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The Ford Fiesta
by The Movie Guys
The Movie Guys’ Paul Preston and Adam Witt breakdown the films of Harrison Ford’s career, one per episode. Whether it’s an early-career flick or a popular classic, Paul and Adam bring a unique take and fun recurring segments to wrapping up their life goal of seeing every movie the screen legend has ever made.
Episodes
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The Fugitive - The Ford Fiesta
Filmmaker Brian James Crewe joins Paul & Adam to talk about what they feel is Harrison Ford's best non-franchise film...only to remember they made U.S. Marshalls, so it's technically a franchise - The Fugitive! This one's easy to talk about as a love-fest for the Andrew Davis-directed...
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Patriot Games - The Ford Fiesta
Harrison Ford is back! Ford as Jack Ryan in Patriot Games sees a return to everything fans love about him - doing the right thing, righteous anger, surrounded by good filmmaking, and, of course, another kick-ass name. Adam and Paul talk in depth about the film with a fantastic guest, the great…
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Regarding Henry - The Ford Fiesta
The Ford Fiesta is rolling agin as we move through the wide variety of films that featured Harrison Ford in the '90s, starting with Regarding Henry. A Mike Nichols film, a J.J. Abrams script, Annette Bening, and Ford up to his more risky ways, taking on another against-type character. Paul and…
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Presumed Innocent - The Ford Fiesta
In Presumed Innocent, Harrison Ford plays Rusty Sabich, an attorney accused of the violent rape of his colleague Carolyn Polhemus...Happy Holidays! This 1990 film is a great re-watch for a deep dive on the greatness director Alan J. Pakula brings to the storytelling, and that's what Paul & Adam…
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - The Ford Fiesta
On this episode, The Ford Fiesta dives deep into what some people consider the best of the Indy adventures - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. 1989's action classic features Harrison Ford's "Man in the Hat" returning with his father, played by Sean Connery. Mara Knopic joins the show to talk...
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Working Girl - The Ford Fiesta
The Ford Fiesta returns to finish covering Harrison Ford's very busy 1988 with the second film he released that year - Working Girl. Movie podcast guest all-star William Bibbiani returns to the show to talk about this critical and box office hit comedy which is just the kind of insightful social...
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Frantic - The Ford Fiesta
Harrison Ford continues his run with prestigious filmmakers, following up two films with Peter Weir with the 1988 thriller Frantic, directed by Roman Polanski. Paul and Adam are all over it, discussing it to death with good friend and special guest Lon Harris. The plot, the suspense, the acting,...
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The Mosquito Coast - The Ford Fiesta
Perhaps Harrison Ford's most complicated movie yet is The Mosquito Coast, adapted by Paul Schrader from the book by Paul Theroux. Ford re-teams with Witness director Peter Weir so there's much to discuss. Adam & Paul get into some hilariously dated Ford news and offer up a solid-yet-wacky recap…
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Witness - The Ford Fiesta
Man oh man is Witness a great re-watch. What a fantastic police story with clashing cultures, real suspense, and a smart, SMART screenplay. Paul and Adam talk the up the film with the usual comedy recap, Ford news and history, then longtime Movie Guy Bart Kias joins the show with more memories,...
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - The Ford Fiesta
Season Three is here! And what a great rewatch this was! Paul & Adam dive deep into what Roger Ebert called "the most cheerfully exciting, bizarre, goofy, romantic adventure movie since Raiders". COULDN'T AGREE MORE. The charm and balls-out "Anything Goes" action of this movie have actually...
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Return of the Jedi - The Ford Fiesta
Joining Paul and Adam on The Ford Fiesta this week is stand-up comedian and friend from The Movie Trivia Schmoedown Mark Ellis! Mark has a great campaign for why Return of the Jedi is the best of the original Star Wars trilogy - it's the WIN. Mark sits in on the whole show and the Ford news, fun...
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Blade Runner - The Ford Fiesta
Challenging Apocalypse Now for Most Complicated Harrison Ford Film comes Blade Runner! With the sci-fi plot, disgruntled creators, multiple cuts, obnoxious executives, and more, there's a LOT to cover. Friend of The Movie Guys David Sachs joins the second half of the show to breakdown the…
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Raiders of the Lost Ark - The Ford Fiesta
One of the reasons The Ford Fiesta is happening is because there are Harrison Ford movies we've never seen. The other is to see CLASSICS, and Raiders of the Lost Ark is that, considered by Paul & Adam to be one of the greatest films ever made, so...prepare for them to GO ON. Film critic Dan…
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The Empire Strikes Back - The Ford Fiesta
We're in the '80s! The Harrison Ford 1980s may be unmatched by any other actor in terms of huge movies, and it all begins with arguably the most acclaimed sequel of all time - The Empire Strikes Back (your move, The Godfather, Part II). Ford's return as Han Solo requires all hands on deck to talk...
