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Greatest Movie Of All-Time

Hosts Tom and Dana Duncan take a new approach to finding the answer to the question: "what"s the greatest movie of all-time?" Each week, Dana and Tom will review a classic movie, and grade it out based on a six-part rubric scale to determine what the greatest movie of all-time is. For the complete list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list To contact us, please email the show at Greatestalltimemoviepodcast@gmail.com

tv & film film history

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01:04:00

American Graffiti (1973)

Greatest Movie Of All-Time ·

2020/08/19

Dana and Tom discuss the movie that started George Lucas' career and helped him finance a franchise, American Graffiti (1973): written and directed by George Lucas, co-written by Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck, starring Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, and Harrison Ford.Plot Summary: On the last day of summer vacation in 1962, friends Curt (Richard Dreyfuss), Steve (Ronny Howard), Terry (Charles Martin Smith) and John (Paul Le Mat) cruise the streets of small-town California while a mysterious disc

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01:29:34

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Greatest Movie Of All-Time ·

2020/08/13

Tom and Dana discuss the first Stanley Kubrick film on the show, his Vietnam war epic, Full Metal Jacket (1987): written and directed by Stanley Kubrick, co-written by Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford, starring Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, and R. Lee Ermey.Plot Summary: Stanley Kubrick's take on the Vietnam War follows smart-aleck Private Davis (Matthew Modine), quickly christened "Joker" by his foul-mouthed drill sergeant (R. Lee Ermey), and pudgy Private Lawrence (Vincent D'Onofrio),

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01:00:36

High Noon (1952)

Greatest Movie Of All-Time ·

2020/08/06

Dana and Tom discuss one of the most classic Westerns of all-time, High Noon (1952): directed by Fred Zinnemann, written by Carl Foreman, starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, and Lloyd Bridges.Plot Summary: Former marshal Will Kane (Gary Cooper) is preparing to leave the small town of Hadleyville, New Mexico, with his new bride, Amy (Grace Kelly), when he learns that local criminal Frank Miller has been set free and is coming to seek revenge on the marshal who turned him in. When he

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01:24:48

Rio Bravo (1959)

Greatest Movie Of All-Time ·

2020/07/30

Dana and Tom discuss a personal favorite Western that was such a favorite for Dana that Tom grew up watching the film many times, Rio Bravo (1959): directed by Howard Hawks, written by Jules Furthman and Leigh Brackett, starring John Wayne, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson.Plot Summary: When gunslinger Joe Burdette (Claude Akins) kills a man in a saloon, Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) arrests him with the aid of the town drunk, Dude (Dean Martin). Before long,

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51:30

The Sting (1973)

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2020/07/23

Dana and Tom discuss one of Dana's favorites, a Best Picture winner, and a great con movie all in one, The Sting (1973): directed by George Roy Hill, written by David S. Ward, starring Robert Redford, Paul Newman, and Robert Shaw.Plot Summary: Following the murder of a mutual friend, aspiring con man Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) teams up with old pro Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) to take revenge on the ruthless crime boss responsible, Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw). Hooker and Gondorff set about

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01:30:56

Young Frankenstein (1974)

Greatest Movie Of All-Time ·

2020/07/16

Dana and Tom discuss a personal favorite of Dana's that holds some personal value for him, Young Frankenstein (1974): written and directed by Mel Brooks, co-written and starring Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Teri Garr, and Madeline Kahn.Plot Summary: Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania. Arriving at the castle, Dr. Frankenstein soon begins to recreate his grandfather's experiments with the help

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01:05:01

E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Greatest Movie Of All-Time ·

2020/07/09

Dana and Tom discuss the sci-fi and coming of age classic, E.T.: the Extra Terrestrial (1982): directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison, starring Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, C. Thomas Howell, and Peter Coyote.Plot Summary: After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas). Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother

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00:31

Trailer for The Silence of the Lambs

Greatest Movie Of All-Time ·

2020/07/02

Trailer for the upcoming The Silence of the Lambs episode on the Greatest Movie of All-Time Podcast.

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01:04:59

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Greatest Movie Of All-Time ·

2020/07/02

Hellooooo, Clarice......Dana and Tom delve into the psychological thriller, The Silence of the Lambs (1991): directed by Jonathan Demme, written by Ted Tally, starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Ted Levine, and Scott Glenn.Plot Summary: Jodie Foster stars as Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn) wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars

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01:23:02

Zodiac (2007) ft. Sarah Duncan

Greatest Movie Of All-Time ·

2020/06/25

Dana and Tom with guest, Sarah Duncan, discuss the fictionalized true crime thriller, Zodiac (2007): directed by David Fincher, written by James Vanderbilt, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey Jr.Plot Summary: In the late 1960s and 1970s, fear grips the city of San Francisco as a serial killer called Zodiac stalks its residents. Investigators (Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards) and reporters (Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr.) become obsessed with learning the killer's identity

