The Room (2003 Future Cult Classic)
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Show Notes
The twelfth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2003 features our future cult classic pick, Tommy Wiseau’s The Room. Written and directed by Tommy Wiseau and starring Wiseau, Greg Sestero, Juliette Danielle, Philip Haldiman, and Carolyn Minnott, The Room grew from a single self-booked screening into a worldwide cult phenomenon.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Scott Foundas in Variety (https://variety.com/2003/film/reviews/the-room-1117921325/), Marc Mohan in The Oregonian (https://www.oregonlive.com/movies/2009/08/beyond_the_multiplex_aug_28_se.html), and Tim Walker in the Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/columnists/tim-walker/the-couch-surfer-it-may-be-sublimely-rubbish-but-the-room-makes-audiences-happy-1752708.html).
Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 2003 installment featuring our audience choice winner, Christmas classic Bad Santa.