Craig & Friends

Erik Clapp of the mighty Cinema Force joins me for Part 2 of our discussion of John Frankenheimer’s 1986 sleaze & suspense classic 52 Pick-Up. Adapted from Elmore Leonard’s book by John Frankenheimer and Leonard himself, 52 Pick-Up is a tension & twist filled thriller that always keeps you guessing. 
This film also gives us one of the most iconic villains in cinema history, brought to life by the legendary John Glover. Also starring Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Clarence Williams III, Vanity & Robert Trebor, 52 Pick-Up was Produced by Menahem Golan & Yoram Globus for Cannon Films. It was also strongly disliked by a pearl-clutching Gene Siskel. What more could a film-fan ask for?

This is Part 2 of 3 - Part 2 features another taping with Erik & Part 3 is my chat with the legendary John Glover. 

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Erik Clapp of the mighty Cinema Force joins me to discuss John Frankenheimer’s 1986 sleaze & suspense classic 52 Pick-Up. Adapted from Elmore Leonard’s book by John Frankenheimer and Leonard himself, 52 Pick-Up is a tension & twist filled thriller that always keeps you guessing. 
This film also gives us one of the most iconic villains in cinema history, brought to life by the legendary John Glover. Also starring Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Clarence Williams III, Vanity & Robert Trebor, 52 Pick-Up was produced by Menahem Golan & Yoram Globus for Cannon Films - and strongly disliked by a pearl-clutching Gene Siskel. What more could a film-fan ask for?
This is Part 1 of 3 - Part 2 features another taping with Erik, Part 3 is my chat with the legendary John Glover. 
Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & YouTube
Head over to the Craig & Friends Patreon to get early access to all of these shows, exclusive content and more.
Check out Erik’s video essay on 52 Pick-Up and subscribe to his stunning Cinema Force channel on YouTube

Julie Klausner of the How Was Your Week & Double Threat (With Tom Scharpling) podcasts joins me to talk The Monkees & all things HEAD, the subversive 1968 classic that Quentin Tarantino considers one of the greatest films of 1969. Written by Jack Nicholson & Monkees co-creator Bob Rafelson (who also directs), HEAD is a biting satire of pop-culture, Hollywood "magic", show-business, America and The Monkees themselves.
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Writer, director, producer and comedy legend David Zucker joins me to talk about the serious business of comedy, his new - and free - online comedy class MASTERCRASH the secrets to making a NAKED GUN, Kentucky Fried Theatre, moody moments with Val Kilmer, pitching to Warren Beatty, learning from failure, Francis Ford Coppola getting in the way of a brilliant AIRPLANE! sequel, co-directing RUTHLESS PEOPLE and gets us a ticket to Fazio's, the best damn dry-cleaners in the business. Oh, and why the new Naked Gun reboot stinks.
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David Zucker, Jim Abrahams & Jerry Zucker's Book On The History Of AIRPLANE!
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William Petersen joins me to talk To Live And Die In LA, William Friedkin, Robby Müller, Darlanne Fluegel, Willem Dafoe, Manhunter, Michael Mann, Chicago theatre, 12 Angry Men, Dennis Farina, James Caan, nearly working with Oliver Stone, Richard Chamberlain, Hamlet, working with George C. Scott, what brought him to acting and much much more.
The Craig & Friends Movie Club for To Live And Die In LA will be out later this year, featuring chats with Billy Petersen, Bob Yeoman, Wang Chung, Linda Bass & Gala Avary (and more that I can't reveal at the moment). Portions of this chat will be included, along with material Billy & I taped that's exclusive to the Movie Club.
If you haven't heard the Manhunter Movie Club (with Gala Avary & Rich Johnson) or watched it on YouTube...don't deprive yourself. Get into it, sport.
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