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Two friends take a light hearted deep dive in to film in an attempt to learn 100 things from a different movie each week. Expect trivia to impress your friends and nonsense from the start.
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April 21, 2025
<p>This week it's Lotus Esprits, Drunken crooners, mental health concerns and the bloke that killed Patrick Swayze.</p><p>It's gotta be The Cannonball Run.</p><p>---</p><p>Give us a quid and get a shoutout at<a href="https://100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk</a></p><p>---</p><p>The Cannonball Run is a 1981 action-comedy film[5] directed by Hal Needham, produced by Hong Kong firm Golden Harvest, and distributed by 20th Century-Fox. Filmed in Panavision, it features an all-star ensemble cast, including Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Jackie Chan, Sammy Davis Junior and Dean Martin. The film is based on the 1979 running of the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an actual cross-country outlaw road race beginning in Connecticut and ending in California.</p><p>It was the sixth-highest-grossing domestic film of 1981 and became the first installment of the Cannonball Run trilogy. It was followed by Cannonball Run II (1983) (which was far less successful at the box office and with critics) and Speed Zone (1989). This film and its sequel were the final film appearances of actor Dean Martin. It also featured Jackie Chan in his second Hollywood role.</p><p>Cannonball (1976) and The Gumball Rally (1976) were two other motion pictures based on the actual Cannonball Run outlaw road race.</p><p>---</p><p>Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise as racer J.J. McClure and his buddy, Victor Prinzim who occasionally "becomes" his alter ego "Captain Chaos", to the annoyance of J.J.</p><p>Roger Moore as Seymour Goldfarb Jr. He is self-parody of his role as James Bond. The car that he drives is an Aston Martin DB5, displays the UK registration plate 6633 PP (matching the number plates on a DB5 from two Bond films, although Moore never drove an Aston Martin in any of his Bond appearances). Molly Picon portrays his mother. Five women ride with Seymour, including model Lois Hamilton, billed as Lois Areno, with Simone Burton, Finele Carpenter, Susan McDonald, and Janet Woytak. Moore's next Bond film, For Your Eyes Only, premiered on June 24, 1981, only a few days after The Cannonball Run.</p><p>Farrah Fawcett as tree-loving photographer Pamela Glover. J.J. calls her "Beauty."</p><p>Dean Martin, as race car driver Jamie Blake, and Sammy Davis Jr. as scam artist and degenerate gambler Morris Fenderbaum, both disguised as Catholic priests. Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder plays himself as Fenderbaum bets on his success (Snyder was Dean Martin's neighbor when both were growing up in Steubenville, Ohio). Blake's car, a Ferrari 308 GTS 1979, is the same as the model in the TV series TV Magnum, P.I.</p><p>George Furth as Arthur J. Foyt, the insipid, uptight main antagonist of the film, who tries to have the race stopped</p><p>Jackie Chan and Michael Hui as drivers of a Subaru GL filled with gadgets. In the opening part of the film, Chan and Hui are introduced on a talk show (hosted by Johnny Yune) as the operators of Japan's entry into the race. Both Chan and Hui are actually Hongkongers (Chinese). Jackie Chan's character is referred to as "Jackie Chan."</p><p>Jamie Farr as Sheik Abdul Ben Falafel, a wealthy Arabian potentate determined to win the race, even if he has to buy it. Bianca Jagger makes a brief appearance as his sister. Farr's car is a souped-up Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. The Sheik is the only character to appear in all three Cannonball Run films.</p><p>Mel Tillis and Terry Bradshaw are Mel and Terry, a couple of "good ol' boys" driving a 1976 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna NASCAR Hawaiian Tropic replica, then, at the start of the race they have a Monte Carlo.</p><p>Adrienne Barbeau and Tara Buckman as Marcie Thatcher and Jill Rivers, satin-Spandex-clad "hotties" in a black Lamborghini Countach who distract police officers with cleavage. The same Lamborghini was used in the film's opening credits as it was being pursued by a Nevada Highway...
April 14, 2025
<p>This week its week two of S*** Show month with the utterly guff Historic British Comedy Burke and Hare.</p><p>Join us as we talk ending John Landis' Career, one of the best British casts of any film, The true story behind the film and Edinburgh Castle's secrets!</p><p>---</p><p>The episode was picked for us by Patron Iain.</p><p>If like him you want to make us watch utter rubbish then you can give us a quid a month and we'll not only put you on the wheel but give you a shout out in every episode.</p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm</a></p><p>---</p><p>It's less than three weeks before we walk 25 miles round Ullswater and the Dalmain Loop for James Allan and Teesside Hospice.</p><p>You can donate to the cause here:</p><p><a href="https://www.justgiving.com/page/100thingspod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.justgiving.com/page/100thingspod</a></p><p>---</p><p>Burke & Hare is a 2010 British black comedy film, loosely based on the Burke and Hare murders of 1828. Directed by John Landis from an original screenplay by Nick Moorcroft and Piers Ashworth, the film stars Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis as William Burke and William Hare respectively. It was Landis's first feature film release in 12 years, the last being 1998's Susan's Plan. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 29 October 2010</p><p>Cast:</p><p>Simon Pegg as William Burke</p><p>Andy Serkis as William Hare</p><p>Isla Fisher as Ginny Hawkins</p><p>Tom Wilkinson as Dr Robert Knox</p><p>Tim Curry as Prof. Alexander Monro</p><p>Jessica Hynes as Lucky</p><p>Bill Bailey as Angus the Hangman</p><p>Hugh Bonneville as Lord Harrington</p><p>Allan Corduner as Joseph Nicephore Niepce</p><p>Simon Farnaby as William Wordsworth</p><p>David Hayman as Danny McTavish</p><p>David Schofield as Fergus</p><p>Ronnie Corbett as Capt. Tom McLintock</p><p>Reece Shearsmith as Sgt. McKenzie</p><p>Christian Brassington as Charles</p><p>Michael Smiley as Patterson</p><p>Christopher Lee as Old Joseph</p><p>Jenny Agutter as Lucy</p><p>Georgia King as Emma</p><p>John Woodvine as Lord Provost</p><p>Steven Spiers as McMartin's doorman</p><p>Stephen Merchant as Holyrood Footman</p><p>Paul Whitehouse as Gentleman drunk</p><p>Michael Winner as Gentleman passenger</p><p>Max Landis as Handsome coachman</p>
April 7, 2025
<p>This week we're counting the cost of having a baby in the Hospital in The USA, Fat suits, Oscar Winning Make up artists and why you'd not stand a chance in The MTV Video Music Awards in 1987.</p><p>It's 2000's Big Momma's House.</p><p>---</p><p>Donate to our 25 Mile Charity walk on 4th of May at: <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/page/100thingspod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.justgiving.com/page/100thingspod</a></p><p>---</p><p>Support the podcast at:</p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm</a></p><p>Go on, you know you want to.</p><p>---</p><p>Big Momma's House is a 2000 crime comedy film, directed by Raja Gosnell, and written by Darryl Quarles and Don Rhymer. The film stars Martin Lawrence as an FBI agent who is tasked with tracking down an escaped convict and his loot, by going undercover as the estranged grandmother of his former girlfriend, unaware of the bond he will form with her. The film also stars Nia Long, Paul Giamatti, and Terrence Howard.</p><p>Big Momma's House received mostly negative reviews from critics, but grossed over $174 million worldwide. Its success led to two sequels: Big Momma's House 2 (2006) and Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son </p>
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