1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Welcome to Peter and Hannah's watch list. I'm your host Pete Mitchell. I'm here with my great co-host 2 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:13,220 Hannah we're here for AFI top 100 it's movie number 3 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,560 98 and so you know what that means 4 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:19,440 It's Yankee Doodle Dandy 5 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:29,440 Hannah have you seen Yankee Doodle Dandy before that we watched it for the podcast? Yes, I've seen it once before and I do own a 6 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,880 I have seen it many times as well 7 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:39,820 From 1942 yeah from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Yeah 8 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:45,320 there used to be I can't believe I haven't brought this up before but there used to be a TV show on 9 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:47,840 Australian television 10 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:49,840 Bill Collins Golden Years of Hollywood 11 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:56,940 Yeah, and he used to introduce a movie of the week and Yankee Doodle Dandy was one of those movies starring the great James 12 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:02,360 Cagney yes, and it's the life of George M. Cowan 13 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:07,760 The elevator pitch for those who have not seen Yankee Doodle Dandy from 1942 14 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:13,220 It's a by-pick on George M. Cowan the Broadway all-rounder legendary 15 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:16,720 American playwright 16 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:18,160 actor 17 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,160 song person and 18 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:28,200 It goes for two hours and five minutes. Wow. We watched it on Apple TV. Yeah, we bought it. Yeah 19 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:30,880 the maker studio 20 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:32,880 It was Warner Brothers 21 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,360 Jack Warner produced this movie Hannah 22 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,080 Now I'm going through a great run at this stage and they continue 23 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:46,800 Yeah, we've got some great movies and we'll have one later in the 24 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:54,560 podcast run cast a blank out, but that was the after Yankee Doodle Dandy so 25 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:59,760 Warner Brothers one of those big studios still around to this day 26 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,480 Would you consider Warner Brothers your favorite studio? 27 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:07,320 At this time during this period 28 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:13,240 And like out of the two big ones which were Warner Brothers and MGM I would have given the edge to MGM 29 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:18,920 I just like their musicals better, but nowadays it's I think it's it's hard to say. It's my favorite 30 00:02:18,920 --> 00:02:25,600 They do a lot of missing. Yeah, as well as some hips. Yeah, but it's better than money 31 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:30,600 Today 32 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:36,520 Now other studios do tech lists, but you know some of the smaller ones are doing better actually then 33 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:41,880 David's ads last week you're welcome to on the podcast and don't talk about one of others and discovery 34 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:45,560 I like I do I think I do 35 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:52,600 Enjoy Warner Brothers movies though, especially during the 40s and 50s. They were always competing with MGM 36 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:57,600 Which was quite fun. Yeah, and so a lot of their movies were 37 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:01,760 Be rated versions of whatever an MGM movie was. Yeah 38 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,520 They were they were trying to MGM would throw a lot of money at a movie 39 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:12,600 And then they would just make a little cheaper version of that movie and it still do pretty well sometimes even better 40 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:20,760 Classic Hollywood like the studio system at the time. So actors and we'll talk about this with Jan to cabinet a lot actors writers directors 41 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:25,880 Cinematographers that just be contracted to the studio and only make studio pics 42 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:32,080 Ah story behind it. So this is where we deep dive for the people listening to the podcast for the first time 43 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,960 I'm behind the movie and this is