On The Beach (Episode 87) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky

After the success of his 1958 film The Defiant Ones, which confronted issues of racial division, director Stanley Kramer continued on a path of making films that were socially relevant and examined the issues of the time.  1959's On The Beach was no exception.  Based on the very successful novel by Australian Nevil Shute, which imagined his home country as the only place left on earth not yet suffocated by a cloud of deadly radioactive dust, On The Beach was the very first Hollywood film to shoot completely Down Under.  It stars Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Athony Perkins and Fred Astaire.   Dan and Vicky discuss the classic anti-nuke film and the stars that lend it it's authenticity and heart -- albeit not with accurate accents.  They also talk about some recently seen including Avengers: End Game, Irish horror film The Hole in the Ground, 2019's Hellboy, Hulu series Into the Dark, Hannah and Her Sisters and Hitchcock's 1931 The Skin Game.   Hear how Dan nearly lost an eye doing The Tempest off-broadway, how Vicky handles bathroom visits and listen to our first listener e-mail in a while extolling the virtues of Norwegian society!  Check out Hot Date 87: On The Beach and leave us feedback.  Got to our website at hotdatepod.com.