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The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good.

This week, an episode that has been eleven years in the making. 

At last, our dear friend Maurice, host of See Hear and Love That Album joins Scott, Paul and Charlie from Melbourne.

Also joining us, from York, is Steven, Scott's co host on the Reel Britannia podcast.

A word of warning - this episode is a bit sweary!

McVicar (1980)

John McVicar (Roger Daltrey) is an English career criminal locked up with all the other lifers in the dreaded E Wing of Durham Prison. Between riots and constant prison guard brutality, McVicar and fellow inmate Walter Probyn (Adam Faith) gradually dig a tunnel that enables their escape. Once on the outside, McVicar does his best to lie low and re-enter the lives of his wife (Cheryl Campbell) and infant son, despite the fact that police have labeled him "Public Enemy Number One."

"I suppose you think you got the better of us there. But just remember, kidder, you're in for ten years."

"Yeah, that's right, Mr. Pendel. But you're in for life, ain't yer?"

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The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good.

This week, it's Anthony's turn to join Scott and Paul to take a look at an American cop classic from the seventies

Anthony is the host of Film Gold, Life And Life Only and Glass Onion: On John Lennon.

Electra Glide In Blue (1973)

The only thing good-hearted motorcycle cop John Wintergreen (Robert Blake) wants is to become a detective. To wear a big Stetson, smoke fancy cigars and be paid to think. So when he stumbles upon a dead body, he takes the case - and proves he's got the right stuff. But as soon as he's promoted, he finds that the corruption he must tolerate makes his Stetson not fit so well and the cigars not taste so good. Forced to confront his own disillusionment, Wintergreen heads out on his bike, the Electra Glide, and makes another shocking discovery that could cost him his life.

"I hate that motorcycle they make me ride. I'm here to tell you there ain't nothing in the world I hate worse than that elephant under my ass."

This and previous episodes can be found everywhere you download your podcasts

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The Stinking Pause Podcast

Bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good.

2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Stinking Pause podcast.

To celebrate, this year we are looking back at some of the movies already reviewed over the past 10 years and inviting fellow podcasters and friends to join us.

This week, Anthony from Glass Onion: On John Lennon, Film Gold, and Life & Life Only, joins Scott to chat about one of the all time great movies from the 70s

Deliverance (1972)

The Cahulawassee River valley in Northern Georgia is one of the last natural pristine areas of the state, which will soon change with the imminent building of a dam on the river, which in turn will flood much of the surrounding land. As such, four Atlanta city dwellers, alpha male Lewis Medlock, Ed Gentry, Bobby Trippe, and Drew Ballinger, decide to take a multi-day canoe trip on the river, with only Lewis and Ed having experience in outdoor life. They know going in that the area is isolated. Their relatively peaceful trip takes a turn for the worse halfway through with river rapids and unwelcoming locals. The four need to battle their way out of the valley and are asked to do things they never thought possible within themselves.

“Do know what's gonna be here? Right here? A lake. As far as the eyes can see. Hundreds of feet deep. HUNDREDS of feet deep. Did you ever look out over a lake and think of somethin' buried underneath it? Buried underneath it. Well man, that's just about as buried as you can get.”

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The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good.

2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Stinking Pause podcast.

To celebrate, this year we are looking back at some of the movies already reviewed over the past 10 years. This week, Paul has selected a genuine classic from Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Billy Wilder’s zany cross-dressing comedy begins with a massacre – resembling the gangland St Valentine’s Day killings of 1929 – and ends with one of the most celebrated last lines in cinema history. Written in cahoots with the director’s new collaborator I.A.L. Diamond, Some Like It Hot ascends to inspired heights of silliness in-between, with Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon both on career-best form as dragged-up musicians hiding out with Sugar Kane’s girl band.

Both the gangster story and the screwball antics hark back to Hollywood films of the 1930s, but Wilder’s outrageous and subversive play with gender was truly boundary pushing and helped lead to a loosening of censorship after United Artists released the film without certification.

" You tore off one of my chests!”

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The Stinking Pause podcast – bringing you classic movie reviews since 2013

Scott is joined this week by Steven, his co-host over at the Reel Britannia podcast and Anthony, host of Film Gold, Glass Onion : On John Lennon, and Life and Life Only

A Night To Remember (1958)

The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller (Kenneth More). Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith (Laurence Naismith) keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.

"It was uncomfortable. We have dressed now in our best, and are prepared to go down like gentlemen."

This and previous episodes can be found everywhere you download your podcasts

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Reel Britannia

https://www.deezer.com/us/show/2877712 

Glass Onion: On John Lennon

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/glass-onion-on-john-lennon/id1473867166 

Life And Life Only

https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/ 

Film Gold

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/film-gold/id1544641271 

Thanks for listening

Scott 

The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good.

2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Stinking Pause podcast.

To celebrate, this year we are looking back at some of the movies already reviewed over the past 10 years and inviting fellow podcasters and friends to join us.

This week, Cev from Film Guff, House of Hammer, and Here Lies Amicus, joins us to chat about one of his favourite movies of all time.

