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Travolting

Jeff Sweeney & Stuart Elmore

A weekly investigation into the strange filmographies of cinemas most fascinating careers.

tv & film film history

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53:24

Domestic Disturbance

Travolting ·

2021/11/16

In this mystery thriller, John Travolta faces off against who very well may be his most menacing and scariest villain of all, Vince Vaughn. Remember him from all of his other horror slasher roles like the Wedding Crashers, The Break-Up, and Couples Retreat? Well get ready to see that side of Vaughn once again in the 2001 film, Domestic Disturbance.

140:50

Swordfish

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2021/11/09

Insert Hacking Montage. Just kidding, the entire movie is one big hacking montage! Join Jeff, Stuart and special guest Sam Kelly as they have a wild time talking about the 2001 John Travolta/Hugh Jackman action packed film, Swordfish.

58:13

Lucky Numbers

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2021/11/02

This one's about Travolta trying to hack the lottery with Lisa Kudrow, oh and Tim Roth is in this. I know what you're thinking, "does Jeff have another 'friend' over?", well the answer is yes, but not who you'd expect.

130:55

Battlefield Earth

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2021/10/26

Travolta's had a few of mishaps... okay maybe more than a few... but the one that takes the cake, the crème de la crème, the flop of all flops, is the one and only.... Battlefield Earth. Get ready for the hair ranking you've all been waiting for. Also Becca chose to guest star ON HER OWN FREE WILL WE DID NOT FORCE HER.

32:23

Orientation: A Scientology Information Film

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2021/10/19

Yep.... we're covering this....

43:43

Propeller One-Way Night Coach

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2021/10/12

Take flight as Jeff and Stuart present to you a narrative work of literary fiction written by our man, Travolta. Starring eight-year-old, starry-eyed, Jeff; a boy who is experiencing a dream come true as he flies across the sky in his magical kingdom, airplanes.

74:11

The General's Daughter

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2021/10/05

At the end of the millennium, our boy, John Travolta fills out another 90's criteria film: the corrupt military film. Brought to you by the same director who directed Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" music video, directs this serious movie about misogyny in the military.

34:46

Our Friend, Martin

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2021/09/28

Picture this: you're in fourth grade. It's the spring semester, around January or February, might be a Tuesday or a Wednesday. The teacher gathers the class to all sit in a semi-circle on the carpet flooring. That's when the librarian you never see rolls out.... THE CART. The cart with the TV on it. She puts in a VHS tape, what's in that VHS tape you ask? It's the 1999 kids TV film, Our Friend, Martin.

94:16

A Civil Action

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2021/09/22

A Few Good Men, In The Name of the Father, Philadelphia; all astounding courtroom dramas of the 90's; and of course, our boy, John Travolta, at the height of his powers couldn't leave his rise in the 90's without doing one. Join Jeff and Stuart for a "civil" discussion on the 1998 film, A Civil Action.

97:19

The Thin Red Line

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2021/09/14

Me: "Hey mom, what was that movie that literally every single male actor in the late 90's were in?Mom: "The Thin Red Line, honey."Me: "Was John Travolta in that movie?"Mom: "Yes, for three minutes. Why do you ask?"

99:46

Welcome to Hollywood

Travolting ·

2021/09/07

Here at Travolting, we take nearly every Travolta appearance incredibly seriously, even if that only amounts to a total of 15 seconds and three lines of dialogue, which is what you get in the 1998 mockumentary, Welcome to Hollywood.

114:22

Primary Colors

Travolting ·

2021/08/31

So folks, you know how Jeff loves to do Bill Clinton impressions? You know how he's like... kinda okay at it? Well you can imagine how excited he was to cover a movie where John Travolta plays a knock-off Bill Clinton. Stuart certainly got the full dosage in this one.

54:27

Mad City

Travolting ·

2021/08/24

John Travolta has some crazy sideburns in this one. Dustin Hoffman plays a self-centered reporter who takes advantage of a blown out of proportion hostage crisis where Travolta sings songs and dances with little kids. Oh and by the way... you remember that guy in Spiderman who said "FIVE MINUTES TO DEADLINE JONAH!"?? Well he's in this.

135:19

Face/Off

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2021/08/17

What do you get when you have Nicolas Cage and John Travolta playing a character and then switching part way through the movie, all while having this hero/nemesis conflict, oh... and also being a metaphor for the new testament? You get the one and only... Face/Off.

73:39

She's So Lovely

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2021/08/10

Imagine a John Cassavetes script given the 90's treatment, that's basically what this movie is. Also John Travolta looks massive and menacing in this one.

113:56

Michael

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2021/08/03

On today's episode about a Michael, we are joined by another Michael. Michael Van Bodegom Smith, the composer of the Travolting podcast, sat down with Jeff and Stuart to go deep into the true "angelic" meaning of becoming a Michael. Oh yeah..... John Travolta plays an angel in this one!

95:17

Phenomenon

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2021/07/27

This week, Jeff and Stuart get deep and philosophical with very special guest, Adam Campbell, about the 1996 mind-bending, telekinetic film: Phenomenon.

76:10

Broken Arrow

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2021/07/20

In this film, we see John Travolta take on the role that will define the rest of his A-list era career: the villain. Join Jeff and Stuart as they discuss the explosive, eye-candy action film, Broken Arrow, John Woo's predecessor to our favorite "face-off" that cinema could ever offer.

113:27

Get Shorty

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2021/07/13

You ever wonder what it would be like to be a loan shark turn movie producer who would go on to produce a movie about their life as a loan shark who becomes a movie producer?? Well John Travolta does in the 1995 classic hit, Get Shorty! Joined by very special reoccurring guests: Cathy and Mary-Grace Schumann.

30:33

White Man's Burden

Travolting ·

2021/07/06

In 1995, writer/director Desmond Nakano made a film based on a thought experiment, "what if you flipped the races?". The result: an extremely tone deaf movie that does the opposite of what it intended. If this seems like a short episode, that's because Jeff and Stuart had a really difficult time talking about the problematic film, White Man's Burden.

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