my favorite part when we're watching the movies 44 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:42,760 Then I do research afterwards and I really love reading article after article about the movies and if I were really lucky 45 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,960 They do a lot of articles about these movies because they're they're on a on the list 46 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:53,880 So we're about to go into the at that 47 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,200 stage of the podcast 48 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,120 So the story behind it 49 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:04,620 We asked the question was it a book was it a script? It's actually based on a 50 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,800 Autobiography from George M. Cohan. He wrote that when he was 45 51 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:16,040 He was skeptical about movies because you only started a couple and 52 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,960 Jack Warner was chasing him down to tell this story 53 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:26,100 And he said you can be involved. You can have some money up front and you can have some of the gross as well 54 00:04:26,100 --> 00:04:30,240 So he finally signed on to do Yankee doodle dandy 55 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,640 Co-head co-harm was heavily involved in the script 56 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:41,960 He wasn't heavily involved in production because he was it became greatly ill and he passed away 57 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:46,720 I'm not long after the film completion. They actually brought up the premiere 58 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:51,760 It was supposed to happen on July 4th, which is Independence Day, which is a big 59 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:55,360 Kind of deal for Yankee doodle dandy 60 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:02,160 And they brought the release date up to June 6 1942 61 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:08,640 So it was about Cohen's life that Cohen's life was it was a mystery 62 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:16,680 As most entertainers yeah, July 4th. Yeah, he actually wasn't he was born on July 3rd 63 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,360 As usual Hollywood 64 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:28,120 It doesn't this is that no he wanted to 65 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:35,200 Only wanted the film to focus on his triumphs. It didn't want him to focus on any of these personal life at all 66 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:41,460 We all want that so what happened happening was he went from having two wives in real life 67 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:47,760 So only having one yeah, and it's not even based on any of their names. It's based from a middle name of one of them 68 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:50,960 It also 69 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:55,800 Didn't mention any of the children that he had and his daughter later when watching the show 70 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:00,000 Watching this movie said that this is the life that dad actually wanted 71 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,720 That's cool 72 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:10,240 It also molded many characters into one other which is okay in movies, you know, we're not here 73 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:12,920 It also muddled up the 74 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,400 The timelines it also model up the the fire 75 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:24,120 His father actually passed away second of his family. Yeah, and his mom passed away last 76 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:28,080 the the Cohen story he was 77 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,200 the son of two 78 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,200 Vaudville stars 79 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:39,800 Yeah, and the co and then he had a sister and then they became the four co-heirs and they'd go around all of America and perform 80 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,280 Their shows mostly comedy, but they also did some serious stuff as well 81 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:51,140 He wrote songs he wrote plays he had 40 plays 38 of them were comedies 82 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:53,920 He had at one stage. He had five 83 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:56,540 Broadway shows on Broadway at the same time 84 00:06:56,540 --> 00:07:01,580 That's the big statue in the middle of Times Square that is Georgian Cohen 85 00:07:03,100 --> 00:07:05,100 He's famous songs 86 00:07:05,660 --> 00:07:08,820 Give my regards to all Broadway. Yeah, the grand old flag 87 00:07:09,780 --> 00:07:11,780 Over there 88 00:07:13,300 --> 00:07:15,420 I would also put my hand my 89 00:07:16,220 --> 00:07:24,580 Personal favorite of his musicals is little Nelly Kelly. It was made into a film with