'Leaving Las Vegas': Films of 1995 + 'Borderlands' mini-review

The boys head to 1995 to discuss ‘Leaving Las Vegas’, Nicolas Cage’s Oscar-winning role, and whether or not there can be such a thing as too much jazz scatting in a film score. We set the scene, give you some context of world and film news from 1995, and sink our teeth into a productive conversation about this emotional film about an alcoholic (Cage) and his prostitute friend, Elizabeth Shue. Dave opens the episode with a mini-review of ‘Borderlands,’ the Eli Roth video game series adaptation that critics and audiences shunned, despite starring huge names: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Jamie Lee Curtis! 

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0:00 Intro; 4:41 ‘Borderlands’ mini-review + ‘Twisters’ revisited; 19:07 Gripes; 20:51 1995 Year in Review; 34:58 ’Leaving Las Vegas’: Films of 1995’; 01:18:07 What You Been Watching?; 01:25:17 Next Week’s Episode Teaser

Additional Cast/Crew/Mentions: Miklos Rozsa, John Seitz, Edith Head, Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G Robinson, Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, Josh Hartnett, Ishana Shyamalan, Maika Monroe, Nicholas Cage. 

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