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John Wesley Downey plays a clip from his guest appearance on the Doug Pike Show on Sport Talk 790.  John and Doug talk about a movie currently in release called WHALE FALL, based on a novel, directed by Brian Duffield.  The story is about a young scuba diver who gets trapped inside the stomach of an 85 foot long sperm whale.  The diver only has an hour of oxygen in his tanks so time is of the essence.  We also talked about the symbolism of being in the Belly of the Beast, and how this theme appears in the Bible in the story of Jonah and the Whale and also in the territory.  The movie was produced by Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment, who made Apollo 13 and A BEAUTIFUL MIND. Very interesting 12 minute disussion.

John welcomes Brian diStafano to the show to play the Deert Island Movie Show.If you were a guest, what three movies would you take if you knew you would bestuck on an island for five years?Brian is the father of one of John'svoice over students and a life long movie fanatic.

This podcast begins with John Wesley Downey doing a top ten countdown from last weekend's box office ranging from Resident Evil to Wildwood and more.  After John finishes with the number one movie, he spends time talking about Sir Patrick Stewart who passed away this week at the age of 86.  John honors his memory and also tells a funny story about Sir Patrick when he was in the 1984 David Lynch movie of DUNE.  RIP Sir Patrick Stewart.

John Wesley Downey counTs down the top ten domestic box office (North American box office consisting of the United States and Canada) for the weekend of October 16 through the 18th..  The weekend held a divrse group of films ranging from animation, to a revenge thriller, to an Alaskan survival adventure, a conroversial documentary and a movie based on a vintage video game.  Plus a preview of a much anticipated stop motion  animation movie, WILD WOOD.

John Wesley Downey went and saw Digger twice to give it a shot at a fair review.  His conclusion as to the value of the movie is a very mixed bag.  Give it a listen.

True Film Fan host John Wesley Downey gives listeners of the podcast a sneak preview of the movies to be rleased domestically in North America October 16 to theh 18th.  Most notable among them WHALEFALL, about a scuba diver tribute in the stomach of a sperm whale that weighs 80 tons. 

Your True Film Fan host John Wesley Downey counts down from ten to one the domestic grosses of the top ten movies released in North America. from October 9 to 11.  Of particular note were the grosses of Digger, a disaster of epic proportions about a disaster of epic proportions, and the Brad Pitt adventure in Alaska which appears to have legs.

First John talks about many of the releases on the top ten list at the box office.Those movies include Daniel and the Firety Furnace, Practical Magic 2, Forgotten Island,Primetime starring Robert Pattinson and Heart of the Beast starring Brad Pitt and finallyResident Evil 6.  Lots of variety in this week's top 10.John then goes on to announce the top ten list at the domestic box office,beginning with number ten.  Counting down to number one.

It's finally arrived in theaters.  A movie that took a very difficult journey to theatres.  It's the Looney Tunes feature film, Coyote vs. Acme.  It's incredibly ironic that a movie about corporate treachery had to battle corporate treachery!  Animator Justin Wilkins and host John Wesley Downey review the movie on 950 KPRC and we have loaded the segment here on to the podcast.  Enjoy.

In 1970 writer-director Mel Brooks made a movie called THE TWELVE CHAIRS starring Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom Deluise and Brooks himself in a small role. It got minimal distribution. It was released between 1968's THE PRODUCERS (for which Brooks won an Academy Award for Best Screenplay) and his mega hit BLAZING SADDLES.  But the TWELVE CHAIRS, about two men pursuing diamonds in the 1930s in the Soviet Union sank with barely a trace.  John Wesley Downey tells you all about it in this True Film Fan podcast and may even know where you can watch it for free.