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Apocalypse Now - The Ford Fiesta
Welcome to Season Two! When you take a longer-then-planned break between episodes of any podcast, it's a good idea to come back and just claim you were between seasons. Harrison Ford's epic, two-podcast-season-spanning 1979 comes to a close with an appearance in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse...
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More American Graffiti - The Ford Fiesta
Bob Falfa is back! Briefly, but it's a Harrison Ford movie so Paul and Adam are all over it. Forty-three years later and you still have to convince some people there was a sequel to American Graffiti. This episode gives the movie its due and explores just how ambitious the film really was. And it...
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The Frisco Kid - The Ford Fiesta
Who would think to pair Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford? Who would think to pair Harrison Ford with this script? These questions and more are answered as Adam and Paul watch (and Adam for the first time) The Frisco Kid, about a rabbi headed to San Francisco from Poland. Along they way, he meets…
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Hanover Street - The Ford Fiesta
Paul and Adam take a deep dive into Hanover Street, one of the many war movies Harrison Ford was involved in after Star Wars. Is this the type of film that solidifies Ford's status as a major movie star? ...not really! The pre-Empire/post-Star Wars era is fascinating, as is this look at this...
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Force 10 From Navarone - The Ford Fiesta
Force 10 From Navarone is Harrison Ford's first choice to follow-up Star Wars and he's starting to show all the traits we love about him! Paul & Adam welcome frequent guest Steven Lewis to break down this old-fashioned WWII war film that co-stars Robert Shaw and Carl Weathers. Also, the Harrison...
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Heroes - The Ford Fiesta
Star Wars was a huge hit in the summer of 1977. So was Smokey and the Bandit. That same year, the stars of those films, Harrison Ford and Sally Field, starred together with Henry Winkler in a movie you've never heard of. How is this possible? Paul and Adam get to the bottom of it with a lively...
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Star Wars - The Ford Fiesta
Well, what can you say about the biggest movie of all time and the welcome-to-the-world party for the biggest movie star of all time? A lot, apparently, as The Ford Fiesta about Star Wars clocks in as the longest, but there's never a dull moment as Paul & Adam welcome guest and author of Why We...
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The Conversation - The Ford Fiesta
The '70s saw Harrison Ford start a decade of working with three of the best directors of all time - George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg. This week, Adam and Paul dive deep into Ford's first collaboration with Coppola - The Conversation - and the creepy, nuanced, smooth...
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American Graffiti - The Ford Fiesta
Paul and Adam enter the classics phase of Harrison Ford's career as they profile, one-by-one, every movie that's featured the legendary actor. There's much to discuss about this week's film - American Graffiti. From the struggles to make it, to why it's ground-breaking, to the launch of so many...
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Getting Straight - The Ford Fiesta
The next film in The Movie Guys quest to see EVERYTHING Harrison Ford has appeared in finds him in a new genre - the '60s social unrest movie. This is Ford's last small part outside of a cameo and it's alongside Elliott Gould in Getting Straight. How many '60s anti-war tropes can the film wedge...
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Journey to Shiloh - The Ford Fiesta
Harrison Ford gets his most screen time yet in Journey To Shiloh, a Civil War drama meets a western film from 1968. Paul and Adam break it down, including the weird '60s song that describes all the characters for you. Plus, Ford News, This Date in Ford History and the usual nonsense you come to...
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A Time For Killing - The Ford Fiesta
The Ford Fiesta moves into Harrison Ford's early western phase. He made a pair of westerns in the '60s and wouldn't return to the genre unless Gene Wilder or aliens were involved. In this episode, Paul and Adam break down A Time For Killing, featuring Glenn Ford, a Ford who takes up far too much...
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Luv - The Ford Fiesta
The Ford Fiesta rolls on with the second film of Harrison Ford's career, the 1967 Jack Lemmon/Peter Falk comedy Luv. "Now, what the hell is that?", you may be thinking. Paul & Adam thought the same thing, so they bring in special guest Movie Guy Steven Lewis to sort things out. PLUS, an historic...
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Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round - The Ford Fiesta
The Ford Fiesta is here! Join Movie Guys Paul Preston and Adam Witt as they celebrate the hell out of screen icon Harrison Ford, covering one movie per episode until they've seen everything Ford ever made. Episode #1 is all about Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round, Ford's first film. Paul and Adam…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Movie Guys’ Paul Preston and Adam Witt breakdown the films of Harrison Ford’s career, one per episode. Whether it’s an early-career flick or a popular classic, Paul and Adam bring a unique take and fun recurring segments to wrapping up their life goal of seeing every movie the screen legend has ever made.
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The Movie Guys’ Paul Preston and Adam Witt breakdown the films of Harrison Ford’s career, one per episode. Whether it’s an early-career flick or a popular classic, Paul and Adam bring a unique take and fun recurring segments to wrapping up their life goal of seeing every movie the screen legend has...
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