Judy Garland and I really I like that one 90 00:07:24,580 --> 00:07:26,580 So 91 00:07:28,300 --> 00:07:33,340 Let's put George M. Cohen's life in perspective a bit so he had the talent of 92 00:07:33,980 --> 00:07:38,060 Producing plays like entry-world weather. Yeah, he had the lyricist of 93 00:07:39,420 --> 00:07:43,860 Little more Miranda and Tim Rice the writer of Lion King and stuff like that 94 00:07:43,860 --> 00:07:49,460 But he also acted so it was like the Neil Patrick Harris and Jonathan Groff of these days 95 00:07:49,460 --> 00:07:53,460 He had the song the dance the acting he did it all 96 00:07:57,580 --> 00:07:59,580 Yeah 97 00:08:03,860 --> 00:08:07,180 Couple other things about the movie the one of the wives 98 00:08:08,420 --> 00:08:12,860 Being excluded from the story try to sue Warner Brothers. It didn't happen. I didn't 99 00:08:12,860 --> 00:08:14,860 I 100 00:08:19,060 --> 00:08:25,840 George M. Cohen wanted Fred Astaire to play him but Fred Astaire refused because there's just dancing styles were very different 101 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:30,500 Yeah, Fred Astaire very like yeah fluid. Yeah, he had ballet background 102 00:08:30,500 --> 00:08:35,120 Um, well, it's also it's more so he's not challenging enough. Yeah 103 00:08:37,780 --> 00:08:43,140 Cohen was a straight-legged dancer, so he had this famous straight-legged dancing and 104 00:08:43,460 --> 00:08:47,980 Cagney really pulled that off when he was when I'd also go it's Warner Brothers and 105 00:08:48,460 --> 00:08:50,460 At the time 106 00:08:50,460 --> 00:08:57,580 Fred was leaving RKO and was going into like MGM pictures. Yeah, so I don't think he like he didn't do that many 107 00:08:57,820 --> 00:08:59,980 Yeah 108 00:08:59,980 --> 00:09:01,980 The songs in the 109 00:09:02,700 --> 00:09:07,500 The musical Yankee Doodle Dandy they say they were written for the stream by George M. Cohen 110 00:09:07,500 --> 00:09:14,020 But there's actually songs from other people in there. Do you know that one of the songs was actually written by Rogers and Hart? 111 00:09:14,260 --> 00:09:16,260 Yeah, okay. Yeah 112 00:09:16,260 --> 00:09:19,000 Yeah, so the one where he's singing about 113 00:09:19,660 --> 00:09:22,160 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, it'll be right. Oh 114 00:09:23,860 --> 00:09:25,860 Yeah 115 00:09:25,860 --> 00:09:30,620 Because yeah, sometimes some of the music doesn't sound like because he 116 00:09:32,460 --> 00:09:40,060 Yes, you can tell when it's yeah lucky did get criticized for he replayed the same thing over and over again 117 00:09:40,060 --> 00:09:46,060 I also noticed he used you know tunes from other songs in his writing and 118 00:09:46,740 --> 00:09:50,900 You know all to it so that's music nowadays anyway 119 00:09:50,900 --> 00:09:56,220 So the title of the movie Yankee Doodle Dandy was after one of these songs 120 00:09:56,220 --> 00:10:03,460 Yeah, I'll give you a little bit background of the Yankee Doodle Dandy sort of it. So the Yankee Doodle Dandy was a actual 121 00:10:04,660 --> 00:10:06,660 payout from the 122 00:10:07,060 --> 00:10:12,980 British soldiers in the Revolution War to the Yankee soldiers. So Yankee meaning the Colonialist 123 00:10:13,700 --> 00:10:15,700 Doodle meaning they're 124 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:18,500 Not very smart 125 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:20,500 And Dandy as being 126 00:10:21,100 --> 00:10:23,100 Yeah, they called him guy basically 127 00:10:24,220 --> 00:10:26,100 Yeah 128 00:10:26,100 --> 00:10:29,100 But I'd say you know what this film 129 00:10:29,420 --> 00:10:36,140 This film does not age well. Yeah, there is there is some bits there's blackface in there 130 00:10:36,140 --> 00:10:41,220 There's yeah, unnecessary as well. Yeah, I don't get it. It's not a story 131 00:10:41,220 --> 00:10:48,980 It was not uses storytelling device, which it shouldn't be but it was just there because he did it so, you know, it's there 132 00:10:48,980 --> 00:10:51,940 I would also just like a lot of the 133 00:10:53,300 --> 00:10:58,940 Just it's very much one note the storytelling in this because it's we're trying to put 134 00:10:59,540 --> 00:11:02,180 Sunshine of rainbows on a story of my life 135 00:11:05,380 --> 00:11:07,380 Yeah, there's a lot of 136 00:11:07,420 --> 00:11:09,420 Montages in this movie. Yeah, which 137 00:11:09,420 --> 00:11:17,940 At Monta the montages the montage was actually directed by Don Siegel and you might know that name because he's the director and the creator of 138 00:11:18,180 --> 00:11:24,460 Dirty Harry. Oh, okay. Yeah, so don Siegel. He was a big on the montages 139 00:11:25,460 --> 00:11:26,780 Montage a guy 140 00:11:26,780 --> 00:11:29,780 there's a so how the movie starts is 141 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:32,500 It's about George M. Cohan's life 142 00:11:32,500 --> 00:11:40,900 He does the it comes back to Franklin Delores. Well, who is the president of the United States during World War two and 143 00:11:41,580 --> 00:11:44,900 He was get he thought he was in trouble, but he's actually getting an award 144 00:11:45,140 --> 00:11:48,860 This is said in the movie. Yeah, but this is actually not true 145 00:11:50,060 --> 00:11:54,500 He was actually given the award four years earlier and he finally came around he was actually 146 00:11:54,940 --> 00:12:01,220 It says that he was a