Sweet Smell Of Success (1957)

In the swift, cynical Sweet Smell of Success, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, Burt Lancaster stars as the vicious Broadway gossip columnist J. J. Hunsecker, and Tony Curtis as Sidney Falco, the unprincipled press agent Hunsecker ropes into smearing the up-and-coming jazz musician romancing his beloved sister. Featuring deliciously unsavory dialogue, in an acid, brilliantly structured script by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman, and noirish neon cityscapes from Oscar-winning cinematographer James Wong Howe, Sweet Smell of Success is a cracklingly cruel dispatch from the kill-or-be-killed wilds of 1950s Manhattan.

" The cat's in the bag and the bag's in the river."

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The Stinking Pause podcast - reviewing movies since 2013...some good...some not so good.

A special episode this week as part of our 10th birthday celebrations in which Scott is joined by friend and fellow podcaster Anthony Rotunno to chat about one of their favourite movies in the form of a commentary.

Jaws (1975)

It's a hot summer on Amity Island, a small community whose main business is its beaches. When new Sheriff Martin Brody discovers the remains of a shark attack victim, his first inclination is to close the beaches to swimmers. This doesn't sit well with Mayor Larry Vaughn and several of the local businessmen. Brody backs down to his regret as that weekend a young boy is killed by the predator. The dead boy's mother puts out a bounty on the shark and Amity is soon swamped with amateur hunters and fisherman hoping to cash in on the reward. A local fisherman with much experience hunting sharks, Quint, offers to hunt down the creature for a hefty fee. Soon Quint, Brody and Matt Hooper from the Oceanographic Institute are at sea hunting the Great White shark. As Brody succinctly surmises after their first encounter with the creature, they're going to need a bigger boat.

"Here lies the body of Mary Lee; died at the age of a hundred and three. For fifteen years she kept her virginity; not a bad record for this vicinity."

The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good.

2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Stinking Pause podcast.

To celebrate, this year we are looking back at some of the movies already reviewed over the past 10 years and inviting fellow podcasters and friends to join us.

This week, Smokey from Rated H, House of Hammer, and All The Best Lines, joins us to chat about one of his favourite movies of all time.

The Sting (1973)

Following the murder of a mutual friend, aspiring con man Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) teams up with old pro Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) to take revenge on the ruthless crime boss responsible, Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw). Hooker and Gondorff set about implementing an elaborate scheme, one so crafty that Lonnegan won't even know he's been swindled. As their big con unfolds, however, things don't go according to plan, requiring some last-minute improvisation by the undaunted duo.

"Luther said I could learn something from you. I already know how to drink."

This and previous episodes can be found everywhere you download your podcasts

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Episode 173 - Michael Caine: A British Icon (Part 2 of 2)

We complete our Michael Caine tribute, a joint presentation of the ‘Film Gold’ and ‘The Stinking Pause’ podcasts, as the great man turns 90.

Antony Rotunno and Scott Phipps count down their top 5 Caine performances and also discuss his ultimate legacy after 60 years as a film star.

There are audio clips galore to complement the conversation, including Michael reading from the first of his many memoirs and also offering a few acting tips!

'Film Gold' is on all the main podcast platforms.

Feedback to contrafib2001@gmail.com

Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/filmgoldpod

Twitter- https://twitter.com/FilmGold75

Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts)

https://www.antonyrotunno.com

Antony’s John Lennon podcast

https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/

links to Scott’s podcasts

https://rainbowvalley.libsyn.com/podcast

https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/reelbritannia

https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/stinkingpause

show links

Scott’s podcast on the making of Zulu

https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/rainbowvalley/id/23567510

Sleuth (complete film- must watch!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjRCnwNR0yk

Our ‘Film Gold’ review of Sleuth

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/filmgold/episodes/Episode-13--Sleuth-1972-e1afv44

Michael Caine’s film acting masterclass (1980s)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZPLVDwEr7Y

Michael Caine top 50 performances (worst to best)

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jun/14/michael-caine-best-films-ranked

Michael talks about his 5 favourite films (of his)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8h9vDpK88s

Roy Budd plays his ‘Get Carter’ theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kMhcf8eyiA

Michael Caine, born as Maurice Micklewhite, has been acting for 70 years and been a star for nearly 60. This 2-part joint presentation of the ‘Film Gold’ and ‘The Stinking Pause’ podcasts celebrates the life and career of a true cinematic icon as he approaches his 90th birthday.

In this first part, Antony Rotunno and Scott Phipps look at Caine’s upbringing and give an overview of his career before beginning to count down their top 10 Caine performances (10-6) and also discussing Caine catchphrases and the many parodies of the great man. There are audio clips galore to complement the conversation, including Michael reading from the first of his many memoirs.

'Film Gold' is on all the main podcast platforms.

Feedback to contrafib2001@gmail.com

Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/filmgoldpod

Twitter- https://twitter.com/FilmGold75

Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts)

https://www.antonyrotunno.com

Antony’s John Lennon podcast

https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/

links to Scott’s podcasts
https://rainbowvalley.libsyn.com/podcast

https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/reelbritannia

https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/stinkingpause

show links

Michael Caine’s first memoir audiobook, read by the man himself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icBiFHAsdKc

Michael Caine: Breaking The Mold (documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxAHYSIoT-I

Brydon and Coogan (The Trip) do Caine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vukpjl44Yo0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeC0-tj_IMA

Michael Caine parodies himself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX0F3kY3uxU

‘The Other 1960s’- a podcast about the normal part of the 60s

https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/episode-23-the-other-1960s-with-frances-rotunno

The Self-Preservation Society: Making The Italian Job

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4euNwH6OImY