175: The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
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Our journey through some of the wackier Coen Brothers capers continues this week as we take on The Hudsucker Proxy, a star-studded, over-the-top affair that is equal parts His Girl Friday and Roadrunner cartoon, and is every bit as ungainly as that description makes it sound. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 175: The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) (00:00:20) - Intro. (00:01:28) - Our movie this week: The Hudsucker Proxy! (00:10:49) - How this movie got made, and discussion of its ill box office fortunes. (00:25:03) - Break! (00:25:26) - We're back, and it's time to tell the tale of Norville Barnes. (00:35:04) - Everything's going great at Hudsucker Industries, until it isn't. (00:40:04) - Let's hatch a stock scam. (00:44:22) - Mailroom mayhem, and the introduction of the Blue Letter. (00:57:17) - A perfect patsy is born, but one ace reporter smells a bunko scam. (01:05:20) - A fabricated meet-cute at the diner, and Amy becomes a Muncie gal. (01:10:20) - Taking a letter, and the fancy dress ball. (01:21:02) - The dawn of the extruded plastic dingus. (01:28:29) - The stock scam is in shambles, and Norville is tripping on his own dingus. (01:32:20) - Norville's dancing dreams, and the downfall. (01:42:25) - Long way down (one more thing). (01:54:14) - The epilogue, and our final thoughts. (02:02:13) - Our film for next week is a killer one: Raising Arizona! (02:03:48) - Outro.
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