Remakers Mark 39, Part 1 {Midnight Run}: One Note, With Vibrato

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Joey Pants is the Kevin Bacon of Movies

Midnight Run

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• Theatrical Trailer
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Welcome to part one of our discussion of the wonderfully fun action/drama/comedy ‘Midnight Run’. Here we recast the two major roles and five minor roles, and along the way give our appreciation for Charles Grodin, and to a lesser degree Robert DeNiro, how hard a good deadpan actor is to find, and how dang great Joey Pants’ combover is.

Remakers Mark Recommends

• Love (Netflix Original)
  • Love (Gaspar Noé film – for the love of Pete, don’t watch this in public or at work)

Actors and Actresses Discussed

• Robert DeNiro
• Bill Burr
• Josh Brolin
• Sean Penn
• Guy Pearce
• Bryan Cranston
• Charles Grodin
• Will Ferrell
• Joshua Malina
• Damian Lewis
• Jemaine Clement
• Nick Offerman
• Wendy Phillips
• Alison Janney
• Dennis Farina
• Michael Shannon
• Yaphet Kotto
• Idris Elba
• John Ashton
• Jason Statham
• Joe Pantoliano
• Matthew McConaughey
• Adam Sandler

People, Movies, and Links Discussed

• Blazing Saddles
• The Blues Brothers
• Dumb & Dumber
• Hot Fuzz
• Shaun of the Dead
• Alien
• Bill Burr specials – Netflix
• Breaking Bad
• Men in Black 3
• No Country For Old Men
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
• Memento
• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
• Stranger Than Fiction
• Elf
• The West Wing
• Scandal
• Life
• Band of Brothers
• Homeland
• Flight of the Conchords
• Punch-Drunk Love
• Mom
• The Office
• In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
• Tropic Thunder