html. Accessed 13 Feb. 2024.

Wygant, Bobbie. “Tom Selleck for “Her Alibi” 1989 - Bobbie Wygant Archive.” Www.youtube.com, youtu.be/HGP_kL7I4FY?si=s0P4TD_G8BB8p_NE. Accessed 13 Feb. 2024.

Her Alibi opening credits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf33lhaCDE8.

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