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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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112:21

Black Swan

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2024/09/04

Natalie Portman, the young and ambitious ballet dancer, takes on her first lead role as the Swan Queen in the classic ballet, Swan Lake. Portman steps into the spotlight, taking the place of the character Beth Macintyre, the once famous and favorited dancer of them all, now being tossed aside as her youth begins to fade. Take a wild guess which actress is covering that role...

48:07

When Love is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story

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2024/08/28

Winona joins the realm of Hallmark movies with this particular film about the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon.

232:21

Star Trek

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2024/08/21

FINALLY! We've reached the timeline where Winona is in a GOOD MOVIE AGAIN!

131:01

Stay Cool

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2024/08/14

Jeff, Stuart and returning guest Alex Wilson discuss a movie about a man's fever dream of returning to high school in his mid 30's and being the most popular guy in school who gets the hot 18-year-old... we must restate this though... IN HIS THIRTIES.

106:12

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

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2024/08/07

This 2009 "discover yourself" kind of flick stars Robin Wright who is married to Alan Arkin (30 years her senior). We get some small action by our beloved Winona as well as reoccurring guest, Cole Bradley and Keanu Reeves!

50:39

The Informers

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2024/07/31

This movie apparently at one point was suppose to have vampires in it? Well the boys regret to "inform" you that there are no vampires in this movie and that this movie is another big sleeper for Winona's filmography.

40:10

The Last Word

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2024/07/24

Continuing down Winona's popularity collapse, The Last Word is a movie about a man named Evan who gets hired to write people's suicide notes. We thought about reaching out to him after we made it through watching this movie.

78:34

Sex and Death 101

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2024/07/19

Alright class settle down! Time for our very first instructional episode on Sex and Death 101, starring... Winona Ryder as Professor Death Nell who will be your instructor for today. Our first lesson... this movie sucks.

59:20

The Ten

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2024/07/10

Paul Rudd teaches us a lesson. Actually... TEN LESSONS! And they are all based on the ten commandments. Before you think this is going to be some "God's Not Dead" level religious film, we regret to inform you that it could not be further from the truth.

148:39

A Scanner Darkly

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2024/07/03

Another early post-sabbatical takes Winona to Richard Linklater in A Scanner Darkly. A Phillip K Dick novel adaptation about the a not-to-distant future where America has lost the war on drugs and the police surveillance state goes to a whole new "almost Minority Report" level. Winona is in another small role along side Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr, and Woody Harrelson.

28:29

The Darwin Awards

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2024/06/26

This quasi-student film is one of Winona's first movies after her shoplifting scandal and it's probably for the best that you've never heard of it.

47:52

The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things

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2024/06/19

This 2004 film tells the story of Jeremiah, a young boy who bounces in and out of the care of his drug-addicted neglectful mother and explores the trauma and hardship a developing mind experiences while living life on an unstable road. This film is based on the book with the same title written by JT Leroy. There's almost no drama or exciting facts regarding the backstory of the making of the film or the book whatsoever.

39:17

The Dramatic Explorations Era (Recap Episode)

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2024/06/12

Jeff and Stuart recap the height of Winona's career from Bram Stoker's Dracula, Age of Innocence, Little Women and many more masterpieces. The boys also talk about the trajectory her career is heading towards at the point and the professional and personal events that lead Winona down this path.

119:38

Mr. Deeds

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2024/06/05

Not to be confused with the 1936 Frank Capra movie "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" or the 1939 Frank Capra movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", this 2002 Adam Sandler comedy is one of the many Sandler movies that dominated the early 2000's comedy film industry. Winona Ryder, who is on a bit of a popular decline, practices her comedy chops and keeps up with the hilarious slap stick humor this movie thrives on.

73:06

S1m0ne

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2024/05/29

In the year 2002, film director Viktor Taransky played by Al Pacino asks the question: "What if we replaced actors with artificial intelligence?" and he gets laughed off the metaphorical stage of hollywood; over 20 years later SAG-AFTRA and the WGA go head to head with AMPTP on the question: "What if we replaced actors with artificial intelligence?"

143:46

Zoolander

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2024/05/22

But for real.... why male models?

56:21

Lost Souls

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2024/05/15

One of the many movies that was made to be released in 1999 when y2k and the end-of-days talk was all the hype, except this movie got delayed and was released late 2000.

66:18

Autumn in New York

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2024/05/08

A romantic drama about a young woman diagnosed with a terminal illness falls in love with an older bachelor. None of that is really that important. The major thing you need to know is J.K. Simmons is in this movie at some point.

39:27

Cash Out

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2024/05/01

Our main man Travolta is back and he's back with a....nother boring movie.

134:46

Girl, Interrupted

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2024/04/24

In a movie where Winona Ryder plays a depressed teenager committed to a mental institution, it's Angelina Jolie who steals the show as the sociopathic girl that "interrupts" Winona's treatment. Jeff, Stuart and special guest Ross Wood had a fun time with this one.

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