The Academy Academy

Don makes his triumphant return to the only podcast in the biz that references both Jeff Hanneman and Eliot Spitzer- The Academy Academy!

Which prop would Pat steal if he saw it on display at Planet Hollywood?

Which actor brought their mother to the set of True Romance?

Should every movie end with the main character shakily incorporating the film's title into the dialogue?!

Tune in to find out and remember- Watch Movies. Don't Post!

 

Apologies for the pod delay!

Due to some last-minute scheduling calamities, we're taking a brief detour off the Scottway and exiting directly onto Lustig Lane. Returning Champ and all-around-mensch Paul Heredia returns to discuss Robert Forster and Fred Williamson's Vigilante on this week's The Academy Academy!

Did Patrick choose to discuss the movie because of something Quentin Tarantino said on his commentary for True Romance? Yes! Is this a loosey-goosey episode that was recorded at 1 in the morning? You betcha! Is this an episode light on hard facts and insider Hollywood tidbits and heavy on japes about Goofy and how 80s movies love pipes? Yep. Enjoy! ❤️ 

If you are a fan of the podcast and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad. We want to hear from you!

This film is a banger folks, as is the pod! Does Thelma & Louise feature Brad Pitt at peak hunkiness? Do we detail how Callie Khouri went from producing Foreigner music videos to winning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay? Was having a scary wife the biggest fear of early-90s male columnists? Tune in to find out as Don & Pat talk Thelma & Louise on this week's The Academy Academy!

 

If you are a fan of the podcast and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad. We want to hear from you!

You can take the Michael Douglas out of California... but can you take the California out of Michael Douglas? Can a perfectly thrown football save a life from sniper fire? Will we ever get those salt-of-the-earth Lava Factory jobs back in the good ol' US of A? Will Pat & Don make it to the Hat Convention this year? A certain character in Black Rain probably won't! Join the Semi-Sunday Morning Boyz as they discuss the ins and outs of Black Rain and The Last Boy Scout on this week's The Academy Academy!

 

If you are fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad. We want to hear from y'all!

 

Does Days of Thunder have the best character names in a film featured on The Academy Academy? Would you watch Don Simpson's Driving Miss Daisy? Should they reboot House with Michael Rooker? Is Tom Cruise a Hair Actor?!

Wow, we've got an episode on our hands, folks! Don Saunderson and Patrick Gremillion burn rubber and talk Days of Thunder on this week's very funny and informative episode of The Academy Academy!

Jerry... Tug.... Don... Tug?!!

Is Andreas Katsulas in Someone to Watch Over Me the One-Armed Man before he lost one arm? Does Kevin Costner have the joie de vivre of Wings Hauser? Is it possible to make an erotic thriller without thrills and eroticism?

All these questions and more are tackled by Don and Pat on this week's The Academy Academy!

Does the beauty of Ridley Scott's The Good Year bring Quentin Tarantino to tears?

Does the crew of the USS Enterprise use their holodeck to hang out in Alexander Payne films?

Will fan-favorite character "Chill Don" give Legend the coveted "Bueno" or the cinematic equivalent to the Death's Kiss- the much feared "No Bueno"?!

All this and a prolonged Whistler bit involving Norman Mailer and John Grisham is discussed on this week's The Academy Academy! 

 

Will Scorsese ever release the Skeet Ulrich Cut of Gangs of New York? Could a fellow stranded on a desert island craft a fashionable double tank top solely from coconut husks? Are the two pillars of cinema Hong Sang-soo's Introduction and Brian Levant's Jingle All the Way? Does Arnold's hunt for Turbo Man truly represent man's greater search for meaning and identity?

It's the 100th episode, folks! Grab a snack from the Set Toomgis, avoid the Set Bear, sit back, relax and listen to Don & Pat reminisce about the pod on this week's The Academy Academy! 

Does Flashdance contain the origins of a certain sports agent with dollar signs in his name? Would you force George Wendt to climb a steep hill? Will Bruno return... with The Beatles?

Don & Pat tackle these questions and more as they discuss Flashdance, Thief of Hearts, and the origins of the Producing Powerhouse Duo Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer on this week's The Academy Academy!

WARNING: This episode isn't only hands-on, folks, it's also... feet-on?

Don Saunderson and Patrick Gremillion are back to talk Beverly HIlls 2 on this week's The Academy Academy!

Leghorn Columbo. 50 Shades of Don Simpson. Tangents about Harold Faltermeyer and 3 Men and a Baby. This is a fun and breezy episode, folks!

Does Don break down why most comedy sequels fail? Uhhhh yeah... he goes there. Does Patrick say the same Glen Fry anecdote twice in one pod? Uhhhhh yeah.... that happened.