LXXV: The American President

On this episode of the Almost Sideways Movie Podcast, we dig deep into a movie celebrating its 25th anniversary that was mostly overlooked at the Oscars in 1995.  We also discuss what we have been watching, including an update on the ESPN documentary series The Last Dance.  Here are the highlights:

• The Last Dance recap (4:30)
• Zach on Marie and Wind Across the Everglades (12:40)
• Terry on Breaking Bad, The Great, Safety Last!, and Steamboat Bill, Jr. (17:50)
• Todd on Freaks and The Wrong Missy (27:00)
• DEEP DIVE: The American President
• Trivia (29:55)
• Adam's Review and First Impressions (46:40)
• 1995 Awards Season (57:20)
• Mt. Rushmore of Fictional Movie Presidents (1:03:30)
• Recasting The American President (1:11:00)
• Highest WAR, Worst Performance, and Minor Character (1:23:10)
• Stickman, Douchebag, and WWNCP (Who Would Nicolas Cage Play) (1:33:00)
• Gripes (1:40:00)
• LVP, MVP, Quote of the Day (1:50:10)

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XLV: Mid-Year Report, American Beauty

On this episode, Terry Plucknett, Todd Plucknett, and Zach Saltz review the first half of 2019 in movies as well as deep dive the 1999 winner of Best Picture 20 years later and discuss how it holds up.  Here are the highlights.

• What are you drinking and fan poll results (6:30)
• 2019 Mid-Year Top 5's and Bottom 1's (12:00)
• Deep Dive: American Beauty (1999)
• Trivia (29:00)
• Recasting the 1999 Oscars (45:10)
• Highest WAR Performances (57:30)
• Worst Performance (1:06:30)
• Biggest Douchebag / LVP / Minor Characters (1:13:40)
• What has aged the worst? (1:24:10)
• Biggest Flaws and Conspiracies (1:37:20)
• Stickman / Who would Nicolas Cage play? (1:50:10)
• MVP / Quote of the Day (1:54:00)

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