HOLLYWOODLAND

This week in the Screening Room, Zeth is talking about ‘90s-era scuzz and sleaze, pre-MCU comic book movie adaptations, and why the 1994 film ‘The Crow’ reminds him of ‘King of New York.’ Become an All Access member and get ad-free listening by visiting disgracelandpod.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth reacts to the news that an AI version of Val Kilmer will “star” in an upcoming film, and looks back on Brandon Lee on the 33rd anniversary of his death. Plus, we have your voicemails, texts, and emails abot your favorite movie soundtracks of all time. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Haunted by the legacy of his superstar father. Haunted by an old family curse. Brandon Lee tried to outrun his past, but it came after him all the same. It was said that his father, Bruce Lee, was taken by that family curse at just 32 years old. And that it then followed Brandon, when he was 28, to the set of The Crow, a cross between a superhero blockbuster and a brooding art film that was all goth. The shoot was plagued by injury, electrocution, storms, fires, and car crashes – and culminated in tragedy when a prop gun fired a real bullet. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week in the Screening Room, Zeth gets to the bottom of why Alfred Hitchcock pulled one of his most beloved films, Vertigo, from theaters and didn’t allow it to be seen for over 20 years. Become an All Access member and get ad-free listening by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about the master of suspense and the template for the contemporary director, Alfred Hitchcock. Plus, your voicemails, texts, and emails about the movies you’re obsessed with. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alfred Hitchcock grew up on murder. He was the OG crime junkie; obsessed with true stories of stranglers, bodysnatchers, necrophiliacs, and serial killers. He was also afraid – not so much with these ghoulish figures, but of authority, the dark, crowds, and of being alone. He channeled his obsessions and his fears into some of the greatest movies of all time. And he abused his power as a controlling auteur by having his way with an actress who he assumed to be powerless. That actress, Tippi Hedren, demonstrated remarkable strength and survived both personally and professionally to tell her story.This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including graphic depictions of violence, sexual assault, and stalking. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week in the Screening Room, Zeth is talking about how Dennis Hopper took control of an ill-fated film production in Canada, rewrote a screenplay over a weekend, and created the highly transgressive 1980 movie Out of the Blue. Become an All Access member and get ad-free listening by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about Dennis Hopper’s place in the pantheon of greatest uncompromising risk takers of Hollywood history. Plus, your voicemails, texts, and emails about the movies you saw way too young. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis Hopper revolutionized American cinema by bringing the counterculture to the mainstream with his 1969 film Easy Rider. But he also lived his life in tandem with his art, on the fringes of society and sanity. His stubborn attitude and crazy ideas quickly transformed him from a hippie prophet into a longhaired loser. Hopper’s journey from success to failure and back again took him through jungles, deserts, and mountains, and involved varying degrees of drugs, guns, hallucinations, and ex-wives – all part of a lifelong search to save his career, and his life.This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including domestic violence. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week in the Screening Room, Zeth is talking about the trials and tribulations behind the making of ‘Chinatown,’ the 1974 film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. Become an All Access member and get ad-free listening by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth reveals the results of our recent Academy Awards poll, and asks the question: why do we care about the Oscars, anyway? Plus, your emails, calls, and DMs. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Director John Huston lived the adventurous life that was frequently depicted in his movies. As a young man, he was made an honorary lieutenant in the Mexican army. He was nearly shot during a poker game and challenged to a duel in the middle of the street. His thrill-seeking antics soon turned fatal, when he accidentally struck and killed a woman with his car while driving down Sunset Boulevard. He ran off to London to lay low, but soon found himself with no job, no money, no prospects–and no choice but to live on the streets and beg for change. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week in the Screening Room, Zeth is talking about the 2013 film ‘Prisoners,’ directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. Become an All Access member and get ad-free listening by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about the conspiracy theories online that an imposter accepted Jim Carrey’s Cesar Award in Paris, as well as the revelatory new film ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert.’ Plus, your emails, calls, and DMs. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Before Patty Hearst appeared as an actress in John Waters' movies, she captivated America on the silver screen as a hostage terrorized by the Symbionese Liberation Army. When the newspaper heiress was kidnapped by the radical organization in 1974, the country sympathized with her plight. But after just a few months, the SLA’s guns weren’t pointing at Patty anymore. Suddenly, Patty was firing her own weapons during fistfights and bank robberies as a member of the same terrorist group that once kept her locked in a closet. In court, Patty claimed she was brainwashed and that she played along for her own safety. It’s true that Patty Hearst gave the performance of a lifetime — but we still don’t know which part of her life was the performance. This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including graphic depictions of violence. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week in the Screening Room, Zeth’s talking about Sam Raimi and the directors who returned to their indie/DIY/genre roots after doing time in the Hollywood system. Also: movies about curses, 21st century horror films, and a mixtape inspired by Raimi’s 2009 film ‘Drag Me to Hell.’ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about the 1961 film ‘The Misfits,’ which was both cursed and ahead of its time. He’s also talking about books by Chris Whitaker and Donna Tartt, Al Pacino and ‘Sea of Love’ – plus, your emails, calls, and DMs. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn Danzig named his punk band after one of the most cursed Hollywood films of all time. The Misfits was where actor Montgomery Clift, permanently disfigured from a car accident, tried in vain to restart his stalled career. The director, John Huston, lost the film’s entire production budget at a craps table. The lead actor, Clark Gable, suffered a heart attack the day after shooting ended and died ten days later. But was there any truth to the rumor that Gable was driven to an early grave not because of a grueling shoot or poor health, but by his demanding co-star, Marilyn Monroe? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week in the Screening Room, Zeth’s got the sins of the father on his mind – as well as Christopher Walken’s incredible mustache. Take a trip back to 1986 as we look at one of the most underrated films in Walken and Sean Penn’s filmographies. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is reflecting on the legacies of Robert Duvall and Frederick Wiseman, as well as breaking down Sean Penn’s stiff walk in ‘One Battle After Another.’ Plus, your emails, calls, and DMs about the bad boys (and girls) of movie history. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the summer of 1985, Sean Penn’s marriage to preeminent material girl Madonna was an epochal moment for ‘80s-era Hollywood. The bad boy from Bad Boys and the boy-toy pop superstar blissfully brought together the worlds of movies and music on a Malibu bluff overlooking the Pacific. But their subsequent attempt to make a movie together was anything but blissful. A wild film shoot in China would lead to even wilder things, like the time Sean dangled a photographer upside-down from a ninth-story balcony. Or the time he escaped a prison in Macau and had to have a pardon from the government negotiated by a former member of the Beatles. Or the time he spent in an American prison, where he found himself passing notes with a fellow inmate down the hall…one who happened to be one of the most notorious serial killers in history. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you hear that? Are we being watched? Join Zeth as he gets out his flashlight and explores the dark corners of film history, specifically the paranoia of the 1970s and how real life was reflected in the films America was watching. Those films include the first installment in Alan J. Pakula’s so-called “paranoia trilogy,” 1971’s ‘Klute’ starring Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about how paranoia at the movies isn’t confined to the 1970s – it’s here to stay, and it was even in a trailer during the Super Bowl. Plus, ‘Industry’ as Radiohead albums, ‘Train Dreams,’ Richard Price novels, and your emails, calls, and DMs. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jane Fonda was so beloved that she was once named the fourth most admired woman in the world. She was also so hated that her face was used for target practice in urinals at military bases across the country. This all stemmed from a ten-day tour she took of North Vietnam in 1972: a trip that would forever cement her as either a patriot or a traitor in the eyes of a divided nation and would put her in the crosshairs of the President of the United States. This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including eating disorders and suicide. If you’re thinking about suicide, or are worried about a friend or loved one, call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Attica! Attica! Join Zeth as he gets into emotional meltdowns, media circuses, and sympathetic criminals at the core of one of the greatest Hollywood films of all time, ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ starring Al Pacino. And then stick around as we make a mixtape inspired by the film. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about the career of the great Catherine O’Hara, as well as the deepening divide between movies in theaters and movies at home. Plus, your emails, calls, and DMs all about the performances that you think got robbed at the Academy Awards. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The death of a neighborhood friend, an attempted robbery that almost went horribly wrong, good vs. evil, and the road not taken: this is the Al Pacino origin story. It all culminates in the role of a lifetime. Not Michael Corleone. Not a role on stage or screen. The most important role of Al Pacino’s young life played out in front of a couple of detectives and a district attorney. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hollywood’s history with “the heavy,” Jack Nicholson, Miles Davis, Tom Waits, Stanley Kubrick, and more collide as Zeth breaks down Christopher Nolan’s 2008 film ‘The Dark Knight’ starring Heath Ledger as The Joker. Plus, we make a mixtape inspired by Ledger’s beloved performance. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about villains in movies, and why The Joker is so much fun for both the actor and the audience. Plus, your emails, calls, and DMs all about the movies that changed you forever. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Heath Ledger’s preparation for and disappearance into his movie roles is legendary, and it’s what helped him play repressed cowboys, junkies, and maniacal clowns equally well. His research led him to junkies who taught him how to properly shoot up using a stolen prosthetic arm and fake blood, and to a personal diary full of cut-and-paste madness. The paparazzi, however, mocked Heath’s method, and took their public quarrel with him to duplicitous lengths. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Was the 1967 film adaptation of Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel ‘In Cold Blood’ ground zero for our movie-and-true-crime obsession? In this bonus episode, Zeth does a deep dive into how the film broke all the rules while the infamous Hays Code was breaking down in Hollywood. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about the moments when life and art blur, and actors go on trial for murder. Plus, your emails, calls, and DMs all about the greatest crime movies based on true stories. Become an All Access member today by visiting disgracelandpod.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.