Timecode Cowboys

Timecode Cowboys | Season Two | Ep. 5 | A Mondo STAR WARS Deep Dive with Special Guest Colin Smight (May the 4th Special)This is the one we’ve been teasing for over a year… and it finally happened.For our May the 4th special, we welcome longtime guest-in-waiting (and Danny’s brother) Colin Smight for a full-blown, multi-generational deep dive into Star Wars — from the original theatrical experience in 1977 all the way to the Disney era, theme parks, and beyond.What starts as a conversation about toys, VHS tapes, and waiting in line at the theater quickly expands into something much bigger: a debate about authorship, mythmaking, corporate stewardship, and whether Star Wars is still… cool.We cover the entire galaxy — the highs, the lows, and the strange middle ground where it somehow exists as both sacred text and plastic merch empire.Along the way, we get into:– First memories of Star Wars (and the power of action figures) 🧸 – The Special Editions and “what did George actually change?” 🎞️ – The prequels: misunderstood masterpieces or beautiful messes? 🎭 – Why Andor might be the best thing since Empire 👀 – The Disney era: safe nostalgia vs. bold world-building 🏰 – Rogue One, The Last Jedi, and the great fandom divide ⚔️ – The mythology of George Lucas and the influence of Joseph Campbell 📚 – Why The Empire Strikes Back still reigns supreme ❄️ – The failure of the Star Wars hotel (yes, really) 🏨 – And what it all means to pass these movies down to the next generation 👶✨It’s part film history, part cultural autopsy, and part family story — the kind of episode that reminds you why these movies stuck in the first place.Whether you grew up with the originals, the prequels, or the Disney slate… this one’s for you.🎬 Films & TV Shows Mentioned:– Star Trek (1966–1969)– THX 1138 (1971)– American Graffiti (1973)– Jaws (1975)– Taxi Driver (1976)– Star Wars (1977)– Superman (1978)– The Empire Strikes Back (1980)– Return of the Jedi (1983)– The Phantom Menace (1999)– Attack of the Clones (2002)– Revenge of the Sith (2005)– The Force Awakens (2015)– Rogue One (2016)– The Last Jedi (2017)– Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)– The Rise of Skywalker (2019)– The Mandalorian (2019– )– Blade Runner 2049 (2017)– Dune (2021)– Andor (2022–2025)Send us Fan Mail

Timecode Cowboys | Season Two | Ep. 4 | Dan & Al Talk … Bad Day at Black Rock!We’re back to basics this week — one film, one town, and a whole lot simmering beneath the surface.Fresh off a spontaneous midweek screening assignment (courtesy of a late-night text and a Criterion nudge), we dive headfirst into Bad Day at Black Rock — John Sturges’ lean, mean 1955 desert noir-Western hybrid that unfolds like a pressure cooker in Cinemascope.What starts as a simple errand — a one-armed WWII vet (Spencer Tracy) arriving in a remote town to deliver a medal — quickly spirals into something far more sinister. The train shouldn’t have stopped. The town doesn’t want him there. And everyone seems to be hiding the same terrible secret.We break down the film’s deceptively simple structure, its forensic-style storytelling, and the way it weaponizes space, silence, and suspicion.Along the way, we get into:– Spencer Tracy as the ultimate reluctant antihero 🕶️– Robert Ryan and the anatomy of small-town tyranny 🏜️– The ghost of WWII and America’s unresolved guilt 🇺🇸– Lone Pine, Alabama Hills, and the mythology of the American West 🌄– The surprising Rambo DNA buried in the narrative 🪖– André Previn’s “all gas, no brakes” score (and why it kind of works… until it doesn’t) 🎼– Cinemascope as both canvas and trap — staging tension in negative space 🎥– Why the film feels like a stage play… and a moral reckoning ⚖️We also touch on performance philosophy (Spencer Tracy’s process vs. modern prep), directing on instinct, and how limitation — whether technical or narrative — can sharpen a film’s edge.It’s a tight 90 minutes, but like the best Westerns, it leaves a long shadow. And the more we talked about it, the more it started to feel less like a relic… and more like a warning.So saddle up, cue the train whistle, and maybe don’t trust the locals. Because sometimes the quietest towns have the loudest secrets.🎬 Films & TV Shows Mentioned:Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)High Noon (1952)White Christmas (1954)The Searchers (1956)Lonely Are the Brave (1962)Billy Jack (1971)Vanishing Point (1971)First Blood (1982)Chinatown (1974)Dogville (2003)Django Unchained (2012)Bridge of Spies (2015)Send us Fan Mail

