Posts Tagged ‘Charlie Chaplin’
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #278
September 11, 2012 | 
Author Dean Haglund has escaped from The Village and Phil Leirness has recovered enough from a nasty head cold that we are (finally) able to bring you this week’s episode, an installment that will leave you debating, “Did I just hear a great show, or the GREATEST show?!”
Topics include Dean’s travels to Wales and Ireland, Patrick McGoohan’s The Prisoner, publicity rights laws, vertical integration, The Ghastly Love of Johnny X, fuji film, Clint Eastwood’s empty chair, the RNC, the DNC, prohibition, Pink Martini and Disney’s California Adventure.
All that, PLUS what your friends in podcasting are reading, the films they’ve seen and several Live Events of the Week.
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Tags: acting, Anthony Lane, Bill Clinton, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Charlie Chaplin, City Lights, Clint Eastwood, Dean Haglund, Devol Patrick, directing, Disney's California Adventure, Disneyland, DNC, Dublin, Ethan Dettenmaier, film, filmmaking, Fuji film, Guinness, Harrison Ellenshaw, Hearts Like Fists, I Hate People, independent film, Ireland, Jaime Robledo, James Joyce, John Hillcoat, Jonathan Littman, Karl Rove I Love You, Keith Allen, Last Prince of Atlantis, Lawless, Leonard Clifton, Mamie Van Doran, Marc Hershon, Marilyn Monroe, Mitt Romney, Nobody's Perfect, Olandar, Paul Ryan, Peter Ellenshaw, Phil Leirness, Pink Martini, Portmeirion, prohibition, Racers, Radiator Springs, RNC, Rogue Machine Theatre, Shia Laboeuf, Sight and Sound, Smallville, Soaring over California, the empty chair, The Ghastly Love of Johnny X, The Greek Theatre, The Intouchables, The Lone Gunmen, The New Electric Ballroom, The Prisoner, The Raid Redemption, The X-Files, Theatre of NOTE, vertical integration, Voices of Liberty, Wales, writing | 
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #264
Happy June, everybody! Summer is on its way here in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles, and YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour’s 6th year of changing the way you listen to the internet is really starting to heat up!
This week, your friends in podcasting welcome two special guests in their first ever show dedicated to a Chillpak Hollywood “Live Event of the Week” …
French Stewart is a marvelous actor, best known for his role as “Harry Solomon” on 3rd Rock From the Sun, and he is at the top of his game playing silent screen icon Buster Keaton in a new show at the Sacred Fools Theatre in Los Angeles. Jaime Robledo, his director in the show, is one of the most gifted, most innovative talents working in theatre today. They both join Dean and Phil for an irreverent, hilarious, insightful and emotionally moving hour.
To learn more about Stoneface: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Buster Keaton, please visit the show’s Official Site.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 3rd Rock From the Sun, A Chorus Line, acting, awards shows, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Dean Haglund, directing, Fatty Arbuckle, film, filmmaking, French Stewart, Henry Dittman, Home Alone, Jaime Robledo, Joe Fria, La Bete, Louie B. Mayer, Louis and Keely Live At The Sahara, MGM, Phil Leirness, Sacred Fools, Scott Leggett, Sherlock Holmes, silent film, Stoneface, Stoneface The Rise and Fall and Rise of Buster Keaton, television, The General, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, theatre, TV Guide, TV Guide Awards, Vanessa Claire Stewart, Watson, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #252
Your friends in podcasting open this week’s show by discussing the early beginnings of the feature film era.
They close this week’s show by discussing … The beginnings of the feature film era!
In between, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness discuss romance in the movies, the state of romantic comedies, Star Wars, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, several weird and wonderful films you will never get to see (but can read about here), the origin and purpose of the legal system, Placido Domingo and “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”.