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01:22:09

The Help (2011)

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2020/06/18

Dana and Tom do their best to tip-toe around a difficult race-relations film steeped in controversy with The Help (2011): written and directed by Tate Taylor, starring Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Jessica Chastain.Plot Summary: In 1960s Mississippi, Southern society girl Skeeter (Emma Stone) returns from college with dreams of being a writer. She turns her small town on its ear by choosing to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of

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01:08:49

Roman Holiday (1953)

Greatest Movie Of All-Time ·

2020/06/11

Dana and Tom discuss the classic Romantic Comedy, Roman Holiday (1953): directed by William Wyler, written by Dalton Trumbo and Ian McLellan Hunter, starring Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, and Eddie Albert.Plot Summary: Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn) takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck),

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01:29:18

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Greatest Movie Of All-Time ·

2020/06/04

Dana and Tom discuss the Best Picture Winner, The Best Years of Our Lives (1946): directed by William Wyler, written by Robert E. Sherwood, starring Dana Andrews, Fredrick March, and Myrna Loy.Plot Summary: Fred, Al and Homer are three World War II veterans facing difficulties as they re-enter civilian life. Fred (Dana Andrews) is a war hero who, unable to compete with more highly skilled workers, has to return to his low-wage soda jerk job. Bank executive Al (Fredric March) gets into trouble for

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01:35:47

Back to the Future (1985) ft. Alexander Doffek and...

Greatest Movie Of All-Time ·

2020/06/03

Tom and special German guests Alex Doffek and Eva and Thomas Baches explore the 1980s pop-culture classic, Back to the Future (1986): written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, co-written by Bob Gale, starring Michael J. Fox, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson, and Christopher Lloyd.Plot Summary: In this 1980s sci-fi classic, small-town California teen Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is thrown back into the '50s when an experiment by his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) goes awry

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53:37

The Dirty Dozen (1967)

Greatest Movie Of All-Time ·

2020/05/28

Dana and Tom discuss The Dirty Dozen (1967): directed by Robert Aldrich, written byLukas Heller and Nunnally Johnson, starring Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, and Ernest Borgnine.Plot Summary: As D-Day approaches, Colonel Breed hands the roguish Major Reisman (Lee Marvin) an important assignment: He must train a team of soldiers to parachute across enemy lines and assassinate German personnel at a French chateau. The soldiers, recruited from murderers, rapists and

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01:09:27

Taxi Driver (1976)

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2020/05/22

Dana and Tom discuss the second Martin Scorsese movie to be on the show, Taxi Driver (1976): directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepard, Harvey Keitel, and Albert Brooks.Plot Summary: Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city. When Travis meets pretty

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01:04:00

Big (1988)

Greatest Movie Of All-Time ·

2020/05/14

Dana and Tom discuss 1980s classic, Big (1988): directed by Penny Marshall, written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, and Robert Loggia.Plot Summary: After a wish turns 12-year-old Josh Baskin (David Moscow) into a 30-year-old man (Tom Hanks), he heads to New York City and gets a low-level job at MacMillen Toy Company. A chance encounter with the owner (Robert Loggia) of the company leads to a promotion testing new toys. Soon a fellow employee, Susan Lawrence

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01:02:38

Groundhog Day (1993)

Greatest Movie Of All-Time ·

2020/05/07

Dana and Tom discuss the movie Groundhog Day (1993). Dana and Tom discuss the movie Groundhog Day (1993): written and directed by Harold Ramis, co-written by Danny Rubin, starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliott.Plot Summary: A cynical TV weatherman finds himself reliving the same day over and over again when he goes on location to the small town of Punxsutawney to film a report about their annual Groundhog Day. His predicament drives him to distraction, until he sees a way of

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01:01:19

Pulp Fiction (1994) ft. Phillip Martinez

Greatest Movie Of All-Time ·

2020/05/04

Tom and Guest Phillip Martinez dissect the Tarantino masterpiece, Pulp Fiction (1994): written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Ving Rhames, Uma Thurman, and Bruce Willis.Plot Summary: Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) are hitmen with a penchant for philosophical discussions. In this ultra-hip, multi-strand crime movie, their storyline is interwoven with those of their boss, gangster Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) ; his

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01:05:53

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Greatest Movie Of All-Time ·

2020/04/30

Dana and Tom delve into the Bollywood-styled Best Picture winner from 2008, Slumdog Millionaire (2008): directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, starring Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, and Irrfan Khan.Plot Summary: As 18-year-old Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) answers questions on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," flashbacks show how he got there. Part of a stable of young thieves after their mother dies, Jamal and his brother, Salim, survive on the streets of Mumbai. Salim finds

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