70 MOVIES WE SAW IN THE 70s: Ep 27 - INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978)
Scott and Ben talk Philip Kaufman’s brilliant San Francisco-set remake of Don Siegel’s sci-fi classic and in the process take a shot at all the different iterations based on the Jack Finney novel.
Podcasting Pod Nerd highlights include:
• Ween vs. They Might Be Giants in the battle of drum machine duos
• Brooke Adams vs. Karen Allen in the battle of Margot Kidder
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers vs. Don’t Look Now in the battle of Donald Sutherland Shock Endings
• Bellicec Mud Baths vs. Bellicec rec room in the battle of spooky setpieces
• Warren Oates vs. R Lee Ermey in the battle of big screen drill sergeants
• Where you gonna go, where you gonna hide? vs. Where’s Jack London?
Plus: Pauline Kael’s Cartwright problem, Janet Maslin’s Nimoy problem, W.D. Richter’s many dimensions, Philip Kaufman and Curtis Hansen, separated at birth? And much, much more.
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