Timecode Cowboys | Season Two | Ep. 3 | Spring Training! Cactus League Chronicles & Baseball CinemaWe hit the road this week for a spring training run through Arizona. What starts as a simple baseball trip becomes a full-blown American detour: a stop at the General Patton Memorial Museum, a surreal hotel experience in Glendale, and a wandering, sun-soaked dive into the rhythms of the AZ Cactus League!From mellow weekday games to packed Dodger crowds, we take in the strange duality of spring training — part exhibition, part ritual, part proving ground.Along the way, we get into why baseball might be the most cinematic sport there is, how the game has evolved from offseason “fat farms” to year-round precision, and what it means to watch players like Freddie Freeman operate with almost balletic ease in a low-stakes setting.Along the way, we also discuss:– The accidental comedy of roadside Americana 🇺🇸– Spring training as both spectacle and audition ⚾️– Tailgates, RVs, and the real action in the parking lot 🚐🔥– The quiet art of fielding (and the 10,000-hour theory) 🎯🎬 Films & TV Shows Mentioned:It Happens Every Spring (1949)Damn Yankees (1958)The Natural (1984)Eight Men Out (1988)Field of Dreams (1989)Sugar (2008)Send us Fan Mail

Timecode Cowboys | Season Two | Ep. 2 | From Marvel to Morocco: Rave Cinema, Superhero Fatigue & Haunted L.A. LocalesWe’re back in the saddle with a new RØDECaster setup and a proper grab-bag conversation that veers all the way from Marvel to Morocco to Murphy Ranch.This week, we dive into the surprisingly soulful Wonder Man (and Marvel’s ongoing identity crisis), before shifting gears into one of the most haunting theatrical experiences of the year: Sirât, Oliver Laxe’s rave-infused fever dream that left us both rattled and inspired.We talk economy of visual language, the difference between aesthetic indulgence and narrative restraint, and why some films seep into your subconscious while others evaporate on contact. Along the way, we also discuss:– Ben Kingsley’s career renaissance 🎭– Yorgos Lanthimos and the perils of “too much sauce” 🎨🔥– The strange magic of Oscar season 🏆✨– A spontaneous call to Colin about Santa Clarita urban legends 📞🌙– And baseball movies on deck 🎢⚾️It’s a little Marvel fatigue 🦸‍♂️, a little Cannes reverie 🌊🎬, and a lot of Los Angeles lore — the kind of episode that feels like eavesdropping on two cinephiles trying to figure out what still moves them. Buckle up!🎬 Films & TV Shows Discussed:Wages of Fear (1953)Sorcerer (1977)Hardcore (1979)The Shining (1980)Sexy Beast (2000)The Matrix (1999)The Matrix Resurrections (2021)Iron Man (2008)Iron Man 3 (2013)Barry (2018–2023)Watchmen (TV series, 2019)Oppenheimer (2023)Poor Things (2023)Wonder Man (2025) (as discussed in-episode)Sirât (2024)Sentimental Value (2024)The Secret Agent (2024)Send us Fan Mail

