Episode 020: The Hot Rock (1972)
A comic caper with real star power in front of and behind the camera.
Directed by Peter Yates. Screenplay by William Goldman based on a novel by Donald Westlake. Starring Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Liebman, Paul Sand, Moses Gunn, Topo Swope and Zero Mostel. Score by Quincy Jones.
How is the world wrong about this movie?
From Bryan: Despite the true talent that made this movie, despite it being a breezy but smart good time, this movie failed to bring in audiences. It also is sadly never mentioned when folks gush about seventies movies 24-7. Well, heck, I guess we’ll gush about it.
Featuring an interview with ALAN ABBADESSA
of Sync Book Press
(with Rodney Ascher)
Alan Abbadessa's "Hindsight 2020" series.
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