Greatest Movie Of All-Time

Dana and Tom discuss their 1980s Best Picture winner selection in Amadeus from 1984: directed by Milos Forman, written by Peter Shaffer, starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, and Elizabeth Berridge. Plot Summary: In the winter of 1823, Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) is in a psychiatric hospital following a suicide attempt. A priest is summoned to hear Salieri’s confession concerning his stat...

Dana and Tom discuss the second selection for Best Picture winners' month with Gentlemen's Agreement: directed by Elia Kazan, written by Moss Hart, starring Gregory Peck, Celeste Holm, and Dean Stockwell. Plot Summary: Philip Schuyler Green (Gregory Peck) is a widowed journalist who has just moved to New York City with his son Tommy (Dean Stockwell) and mother (Anne Revere). His new employer, a ma...

Dana and Tom start their month of Best Picture winners with the winner from 1992, Unforgiven: directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, written by David Webb Peoples, with Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, and Gene Hackman. Plot Summary: William Munny (Clint Eastwood) is a widowed farmer with a dark past. Munny left his gun fighting days behind him to marry his wife. However, with his wife now deceas...

Dana and Tom are once again joined by another member of the Duncan family, Tom's sister, Allyson Techmeier, to discuss her favorite movie for her birthday, Mary Poppins (1964): directed by Robert Stevenson; written by Bill Walsh and Don Da Gradi; starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. Plot Summary: After yet another nanny quits due to the behavior of his children, George Banks (David Tomlinson)...

Dana and Tom visit one of Tom's favorite movies, Good Will Hunting (1997): directed by Gus Van Sant, written by and starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, with Casey Affleck, Minnie Driver, Stellan Skarsgaard, and Robin Williams. Plot Summary: When a mysterious janitor, Will Hunting (Matt Damon), at MIT solves one of the complex math challenges for the students, Professor Gerald Lambeau (Stellan Ska...

Dana and Tom revisit Dana's selection for the third season, Casablanca (1942): directed by Michael Curtiz, written by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, and Peter Lorre. Plot Summary: With the outbreak of war in Europe, refugees make their way to Casablanca in French Morocco, attempting to obtain visas which will allow them...

Dana and Tom discuss their lists of the Top 10 1950s movies. You can now follow us on Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok (@gmoatpodcast) or find our Facebook page at Greatest Movie of All-Time Podcast . For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/top-10-1950s-movies For the entire rankings list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time...

Dana and Tom revisit one of the seminal classics of Alfred Hitchcock, North by Northwest: written by Ernest Lehman; starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, and Martin Landau. Plot Summary: Madison Avenue Ad Man, Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant), is mistaken for George Kaplan, a government agent, is kidnapped, and taken to meet a mysterious man Lester Townsend (James Mason). The man wants to...

Dana and Tom welcome back six-time returning guest, Christine Duncan, to discuss one of the most popular movies of the 80s as well as the the movie that made Tom Cruise a movie star just in time for the sequel coming out on May 27th, Top Gun: directed by Tony Scott, written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr., starring Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Kelly McGillis, and Tom Skeritt. Plot Summa...

Tom and Dana discuss the last of their Military Courtroom Drama selections in Judgement at Nuremberg: directed by Stanley Kramer, written by Abby Mann, starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Maximilian Schell, Marlene Dietrich, Richard Widmark, Judy Garland, and Montgomery Clift. Plot Summary: In 1947, the War Crimes trials continue in Nuremberg, Germany. Dan Haywood (Spencer Tracy) arrives to pa...

Dana and Tom discuss their second entry in Military Courtroom Drama month and one of Dana's favorites, The Caine Mutiny: directed by Edward Dmytryk, written by Stanley Roberts and Michael Blankfort, starring Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer, and Fred MacMurray. Plot Summary: In the middle of World War II, out in the Pacific Theater, we find a tired and weary minesweeper the Caine. When a new captain,...

Dana and Tom discuss another cable TV favorite, A Few Good Men: directed by Rob Reiner; written by Aaron Sorkin; starring Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Kevin Pollack, Kevin Bacon, Keifer Sutherland, and Jack Nicholson. Plot Summary: After the death of a private at Guantanamo Bay, two Marines are charged with murder, and Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) is appointed to represent the two in their def...