Timecode Cowboys | Season Two | Ep. 1 | The Universal Backlot: Hollywood’s Factory FloorIn this S2 premiere episode, we explore the history, mythology, and everyday reality of Universal Studios Hollywood — not as a theme park, but as a working studio that’s been shaping Hollywood for more than a century.We’re joined on a backlot field trip by special guests Ben Sommer (@ben.gordo), Director of Programmatic Partnerships at NBCUniversal, and Andrew Paz (@andybrand), co-founder of Big Time (@bigtimebigtimebigtimebigtime), bringing insider access and fresh perspective along for the ride.In this episode, we cover:🎞️ The birth of the studio tour and the chaos of silent-era filmmaking🧠 Life inside the machine: soundstages, commissaries, parking politics, and daily studio rhythms🦈 How Spielberg and Verna Fields saved Jaws when the shark wouldn’t work🌍 Universal logo history, late-’90s DVD bumpers, and studio branding obsessions🔥 Studio fires, lost archives, and preservation vs. reinventionIt’s a reset. A road trip. And a statement of intent for Season Two: fewer walls, more field trips, and a deeper connection to the places where film history is still being made.🎬 Films & TV Shows Discussed:The Time Tunnel (1966)Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)How the West Was Won (1962)The Battle of the Bulge (1965)Grand Prix (1966)2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)Airport (1970)Columbo (1971)The Towering Inferno (1974)Earthquake (1974)Airport 1975 (1974)Jaws (1975)Midway (1976)Alien (1979)Apocalypse Now (1979)The Rockford Files (1974)Hart to Hart (1979)Jurassic Park (1993)The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)The Mummy (1999)The Mummy Returns (2001)CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)Desperate Housewives (2004)The Artist (2011)Stranger Things (2016)••Babylon (2022)Send us Fan Mail

Timecode Cowboys | Ep. 15 | TV PILOTS! (Season One Finale)We’re closing the book on Season One — and doing it the only way we know how: by talking about the strange, high-stakes, half-forgotten corner of Hollywood history known as the TV pilot.In this finale episode, Danny and his dad dig into the lost art of pilot season: rushed schedules, wild concepts, focus-group madness, and shows that almost were. Drawing on decades of firsthand experience cutting pilots — some brilliant, some doomed — we trace how the system worked, why it collapsed, and what it says about how Hollywood used to gamble on ideas instead of algorithms.Along the way, we veer into market testing, Nielsen ratings, backdoor pilots, pilot killers, soundtrack needle drops, and the eerie feeling of standing outside buildings where entire TV futures were once decided.In this episode, we cover:🎬 What a TV pilot actually is — and why most never made it to air🧪 Focus groups, Nielsen diaries & the Preview House on Sunset Blvd✂️ Inside the cutting room — brutal deadlines, unfinished episodes & sudden cancellations📺 Standalone TV vs. serialized prestige — what we lost, what we gained🤠 Personal war stories — the pilots that almost changed everythingMore importantly, this episode also marks the end of Timecode Cowboys: Season One — and the beginning of a new era. New seasons, new collaborators, new music, and field-trip episodes exploring Hollywood’s past, present, and future are just over the horizon.Cowboys out (for now).🎬 Films and TV Shows discussed:My Mother the Car (1965, TV)Mister Ed (1961–1966, TV)Star Trek (1966–1969, TV)Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)The Last Run (1971)Columbo (1971–2003, TV)McCloud (1970–1977, TV)The Name of the Game (1968–1971, TV)The Rockford Files (1974–1980, TV)Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983, TV)The Twilight Zone (1959–1964, TV)Hill Street Blues (1981–1987, TV)St. Elsewhere (1982–1988, TV)Star Wars (1977)Doctor Who (1963–present, TV)ER (1994–2009, TV)CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015, TV)CSI: Miami (2002–2012, TV)Century City (2004, TV)Breaking Bad (2008–2013, TV)The Dark Knight (2008)Send us Fan Mail

