Jason O'Connell, Fred Berman, Dan Matisa

Opening Weekend

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In a world where cinemas have closed their doors (at least for the time being), "Opening Weekend" celebrates one of the many things we’d all love to be doing right now - going to the movies on a Friday night with our friends... Every week, Jason O'Connell, Fred Berman, and Dan Matisa (best friends, professional actors, and self-professed movie geeks) look back at a different opening weekend from the last 40 years, and bask in the warm, nostalgic, popcorn-buttery glow of going to the movies.

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Jason O'Connell, Fred Berman, Dan Matisa

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Episode 1: Star Wars – May 25 1977 25.05.2020 54:32

This inaugural episode of OPENING WEEKEND introduces hosts Jason O’Connell, Fred Berman, and Dan Matisa, establishing their “movie geek credentials” (“Starlog” subscription? Check. Childhood obsession with film critic Pauline Kael? Check...) before diving into a funny, freewheeling discussion of the first film to melt the minds of a generation: STAR WARS. Join this trio of comfy college buddies as...