Episode 516 - The China Syndrome
Added 2020-11-20 03:03:14 +0000 UTCOn this Brimsgiving edition of We Love Movies, the gang is chatting about the excellent 1979 message movie, The China Syndrome! Look at the horrible sandwiches Jack Lemmon keeps eating in this movie! How great did that scuzzy bar look? How elegant is Michael Douglas's beard? Why does Jane Fonda own that turtle? And was Brimley's character sneaking Second Lunch? PLUS: Brimley and Lemmon get cast in Clerks!
The China Syndrome stars Wilford Brimley, Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady, James Hampton, Peter Donat, Richard Herd, Daniel Valdez, and James Karen; directed by James Bridges.
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Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.
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John Shetler
2025-02-25 21:08:30 +0000 UTCI have listened to this episode at least 4 if not 5 times now in the last couple years. It always brings a smile and of course laughs and not surprising, a desire for some second lunch.
David Denoyer
2025-02-17 19:34:37 +0000 UTCThis has been the best brim job you’ve given. Thanks so much!
Benny S
2020-12-08 01:45:37 +0000 UTC2 hands of ham and 3 fingers of whiskey... I love that album
J HEASLEY
2020-12-04 16:38:25 +0000 UTCMisty Monday might be who Chris is thinking of.
Craig Ambrose
2020-11-28 01:04:41 +0000 UTCL Me I l
Benjamin Connors
2020-11-25 19:40:58 +0000 UTCNot sure, but they may have based the name Misty Mountains on real life 80s porn star Christy Canyon.
Christian Gavey
2020-11-23 23:55:33 +0000 UTCFonda is so goddamn good in this. Playing the character *playing* a persona is such a hard thing to do in acting, and she does it so smoothly.
Sam
2020-11-22 05:32:23 +0000 UTCYou guys ever think of doing Absence of Malice? Brimley has an incredible appearance in that film.
SECRETARIATguy
2020-11-21 19:35:30 +0000 UTCI rewatched this shortly after seeing HBO's Chernobyl mini-series, and the two make excellent, if terrifying, companion pieces.
Kemper
2020-11-21 18:30:33 +0000 UTCYea
Shut It Off
2020-11-21 16:52:39 +0000 UTCNest egg 🤣🤣🤣
Joe Parrino
2020-11-21 06:21:44 +0000 UTCWhen I was 14 and living in Staten Island, my dad took me to see China Syndrome in the theater on his custody day because he'd read a favorable review in Playboy. It was the Seventies, Baby!
fastandsloppy
2020-11-20 22:22:59 +0000 UTCAlso, Steve's Jack Lemmon sounds uncannily like Richard Kind to me.
Jeremy Pawlak
2020-11-20 20:53:34 +0000 UTCFor prime Fonda, you guys need to check out They Shoot Horses, Don't They? An absolute knock-out
Davidandwaffles
2020-11-20 20:47:19 +0000 UTCThank you for listening and supporting our little thing! Glad we could help.
We Hate Movies
2020-11-20 19:02:42 +0000 UTCThis episode is really helping me through an anxiety attack. Thank you so much for doing this show.
Jeremy Pawlak
2020-11-20 18:46:30 +0000 UTCYou guys hadnt seen KLUTE 😱
Andrew Dean
2020-11-20 18:11:12 +0000 UTC“One does not simply do LOTR for WLM.”
Paul
2020-11-20 06:36:59 +0000 UTCI felt I needed to leave it in for posterity. That's history, friend. We'll get there. - AJ
We Hate Movies
2020-11-20 04:14:22 +0000 UTCI love how the guys were celebrating the announcement of Biden winning the election, not yet knowing that that’s fucking far from the end of our national nightmare. 😅
Paul
2020-11-20 03:34:47 +0000 UTCHappy American Brimsgiving (Canadian Brimsgiving is in October), goddamut.
Eric Rational
2020-11-20 03:25:29 +0000 UTCI am so in love with all the 70s clothing, my boner donned flares and began to shop around for it's own gold chain.
Johnny Warren
2020-11-20 03:15:01 +0000 UTCFantastic that you've taken on this film. All I have to say to you is: There WAS a vibration!!!
SECRETARIATguy
2020-11-20 03:06:52 +0000 UTCIt's the gift that keeps on Brimming!
Kyle Rechsteiner
2020-11-20 03:04:56 +0000 UTC