Please don’t let the slight audio hiss and hum prevent you from enjoying this latest serving of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour. We were able to solve the problem about a third of the way through …
Have a great week, everybody!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Bechdel test, Bridesmaids, Casablanca, Charlie Chaplin, David McCullough, Dean Haglund, Dr. Steven Ball, film, filmmaking, Frederic Bastiat, Friends with Kids, Hell and Back Again, Hugo, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Kissing Jessica Stein, Kristin Wiig, L.E. Baker, Los Angeles Times, Mabel Normand, Marie Deressler, movies, Neal Gabler, Phil Leirness, Placido Domingo, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Richard Gilman, Robert Sherman, romantic comedy, Royce Hall, show business, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, Symbiosis, The Artist, The Law, The Lone Gunmen, The Sherman Brothers, The X-Files, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, Tillie's Punctured Romance, Topher Grace, UCLA, Wallace Stevens, Wanderlust, War Horse | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #205
Much is on the minds of your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness. From wishing happy birthdays to loyal listeners, to answering your questions, to sharing what they’ve learned through the process of making their documentary, they really prove this week that it is YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour. There’s the usual entertainment industry news and analysis, film and television reviews, irreverent insights and informative diatribes. So, enjoy, and if you are going to be in the London area, make sure to purchase tickets for the Saturday 30 April premiere of The Truth Is Out There!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin, All My Children, American Cinematheque, Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, Barbara Bel Geddes, Beware My Lovely, box office, British Film Instittute, Caught, Charlie Chaplin, comedy, Condoleezza Rice, conspiracy, conspiracy theories, Cormac McCarthy, Dean Haglund, documentary, Edgar Allan Poe, editing, Egyptian, entertainment, film, film noir, filmmaking, Fox, George C. Scott, George Harrison, Herbert Lom, Howard Hughes, Huffington Post, Ida Lupino, Israel, James Mason, Jason Robards, Justin Bieber, Karl Rove I Love You, lawsuit, marketing, Max Ophuls, movies, Murders in the Rue Morgue, Neil Dickson, One Life to Live, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney Really is Dead, Phil Leirness, Rebecca De Mornay, respect, Robert Ryan, Rogue Machine, Ron Bottitta, Rupert Murdoch, Samuel L. Jackson, Samuel Z. Arkoff, show business, soap operas, television, The Beatles, The Fountainhead, The Last Testament of George Harrison, The Lone Gunmen, The New York Post, The Office, The Retro Dome, The Sunset Limited, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, theatres, Tommy Lee Jones, Trust, truth, Tucker Smallwood, Val Kilmer, Washington and Lee University, Will Ferrell | 1 Comment »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #202
Last week, when Phil made a cleverly comedic call-back connection between McG (the auteur behind such cinematic classics as Charlie’s Angels, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle and Terminator: Salvation) and McDonald’s (purveyor of meat and “other similar food products” according to their own internal memos), he had no idea he would be called upon to defend his “negativity” towards Mr. McG … Yet, called upon he was, and when tasked by loyal listeners of the show, your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness, talk about these things. That’s what we mean when we say that it’s YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Other topics covered include: Dean’s new HBO show, Phil’s new short film, Dean’s new animated webisode series, Phil’s new documentary feature project, an opera production of A Turn of the Screw, Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Gnomeo and Juliet (in 3D), Rango, Unstoppable, Never Let Me Go, Source Code, and Dean Haglund’s audition advice for actors being “put on tape”.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Andrew Garfield, animation, auditions, Battle: LA, Bono, Charlie Chaplin, Chinatown, Chris Pine, Cinemax, comedy, Dean Haglund, Denzel Washington, Disney, documentary, Elton John, Femme Fatales, filmmaking, Frank Oz, George Lucas, God of Carnage, HBO, improv, independent film, Jake Gylenhaal, Jim Henson, Johnny Depp, Julie Taymor, Lily Holleman, muppets, Nicolas Cage, Nu Image, opera, Phil Leirness, sci-fi, science fiction, Shotokan Man, Spiderman, The Butterfly Circus, The Lone Gunmen, the Marx Brothers, The Muppet Movie, The X-Files, The X-Files: I Want to Beleive, theatre, Timothy Olyphant, Tony Scott, Val Kilmer, Werner Herzog, westerns, Wondercon | 1 Comment »
