Cinema Gadfly – Episode 19 – ¡Alambrista!

My guest for this month is West Anthony, and he’s joined me to discuss the film I chose for him, the 1977 drama film ¡Alambrista!. You can follow the show on Twitter @cinemagadfly.

Show notes:

• This film was written and directed by Robert M. Young
• We discuss a certain unnamed presidential candidate at length, who has since gone on to become an unnamed presumptive nominee. I’m not going to do this candidate any favors by linking to them
• Loving Cheeseburgers, Rock and Roll, The Beatles, and Blue Jeans, is pretty damned American
• Ned Beatty is one of my all time favorite “that guy” actors
• He was nominated for an Academy Award for Network, and appeared in All the President’s Men, Deliverance, and both Superman and Superman II, among many other films
• Edward James Olmos has been in quite a few of Robert M. Young’s films
• He was also awesome in the reboot of Battlestar Galactica
• Paul Giamatti is another of my all time favorite “that guy” actors, he’s just so great
• Don Cheadle is staring in Miles Ahead, which I’m fiendishly excited for
• He was in the second and third Iron Man films
• He was also in Oceans Eleven
• Jerry Hardin played Deep Throat on The X-Files
• His daughter Melora was Jan on The Office
• I don’t know if Ryan Gallagher is still re-watching the X-Files in HD or not. Hey Ryan!
• Everyone who reads this needs to go subscribe to Musical Notation with West Anthony. Right now. I’ll wait
• It’s part of the awesome Battleship Pretension Podcast Fleet
• You can also follow West’s amazing show on twitter @notationpod

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