What Did We Just Watch - Episode 1
Introduction + The Business of Making Movies

EPIODE TRANSCRIPT:

MOVIES DISCUSSED AND/OR CLIPS USED:
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Citizen Kane (1941). Directed by Orson Welles. RKO Radio Pictures.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006). Directed by Justin Lin. Universal Pictures.
Dirty Dancing (1987). Directed by Emile Ardolino. Vestron Pictures.
The Outsiders (1983). Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Warner Bros.\
Dangerous Minds (1995). Directed by John N. Smith. Hollywood Pictures.
Dumb and Dumber (1994). Directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly. New Line Cinema.
Good Will Hunting (1997). Directed by Gus Van Sant. Miramax Films.
My Fair Lady (1964). Directed by George Cukor. Warner Bros.
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). Directed by Lasse Hallström. Paramount Pictures.
The Basketball Diaries (1995). Directed by Scott Kalvert. New Line Cinema.
My Left Foot (1989). Directed by Jim Sheridan. Miramax Films.
Boyz n the Hood (1991). Directed by John Singleton. Columbia Pictures.
Sybil (1976). Directed by Daniel Petrie. NBC.
Die Hard (1988). Directed by John McTiernan. 20th Century Fox.
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009). Directed by Lee Daniels. Lionsgate.
Girl, Interrupted (1999). Directed by James Mangold. Columbia Pictures.
I Am Sam (2001). Directed by Jessie Nelson. New Line Cinema.
Lilo & Stitch (2002). Directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois. Walt Disney Pictures.
The Blind Side (2009). Directed by John Lee Hancock. Warner Bros. Pictures.
Blue Valentine (2010). Directed by Derek Cianfrance. The Weinstein Company.

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