Timecode Cowboys | Ep. 14 | David P. Loughery: The Man, The Myth, The LegendWe’re back — and this week we literally walked off the 18th green, dropped our clubs, and hit record. Why?Because David P. Loughery — screenwriter, mentor, raconteur, and honorary cowboy — loved two things with unadulterated devotion: classic movies … and golf!From Dreamscape to Passenger 57, Money Train, The Three Musketeers, Lakeview Terrace, and The Intruder, David built the kind of career Hollywood rarely celebrates: steady, surprising, generous, and full of personality. A real craftsman. A real wit. A real one-of-one.In this episode, we cover:📝 Script stories from the trenches — Snipes, Quaid, Shatner & beyond🎬 Notes swaps & mentorship — how David shaped Danny’s writing🍸 Martinis, mini-malls & midnight noirs — David’s secret map of Los Angeles😂 The quirks — the early arrivals, the BMW he wouldn’t drive on freeways, the Word docs saved “somewhere”🧠 A master of genre — thrillers, western riffs, studio rewrites, and pure storytelling💙 A friend who became family — and the voice still echoing in our writingHere’s to David and the movies, the memories, and the punchlines he gifted us.🎬 Films discussed:Dreamscape (1984)Heart to Hart (TV)The Stepfather (1987)Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)Flashback (1990)Passenger 57 (1992)Money Train (1995)Tom and Huck (1995)Lakeview Terrace (2008)Obsessed (2009)Penthouse North (2013)Nurse 3D (2013)The Intruder (2019)Send us Fan Mail

Timecode Cowboys | Ep. 13 | Universal Monsters & Other Ghost StoriesHappy Halloween!!! On this, our oh so spooky number 13th episode, Danny and Alec dust off the silver nitrate and dive headfirst into Universal’s monster legacy - from Lon Chaney Jr.’s The Wolf Man (1941) to Abbott & Costello’s horror-comedy crossover, all the way to the haunted soundstage where Phantom of the Opera was filmed (and allegedly never fully dismantled).Along the way, they wander through forgotten film reels, UCLA’s hidden vault in the hills of Santa Clarita, and a few attempted “phone-a-friend” sessions with none other than friend-of-the-pod Colin Smight (spoiler: he didn’t pick up!).Plus: Dodgers in the World Series, Tiny Tim trauma, and a quick shoutout for Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another.It’s a loose, spooky, cinephile séance — half Hollywood history, half family campfire. Join us!🎬 Films discussed: The Wolf Man (1941), Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), The Phantom of the Opera (1925), The Exorcist (1973), Sunset Boulevard (1950), In a Lonely Place (1950), Bugonia (2025), One Battle After Another (2025)Send us Fan Mail

Timecode Cowboys | Ep. 12 | Judgment Day: The Future According to CameronThis week marks a new era for Timecode Cowboys — cleaner lines, simpler frames, same father-son chaos. At the urging of our resident design whisperer Claire Smight, we’ve shed the visual noise and gone full refined minimalism — less clutter, more cinema. Fittingly, our topic couldn’t be more on theme: James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day — a film that redefined what “the future” looked like, both on-screen and off.Danny and Al dive deep into Cameron’s visionary mix of analog grit and digital precision, unpacking how T2 still feels like the ultimate meditation on A.I., technology, and what it means to evolve — as artists, as humans, and now, apparently, as podcasters with better design taste.Here’s what’s locked and loaded in this one:🎬 Why T2 remains the gold standard for sequels (and possibly the greatest action movie ever made)⚙️ How Cameron’s analog craft makes the digital revolution feel real🦾 The birth of Skynet — and why the film’s warnings feel even more urgent today🧩 Time travel, paradoxes, and the snake-eating-its-own-tail logic of the Terminator universe💥 The genius of Linda Hamilton, the innocence of Joe Morton, and Arnold’s mechanical empathy☢️ Cold War paranoia, nuclear nightmares, and sci-fi’s obsession with self-destruction🧠 Plus: parallels between Cameron’s Skynet and the modern A.I. arms race🎨 And a quick look at our own new aesthetic reboot — courtesy of Claire’s less-is-more design revolutionIt’s part film school, part philosophy jam, and part nostalgic rewatch — a cinematic therapy session on what happens when machines learn too much and humans forget what made them human.👉 Saddle up, hit play, and join us for Episode 12: Judgment Day: The Future According to Cameron.🤠 Like, comment, and subscribe for more stories from the reel frontier!🎧 Available wherever you pod!Send us Fan Mail

