4 Breakthrough Performances

Maltin on Movies

Leonard Maltin

Comedy, Jessie, Leonard, On, Tv & Film, Maltin, Movies

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2014

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Inspired by Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, this week Leonard and Baron look back at the breakthrough performances of three remarkable actors: Jennifer Lawrence's performance in a stark film that is compelling to watch, a stellar career that had an interesting start on the big screen, and one film that made a star overnight. Along the way, they discuss the promised breakthroughs for actors that didn’t happen.

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0:00.0	Well, hello there. I'm Leonard Malton, and this is Malton on movies with Baron Vaughn.
0:10.5	And I'm the Baron Vaughn that Leonard Malton is with.
0:13.8	It's, you know, it's amazing, but you are.
0:16.5	And you're right there in front of me.
0:18.3	It is one of my better qualities.
0:20.3	It's nice to see you.
0:21.2	Good to see you too, sir.
0:22.2	And we've been doing our homework, haven't we?
0:23.9	Yes, we have.
0:25.3	You know what's interesting?
0:26.1	Is it I remember all these movies that we talk about on our show.
0:29.6	Yeah.
0:30.7	But I find revisiting them a really eye-opening experience.
0:34.8	No pun intended.
0:35.8	Hey. But it is fascinating to go back and refresh
0:40.6	your memory. And in some cases, it's been enough years. We're going to talk about films today
0:44.6	that don't go back 20 to 30 years, in fact, as well as a very recent. A recent film, yeah.
0:50.5	And seeing them again, you just see them with fresh eyes.
0:57.4	And it's fresh eyes, but also you have more experience.
0:58.4	You have more maturity.
1:06.1	You've seen the trends that have happened in film where there's like now a context for where some of these films belong.
1:09.4	That is interesting to think about and entertain when you watch them.
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