B&S Movies - Owning Mahowny - Joe Kay and Scott Cvecko

This week, Joe Kay from the Play That Rock and Roll podcast and longtime friend Scott Cvecko join us to talk about the 2003 film Owning Mahowny starring Philip Seymour Hoffman. We dive into the gut-wrenching true story of a bank manager who used his position to embezzle millions to feed a crippling gambling addiction. We chat about Hoffman’s sensational performance as the hollow and lifeless Mahowny, the film’s incredible accuracy to the book by Gary Ross, and the irony of the movie’s own $9 million loss at the box office. Along the way, there is a spirited discussion about the drab, unglamorous portrayal of casinos, the "cartoonishly bad" villainy of the casino manager, and whether the film's uncomfortable realism makes it a masterpiece or just plain depressing. All that and much, much more! Enjoy!