Timecode⏱️🤠Cowboys | Ep. 11 | The A.I. Frontier ☕🤖This one starts with an espresso machine that refuses to cooperate… and ends with an existential conversation about the fate of art, energy, and humanity itself.Welcome to Episode 11 — our most caffeinated deep dive yet — where we unpack the accelerating world of generative A.I., from the creative possibilities to the ecological costs nobody’s talking about.Here’s what we stir up in this wide-ranging conversation:🏌️ Morning golf, California fires, and the virtue of routine🎞️ How A.I. video tools are reshaping filmmaking — and why consistency is still the hardest shot⚙️ Data farms, water shortages, and the energy arms race powering the digital frontier💥 The Three Mile Island reboot — and what it says about the new technocracy🧠 The ethics, excitement, and unease of working with the machine📽️ From 2001: A Space Odyssey to The Social Network, how cinema has been warning us all alongIt’s part debate, part crash course in the future of creativity — an episode where curiosity meets caution, and the cowboys face the algorithmic horizon.👉 Saddle up, pour a double, and join us for Episode 11: Espresso Yourself.🤠 Like, comment, and subscribe for more stories from the reel frontier!🎧 Available wherever you pod!Send us Fan Mail

Timecode A.I. WestCowboys | Ep. 10 | Ten Gallons Deep: California Gold, Twilight Zones & The WildOur 10th episode! Ten rides in the can, and we’re celebrating the only way we know how — bygoing completely off script. No guests, no notes, just a father-son free-for-all through film history,memory, and the strange present tense we’re all living in.Here’s what we wrangle in this milestone episode:Grand Prix (1966) — split screens, speed, and the ghost of live TVA road trip to the Kern River & the volunteer museum preserving Western film historyA love letter to Huell Howser and the lost art of public-access wonderRevisiting The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling, and the haunted poetry of early televisionA philosophical detour into A.I., art, and the uncanny future of filmmakingWhy A Christmas Carol is the original ghost storyThe Luddite wars, ChatGPT’s “computational jellyfish,” and what’s next for the creative classIt’s part California postcard, part Twilight Zone rerun, part midnight symposium on where movies (andmaybe humanity) go from here.Saddle up, pour a drink, and join us as we mark ten episodes of Timecode Cowboys — still outhere on the reel frontier.Like, comment, and subscribe for the next ten rides.Available wherever you pod!——————————————————————————————————————————Send us Fan Mail

Timecode Cowboys | Ep. 9 | Renaissance Man Robert Young IIIThis week we’re catching up with one of Danny’s oldest friends and collaborators — filmmaker, actor,musician, and bona fide creative polymath Rob Young III — for a conversation that spans decades,mediums, and mindsets.From their first short film together (a teenage neo-noir called Bulletproof) to Rob’s latest political rockopera Nixon King, this episode is a trip through the wild roads of DIY filmmaking, Detroit artistry, andthe strange freedom that comes from doing it all yourself.Here’s what we cover in this cinematic hangout:From CalArts to Harvard — the winding path of a multi-hyphenate storytellerWorking at Detroit Public Television and learning the craft from the inside outThe genesis of Nixon King, a rock opera where MLK meets Nixon behind barsCollaborating with (pre-fame) Damien Chazelle and the power of early creative circlesReimagining Batman, JFK, and other icons on his long-running YouTube channelThe raw genius and controversy of Last Tango in Paris — and the cost of creative riskWhy filmmaking is still the most democratic art form… and the hardest to sustainFrom Detroit diners to CalArts casting calls, Episode 9 is an ode to persistence, friendship, and thelifelong pursuit of making something—anything—worth remembering.Saddle up, hit play, and join us for a ride with the one-man studio himself, Rob Young III.Like, comment, and subscribe for more stories from the reel frontier!Available wherever you pod!————————————————————————————————————————Send us Fan Mail