Democrat in there in the movie, but he actually wasn't he was a staunch Republican George M. 147 00:12:01,220 --> 00:12:04,900 Cohan he was very conservative. He had very conservative views 148 00:12:04,900 --> 00:12:11,260 It's one of the reasons why James Cagney didn't want to play him because Cagney himself was a 149 00:12:12,700 --> 00:12:14,700 Franklin Delores a new deal Democrat 150 00:12:14,940 --> 00:12:21,460 And he was big on supporting workers rights. Yeah, I'm gonna hand Cohen broke up a 151 00:12:22,500 --> 00:12:28,740 Strike in 1919 and he was out Cagney was against George M. Cohan for that the only reason Cagney 152 00:12:28,740 --> 00:12:30,740 Play ended up playing 153 00:12:30,900 --> 00:12:32,060 the 154 00:12:32,060 --> 00:12:37,740 title role it was because he needed to be seen as a patriot because he was an accused communism 155 00:12:38,580 --> 00:12:43,900 So yeah, it's always good stories when it comes around there a couple other quick facts before we move on to 156 00:12:44,980 --> 00:12:46,980 best quote you 157 00:12:49,620 --> 00:12:55,940 Frank Delores Roosevelt's voice in this movie that's actually the first time in movie history that are a 158 00:12:55,940 --> 00:13:02,700 President in portrait on film and in sound. That's the first time it's ever been. We've had it many times since then 159 00:13:02,700 --> 00:13:04,700 But yeah, it's the first time 160 00:13:05,580 --> 00:13:09,140 Last one the famous cinematographer in this 161 00:13:09,980 --> 00:13:16,660 James Wong Howe he was a cinematographer in sweet sales success. He had like 170 credits 162 00:13:17,140 --> 00:13:19,980 So he was the reason why the movie looks so great 163 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:22,700 James Wong Howe 164 00:13:23,500 --> 00:13:25,220 best quote 165 00:13:25,220 --> 00:13:32,500 My mother thanks you my father. Thanks you my sister. Thanks you and I thank you. That's famous. That's famous 166 00:13:35,340 --> 00:13:39,860 Yeah, so I fi not only does movies, but they do quotes I do 167 00:13:40,500 --> 00:13:46,580 Yeah, they do leading man's James Cagney who played George M. Cohan. He's actually one of the best 168 00:13:49,300 --> 00:13:51,820 Yeah, so this is a good time to go on to 169 00:13:51,820 --> 00:14:02,140 James Cagney he's started many great movies public enemies the angels with dirty faces the roaring twenties white heat 170 00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:09,060 Amazing you also did another movie as George Cohan in a Bob Hope movie. Yeah, so 171 00:14:10,220 --> 00:14:15,140 He was typecast as one of the bad guys, but he actually grew up as a song and dance man 172 00:14:17,820 --> 00:14:19,820 Yeah 173 00:14:19,820 --> 00:14:24,220 Tocque Hudson, so this is his last ever movie that he did with Warner Brothers 174 00:14:26,660 --> 00:14:28,660 Yes, so he 175 00:14:30,500 --> 00:14:35,260 Really disliked the way that the Warner executives treated him as a star 176 00:14:35,260 --> 00:14:38,300 He thought he was a lot more than just a gangster and a thug 177 00:14:41,900 --> 00:14:43,900 Yeah 178 00:14:43,900 --> 00:14:53,260 Other people in this movie Joan Leslie, this is her first movie her sing was partly dubbed in this movie 179 00:14:53,260 --> 00:14:59,700 But she was playing an 18 year old that moved all the way to the 57 year old and she was only actually 17 in the film 180 00:15:00,820 --> 00:15:02,820 She was in Sergeant York 181 00:15:02,820 --> 00:15:14,660 I don't know the best part of this movie. Yeah. Yeah 182 00:15:16,220 --> 00:15:18,220 Not much going through 183 00:15:22,700 --> 00:15:24,700 He comes home 184 00:15:25,220 --> 00:15:29,740 He made a song her and then the song is given to someone else 185 00:15:29,740 --> 00:15:34,460 And so he came home with flowers and chocolates and he's discussing, you know, oh 186 00:15:34,740 --> 00:15:38,700 Would you do would you do anything to have this woman in the show blah blah blah? 187 00:15:38,700 --> 00:15:39,940 And 188 00:15:39,940 --> 00:15:45,620 She goes I already know you gave up the song. I knew at the moment you walked in with flowers and chocolates. Yeah 189 00:15:45,620 --> 00:15:47,660 I already knew like she could tell yeah 190 00:15:47,660 --> 00:15:48,660 Yeah 191 00:15:48,660 --> 00:15:51,980 That's that's what I think because she was an actress herself 192 00:15:51,980 --> 00:15:54,100 So she knew the actor playing her something like that 193 00:15:54,100 --> 00:16:01,820 But like the she didn't realize when she's in the film yeah make up this romance that he was playing an old man 194 00:16:01,820 --> 00:16:03,820 Yeah, yeah, sure. Yeah 195 00:16:04,980 --> 00:16:06,980 Yeah, and then it's like he's doing that 196 00:16:08,380 --> 00:16:10,380 Doing with it 197 00:16:13,020 --> 00:16:15,020 Yeah, yeah 198 00:16:15,780 --> 00:16:18,540 It was a weird with me cute 199 00:16:18,540 --> 00:16:24,100 The father in this movie is the famous Walter Houston who is 200 00:16:24,340 --> 00:16:30,860 John Houston's father and John Houston directed the African Queen and he was also the father of 201 00:16:31,380 --> 00:16:35,540 Angelica and Danny Houston who are the famous actors are still going around 202 00:16:36,540 --> 00:16:41,580 Walter Houston end up winning a best supporting actor for the treasures of Sierra Madre 203 00:16:42,620 --> 00:16:44,620 Yeah, he was really 204 00:16:44,620 --> 00:16:47,940 Let's talk about the director of this movie Michael Cortez. He was Hungarian 205 00:16:50,140 --> 00:16:54,860 He famously said that this was the pinnacle of his career 206 00:16:55,860 --> 00:16:57,860 Which is a card game 207 00:16:59,860 --> 00:17:02,460 I'll tell you why because his next movie was Casablanca 208 00:17:03,460 --> 00:17:05,460 I 209 00:17:05,460 --> 00:17:07,460 I 210 00:17:07,460 --> 00:17:09,060 I 211 00:17:09,060 --> 00:17:11,060 I 212 00:17:11,060 --> 00:17:18,420 Because he's next movie was Casablanca. