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Audio commentary tracks of a selection of my favorite films. |
The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast A curated collection of the finest double feature film discussions the Internet has ever known, courtesy Matthew Hurwitz and myself. |
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Episodes
Season One (2015)
EPISODE 01
An audio commentary of John Guillermin’s 1976 film, “King Kong,” produced by Dino De Laurentiis for Paramount Pictures.
Synced to the R1 Paramount DVD release.
EPISODE 02
An audio commentary of Edmund Goulding’s 1946 film, “The Razor’s Edge,” produced by Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox.
Synced to the 2005 Fox Studio Classics R1 DVD release.
EPISODE 03
An audio commentary of Zach Snyder’s 2013 film, “Man of Steel,” produced by Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Deborah Snyder and Emma Thomas for Warner Bros.
Synced to the 2013 Warner Home Video DVD release.
EPISODE 04
An audio commentary of Tim Burton’s 1992 film, “Batman Returns,” produced by Burton and Denise Di Novi for Warner Bros.
Synced to the Warner Blu-Ray release.
Featuring special guest co-host, Matthew Hurwitz!
EPISODE 05
An audio commentary for Kevin Connor’s 1977 film, “The People That Time Forgot,” produced by Max Rosenberg for American International Pictures.
Synced to the iTunes HD video.
EPISODE 06
An audio commentary for John Landis’s 1992 film, “Innocent Blood,” produced by Lee Rich and Leslie Belzberg for Warner Bros.
Synced to the iTunes HD video.
EPISODE 07
An audio commentary for Robert Rodriguez’s 1998 film, “The Faculty,” produced by Elizabeth Avellan for Dimension Films.
Synced to the Buena Vista Home Entertainment DVD.
EPISODE 08
An audio commentary for John Ford’s 1956 film, “The Searchers,” released by Warner Bros.
Synced to the Warner Home Video Blu-Ray.
EPISODE 09
An audio commentary for Irvin Kershner’s 1980 film, “The Empire Strikes Back.”
Synced to the Fox Home Video Blu-Ray.
The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast
Episode Guide
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Episodes
EPISODE 01
Audio Commentary: Halloween II (1981, Rick Rosenthal)
Originally posted: August 22, 2009
EPISODE 02
The RoboCop Trilogy: Robocop (1987, Paul Verhoeven) / Robocop 2 (1990, Irvin Kershner) / Robocop 3 (1993, Fred Dekker)
Originally posted: January 9, 2010
EPISODE 03
Psycho II (1983, Richard Franklin) / Psycho (1998, Gus Van Sant)
Originally posted: February 19, 2010
EPISODE 04
Audio Commentary: Batman (1989, Tim Burton)
Originally posted: March 9, 2010
EPISODE 05
Watchmen (2009, Zach Snyder), the ultimate cut
Originally posted: April 26, 2010
EPISODE 06
The Darkman Trilogy (1990-96, Sam Raimi and Bradford May)
Originally posted: June 30, 2010
EPISODE 07
Piranha (1978, Joe Dante) / Piranha (1995, Scott P. Levy)
Originally posted: August 14, 2010
EPISODE 08
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974, Tobe Hooper) / Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994, Kim Henkel)
Originally posted: November 10, 2010
EPISODE 09
An American Werewolf in London (1981, John Landis) / An American Werewolf in Paris (1997, Anthony Waller)
Originally posted: December 9, 2010
EPISODE 10
Flash Gordon (1980, Mike Hodges) / Popeye (1980, Robert Altman)
Originally posted: December 31, 2010
EPISODE 11
Airplane (1980, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker) / Airplane II: The Sequel (1982, Ken Finkleman)
Originally posted: January 15, 2011
EPISODE 12
Escape from New York (1981, John Carpenter) / 2019: After the Fall of New York (1983, Sergio Martino)
Originally posted: February 9, 2011
EPISODE 13
Revenge of the Nerds (1984, Jeff Kanew) / Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987, Joe Roth)
Originally posted: March 27, 2011
EPISODE 14
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983, John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, George Miller)
Originally posted: April 11, 2011
EPISODE 15
Mars Attacks! (1996, Tim Burton) / Sleepy Hollow (1999, Tim Burton)
Originally posted: May 4, 2011
EPISODE 16
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, Robert Zemeckis) / Cool World (1992, Ralph Bakshi)
Originally posted: November 16, 2011
EPISODE 17
Real Genius (1985, Martha Coolidge) / My Science Project (1985, Jonathan R. Beutel)
Originally posted: March 7, 2012
EPISODE 18
Audio Commentary: Supergirl (1984, Jeannot Szwarc)
Originally posted: April 22, 2012
EPISODE 19
I Married a Witch (1942, René Clair) / Bewitched (2005, Nora Ephron)
Originally posted: June 27, 2012
EPISODE 20
The Blues Brothers (1980, John Landis) / Blues Brothers 2000 (1998, John Landis)
Originally posted: September 7, 2012
EPISODE 21
Fletch (1985, Michael Ritchie) / Fletch Lives (1989, Michael Ritchie)
Originally posted: December 7, 2012
EPISODE 22
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960, Roger Corman) / Please Don’t Eat My Mother (1973, Carl Monson)
Originally posted: January 3, 2013
EPISODE 23
Judge Dredd (1995, Danny Cannon) / Dredd (2012, Pete Travis)
Originally posted: May 3, 2013
EPISODE 24
Caddyshack (1980, Harold Ramis) / Caddyshack II (1988, Allan Arkush)
Originally posted: June 7, 2013
EPISODE 25
Audio Commentary: The Return of the Living Dead (1985, Dan O’Bannon)
Originally posted: July 5, 2013
EPISODE 26
Donnie Darko (2001, Richard Kelly) / S. Darko (2009, Chris Fisher)
Originally posted: September 6, 2013
EPISODE 27
Arthur (1981, Steve Gordon) / Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1987, Bud Yorkin)
Originally posted: January 3, 2014
EPISODE 28
The Fly (1986, David Cronenberg) / The Fly II (1989, Chris Walas)
Originally posted: February 7, 2014
EPISODE 29
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978, Gordon Hessler) / Detroit Rock City (1999, Adam Rifkin
Originally posted: April 8, 2014
EPISODE 30
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997, Arthur Hiller)
Originally posted: May 5, 2014