Timecode⏱️🤠Cowboys | Ep. 8 | Pt. 2 | Salad Days & Starfields with Crescenzo 🌌🎬Our ride with cinematographer extraordinaire Crescenzo Notarile continues — and this time we’re diving into his salad days working on ‘80s era music videos, his stint on Star Trek: Discovery, and the bigger questions about art, artists, and legacy - and of course, The Godfather.Here’s what we cover in this jam-packed part two:🎶 Shooting 850+ music videos — from Billy Idol to Tom Petty, U2, Pink Floyd & Michael Jackson🔮 The tricks of the trade Crescenzo still carries with him from his MTV days🚀 Lighting the impossible corridors of Star Trek: Discovery and Picard👁️ The unforgettable sadness he saw in Michael Jackson’s eyes⚖️ Can (or should) we separate the art from the artist?🎨 Coppola’s Megalopolis and the beauty of taking big swings late in life🍊 Oranges, tragedy, and the power of symbolism in The GodfatherFrom lasers at a Pink Floyd show to run and gun camerawork on the ledge of a liquor store, this conversation is a whole cinematic universe unto itself.👉 Saddle up, hit play, and join us for Part 2 of our conversation with Crescenzo.🤠 Like, comment, and subscribe for more stories from the reel frontier!🎧 Available wherever you pod!Send us Fan Mail

Timecode⏱️🤠Cowboys | Ep. 8 | Pt. 1 | Lights, Camera… Crescenzo! 🎥✨We finally wrangled our biggest guest yet — the one, the only, Crescenzo Notarile — Emmy-nominated cinematographer, lifelong student of light 🧠💡 and all-around Renaissance man 🏆📸. We had sooooo much fun with Crescenzo that we had to split this one into TWO PARTS !Here’s what we cover in this rich and rollicking Pt. 1:📺 The Twilight Zone episode that changed Crescenzo’s life forever📸 Crescenzo’s love for photography — and private collection of Avedon prints!🎞️ The Swedish Masters of Mood: Sven Nykvist & Ingmar Bergman🔍 The difference between long lenses vs. wide lenses🧪 The lab montages that made CSI famous📚 The Kubrick quotes we take as gospel♟️ And why every great filmmaker should master the game of chessFrom high art to handheld chaos, this one’s got gravitas, grit, and a whole lot of heart. ❤️👉 Like, comment, and subscribe for more cinematic campfire tales 🤠🎧 Available wherever you pod!Send us Fan Mail

Timecode⏱️🤠Cowboys | Ep. 7 | Cannes You Believe It?! 🇫🇷🎞️We’re back in the saddle after a wild ride to the Cannes Film Festival 🥂🎥 — where Danny’s work on Slauson Recwas a last-minute addition to the prestigious Cannes Classics lineup! 😱✨In this very special episode:🐎 Dan survives the red carpet and a brutal sinus infection🧢 Buys waaaaay too many souvenir hats🎟️ Breaks down the circus-like chaos of Cannes📽️ Reflects on editing a vérité doc for 2 years straight✍️ Retreats into the French countryside for a creative Eat Pray Love style journey🍷 Visits Ridley Scott’s personal vineyard (and, yes, the Alien space suits are there)From the Palais to the Provence, this one’s a jetlagged, wine-drenched, film-soaked recap of a life-changing creative high. ✈️💻📓👉 Like, comment, and subscribe for more cowboy cinema ramblings 🤠🎧 Available wherever you pod!Send us Fan Mail

Timecode⏱️🤠Cowboys | Ep. 6 | The Smight Stuff: Claire, Con Artists & Paper MoonThis week, the Smight family expands—and upgrades.✨Claire Smight—art director, film connoisseur, and certified agent of cool—makes her long-awaited Timecode Cowboys debut 🎤🎉With Peter Bogdanovich’s Paper Moon (1973) as our  compass, we hit the open road to explore a world of scams, grifts, and Americana. Along the way we discuss the following:👧 Tatum O’Neal’s Oscar-winning chaos as Addie Loggins📖 The fine art of a Bible hustle🎥 Bogdanovich’s obsession with vintage style and modern sharpness🍼 And the truth about growing up in a house full of filmmakers, jokers, and cinephilesIt’s part family roast, part roadside elegy, and all love.The Smights get reflective, ridiculous—and maybe a little rowdy. And yes: Claire absolutely steals the show (just like Tatum).#TimecodeCowboys #ClaireSmight #PaperMoon #TatumOneal #Bogdanovich #1970sCinema #FamilyPodcast #FilmHistory #HollywoodDynasties #ConArtistClassicsSend us Fan Mail