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he also did Robin Hood with 213 00:17:21,100 --> 00:17:26,300 And he also did white Christmas. Oh, he did 214 00:17:26,300 --> 00:17:33,380 Oh wow, hey, yeah 215 00:17:35,340 --> 00:17:37,580 So produced by Jack Warner, of course 216 00:17:38,260 --> 00:17:41,180 Was written by Robert Buckner and now he 217 00:17:41,660 --> 00:17:48,860 Wasn't happy with the changes that were made to the script because the script was helped out by the Epstein brothers who wrote 218 00:17:49,620 --> 00:17:52,620 Casablanca they wrote asking an all-day and no 219 00:17:52,620 --> 00:17:59,380 Pro prolific writers they also wrote one of your favorite movies send me no flowers 220 00:18:05,060 --> 00:18:07,060 Okay, so let's talk about 221 00:18:07,300 --> 00:18:10,020 Reaction to the film Yankee Doodle Dandy 222 00:18:10,300 --> 00:18:15,300 It was the third biggest box office of the year behind 223 00:18:16,540 --> 00:18:18,540 Mrs. Minova and a 224 00:18:19,980 --> 00:18:21,980 Disney movie classic 225 00:18:21,980 --> 00:18:23,980 1942 226 00:18:24,540 --> 00:18:26,540 Baby 227 00:18:29,420 --> 00:18:36,580 I was looking through the receipts of so I was trying to get not the money, but like how many tickets were sold 228 00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:42,900 In in the ninth movie of 1942 you will not believe 229 00:18:44,300 --> 00:18:46,300 Gone with the wind three 230 00:18:46,300 --> 00:18:51,940 You know three years after it was released it was still selling tickets 231 00:18:55,540 --> 00:18:58,740 It'd be it'd be like now if you like now saying 232 00:19:00,380 --> 00:19:03,260 Infinity War was still the top 10 movie of the year 233 00:19:09,780 --> 00:19:11,780 So that was 234 00:19:11,780 --> 00:19:17,500 That was reaction to the film read Bocca Bocca's yeah, we got critic critics 235 00:19:18,340 --> 00:19:22,820 Neal Tom was very positive this movie. They said it was a highly enjoyable 236 00:19:23,380 --> 00:19:25,380 James Cagney was an absolute 237 00:19:25,860 --> 00:19:29,780 standout in this movie for righty called it one of the best musicals ever made 238 00:19:30,980 --> 00:19:32,660 Yeah 239 00:19:32,660 --> 00:19:36,700 Awards it won three Academy Awards and was nominated for eight including Best Picture 240 00:19:36,700 --> 00:19:41,260 James Cagney won for Best Actor. He beat out yeah 241 00:19:42,620 --> 00:19:44,300 the great 242 00:19:44,300 --> 00:19:47,640 Gary Cooper who play the pride of the Yankees 243 00:19:48,580 --> 00:19:52,060 So but the next year Gary Cooper ended up winning for Sarge York 244 00:19:52,140 --> 00:19:57,100 You know what I always say about the Oscars they always make up that Gary Cooper's in pride of the Yankees 245 00:19:57,580 --> 00:20:00,500 Unbelievable, I think he was probably better than James Cagney in this movie 246 00:20:00,500 --> 00:20:04,620 And so Oscar's always make up for it next year Sarge New York 247 00:20:04,620 --> 00:20:06,620 And you know who played his wife in that? 248 00:20:07,460 --> 00:20:09,460 Joan Leslie the same 249 00:20:10,460 --> 00:20:12,460 It all comes back 250 00:20:12,540 --> 00:20:17,260 It won for best music and a best sound just looking back at those Oscars that year 251 00:20:17,260 --> 00:20:23,060 There's a lot of nominees they do big big nominees. They do for sound and music 252 00:20:23,060 --> 00:20:25,060 That was like 12 and 13 nominees 253 00:20:27,900 --> 00:20:32,060 In these news calls were basically what superhero movies are today 254 00:20:32,060 --> 00:20:35,140 Yeah, oh, but they also did 255 00:20:36,020 --> 00:20:38,380 cinematographer for color cinematography black and white 256 00:20:44,660 --> 00:20:48,420 It's lost out best picture to Mrs. Minifer who was the second biggest 257 00:20:49,140 --> 00:20:51,140 Grossing movie of the year 258 00:20:51,540 --> 00:20:55,600 I don't think you should have won anymore. I think I think I was I think they did well to the three 259 00:20:55,600 --> 00:21:01,800 Yeah, I think it did well to win the three. Yeah, I would give it to 260 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:08,560 Reaction recently to the film so rotten tomatoes 261 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:14,880 91% letterboxes 3.5. I am DB is 262 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:18,840 7.6 Metacritic is eighty eighty nine 263 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:25,600 Originally on the list on the AFI top hundred list because we're doing the revised list 264 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,840 It was actually movie 100 so it's gone up. Yeah, which 265 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:37,760 Roger Ebert wrote in 1998 a glowing praise of James Cagney's formats and gave the film for four stars 266 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:41,440 But he said it was just a by the numbers by a pick 267 