BMX Bandits | Ep #65

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Two's company, but three will get you talked about - 1983, that is. We kick off our 30-year anniversary retrospectacle series on the films of 1983 with what is likely the first-ever hour-long discussion of Aussie kidsploitation masterpiece BMX Bandits.   

 

Show Notes: 

01:20 Movies of 1983
02:40 BMX Bandits
04:05 John's criteria for awesome movies

06:40 Interlude: Australian BMX Bandits TV promo
07:17 "The Australian Goonies"
27:45 Interlude: BMX Bandits Main Theme
34:30 The waterslide scene
43:20 Interlude: BMX Bandits End Credits
46:12 Brian Trenchard-Smith
49:35 The BMX Bandits saga
50:55 Gosling is Goose



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BMX Bandits | Ep #65

E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial | Ep #29

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Our retrospective series on the movies of 1982 continues with enough Spielbergian praise to make Drew Barrymore blush and an argument for the removal of one of the most iconic scenes in movie history. Can't listen right now? That's ok, take your time. We'll. Be. Right. Here.    

Show Notes: 

05:10 John's Kodak moment with E.T.

06:56 Elliot, the alienated child
18:57 Too much Star Wars?

20:10 Interlude: The Dinner Scene
24:30 Keys

33:55 Interlude: Escape

35:01 The Bike Chase

36:20 Over the Moon

38:20 John Williams: "Escape / Chase / Saying Goodbye"

56:40 Christmas (Catch Me If You Can)

59:28 Super 8 / Attack the Block

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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | Ep #29