May 2: This week... What is this Iron Man? A small arthouse documentary on the legendary heavy metal band Black Sabbath? The long awaited Cal Ripken biopic? No, director Jon Favreau treats Adam and Matty to their first taste of a summer popcorn movie with his adaptation of the popular Marvel comic starring Robert Downey, Jr. as playboy-turned-superhero Tony Stark. Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeff Bridges co-star. The original man of iron -- Charlton Heston -- stars in "The Omega Man," the opening entry in Filmspotting's '70s Sci-Fi Marathon. Plus, "Paging Mr. Costner!" In honor of the onset of blockbuster season (emphasis on the BUST), Filmspotting shares the Top 5 Box Office Bombs (That We Like). Also on the show: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre, music by Fever Marlene and Matty's Movie Minute reviews "Baby Mama" (sort of). Filmspotting is presented by SpoutBlog and the FilmCouch podcast. Find out why The New York Times says, "SpoutBlog's got it all," at blog.spout.com. ...And by TLAVideo.com. Buy DVDs online at the Filmspotting store! CONTEST Congrats to our 'Recast Ghostbusters Contest' winners -- frozenhamster and minerwerks. Next up... Filmspotting and Spout.com invite you to take your best shot at recasting '80s classic "The Breakfast Club" for a chance to win some great American Apparel swag. A 2nd place winner will get "Speed Racer the Next Generation: The Beginning" on DVD. Filmspotting #208 :24-11:01 - Review: "Iron Man" Music: Fever Marlene, "Oh Berlin" 11:59-17:16 - Poll Questions, Matty's Movie Minute 17:17-28:07 - Listener Feedback (Sarah Marshall, Summer Preview) Music: Fever Marlene, "Lemon King Mahoney" 28:53-33:15 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: Liz Adams) 33:16-35:05 - Ebertfest 35:06-47:17 - '70s Sci-Fi #1: "The Omega Man" Music: Fever Marlene, "Won't Let You Down" 47:58-55:46 - New DVDs, Contest, Donations 55:47-1:13:21 - Top 5: Box Office Bombs (That We Like) 1:13:22-1:16:10 - Close/Next Show/Outtake NOTES/CORRECTIONS - Yep, I meant "Before Sunrise" that last time but repeated "Before Sunset." - Matty was right... "Omega Man" director Boris Sagal is Katey Sagal's father.
Licensing: Telegraph Road Productions, Inc. 2005-08.