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,920 Yeah, so I would just say Hollywood 268 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:46,960 Just absolutely 269 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:51,700 Yeah, especially musical by picks they are always just an excuse to have 270 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:58,000 Great taken and that leads perfectly into one of my favorite segments on all our shows 271 00:21:58,360 --> 00:22:06,000 It's the hot take which is click bait and this week. I'll start I'll start off and Hannah just perfectly go into 272 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:09,760 My hot take is thank you for team up, Hannah 273 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:11,760 My hot take is 274 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:17,320 There's no difference between this movie and Bohemian Rhapsody absolutely none 275 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:28,240 Well, I just I just think the the different like 276 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,160 the Bohemian Rhapsody is 277 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:33,400 Queen 278 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:37,640 basically had full approval of that script because they wouldn't let them use that music and 279 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,640 George M. Cohen would not let 280 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,040 Well Freddie Mercury 281 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:49,760 Mercury didn't find out it had AIDS until well after the 282 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:56,280 Yeah 283 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:03,240 They wanted Freddie Mercury to die halfway through the movie and then the rest of the movie was 284 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:07,000 Queen after his dad. Yeah, I'm sorry 285 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:09,760 No, I'm 286 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:13,160 This is like George M. Cohen just making up the fact that he didn't have two wives 287 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:31,680 We go some trice to draw in the wall and they're like you're too old 288 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:33,680 Yeah, mate, you're nearly 40 289 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:37,400 Yeah, dancing 290 00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:44,720 Maybe we need you to do an enicada song and then he creates over there 291 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:50,640 Had a clickbait for you 292 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,760 Well besides the fact that there are no good 293 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:01,840 Especially this is Hollywood Hollywood at this time any bite a good pipe exit all 294 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:12,560 And I you're really my real house Jeff. Yeah, but it's Jeff K on AFI top hundred 295 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:16,360 Maybe we should revisit AFI top hundred make our own 296 00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:19,280 My god, I do for a podcast 297 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,160 Yeah 298 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:34,200 Big hits or people get angsty yeah, and this film I think you could question mark a lot of his big hits because yeah 299 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:40,160 He is like good catchy songs, but I give his music pretty much. It's like that generic 300 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:50,120 Yeah, very filler. Well, the only one that would be still played now out of all these is give my regards to all Broadway 301 00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:52,840 That's the only other two big hits 302 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:58,440 Over there yeah, and a flag song of the flag song we get to play around July 4th and stuff 303 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:04,040 Yeah, yeah, I wouldn't get it didn't get played after World War two 304 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,080 Words and music is pretty bad where it's the bridge it's 305 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,080 It's 306 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:31,320 Heart and Roger's yeah, and heart was actually like a terrible like alcoholic and a lot of dark ass but in the in the movie 307 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,600 Mickey Rooney is just 308 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:45,600 Yeah, it's just make it up 309 00:25:56,440 --> 00:26:01,680 Well if you like it if you like a hot take don't forget to listen to our movie news 310 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:08,280 Podcast which drops Thursday every week and you will get hot hot takes right off the press called clickbait 311 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:11,680 Let's get on to our review 312 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:19,120 Yankee Doodle Danny really number 98 reasons to see Hannah 313 00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:27,000 It is a well you'll find out the interesting life