Timecode⏱️🤠Cowboys | Ep. 5 | Doctor’s Orders: Learning to Love the Cut with Mark Baldwin (and Dr. Strangelove)This week, we step into the war room and go full Kubrick. Editor, documentarian, and raconteur Mark Baldwin joins us for a deep dive into the genius of Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb — from its razor-sharp satire to the way its editing reshaped comedy.As a longtime industry vet with credits across both docs and narrative fare, Mark also shares his own career journey:🧠 How Strangelove rewired his brain as a young cinephile🎬 What it takes to build a lasting editing career in Hollywood📼 Why sometimes the best edits happen when you don’t follow the scriptIt’s part masterclass, part therapy session for film lovers. Slim Pickens rides the bomb, and we ride shotgun with Baldwin.#TimecodeCowboys #DrStrangelove #Kubrick #StanleyKubrick #FilmEditing #PostProduction #HollywoodLife #ColdWarCinema #PodcastGuestsSend us Fan Mail

Timecode⏱️🤠Cowboys | Ep. 4 | Edit Room Rodeo: John Heath on his Career in and Out of the Cutting RoomThis week, The Cowboys welcome their very first guest to the corral: producer, editor, and director John Heath 🎥✂️. We saddle up for a ride through John's decades-spanning career — from the wild early days of non-linear editing 🖥️ to the modern media frontier — swapping tales from the trenches of Hollywood across genres and eras. Plus, John brings a personal favorite to the table: the Coen Brothers' underworld masterpiece, Miller’s Crossing 🎩🔫.It's a story of cutting, crafting, and crossing paths — don't miss it!#Podcast #FilmHistory #EditingLife #MillersCrossing #CoenBrothers #FilmEditing #HollywoodTales #TimecodeCowboys #PodcastGuest #MovieMagicSend us Fan Mail

Buckle up, movie lovers — it’s time to hit the gas!🔥In Episode 3 of Timecode⏱️🤠Cowboys, we cruise the highway with Vanishing Point (1971), the cult classic that turned a white Dodge Challenger into an everlasting symbol of freedom, fatalism, and full-throttle filmmaking.We talk the seeds of the screenplay written by a Cuban novelist (who might have also been a CIA agent) Barry Newman’s effortlessly stoic protagonist Kowalski, the mysterious DJ Super Soul, and that surreal mix of high-speed chases and ‘70s soul-searching that makes this film so indelibly iconic.We also veer off-road into other iconic car chase flicks (The French Connection, Two-Lane Blacktop) and share how Vanishing Point floored us the first time we saw it.This one’s got muscle cars, desert vibes, and a whole lot of cinematic myth-making. If you’ve ever dreamed of outrunning society with just a full tank and a fuzzed-out soundtrack, this episode’s for you.Like, comment, and subscribe if you’re riding with us each week for film nostalgia, deep cuts, and father-son film talk!#VanishingPoint #70sCinema #CultClassics #CarChaseMovies #MoviePodcast #TimecodeCowboys #BarryNewman #RoadMovies #FilmTalk #CinemaClub #FilmNerdsUnite #MovieBuffs #podcastlifeSend us Fan Mail

