Last Action Hero bombs the box office

An episode of the The Pod Charles Cinecast podcast, hosted by The Prince Charles Cinema, titled "Last Action Hero bombs the box office" was published on May 24, 2023 and runs 106 minutes.

May 24, 2023 ·106m · The Pod Charles Cinecast

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Summary

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas head to New York City, where a kid gets his hands on a magical cinema ticket that allows him to jump into his favourite movies.Just when we thought the Filaversary arc was over, and we could move on to some films about cinemas in film, we got pulled back in with the 1993 meta-action comedy, LAST ACTION HERO, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. So, we are getting meta with a new arc, called Fire in the Projection Booth, within an arc (the Filaversary 1993 arc), and showing this underrated box office bomb some love.You have the writer of Lethal Weapon, the director of Die Hard, and the biggest action star on the planet all under one roof for this one. What could possibly go wrong? Well, how about a lot of rewrites, dumb promotional tactics, and Columbia thinking Arnie could take on the biggest movie of 1993 (and, for a few years, of all-time) by releasing the movie a week after Jurassic Park. "To be or not to be? No to be..."If you enjoy the podcast, leave a Rating and Review! It really helps us out!As always, you can follow the Podcast on http://twitter.com/ThePCCPodcast and http://instagram.com/ThePCCPodcastIf you'd like to Support the Podcast and get Bonus Content, visit: http://patreon.com/ThePCCPodcastThis Podcast is produced by The Prince Charles Cinema and The Breadcrumbs Collective

Episode Description

Just when we thought the Filaversary arc was over, and we could move on to some films about cinemas in film, we got pulled back in with the 1993 meta-action comedy, LAST ACTION HERO, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. So, we are getting meta with a new arc, called Fire in the Projection Booth, within an arc (the Filaversary 1993 arc), and showing this underrated box office bomb some love.

You have the writer of Lethal Weapon, the director of Die Hard, and the biggest action star on the planet all under one roof for this one. What could possibly go wrong? Well, how about a lot of rewrites, dumb promotional tactics, and Columbia thinking Arnie could take on the biggest movie of 1993 (and, for a few years, of all-time) by releasing the movie a week after Jurassic Park.

"To be or not to be? No to be..."

If you enjoy the podcast, leave a Rating and Review! It really helps us out!

As always, you can follow the Podcast on http://twitter.com/ThePCCPodcast and http://instagram.com/ThePCCPodcast

If you'd like to Support the Podcast and get Bonus Content, visit: http://patreon.com/ThePCCPodcast

This Podcast is produced by The Prince Charles Cinema and The Breadcrumbs Collective