41: American Made

Episode 41 of the The Last Star In Hollywood podcast, hosted by Next Word, titled "41: American Made" was published on August 29, 2024 and runs 60 minutes.

August 29, 2024 ·60m · The Last Star In Hollywood

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Summary

This week, a rare Tom Cruise character-actor performance in Doug Liman’s stylish satire American Made. Is this the Gen-X Forrest Gump? Who expected a Liman/Cruise movie to be this different from Edge of Tomorrow? Unanswered Questions: Is there value in so comprehensively fictionalizing a true story? Does American Made work for audiences which aren’t familiar with the Reagan-era war on drugs? How does the Tom Cruise movie-star persona help (or hinder) the satirical intent of this film? Further reading: Mena, Arkansas Barry Seal “The Awful Accident That Happened While Filming Tom Cruise’s ‘American Made’” (Collider) Hooked On Classics “National Anthem” (Lana Del Rey) Wolf Of Wall Street (2013) McGruff The Crime Dog The Last Star In Hollywood Definitive List Of Tom Cruise Films The Last Star In Hollywood: Production Schedule Thanks for listening! For bonus shows, extra content and more, support The Last Star In Hollywood and the Next Word network by visiting Patreon.com/NextWord! Join us next week as we bring the M:I franchise to new heights with Vanessa Kirby and Henry Cavill: Mission: Impossible – Fallout! The Last Star In Hollywood is a Next Word production.Copyright © 2024 The Last Star In Hollywood. All Rights Reserved. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode Description

This week, a rare Tom Cruise character-actor performance in Doug Liman’s stylish satire American Made. Is this the Gen-X Forrest Gump? Who expected a Liman/Cruise movie to be this different from Edge of Tomorrow?

Unanswered Questions:

Is there value in so comprehensively fictionalizing a true story?
Does American Made work for audiences which aren’t familiar with the Reagan-era war on drugs?
How does the Tom Cruise movie-star persona help (or hinder) the satirical intent of this film?

Further reading:

Thanks for listening! For bonus shows, extra content and more, support The Last Star In Hollywood and the Next Word network by visiting Patreon.com/NextWord!

Join us next week as we bring the M:I franchise to new heights with Vanessa Kirby and Henry Cavill: Mission: Impossible – Fallout!

The Last Star In Hollywood is a Next Word production.

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★