Dana and Tom discuss the last movie of Sports Movie Month for April, Victory (1981): directed by John Huston; written by Evan Jones and Yabo Yablonsky; starring Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max Von Sydow, and Pele. Plot Summary: While touring a prisoner of war camp, Major Karl von Steiner (Max Von Sydow), notices a team of prisoners coached by Captain John Colby (Michael Caine), a former pro...

Dana and Tom discuss a movie with a lot of personal value to Tom, The Waterboy from 1998: directed by Frank Coraci, written by Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler, starring Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, and Henry Winkler. Plot Summary: After long time water boy, Bobby Boucher (Adam Sandler), is fired from his job at the University of Louisiana because the players are so often distracted by trying to harass...

Dana and Tom discuss the preeminent hockey movie, Slap Shot (1977): directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd, starring Paul Newman and Strother Martin. Plot Summary: Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman) is the player/coach of the Charlestown Chiefs, a minor league hockey team in rural Pennsylvania. When the local mill is announced to be closing, Dunlop desperately tries to rally his last place te...

Dana and Tom discuss one of their favorite baseball movies that has a lot of personal sentimental value for Dana in Major League (1989): directed and written by David S. Ward; starring Tom Berenger, Corbin Bernsen, Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes, and Bob Uecker. Plot Summary: Former Las Vegas showgirl Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton) inherits the Cleveland Indians baseball team from her deceased hus...

Dana and Tom break down what is not only the considered the best basketball movie, but the best sports movie of all-time: Hoosiers; directed by David Anspaugh; written by Angelo Pizzo; starring Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, and Dennis Hopper. Plot Summary: In Hickory, a small, rural community in Indiana, Norman Dale (Gene Hackman) is brought to the local High School in need of a new basketball co...

Dana and Tom preview the Oscars for 2022 by giving you their predictions, discussing their favorites, and introduce a new annual wager. You can now follow us on Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok (@gmoatpodcast) or find our Facebook page at Greatest Movie of All-Time Podcast . For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/2022-oscars-preview For the entire rankings list so far...

Dana and Tom finish their Season 3 March Trilogy Month with Ocean's Thirteen: directed by Steven Soderbergh; written by Brian Koppelman and David Levien; starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, and Al Pacino. Plot Summary: After Rueben Tishkoff (Elliot Guild) is strong-armed into relinquishing his interest in a new casino to his partner, Willy Bank (Al Pacino), Danny Ocean (Ge...

Dana and Tom tackle the second movie in their Season 3 March Trilogy Month, Ocean's 12: directed by Steven Soderbergh; written by George Nolfi; starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Plot Summary: Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia) locates all eleven members of Danny Ocean's (George Clooney) crew, demanding they return the $160 million they stole from hi...

Dana and Tom start their fan selected trilogy month with the first of the Ocean's trilogy, Ocean's 11: directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, and Andy Garcia. Plot Summary: Following his release from prison, Danny Ocean (George Clooney) meets his partner-in-crime and friend Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt) to propose a heist. The plan consists of simult...

Dana and Tom discuss the irreverent comedy, Friday (1995), as the last movie in their Black History Month celebration; directed by F. Gary Gray, written by Ice Cube and DJ Pooh, starring Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, and John Witherspoon. Plot Summary: Craig Jones (Ice Cube), recently fired and unemployed, spends Friday with his best friend, Smokey (Chris Tucker), a small-time drug peddler. However, whe...

Dana and Tom welcome back returning guest Christine Duncan to discuss the second movie in their Black History Month Recognition to commemorate the late Sidney Poitier, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967): directed by Stanley Kramer; written by William Rose; starring Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy, and Katherine Hepburn. Plot Summary: After having met and fallen in love in Hawaii, Dr. John Prentice...

Dana and Tom start their Black History Month series with one of the most controversial films of all-time, Do the Right Thing (1989): directed, written, and starring Spike Lee, with Rosie Perez, Danny Aiello, John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, and Ossie Davis. Plot Summary: On an extremely hot day, tempers flare in a predominately black neighborhood in NYC centered around Sal's Famous pizzeria run...

Dana and Tom welcome in friend of the show, Robb Conlon ( The Recruiting Hell Podcast ) for their 100th episode to cover one of the most often cited greatest movies of all-time, The Godfather: directed by Francis Ford Coppola; starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan, and John Cazale. Plot Summary: In 1945, Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), the head of the Corleone Crime Family in...