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Cruisin'
by Cruisin' Productions
An odyssey through the filmography of Tom Cruise, who more than any other actor has run the gamut of modern film, and through whom we can explore the past four decades of cinema.
Episodes
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Legend
This week we look at Ridley Scott's bizarre fantasy film Legend. Cruise stars alongside Ferris Bueller's Mia Sara and Tim Curry. Mark McLaughlin joins us to discuss 80s fantasy films, the film's troubled production, and Ridley Scott's career.
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All The Right Moves
This week we discuss Tom Cruise's final film of 1983, with Michael Chapman's sports drama 'All The Right Moves'. In this episode, we discuss the conventions of sports films, Cruise's newly established movie star image, and how the director of this film also shot 'Taxi Driver' and 'Space Jam' as a...
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Risky Business
In 1983 Tom Cruise became a movie star in Paul Brickman's Risky Business. Alongside Rebecca De Mornay Cruise stars in this social satire of the education system and capitalism. We discuss Cruise's evolution, the lost potential of both Brickaman and de Mornay, Tangerine Dream's score, and more in...
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Losin' It
In this week's episode we cover Curtis Hanson's forgotten sex comedy Losin' It, starring Cruise alongside Shelley Long, and Jackie Earle Haley. This is significant as it marks the first time Cruise received top billing. A now "beloved" cult classic, we discuss this movie's surprisingly beautiful...
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The Outsiders
In March 1983, Tom Cruise recieves his first moment of approval from a canon American filmmaker. He stars alongside an ensemble of other young talents in Franics Ford Coppola’s coming of age drama The Outsiders, based on the S.E. Hinton novel of the same name. In this episode we discuss Coppola’s...
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Taps
In 1981, a young actor took his first steps towards stardom. We get our first glimpse into the talents of Tom Cruise, who makes his (proper) screen debut in the coming of age military drama, Taps. In this episode we try to dissect why this film doesn’t quite work despite promising elements…
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An odyssey through the filmography of Tom Cruise, who more than any other actor has run the gamut of modern film, and through whom we can explore the past four decades of cinema.
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