Is Lonely are the Brave (1962) the real beginning of New Hollywood? In this episode of Timecode⏱️🤠Cowboys, we saddle up with one of the most underrated modern Westerns ever made — a film that saw Kirk Douglas swapping six-shooters for existentialism and horses for helicopters.This isn’t your granddad’s cowboy movie. This is a boundary-breaking elegy for the American individualist, a spiritual bridge from the mythic West to the morally complex antiheroes of the 1970s. Before Easy Rider, before The Wild Bunch, before Taxi Driver or Five Easy Pieces, there was Jack Burns — a man out of time, trapped between the frontier and the freeway.We dig deep into:🎬 The subversive screenplay by Dalton Trumbo🐎 Kirk Douglas' soulful performance and why he considered this his favorite film🚓 The film’s subtle political undertones and countercultural spirit🛣️ How this movie foreshadowed the themes, tone, and rebellion of New Hollywood cinemaIf you love Westerns that break the rules — or want to trace the cinematic lineage from Shane to Scorsese — this is your stop.Subscribe, like, and comment to let us know your favorite proto-New Hollywood films or Westerns with a twist!#TimecodeCowboys #LonelyAreTheBrave #KirkDouglas #DaltonTrumbo #NewHollywood #WesternMovies #ClassicCinema #FilmHistory #ModernWestern #Antihero #HollywoodRebellion #1960sCinema #FilmAnalysis #MoviePodcast #FilmDiscussion #CowboyMovies #OutlawCinema #CinemaHistory #PodcastEpisodeSend us Fan Mail

Welcome to the first episode of Timecode Cowboys, where we dive deep into the rugged, rebellious terrain of 1970s cinema! 🎥 From gritty antiheroes to groundbreaking auteurs, the ‘70s redefined Hollywood storytelling with daring new visions. 🍿🤠Join us as we explore how filmmakers wrangled the chaos of the era to create some of the most unforgettable movies in history.📽️ Subscribe for more episodes covering film history, iconic directors, and the evolution of cinema!#TimecodeCowboys #FilmHistory #1970sCinema #OutlawDecade #movieanalysis For those who are curious, here's a list of all movies - no matter how brief or tangential - mentioned in this episode (by order of oldest release date to newest...)Sunrise – 1927, directed by F.W. MurnauWhite Heat – 1949, directed by Raoul WalshDOA – 1950, directed by Rudolph MatéGun Crazy – 1950, dir. Joseph H. LewisIn A Lonely Place — 1950, dir. Nicholas RaySunset Blvd. – 1950, directed by Billy WilderAce in the Hole – 1951, directed by Billy WilderKiss Me Deadly – 1955, directed by Robert AldrichA Face in the Crowd – 1957, directed by Elia KazanSweet Smell of Success – 1957, directed by Alexander MackendrickDr. Strangelove – 1964, dir. Stanley KubrickSeconds – 1966, directed by John FrankenheimerBonnie and Clyde – 1967, directed by Arthur PennThe Swimmer – 1968, directed by Frank Perry and Sydney PollackThey Shoot Horses, Don’t They? — 1969, directed by Sydney PollackEasy Rider – 1969, directed by Dennis HopperKlute – 1971, directed by Alan J. PakulaVanishing Point – 1971, directed by Richard C. SarafianA Clockwork Orange – 1971, directed by Stanley KubrickSleeper – 1973, directed by Woody AllenPaper Moon – 1973, directed by Peter BogdanovichZardoz – 1974, directed by John BoormanThe Sugarland Express – 1974, directed by Steven SpielbergChinatown – 1974, directed by Roman PolanskiBarry Lyndon – 1975, directed by Stanley KubrickAll the President's Men – 1976, directed by Alan J. PakulaTough Guys Don't Dance – 1987, directed by Norman MailerThe Lost World: Jurassic Park – 1997, directed by Steven SpielbergAustin Powers: International Man of Mystery – 1997, directed by Jay RoachAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me – 1999, directed by Jay RoachDeath Proof – 2007, directed by Quentin TarantinoSend us Fan Mail

Alec and Danny Smight, father and son filmmakers, discuss Movies, TV, Filmmaking from it's beginnings to present day and beyond!   Instagram - @timecode_cowboysTikTok - @timecode_cowboysSend us Fan Mail