of George and Karl or the mate the one I made up 314 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:33,680 Well, yeah, but you learn like well, I didn't really know going in when I first watched it 315 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:39,240 Who George I had heard the name. Yeah, the other time. So it's not really I wouldn't say he's 316 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:45,040 Had a lasting like a single pop culture by all means or the statue the statue, but no one 317 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,040 Shut up 318 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:48,080 I 319 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:51,160 All I know is like in other songs. They use the yeah 320 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:54,800 Yeah, yeah, you start line because he was like a huge thing. Yeah for sure 321 00:26:54,800 --> 00:27:01,000 I think and even this film tries to portray the fact he was huge on Broadway, but as time has gone on 322 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:03,840 Yeah, no one really even in the movie 323 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:12,800 Yeah, yeah, what have you done for a slightly and then he's like that even the over there song of the only soldiers singing and they'd like 324 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:16,240 He's and they like don't you know this one all time? It's like 325 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,600 but 326 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:24,240 Reasons to it's just a great dance umpus like he James County does 327 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:31,180 Yes, it's just a really nice. Yeah, it's really easy you turn off your brain. It's just yeah 328 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:34,680 Yeah, it's 329 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:40,720 There's no it's just one note throughout the movie. You know, you're gonna get surprised from it and breathe America 330 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,480 It's yeah, definitely 331 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:51,760 So reason not to it's definitely not groundbreaking like you you get the montages you get the the usual stuff if you if you 332 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:56,040 Want to know about history and stuff like that don't watch this movie. It's definitely 333 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:00,960 100% 334 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,920 Let's go on to does it deserve to be on the list 10 335 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:08,720 I know why it's all the list. I don't think it deserves it. No, I don't think it deserves 336 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,400 Yeah 337 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:15,920 Yeah, I reckon if they're doing the 338 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:20,480 Listening out it wouldn't be on it. Oh, it wouldn't be on it. I would also go 339 00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:25,840 So I would make a case for like me with a list of gonna go a movie a musical during that time 340 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,000 Yeah, because that change 341 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:34,880 Kind of the format because no one had taken because this what this movie struggles with is that it's the skills the same format of 342 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:42,560 You'd only get the musical numbers during a stage show. Yeah, you'd never get it outside like he's not singing out and dancing in the middle of a street 343 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:44,720 No, it's not that kind of thing 344 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:46,880 That we see later on in musicals. Yeah 345 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:51,680 Meet me in San Luis is one of the first one. That's true to sound issues and stuff like that. Yeah 346 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:55,680 It's more so that they didn't know how to incorporate musicals into 347 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,720 Real situations. Yeah, and they hadn't been done and 348 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:02,240 Yeah, only seen them on stage and that's what people wanted to see what they saw on stage 349 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:09,440 Yeah on a show, but I would say it wouldn't make it. I even jaked came in this performance while it's enjoyable. I don't think it's 350 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:14,640 Yeah, like it breathtaking. Yeah, I think he did a great job and he's great at dancing 351 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:19,840 He does like seeing the dancing of george m co-an he did it. He did it perfectly. So 352 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:21,840 So 353 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,520 So 354 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:30,000 Doesn't deserve to be higher on this list in our opinion. Would you buy it on blu-ray? 355 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,320 Well, you already have a copy 356 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:40,400 And finally would you watch this movie again? I would watch it again if it's on a night or watch again 357 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:42,960 I don't mind because I love musicals. So 358 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:48,720 And uh, so would you watch or miss would you recommend watch or miss? I would 359 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:52,720 Miss it if you're not into musicals. I think it's just it's 360 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,760 Pretty one and you're writing for this movie hand 361 00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:59,040 That's hard for me 362 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:00,880 My personal rating 363 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:07,040 Yeah, I look I reckon it's right down the line golf clap. I just think it's a it's a golf clap for sure 364 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:08,800 I'm just saying that 365 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,920 You know, it's a golf club because it's a solid musical 366 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:19,440 That's yeah, and I think it's just a solid movie. I think it's a solid movie. I just don't think it's nothing outstanding. It's yeah, it's nothing 367 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:22,320 Thought-provoking or anything like that 368 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:28,480 That should be well, I think there's better movies and we're gonna have one of those next week 19 369 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:34,160 uh, 1982 movie blade runner is not movie 97 370 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:39,760 On the list. So this is great for us because we it's the original card hen. So, uh 371 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:43,680 I don't see the original really Scott. So the original card is 372 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:49,760 On austria it's in um on stan and you can get it digitally on apple as well 373 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:57,360 Uh, don't forget to leave feedback. Uh good or bad and we'll read the best ones on the show 374 00:30:57,840 --> 00:30:58,960 um 375 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:06,880 We got some feedback that uh, henna they disagree with you that the fact that um, woody is the bad guy it's 376 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:11,600 Um, the feedback is mr. Potato head is the bad guy. Yeah 377 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:17,520 I'm saying mr. Potato egg is an egg or on I love those. Yeah, he's he's just a stirrer 378 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:23,360 A man that stares at the pot. Yeah, woody woody is like the I am the cause of my problems 379 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:31,600 Yeah, he's not uh, uh the leader of the the negativity is woody and then he wanted to assassinate someone who tried to invade the cult 380 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:33,600 Yeah, that's how it happened 381 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:37,840 Uh, that's it for today's show. Don't forget we have uh, what's next? 382 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:43,440 Drops on wednesdays and we also have movie news which drops on thursdays 383 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:48,240 hen we have um some exciting uh things coming next week 384 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,760 Next week we're going to review um charade 385 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:58,320 Which which is charade which is uh, sorry the great carry grant. Um, we're gonna do that on us 386 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:05,520 And what happened? We're gonna do that on um someone else's podcast and we're going to go on wookie's 387 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:10,080 Movies and music and that would be really enjoyable and that is next week 388 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:15,760 We're also for a movie news next week. We're also doing a santa christmas slash 389 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:21,920 Draft and we're gonna have denny returning and we're also gonna have a special guest because it's a christmas episode 390 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,000 We need a special guest as well 391 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:28,960 Uh, so we're looking forward to releasing that information. Don't forget you can catch up on all our socials 392 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,600 until later in the week 393 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,880 Uh, when we try to figure out what to watch next 394 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:42,960 That's my lovely coast henna. I'm your host peter until next week when we try and work out the afi top 100 395 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:45,040 We're looking at blade runner 396 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:47,120 For those at home give it a watch 397 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:53,840 Until next week it's bye for now. Bye